Ali C

Are people only just realising this is a thing? Funny how people who were cancelled, ridiculed, fired, bullied and called conspiracy theorists are slowly starting to make sense. Also funny how the virus seems to have just ended? In the UK at least I'm no longer seeing much talk about it, obviously the Ukraine news is taking over but that's another story altogether. All I will say is it's nice that the covid passports have been abolished, I went to the cinema the other day and go mask free in shops etc and it feels great. I do worry that the decisions made up to this point have done more damage than the virus would've (after 2020 anyway) and I hope some of the more wild conspiracy theories aren't true but there's not much I can do about it anyway so I'm just going to enjoy the lesser restrictions and hope that other countries follow suite...it's been a wild ride!

I found them a little too lightweight, I had to run pretty high pressures and it made the bike feel pretty harsh. I also tore a sidewall blasting a pumptrack berm. Grip was pretty average too.

I plan on finding out

I have many nuggets on the go You seemed so stoked with your bike build (and rightly so) I didn't feel it was my place to turn the conversation around onto something of mine. This won't be experiencing the MX5, no way it's going inside and my bike rack won't fit it. I'm selling the MX5 to get a van anyway

This happened

just transferred money for the deposit and fees, it's taken 9 months of paperwork but we should officially be home owners very soon

I always have a mess of cables, chargers and batteries for my multiple cameras and I’ve been wanting a battery charging station for a while. Inspired by similar home made versions today I made my own charging station from an Ikea pegboard. It keeps my empty and charged batteries easy to organize, cables are tucked neatly behind, I can hang it from a shelf meaning I don’t take up any worktop space. Very pleased with it and should take away some of the stress of organizing my videos

Got a bit of grit in my eye, no idea where it came from but it appeared JUST as I got into bed. I was extremely tired to the point of being cranky anyway but now this is stopping me from sleeping…it happens to be more irritating when I close my eye which is inconvenient. it’s almost 4am and I just got out of the shower where I tried to run loads of water in my eye but that didn’t work, absolutely raging!

Another big job done, finally got the lounge floor in which means the main bulk of work in this room is now done! Just waiting on the mantle for the fireplace and curtains to turn up but until then we can finally upbox the sofa which has been taking up all the space in the hall for nearly two months. The cat also approves which is a bonus

yes please

That yolk is two cnced halves which you then sandwich together, you can buy them in steel or titanium, they’re really cool! I’m curious about the flat mount brakes, I’d thought about using this style of I got a frame made…it’s way more compact and removes the weak “tabs” a normal caliper has. Only issue is no DH powered brakes have this design however Magura do make an MT6 version and that is a pretty powerful brake so should be a decent option.

Pretty angry at the state of the world at the moment, there’s so much maddening stuff happening and I feel so powerless.

the result of my visit with Adam

Just had a fireplace fitted, just needs a mantelpiece fitting (they’ll do that this weekend hopefully) and then all that’s needed to do is tidy things up a bit…paint the walls, wipe the slate and get some more skirting board. Should kick out some decent heat and be cheaper than using gas (especially with the price hikes incoming!)

Interesting days with Adam today, got to see his bike and wheels in person (so impressed!!). We may have filmed in his workshop, safe for work content coming on Friday

great edit! Loved the style of filming and riding and I'm stoked to see you put the bspins onto the streets!

I'm not worried about driving a longer vehicle...after taking the 7.5 meter motorhome down singletrack clifftop roads on the outskirts of Mull I feel I can tackle anything! I'm just wanting something smaller so I can get access to more places, I know of a couple of riding spots that have height access carparks plus my Dad's house has a low railway bridge and I'm forced to park quite far away if I can't get under it.

haha that's a proper loaf! Still too big though I do plan on doing some kind of conversion but it'll probably be pretty budget.

That was a sponsorship rather than something I owned outright. Sadly because of covid and factories being locked down production halted yet demand increased due to people wanting to holiday in their own country. Sunlight asked for all media vehicles to be returned so they could sell them to try and keep up with demand...I believe they're sold out until at least 2024 now. It's sad not to have it but at the same time it wasn't the most convenient vehicle and sometimes even a bit of a headache. It didn't really work for 90% of my purposes, it was hard to park in cities (it was over 7 meters long!) so I couldn't really use it when riding street trials and lots of MTB locations have height restrictions or narrow lanes which again made it difficult to use. The one place it is unbeatable was festivals and bigger events where they opened up fields for parking...for that situation it was unbeatable! I wouldn't get another vehicle that size again, a small/medium van would be far more useful

1990, it's a pretty good example and I was recommended by Automek (the performance car garage that works on it) to ask between 5-6K (they said I could include their number when advertising as a second opinion)

Yeah that’s the current negative A van really would be the best though, ideally I want room for a bike, a bed and a pull out toilet…it would be very cramped inside anything other than a medium sized van

Time has come to sell the MX5. I honestly never wanted to sell it and if I could I’d keep it forever but I have to be realistic and accept something more practical would be way more benefit for me and my riding. When I had the motorhome it didn’t matter so much but now I’ve not got the motorhome a van just mages more sense. I had it detailed by a friend the other day and it came up lovely…it’s such a great car and I’ll miss it…I just hope I can get enough to help cover the costs of a decent van.

I think we just found out what "that" thing he wouldn't do for love is then!

I was thinking this one (tensioner is at 7 mins) though it seems my memory was out and apparently it's 1.2mm sheet rather than 1.8 however if you have a vice I'm sure 1.8mm would work fine. This summer will be that tensioners 4th birthday!

it's the video where I build my orange Hex, not sure of the exact name sorry. I used 1.8mm titanium, any thinner and it didn't give enough tension and any thicker I couldn't bend with hand tools. It's not Sugru for the slider, it's a polymorph plastic. Basically a plastic (similar to nylon) that comes in pellets and softens in hot water and can be moulded into whatever shape you want.