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RIP Prof. Sid Watkins. A truly brilliant man and a loss to the sport. I sound like Rusevelt, don't I?!

Yeah, sounds like there must be a load of slack which the lever's taking up first before being able to make the cage move. Also have a look to see that the mech hasn't been knocked or bent as that'll also cause issues.

I didn't think we had a validation system anymore...

Received today- thanking you kindly! Will send some pennies over

Sorry to thread-jack but Mr Anzo, any ideas what I can do about my HTC dilemma? Can be rather annoying!!

Would I do something like that?... It's a Polisport MMX one actually

Ah cool. I replaced the bulb the other day because the high beam had blown but the 35W/35W standard Bosch appears to be pants!! Don't really ride at night much but worth changing it anyway.

Possibly a long shot but try turning off the WiFi connection on any phones connected to the router. My Sony laptop will do exactly what you describe if either my wife or I's HTC's are connected to the WiFi before I turn the laptop on. Very odd... Would be interested to find out if yours is similar! Once the phones are disconnected you may need to 'repair' the laptop connection or restart the router but that usually works for me.

Having ridden the bike today for the first time in a couple of weeks, I retract my statement about speeds and gears. 20mph is definitely first gear territory, sorry about that! Bike flew through the MOT today although the guy reckons my headlight is shite- struggled to illuminate the board ~4m in from of the bike to check if the alignment and height was ok! Nevermind eh?!!

Ah, could be to do with the restriction I guess. The Er6's have always had a little bit of judder around the 3-4000 revs mark but it's just a characteristic that you get used to! With a new bike there is always a learning curve where you find out how it handles at different speeds and rev ranges but at the end of the day, with more time in the saddle you'll find what you find comfortable and ignore everyone else's advice!!

Seems like you're replying on slipping the clutch way too much- and coasting round a bend with the clutch right in is a definite no no. It sounds like you just need more confidence riding. First gear should only really be needed for pulling away and really tight turns (U-turns). I find on my er6 that first is so low that if I go from 2nd to first at anything above about walking pace that when I let the clutch out it's like throwing the brakes on. For the sort of corner you describe, you should be able to roll through it in 2nd with minimal throttle but the clutch out. If you need practice, find a closed Tesco car park or something and just do a few laps heading up to a 90 degree bend, slowing up, getting the right gear and then committing to the turn and seeing it through. Lots of room to go a bit wide if you don't feel it to start with.

Yeah, stick with 18:15

18:15 is pretty standard for 26" and I'd say going to a 16T on the back would be a step in the wrong direction unless you're planning changing your crank length considerably.

Are you going to be cold calling people to offer them stuff they don't want?! Come on, own up!!

Natural selection?...

Surprised there's no disc mount on the 24".

Yeah, that's it- it's not one sequence but hundreds carefully stitched together to give the impression that they've recorded an individual pulse passing through. Interesting concept and technology nonetheless.

This makes me angry. These Rio chaps actually appear to be fairly intelligent, creative people and have created sometging meaningful on several levels. I'd say generic bag of wank is so far from the mark you can't even see tge mark. I also sincerely doubt that anywhere near as much thought went into the shit stain that was the 2012 logo. Sure there may well have been as many meetings held about it but I inagine the difference was that our logo was 'designed' by a bunch of speccy self righteous retards telling each other how wonderful each others blue sky thinking was while sucking on a mocha frapaccino or some cack.

How the hell did Kenny get away with that half bail in Section 5?!

Did you really pay £250 to get that Limey painted?

It was probably a message on Section7 that sent me here when S7 started to go downhill and die a death.

I'm sure there's a video somewhere of Danny Mac destroying one at a bike show demo...

That was only the logo though. Imagine how much was spent on designing the font and all the other pointless guff that went with it. I must admit though that in retrospect, although I hate the millions wasted by Locog, I'm very proud of the athletes and what they've achieved and also the raise in public spirit that has gone with the Games. My take on it is that the Games were very badly 'sold' to the public and I feel that the bad feeling started with that shite logo and never recovered because they never pushed the positive side of things. Little details like letting the public know that for every GB gold medal the athlete's local postbox would be painted gold would have made the OIympics feel more personal and more about the athletes and national pride than only showing us a shit logo, how much the transport system would be screwed and who was going to get the privilege of knocking down the stadium to build a stadium.