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Second dibs, DM coming
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Have you tried Adrian Flux? I pay £120 fully comp on an H reg Mercedes camper and they insured me from 26.
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MTB and road stack/reach don't really compare. You could be looking at having your bars 30-50mm higher and 20-40mm closer on a trail bike than a road position. You don't want to be going over the bars when the trails point down. The current trend for MTBs is to have a long top tube, slack head angle and short stem. My colleague went for the 15inch, absolutely loves it and her husband then bought the same bike in the next size!
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Work colleague was looking for the same kind of bike. At 5ft 6 I suggested a 29er wasn't the way to go unless she was racing. Settled up on this:
Reviews well in the basic version but this has a better fork for pretty much the same price with discount.
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Increase the size of the hole/s where the hinges were screwed into to 6mm. Chop down a rawl plug and stick it in with some good strength adhesive (sticks like shit). Wait half hour and then screw the hinges back in. Should be as solid as new
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This is my camper. It's a Car Cruiser Commodore coachbuilt van conversion based on a Mercedes T1 208D. Company was based near Nottingham and was an offshoot of a furniture company from what I can find on the internet. Only done 48k miles and the previous owner had it for 22 years until he was 90!
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For riding in the UK, unless you only ever go out in bone dry weather, then they probably will last twice as long. Sintered aren't as quiet but will work consistently.
In saying that, I did the KLMTB race at Thetford and destroyed a pair of pads in the rear in 1 lap due to the sand/mud mix and a slightly bent rotor. They had only done 3 dry rides before that. I'm trying out the überbike sintered pads - £7 a pair or £23 for 4 pairs with free postage.
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Raced two seasons with Challenge Fango front and reverse Grifo rear as standard. Use Baby Limus front and Limus rear for hideous mud. Really impressed with the Baby Limus as it's centre knobs aren't too draggy and the edges grip really well. I'd use them all year round if I could only run one set. Ran them as low as 24psi with no issues (73kg).
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[https://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/helmets/road/airnet/106902]
Looks like a Specialized Airnet
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If you fancy something different to a Passat or Octavia, have you thought about a SEAT Exeo ST? Basically a B7 Audi A4, with the cabriolet dash and B8 engines. 140 or 170 diesel or the 2.0T from a golf gti.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201602020638652
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POC Octal Raceday are £115 on Wiggle at the moment with the code Wiggle1.
Gone from an S-Works 2D medium to Octal medium. POC is marginally bigger
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2nd dibs Romin Sl, PMd
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Price drop - now £200 posted
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The Ribble bikes are fairly cheap on their site. If you can get a new one with 10spd for £580 (with rack mount eyelets), second hand prices should be decent.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/specialedition.asp?action=showframes⊂=conf_SERW&type=RIBMOCheck out the back of cycling weekly, they usually have a few 2nd hand bikes at decent prices
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Bontrager do tubes that have 48mm valves. Most tyre manufacturers offer longer sizes
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http://www.parktool.com/products/category.asp?cat=46
Park do loads of different clamps which you could fit into a home made stand.
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few pairs of wheels on ebay, top dollar for un-laced rims
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Bontrager Race Bullhorn
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I did mention it to him but with not living in London he fancied trying out his ebay skills!
Bit gutted he wants to sell it, it was a nice ride!
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Bit of a dredge, but how are you finding the Superb? How does the petrol compare to your previous disesl? Looking at a Superb estate 220 and coming from a VAG 140bhp tdi.