danryding

Trashy, as you say it is a great bike. I'm very happy and really don't feel the need for a change, hence the search for a spare hanger ... just in case. The hanger is very substantial and does not look like it would easily be damaged - needs a 12mm hex wrench to remove! Maybe I just need to focus on riding and not worrying????

I'm really hoping that a Hubber can help me on this one. I have a Morewood Zula 27.5 with the X12 rear axle and would really like to have a spare derailleur hanger, otherwise a breakage could ruin a ride/holiday or even result in me having to scrap the frame... Looking around (pretty thoroughly) at all the online derailleur hanger providers has come up with nothing. It seems that the Morewood hanger might just be a custom one-off? If anyone has one / knows where to get one / has Patrick Morewood's contact details, please let me know. I've attached a couple of pics of the hanger. Thanks

I've just received a marketing mail from Cycle Lab which advises "Significant changes in temperature as well as lengthy exposure to UV light can degrade the EPS (expanded polystyrene), which is the core/shell of the modern cycling helmet. Some sunblocks contain substances that can erode EPS and sweat can also gradually wear into your helmet’s EPS and affect its structure. By replacing your helmet every three years, you are giving yourself both peace of mind as well as optimal protection." and then directs me to their range of helmets for sale. There is clearly some truth in these statements, such as the deterioration caused by exposure to UV. Some of the rest, like sweat affecting the EPS structure, is real scaremongering (hopefully not deliberate on Cycle Lab's part). Three years is a period only recommended by a handful of players in the industry, with most others advocating significantly longer periods. If you spend huge amounts of time on your bike, 3 years may well be a good yardstick, but for the vast majority a modern helmet will be good for several more years. Cycle Lab should, at the very least, ensure that the information they present is correct and not misleading. Frightening consumers into land-filling perfectly good helmets in the interests of selling more product is not something of which they should be proud.

Navigating categories within the classifieds just doesn't work well at the moment. One suggestion would be to shamelessly copy the navigation from Chain Reaction's site which really works well - a couple of clicks and you are directed to the exact page that you want, without having to go through a couple of intermediate pages en route.

Having had a quick look around, a few things stand out: 1) Categories really don't work. The previous version was excellent, quick and easy to navigate - why change it? I don't get the blurring of categories - the only real blurring is gravel, which could have it's own category? 2) Advert pictures are too large - scrolling down the page is now a mission. 3) Too few ads on a single page. 4) The bike specification part of the ads is hard to read with the part type and part spec one above the other (rather than side by side). I'm sure there are some improvements, but I'll have to spend some more time to find them... As things stand, I'm with a previous poster - my bank account will be happy because I'll spend a lot less time browsing the classifieds.