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Rob, you're in luck. Drop me an email (in profile) sharpish and I'll fish one of them out before the recycling is collected.

It's good cycling country around Stoke.

Simon.

I'd say it's more likely maintenance than anything else. I would have thought if there were any threads they were really nervous about they would simply pull them rather than take down the whole forum. I suppose something could have happened that requires them to go back in painstaking detail over some very big threads and possibly edit out some things rather than take the whole thread down and risk loving the traffic it generates… but then why have the forum up as read only in that case.

They're doing what they should've done when he was back on the market. They're idiots for hiring such a douche in the first place and by committing such an act are as bad as the doper himself.

riding a wheel for a prolonged amount of time with uneven spoke tension could well do further damage to the rest of the wheel.

you could find that after a time the wheel gives updue to progressive loosening of the other spokes.

i wouldn't want to give it a go but how intensive are your rides going to be?

If he has done wrong you have to hope that it catches up with him in the end.

surprisingly, most of the comments in the daily mail were positive or humorous. Those that were critical were heavily red-arrowed. Maybe times are changing?

mmm, euro cable routing! I like it...

(All my bikes are set up this way, ever since i realized that the brake cables are all obviously cut and installed to suit a euro set-up, but for the UK they're swapped to the opposite sides, requiring them to bend through crazy angles. Maybe high-end bikes are set up more carefully for the UK market? I wouldn't know. But if any UK scally nicks my bike, they're in for a surprise ).

Excellent review, btw. It's details like this which distinguish road.cc from a lot of the "content" websites out there.

"Tis just a scratch!" - Monty Python anyone???

In all seriousness though, how can this happen? Bloody lucky it went through his leg and not another part of his body containing vital organs.

Good review. Bike looks great.

Oh damn. I know I should just put my hands in my pockets and walk away....

Thank you both for your suggestions, some of which were new to me.

Checked them all out and to be fair and as previously stated they all look like they'll easily do the job. Will assess again tomorrow.

I'm full dura-ace on the Cube which might just sway the decision.

Any more before I decide? I'm in no rush to buy as i won't be using them until most of the salt has been naturally washed away from our roads (in the Highlands!)