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    a few stupid questions

    I have a couple of stupid questions for you guys. Im currently working on my hawk trakatak - yes i know, i should get a better bike bla bla bla (im still building my RSP) but im emotionally attached to the bike, i dont know what it is, i just love the thing. so far i have got new tyres and...
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    Raleigh ???? commuter machine - tidy up and ride.

    just gone and bought another road bike :facepalm: its starting to get addictive :facepalm: this one was purchased for a massive £30 from the local carpet shop, just as they were closing :facepalm: it seems to work - somewhat OK and will do for commuting to work tomorrow. I need to get all...
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    Puch project

    Just got this. It was sitting on a front garden on my way to go and collect some parts for my scooter. Had a sign hanging on the frame, please knock on the door and ask. so I did. Spoke the owner for a good half an hour, he had the bike when he was a teenager and due to ill health he couldn't...
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    RSP with some judys...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Speci ... 1203262888
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    anyone up for this ride? walsall - chasewater - walsall

    just wondering if anybody would be up for a ride along this route? (sorry for crappy googlemaps printcreen and paint to draw the route. its one ive done a few times now, start off by the arboreteum lake, ride through the old golf course and up onto the canal, down the canal until walsall...
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    I hate dealing with insurance companys!

    Couple of days ago i was riding home from work on my scooter, finished at 8am so i hit bad traffic, saw a good gap so decided to filter for about a mile, got to some traffic lights, nice gap between car sat at the lights and the car behind him (atleast 1 1/2metre) so not wanting to push straight...
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    show me yer beater bike

    got fed up of not having anything to just putter about on and remembered that I had a bike in my granddads shed that I was given years ago, looks like crap (like all my other bikes) but works apart from it needing 2 innertubes its all good. ill get a pic of it later, but I want to see your...
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    nelson mandela

    it has sadly been confirmed that nelson mandela has passed away at the age of 95. such a great man loved by many. It always seems impossible until its done. ~ Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
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    good places to ride in the west midlands?

    looking for suggestions on places that are good to ride other than Cannock chase, been told to go give hednesford hills a try but anyone else know some good places to go ride? getting bored of the chase and want somewhere to ride for my birthday ride.. suggestions please?
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    the "i shouldnt of done this" bike - the yellow peril

    so there i was, driving home at about 10am with the ktm on the trailer after a nice muddy session at a local track, look to my left at a pedestrian crossing on a local high st and saw a carpet/bed shop with a big pile of bikes out front, so me being me, i parked up and went and had a look to see...
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    raleigh lizard with an engine LOL

    just saw this mad me laugh a bit... http://www.usedwalsall.co.uk/classified ... D_22469194
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    Raleigh M-TRAX RSP slowly slowly build

    Decided that after monnths of waiting i should probably just start a thread for my raleigh M-trax rsp build that is taking me an age. Got the frame from poweredbypies who is a awesome guy and sold me the frame for £10 not long after i crashed and bent my raleigh lizard, intentions at first were...
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    anyone on here used one of these before ?

    looking at this roof rack carrier in specific http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165477 anyone had any experiences with them? just trying to make it easier to carry a bike around and not having to loose any seating inside the car
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    subaru foresters? are they as good as they seem?

    been looking at bigger cars than my micra with the view of selling off my micra for as much as I can then getting something bigger as the micra isn't cutting it for me. saw a 2003 2.0 automatic at a local dealership for little under £1250 with 130k on the clock, booked a test drive for tomorrow...
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    THIEVING SCUM !!

    THIEVING SCUM HAVE TOOK MY CLAUD BUTLER AND ITS LOCK OUT OF MY BACK GARDEN ! ABSOLUTELY FUMING ! POLICE WONT DO A THING ! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !
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    uploading some of my rides to youtube

    starting to upload some videos of my rides to youtube. generally just for a bit of fun. but on a serious not is there anywhere you guys think I need to improve on my riding? I know im slow in places which Im working on (need to ride more and get used to climbing hills abit more), I jumped on...
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    hydraulic disc brake questions

    have a few questions about my hydraulic disc brakes as I have no clue how they work or what they should be like etc only ever had v-brakes and cantis :S 1. The rear brake sometimes barely works and just about slows me down but when it really works it judders but still works fine ? does it need...
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    anyone in or around leicester?

    me and a friend are travelling upto Leicester for the day on Saturday 19th of this month with our bikes, ill be on the claud butler and my mate will be on his BSO - Apollo. getting the train up I think but was wondering if anyone in/around the are wanted to meet up for a bit of a ride ?
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    ive strayed away from raleighs :O

    so ive kind of strayed away from raleighs and got myself this - £50 :) took it for a ride with a friend last night before some stuff happened that cut the ride short - dog got attacked my another dog so had to rush back home :(
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    motorcycle licence question

    im 18, used to have a 33bhp restricted full licence last year but lost it earlier this year because of my own stupidity and got a driving ban, recently got my provisional back, retook cbt now im looking to do my full licence again but thing is, do I now have to take the 125cc test and stick to...
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