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I ended up going for a set of Inspired forks and just a simple Gusset chain tensioner. Didin't end up making a saddle in the end. It's a hell of a lot of fun to ride, and I know I'll never find another one, but I just don't really get the time to enjoy it. I've ridden it 4 times since having it all working. Can't really justify having it taking up space, so she's going up for sale. Anyone interested? I'll make a classified add in a minute.

I've been out of the trials game for a few years; travelling around a lot, which has made riding impossible. However, in in the UK at the moment, working on a fairly big project, and this bike came up locally. It's pretty much the perfect geo for me, and in amazing condition for its age. I believe it to be a mk1 justice, but the wheelbase only measures 1020mm, with a bb height of -5mm. The parts on it were a bit of a weird mish-mash, so started putting it together, mostly with spares I had kicking around (including some renthal carbon fatbars), but bought a new (old) front wheel, with a hope xc hub to match the rear. Need to make a chain tensioner- something along the lines of a 74kingz. Also need some new forks, as the nds dropout is pretty mangled, and the wheel slips of you brake hard. Still needs some refining and finishing before I can ride it properly, but had a little play on it, and it feels good! The original saddle is missing, so I'm going to make a carbon one, when I get round to it. More progress to follow...

This is completely true. The climbing in Spain is the bast I've ever had, anywhere in the world. I've been away from real rocks for a little while now, as I've been sailing for most of the last year, and stuck in Melbourne for the past few months. Going back out to sea again at the end of May again, which means not much real climbing for a couple of years probably, but I've been spending a little bit of time climbing indoors while I've been in the city. It's not the same though. This was me messing around at the bouldering gym last week. I'm definitely going to move to Spain when I've finished working on this boat though. Can't wait to start climbing again!

Sorry, link fixed now I think. If not: http://samueldoman.tumblr.com/

Not been about on here for a while, because I've been sailing around the Pacific for the past few months. I have, however been taking lots of photos. There's a selection here, if you want to take a look. pretty much everything was taken on a Leica D-Lux 5. The deeper diving ones (on the plane wreck) were taken using some shitty camera we bought with a proper waterproof housing. I only bought a cheap waterproof case for my camera, which worked fine, but was only rated to 10m.

Got your PM. Here's a better photo, now that it's built up:

I hjave a 34" inside leg, and the saddle height is about right for me in the photo, Standover shouldn't be an issue for you. To be honest, you'd be better on a 56cm probably, but I reckon you could ride this without being too streched out. Knowing you, it would probably end up with riser bars within a week anyway?! I'm leaving the country on Saturday, for 4 months, but we might be able to sort something out with the money, if you're seriously intersted. I'll PM you...

Spec >58cm Dolan Pre Cursa frame (new and unused) >Alpina carbon track forks (new, unused, untrimmed and undrilled) >FSA internal headset (new and unused) >Front wheel: 32h Velocity deep-V, unmachined, black, radially laced with black DT Swiss double butted spokes, onto black Planet-X pista front hub. >Rear wheel: 32h Velocity deep-V, unmachined, black, 3X laced with black DT Swiss double-butted spokes, onto black Planet-X pista, double-fixed, rear hub. >Sram S100 1.1 track crankset with 48t chainring >Truvativ BB >Thomson X2 stem, 100mm >FSA Omega Compact bars (freshly taped) >Identiti T4 inline seatpost (27.2mm) (can also include Mike Burrows aero seatpost, but you'll have to be very tall to use it!) >Charge knife saddle >KMC kool light chain >Can include a set of Look Keo pedals, but I'll use them on my next bike if you don't want them. >16t cog and lockring (can't remember exactly what it is, but it's smooth, silent and has plenty of life left in it) >Continental Ultra Sport 25c tyres. £550ono This photo shows Item 3 without BB, chainset and chain (yet to be fitted, but more photos to follow tomorrow). This photo shows the bar+stem The spec is pretty average for the track, so it is very light for the road! (It's just copied and pasted from a sale thread on another forum)

Sav, I'm selling this. 56cm frame, so perfect for you. £300 for the frameset, and £700 for the Corima wheelset, if you want them. If not, I'm selling my Dolan Pre Cursa, which is literally brand new and unridden. Built up in all black components, as a stealth bike. Velocity deep Vs, thomson stem, Sram track cranks, Mike Burrows aero seatpost etc. That will be abour £550 posted. Might be persuaded to sell my Poyner too. Late 80s pursuit bike, built up with period correct Italian parts, and a NOS set of campagnolo Atlanta 96 rims. Let me know if you're interested in any of them. Will sort some photos out for you if you are. Need to go this week though, because I'm leaving the country and need the $.

