mac11irl
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im also really liking the look of the Canyon Stoic... none of them on the second hand market here (yet anyway...)
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this is kinda my concern too.... i dont rightly know whats wrong other than what he put in the comments - the lockout isnt working so the fork is always damping and the dropper isnt working either. it could well be very simple on either or both, but yeah... its a 2019 bike with 2 broken ancillary bit already 😬
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lockout on the fork doesnt work and the dropper post doesnt work, allen key adjustment.. 1200-1300 new, no idea when i might be able to get one. would it worth it at 600/650? knowing i may have to replace the fork and dropper if i feel like it?
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ah lovely. finally got out!!! decent enough trip. sweaty and warm, couple of still wet patches of ground and fog up the top. but by god it was good to get out after an extended enforced break!
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guess what happened at 330am... ffs its gettin withering...
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we have it and the sequel (the gruffalo's child) and stickman. and nearly all of Ms Donaldsons other books the unsuredness was whether it got a groan or a laugh for the reference.. anyone fancy tea? in a logpile housssssse....
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so after another 45min spell of dozing on jr's thankfully foam playmat covered floor last night (with a spare cot mattress we put infront of the cot, in case he does manage to take a header over the top, and a plastic tray under it as a "pillow") i dont remember my alarm going off at 615am this morning, waking up instead at 740am.. so i c brought the bike with me to my mechanics dropping the car off to at least get something out of the day... a full 3.5km of pretty level road in 8m54sec. nice enough pace by my standard, just... 14k shorter than id have liked to do today...
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i wasnt sure how to react to that gaz.. i suppose living in the deep dark wood the 4x4 is necessary
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getting fed up now... foot is still aching if i stand on it for a long time, but the swelling is gone down, and most of the bruising is gone too. i really got lucky but.. spud jr has decided he didnt think i was ready to go back cycling this morning, by waking up for a roarfest 3mins before my alarm was going off.. so that put an end to todays plan. im also now utterly fked for completing the 7500m climb challenge for June, which is annoying as i couldve just about managed it if id not been sidelined for a week.
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given its position, its probably the switch is full of 14odd yrs of fluff and gunk. take it out, clean it, good dose of contact spray cleanerer and let it dry. try it again.
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nice one. i havnt been out all week after Sr tried to break my leg last weekend. swelling is nearly all gone now though, so fingers crossed monday will be a bright and early start
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Hi @Burhan you need to drop the sump and check the oil pick up pipe strainer, which may be blocked. if it dumped a load of oil out its proabaly pulled a load of gunk and crap out of the bottom of the sump. as to why the dipstick is dry after 4litres going in.. i really cant say. @Wino may have insight on the routing the stick takes which may also have been damaged?
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nowt done yesterday or today. foot isnt sore now but still puffy and bruised. that and im up since 515am with Jr. roll on maybe tomorrow, see how the foot is looking 🙄
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so i went out today to make up for the missed trip during the week. decided to go East from the cross today, and tackle Long Hill again. nice weather, sweaty though... not used to pedalling in actual heat! and i also pedalled up a lot more of it than on previous bits, had to push up one section thats just too steep and too much loose gravel and rock. and i now have the 6th fastest time on the segment from the valley floor between the cross and long holl to the top of long hill nice view from the top too. i went back across the top and over to the cross and dwon home this time.. wasnt getting misplaced in sheep fields, forestry blocks and people's gardens again... and i learned something else from it too.. if you look at my recent routes, through the woods and adding the back road hill climb my elevation is around 440-445m over 16/17km. up and down long hill today was also 440-445m but only 13.2km in the same (roughly) time period.
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if you reeeeeally needed to, i bet you could stitch it 😉
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forfot to restart when i stopped at the tippy top for some water and to put my gloves on before the descent to the woods (they be hand protectors now the weathers improved in case i hit the ground). so i know it took me 62mins in total on my new usual route of 16.5km. annoying more so as it means im missing about 145m of climb towards the june 7500m challenge, goddamit. out tomorrow morning to balance skipping yesterday as it was an on site day.
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bit of gorilla glue and itll be grand....
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interesting choice of gif Amanda (i dont recognise what its from)
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well spud jr had the decency to have his little cry at 2330 last night.. i didnt get to sleep until about 0030 though.. so that 0610 alarm was a horrible sound. and then the more horrible sound rain on the windows....there was no rain forecast for today going to bed last night, just cloudy. but the radar track had it blowing off fairly soon so i went anyway. wish i hadnt put on the rain jacket... it was a disgusting cycle. wet, muggy, sweaty, one of those days where it feels like theres no oxygen in the air. got to the top of the hill and the dead calm became a bloody gale blowing over the crest. 2 bad nights sleep had the body tired, feeling like theres no power in the legs, and the back wheel slipping on all tbe the damp cherry blossom and labernum etc petals on the road and damp stones and grass. good god it was just bleeeehhhhhh. ick
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320am... wailing from up the hall. 405am back into bed and asleep.... 425am ..wailing from up the hall... so much weeing done jr had overwhelmed the "12hrs of freshness" nappy and was soakin. it just hadnt got through to his outer sleep suit the firat time i went in 🤦♂️ everything changed, a bottle and eventually i got back to bed at 530am. i couldnt feel my face when the alarm went off at 610, so i rolled over asleep again.
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nice ride out this morning, went the slightly shorter but extra climb road on the way home. and.... im mot sure how this is the first time ive done segment considering its the same route ive taken for the last couple of weeks, and there are 2 shorter segment bits in it that log every time. maybe if you "stop" for too long on it it doesnt count? anyway, out of 16 people whove done it, im the 5th fastest 8mins slower than the leader! but considering how long im only doing this, and the state of me bike im quite happy
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and the above tale are exctly why i shall never be putting clips on my pedals... i like to be able to escape quickly if things go sideways...
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no idea. seems common on a few of them. ive sent a notify me request for a medium in august when they are available (fingers crossed)
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its just about patience, and using 2 narrow torx/allen keys one to rotate the big cog, one to prevent spring back.
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all good this morning, no punctures or falls... though i did take a small detour/route change in the woods that started alright but then became a very very roots, stumps and jumps technical route that i had to walk the bike down some of.. no way could i tackle it full on with no suspension and never being on before. took me 2m50 to get across it. according the segment data the fastest time on it is.. 0m50 i have some catching up to do nice spin ot, and set a few new PR times too. legs are fairly hammered now though
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