Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

UNfortunately, I'm not going to be there. In addition to having a birthday party that I forgot about, my little one decided to get a dose of Hand Foot & Mouth disease, and has just passed it on to me. SO I'm infectious. Not cool, as I was hoping to get back into the trail properly this time...

NICE!!! Always liked Etnies...

yeah, although that's changing RAPIDLY. Compare the GWM Hover of now to the GWM i dunno what of 2 or even 3 years ago. Light years apart. Their innovation (and copying ability) is second to none besides Japan / Korea, and they're only just starting to pay attention to the needs of the export market - why would you, when you've got the world's largest population, and you can pretty much survive on local sales alone?

Oh - and another bit of advice. For a Double Cab, don't get anything unless it's got at least a 2.5 or 3 litre engine (especially if petrol) Why? Well consider that they're pushing 2 tonnes. The 2.2's and 2.4's are severely underpowered for the size of car they're powering, and you'll often have worse fuel consumption than the big old v6's in the 3 to 4 litre range as a result.

Brilliant! I'd take it one step further and epoxy a valve in there as well... just make sure it's got a replaceable valve core!!!

No. For that amount of money, and those KM, you have to ask yourself why... In 2007 the quality coming out of GWM wasn't nearly as good as it is now. They were still in their infancy as far as the export market goes, and even though they were using the reliable customer engines from the likes of Nissan, Toyota and so on, the build quality was v bad. As for the Isuzus, Toyotas, Mitsis and Nissans, they all have that sort of value for a reason - they're flippin strong, well built and will survive being at the top of an imploding building (just ask the Top Gear guys about their old Hilux)

Okay - then it sounds as if the pads and / or rotor are either contaminated, or not bedded in properly.

Maybe if you ride dirt paths and pavement, yes. Or weigh less than tinkerbell. For anyone other than a superlight XCO / marathon racer, 160mm discs should not feature on any sort of bike whatsoever.

Nah. We're assuming weight (and therefore momentum) to be the same. It's angular momentum / velocity and the size of the lever impacting how much braking force goes through the rotors over a given distance.

Far better lever design!

It's a simple concept really. Because a niner wheel goes through fewer rotations over a given distance. If you kept the rotor size the same you wouldn't be able to put as much braking force (in joules) through the rotor as it has also gone through fewer rotations, meaning the work done on the niner would be less, and you stop slower (over a longer distance) The only way to counter that is to reduce overall weight by that 10% (including rider) Or increase the rotor size so that the same amount of rotor passes through the calipers on both bikes. But. To the OP. Sounds as if they need a bleed

So, literally, go up a rotor size.

Fixed

V 800 would also get my vote. That or the garmin fenix. Both very good looking watches as well

Not to rain on your parade, but they would have heard of them AFTER registering their name, and before posting on the Hub, right? Therefore once performing a more thorough search, what was initially thought to be an unused name (which they subsequently used) they then found out was used (after having registered / used the name Dark Horse) The Hub is not the place where names are registered. They found out about Dark Horse Wheels, and therefore, in an attempt to maintain clarity, they illustrated the disconnect in their initial post. No malice or ill intention there, guys.

Reba without a doubt. Better fork, cheaper to maintain and a better damper.

Lol. I know. But then, I'm one of those people who will cheer you on as you fly past me.

As I said... speak to nolipoli

Speak to nolipoli. He had some brought in specially for those sorry folk with od2 steerer.

Sweet - tx for the clarification, droo...

My final say in the matter though - the person in front has right of way. Finish and klaar. Until he or she gets off his bike and as a result is impeding those behind, they can keep to the racing line. Left / right / whatever. If you want to pass them, find a good spot and do it safely and with good manners. If you carry on getting stuck behind technically challenged riders, train harder so that you won't get stuck behind them. Get a better seeding and it won't be as much of a problem. But don't assume that it is your right to request slower riders to move over for you. It's not.

Damn, that's nice!

Like sands through the hourglass, so is the Hub in our lives

Ah. Twists and turns, how you like to take them. I'm no hypocrite. I'm slow on the ups and downs. I move over when I can, where I can. I don't "race" unless it's enduro (and even then it's a misnomer as I am my own biggest competitor) Your attitude is clear for all to see. The followup characterisation of "scum" was related directly to those who held you up (including the woman you characterised in your post) and it was not negativity on my part that caused the parallel to be drawn. I use strava, to track my progress against myself and my roding buddies. But there's a very good reason thay strava is associated with egotistical maniacs who just want to one up the rest, even if it means cutting corners and just shouting "track!" all the time. Anyway. Hypocrite? Maybe. But at least I know who I am. Do you?

Thanks man. Got the call from the creche yesterday asking to pick him up. It's been going around and he started showing potential signs. Doc said it was inconclusive so I'm keeping him home just in case...