I'm selling this. 56cm Planet-X stealth frameset, and corima 4spoke and disc, carbon track wheelset. £1000 for the lot. #Anyone interested?

It would be worth way over £500 in parts, but it doesn't stop it being horrible.

Just starting to boulder/climb daily again, after 2 months at sea, which feels good, but I've lost a suprising amount of strength in that time. We'll see how it goes. Might make a little video.

I missed the Poyner too much, so now a friend flew out to visit, and brought it over as luggage.

Ship's carpenter on a wooden superyacht, age 21

Nasty break. get it sorted, and get climbing again! Yeah, the psicobloc is amazing. Going to the arch at Santanyi tomorrow, which should be fun. The belay points were pretty solid, and 3 of them are on ledges big enough to comfortably rest on, but we did a slightly harder variation on the standard route, which isn't climbed as often. The bolts on the final pitch weren't healthy, and I didn't take any trad gear up (we could have followed a crack to the top, if we had a rack of gear), so we had to abseil all the way back down, which was a bit annoying. Still an amazing climb though. The guide books are really useful, but local knowledge is far better. One of the guys I boulder with sometimes is 62, and literally knows every climb on the island. He's probably the best guide book there is. He runs a climbing gym too, which means he's a useful friend for when the winter comes. I've just started sticking some photos up on a tumblr. Mostly climbing stuff on there, and some from today, so take a look. http://samueldoman.tumblr.com/ I definitely recommend taking a trip out here to do a bit of climbing. The flights to Palma are dirt cheap, and it's worth it for the deep water stuff.

Bump for this thread, because it would be good to know if there's anyone else on the forum doing any climbing at the moment? I'm living out in Mallorca at the moment, and bouldering, climbing, or deep water soloing almost every day. Going for a big multipitch in the morning: 250metres in 7 pitches. It's only a 5+, but it's more of an endurance event than pushing the limits of my technical climbing! The plan is to go to Santanyi for some deep water soloing on Sunday too, if we're not too tired. And there's a bouldering competition/party near where I live next weekend too, so that should be fun. It would be cool to know what kind of stuff everyone else does, and maybe see some photos. If there's a few climbers still active on the forum, maybe we could organise a big climb somewhere?

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Why has Alana Blanchard not been posted in so long?

I have an issue with the words 'Dubstep' and 'Artist' being used together in the title of this thread. I'm sure it was an honest mistake, so I will give you a chance to rectify it, before reporting it to the moderators.

If you don't fully understand politics (or atleast the subject you wish to discuss), and your opinion is biased/misinformed, it's best not to talk about it on the internet. It makes you appear ignorant. I do not disagree with you, but I'd like to know how you came to this conclusion. It is my opinion; that too many people have too many opinions on subjects, which they have no idea about. Unless a statement, such as this, is backed up with either a solid argument, or some kind of supporting evidence, it is completely worthless, and makes you sound silly.

I have reported you to the organisers of the 'BabyFace' competition, informing them of your dishonest plea for votes. I include a screenshot of your first post in this thread with the email, so it is too late to edit it and deny cheating. Not only is what you are doing against the rules of the competition, but it is also unsporting, and not fair to the honest babies, who are genuinely cuter than yours. I question your morals, sir. Good evening.

My latest addition to the stable is this: Something geared for while I'm living in Mallorca. All columbus SLX, with panto'd bb, seatstays and fork crown. All original campagnolo groupset, and it's in pretty much as-new condition. I'll lose the yellow bits, and replace them with black, but that's just my personal, aesthetic preference. The paint job on the forks is unreal. Fade to chrome!

Make a steady cam (amazing easy tutorials online, if you have any engineering inclination). Makes everything look a million times more professional, ad you can do amazing panning and moving shots perfectly smoothly. Make a jib too. All easy stuff to make and do, and even if the camera is shit, it looks much higher quality with the smoothness and lack of hand wobble.

I've trained as a boatbuilder. and my current job is ship's carpenter to Creole and Avel. Creole is the biggest wooden sailing yacht ever built, and I'm one of the last ship's carpenters employed privately, full time in the world! In the Summer I'll be deckhand on Creole, and race-crew on Ave, aswell as carpenter when things need fixing. I live onboard Creole (that's where I am right now!), and shit's tax-free!