Any question answered...

Any recommendations for a fixed gear frame.

Ideally having:

3x bottle cage mounts
Rear rack bosses
Front rack bosses

Need to transport more stuff day-to-day and having a loaded bike would make things easier

Genesis day one? would need extra bottle bosses and front rack but those could be cheaply

Thats great, thanks. The cheapest I'm seeing is £108 for the freehub body. A saving for sure but I've found the whole hub for £169.
Unless you've seen them cheaper somewhere else?

Cheaper than expected, which is good as it means that their workload is increasing and they can link trips / be more efficient with they time.

Good on you for supporting them!

New ones, no. Decent second-hand hubs are pretty common though - the rims wear out and people can't find replacement rims at a sensible cost.

Ah yes I have heard that.

I'll keep my eyes peeled on eBay 👍

Had considered it but discounted it with the cross-check as not being 120 spaced at the rear.

I couldn't sell my c24 rear hub (with very low miles) for £40 on here...

I'm renting a van to move house in a couple of weeks. Obviously the hire place's excess insurance is ridiculously expensive so I'm looking to get the excess covered elsewhere. Can anyone recommend a decent site for this? All the ones I've found look dodgy as fuck.

I've got a policy with insurance4carhire.com, who do a van policy. I had to claim on it once after I got a bill for over €1000 when a magnetic ski rack turned out to be insufficiently magnetic. They sent me a cheque for the full amount by return, which I thought was pretty good.

I, and most of my colleagues, use Questor. I've not claimed on it but I know a few people who have and it all went smoothly
https://www.questor-insurance.co.uk/van-minibus-hire-insurance

Thanks! I'm sure one of those will do the job! I think I had a look at insurance4carhire.com but was suspicious of its legitimacy. Good to hear a positive review!

I was a bit dubious, but 5 months after taking out a 40 quid a year annual policy, they coughed up over a grand. Can't expect any more than that!

I used it literally a week ago at the suggestion of my brother-in-law. Website looked a little amateur (IANAWD) but their service was good.

Yeah that's ideal really!

@ltc I've used insurance4carhire.com for years although I've never had to claim so can't comment on that front.

I was a bit dubious, but 5 months after taking out a 40 quid a year annual policy, they coughed up over a grand. Can't expect any more than that!

That suggests to me that @danstuff owes you a beer?

@mespilus nice to hear. Thanks

Do we have a dedicated MTB thread? I've UTFS and but can only find Let's off-road within the Rides sub-forum. I know we're a diverse bunch so sure it's on here somewhere.

This one - https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/129612/?

I think that's the dedicated thread.

After reading the comments I thought as much - thanks for confirming!

Specialized Tricross with a change of fork.
I have an old frame that fits the bill

Edit: One of these: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/350195/

OG fork does actually have mounts, not sure how much weight I'd want to put on them though

Didn’t know they came with a 120 spaced rear.

Definitely fits the bill, will have to hunt one out

Mine is a bit battered and one of the rack mounts has a thread stripped along with other dodgy mods otherwise I'd offer it

What size? I have no issues fixing problems