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It's been a good few years since I had a silly bouncy bike but Dan Jones convinced me (didn't take much) that I should get a mod again so treated myself to an Echo Lite from Tarty. Seems like a really good value bike! Big thanks to Tartybikes for their awesome service as usual (and also for not installing the bars upside down). Bike is totally stock except for changing to Trialtech pads. Had a quick play in the woods and it's definitely different to the Arcade! Good fun though and good to be back on a mod.

Haha, did I see that on eBay at the weekend? For some reason I was looking at Exocets etc. and came across a Fisher Fury that looked remarkably like that!

And told the police and set up a sweet ass booby trap to catch the little fanny?

That's part of my 'issue' though- I have no issue with my gran going to church on a Sunday if it gives her a sense of community etc. but when you have American schools teaching creationism and then people murdering each other in the name of religion it's all just a bit stupid and damaging in many ways. Religion has been responsible for so many atrocities over the years, and been used to control people through fear for so long, that I see no reason for it.

Just got back from a week at lake Garda and I tend to agree. It's the sort of place that if I retired tomorrow I'd never be bored for something to do. Climbing, cycling, mountain biking, motor cycling, via ferrata, paragliding... You name it and you could do it there!

I recognise that place! Good work- still finding new lines! That awkward pedal up round the tree is reminiscent of something we'd find in a Hampshire comp!

Looks awesome and the visit to Marino must've been cool too. Impressive what he's doing in what appears to be quite a poor country. Was it aridingg holiday or did you do a couple of day tour while on 'normal' holiday?

For a successful international bike component company the words 'piss up' and 'brewery' come to mind...

Yeah, I have no issues with the Batman killing thing but the whole plot was just a huge pile of wank that made no sense...

Batman v Superman... what a pile of shite. http://io9.gizmodo.com/batman-v-superman-spoiler-faq-of-justice-1767720335 that sums it up quite well so you don't have to sit through it.

I can't understand what makes people be so shit to each other though. It's fine to say that without religion the likes of the Shiites and Sunnis (or Catholics vs Protestants or whatever) would just find another excuse to kill each other but I just don't get how they can justify the atrocities committed. In the case of Islam it seems like regardless of the reasoning behind it the (probably twisted) teachings opens the doors for martyrs to claim their 72 virgins or whatever and so they 'know' they're doing allah's work and are going to a better place. Regarding the stuff we currently don't understand that's all well and good but religion does absolutely nothing to further our understanding as I see it, only con people into accepting some fairy story by lying to them. Agreed that we (the West) have f**ked things up and are continuing to do so most likely but at the same time there's something really really intrinsically wrong with things if when you remove some nutter like Saddam Hussein or other crazy that the first thing people do is start murdering one another, and not targeting the evil West, just their neighbours and fellow followers of Islam.

Ok so a few years ago we had a fun religion thread (mainly populated by me, Ben Rowlands and Hannah (then) Shucksmith I think) but with the general crap going down these days thought maybe people fancied giving their opinions on whether there's a place for religion in the modern world. I wasn't brought up as anything and am a very content atheist who, probably wrongly, tends to be a bit disappointed and thinks less of someone who I know is religious. That mainly goes for the younger generations who have all the information at hand and in my mind I simply can't see how anyone could come to the logical conclusion that there can be any truth in religious texts of any description. Discuss... Edit: Ok, so I know it's a bit quiet in here these days so can't expect too much but there you go.

Where's the f**k religion thread when you need it? Flying out to Italy on the first with the family and rightly or wrongly I'll be keeping an eye out for anything looking even remotely f**king sketchy. c**ts can do one.

And the proportions are wrong for a street trials bike... Looks like a Monty urban.

Ah fair enough. Magura hoses are fairly easy to shorten if necessary, should just be a spare olive.

Can't you measure what you currently use?...

It kinda swung it for me. The bike was cheaper than most similar bikes on eBay but with King wheelset, uprated chainring, custom stickers, two sets of tyres etc. and I couldn't resist! 26 month 0% on a new Clydesdale Bank credit card helped too of course!!

It's been a while since I posted my growing collection so here we go... Dirty 2015 Whyte T130 Works SCR with custom Rockshox stickers, Chris King hubs on Pacenti rims, limited edition Spoon saddle, crank booties, Shimano rotors etc. On One 456 Evo built up as a 'don't mind leaving it on the back of a car/taking to Center Parcs' bike with SLX groupset for the most part, Spoon saddle, 1x10 etc. KHE Evo BMXwith chrome rear rim, fatter tyres and Cult saddle Ribble R872 with black 105 2x11 groupset and Spoon saddle

It may just be down to paint thickness. Are they close to fitting? No obvious damage to the dropout itself?

Are you not getting another vehicle that you can transfer the policy to?

Although they say it's not really an issue in terms of visibility I wonder how it would be going through somewhere like Eau Rouge...

True, true. BIU innit?

I do find these cool to look at...

Well there's one answer right there- two gear setups; one with the shittiest, grimiest, stiff linkyest, poorly indexed wornout crap and one nice (worn-in but not brand new) set up with well oiled and set up components each running with a single crank and a handle rather than a pedal so people can come up hand have a play with each, change the gears and realise the difference it makes.

From Paul's?