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Forget the Corbyn cow, it's all about the Cameron Pig now

Went to Redbull Hardline last weekend. Photo story here:

http://www.pinkbike.com/u/samjt/blog/redbull-hardline-2015.html

Yup I'd be happy to do that

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/233579/#comment9629107

Well there you go, my memory obviously wasn't very good... I paid £350 for it. I actually remembered paying £250. Do you see now why I think a £125 refund would be quite harsh? I tried to be as honest as possible in my ad but genuinely didn't even think about saying the threads were stripped. Not sure what else I can say.

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if it wasn't already clear - I didn't strip the threads! The bike came stripped, not stated in the advert above. The difference is that I sold the bike 3 years later, with no use, for £70 less, having attempted to fix the issue at my own expense but forgot to say that I'd done so

No, I was selling the bike in better condition for the same amount having paid for the new BB.

Give me a minute and I'll dig out an old post to show you...

I expect it's probably past the point of no return but I'm the guy who sold Jon the Carlton and I think that, at least for the sake of recovering some sort of reputation, I point out a few things.

1. I've been trading on here for a few years and have met plenty of guys through the forum with good feedback every time.

2. After selling Jon the bike, when asked if I'd replaced the bottom bracket myself I said no, my uncle had replaced the bottom bracket because of play in the cranks (caused by the stripped threads). He didn't ask me if I knew the threads were stripped, at no point did I say they were fine so I find it a bit frustrating that on this thread I've been painted as some sort of ignorant twat who kept denying the threads were stripped... there's plenty of evidence for my knowledge of that on the forum as you've already pointed out.

3. I genuinely thought a replacement BB designed for stripped threads would be the answer to the problem, based on feedback from forum users 3 years ago or so. I fully understand that stating that the frame had stripped threads should have been the top of the list of things when selling the bike, but I honestly didn't even think of it. For that I can only apologise (although it seems the witch hunt that's followed this post that might be forgotten...). I did go for a test ride before selling and the bike did ride quietly and smoothly, but it was only a few miles. The bike hadn't been ridden other than that for a few years so I wasn't to know it would be working its way loose, again I was only going on advice from that thread.

4. When I sold the bike I wasn't sure if it was a genuine Carlton or not. This was stated on the ad, unlike the ad for the bike when I originally bought it 3 years ago. For this reason I listed the bike for a lesser amount than I thought it would be worth, around the same as I originally bought it for. Having posted on the thread for identifying frames, it was suggested that it was almost certainly a Carlton but instead of relisting it, I kept the price the same, happy for someone to get a bargain. For this reason I thought that, with the price of the components probably being worth £250 in total anyway, a £50 refund was fair enough given the increased value of the frame. Obviously with the damaged threads it would have been reduced but still a £100+ pay out for a £250 bike is a bit crazy.

5. I did offer a full refund but am in Sheffield so would have to collect next time I'm back in London.

6. I'm happy for Jon to share screenshots of any of our conversations, I feel I've been quite unfairly represented.

Sam

Sold

Price drop.

Hi guys, simple question I think...

Whats the size of the phillips head on your average bike multitool? I think the limit screws on a rear mech are m4 so according to google that'd mean it'd be a phillips #1. Anyone know for sure? Need the answer for a project I'm working on.

Ta,
Sam

All the ice hockey ones are from the same game, I've not actually shot a full game since

Cheers boss

Haha it's been a while! Oh god no, I was in the support car!

What do we reckon this is?

Hey guys, used to post on here fairly regularly but I've been spending more time riding bikes than surfing forums for the last few years. Here's my website for y'all to flick through. I mainly take photos of mountain bikes but there's a road section in there as well. Enjoy.

http://www.samtaylorphoto.co.uk

SOLD

Hi all,

1st post on here in years (since I bought this bike in fact)... here's my Carlton, bought on here about 3 years ago as a round town bike but went to uni and have literally ridden it twice since (no more than 10 miles).

Carlton frame ~57cm seattube, ~59cm toptube
Velocity B43 wheels
Sugino aeromaxy cranks (52x16)
Gatorskins
Carbon brake lever
2 ride old Shimano M324 pedals (or whatever the equivalent was 3 years ago)
BB has done 4 miles tops.
Will include spare matching blue forks

Rides perfectly, nice and quiet. Only bad thing is the light scratches on the decals, slight rub to the top tube paintwork and a few scratches on the rims, all came in transport from the previous seller...

Yours for £280 or nearest offer.
Collection from East Croydon or possibly up in Central if I find myself there in the next week.

Drop me an email at contact@samtaylorphoto.co.uk if you're interested

Ta,
Sam

I feel like I should point out, it's decaled up as a Carlton, it may not be but I've got no idea if that's right or not, either way I think it's a good price. I honestly don't know if it is or not, just thought I'd cover myself if that's a deal breaker!

Summer wheelset... I'm 70kg, what do we think?

Archetype clinchers, novatec hubs 24/28 with dt comp spokes... trying to go reasonably light on a budget, any advice?

I have to say I'm really impressed with instagram's new editing update, it works pretty well. Here's me after a muddy mtb ride...

I really like the colour shot and one with the spectators by SamJT.
Panning doesn't have to be just about getting the subject perfectly recognisable though - that 'blurry mess' can be exploited and taken to extremes, as long as something is sharp.

Love those shots, sometimes the whole thing being a blurry mess can work too ;) this is a swimmer doing a tumble turn...

*possible repost

I found it really helps having a view finder with a circle in the middle, that way i just try my best to keep the subject in the circle whilst panning and usually I'm quite successful. Other than that its basically luck, a vertical plane helps a lot though

Sorry to clarify, I'm using a 70-200 f4 so to deal with the lack of light which is normally a problem in woods and the last few times I've shot its been evening time anyway so the light is low, so I'll be at f4. That's just a general rule I use, some of those ^ were shot at a smaller aperture. I probably would stay around f8 if it was in good daylight. I definitely wouldn't go to f1.4 cos the chances of getting anything in focus then is pretty low, sorry I didn't make that very clear at all!

That second shot is brilliant. Would love to shoot some downhill but need some longer lenses...

I didn't think the second one was anything special to be honest, but you guys seem to like it! Here's some similar ones...

And for some more general downhill ones...

love the kids reaction this one (rider is downhill world champion, Steve Peat)

I like my black and white

Cheers, shooting pans on a rough mtb course is a nightmare because of the vertical movement as well as horizontal, but that one came out ok. I shoot at 8fps as well which is handy because in bursts of 3 or 4 usually one comes out ok.

I pretty much only ever use 1/30th for pans, max aperture then adjust the ISO for the right exposure.

there's a few more examples at www.samtaylorphoto.co.uk (shameless plug)

Are you a twig?! ;)

Seriously though, you want light: the SL versions of those hubs you mentioned, search ebay. then kinlin tb20 for rims, there tubs though, but will ultimately lead to a lighter wheel compared to clinchers, plus they're 400grams, if you want clinchers though, stans 400's, the stans sponsored pro's and cx'ers all use these over the 340's, for a reason I imagine.

Then for spokes dt swiss revolution front and rear non-driveside with dt swiss comp driveside

Yeah I do resemble a twig... I'll look into the 400's thanks

Good point, I was thinking more ploughing over CX rock gardens etc, I guess its a different kind of strength