Martin56

I went from 700c to 650b with great success, I think 26" would bring the bottom bracket and pedals too close to the ground.

You're lucky, I had to get a towbar fitted especially so that I could get a bike rack, I got the Thule RideOn 2 which has worked well so far.

I don't think its kevlar, its really just a thicker tyre, I think I took your share of punctures in my Marathon pluses.

Agree with comments about slime it is so messy when it leaks horrible stuff. Didn't get on with Marathon Plus either, they are nothing special just have thicker rubber, if you get a thorn broken off and embedded it is hard to detect and keeps puncturing the inner tube. If at all possible, as mentioned above, go for 650b wheels with enduro tyres.

looks lovely to me, might give it a try, thanks for that

agree, I hate it too, if I can I plan rides so that the sun is behind, always carry a pair of sunglasses and try and go off road

I tried slime but still got punctures, they were just harder to fix as green gunk everywhere.

That is astonishing! When I spoke to Hertfordshire police they said to ring 999 if my bike was stolen and trackable and they seemed quite interested in helping. Hopefully I will never have to put it to the test.

If you have a tracking device fitted then you can dial 999 as it counts as a crime in progress.

You can't even push a bike with an n lock. I hope you get it back.

An n lock is useful, it makes a bike impossible to ride away.

The King Meter double power converter is not essential, a simple manual switch will do the job. The Camino looks nice, I imagine you could fit a double front chainring quite easily..

I went last year and it was a wonderful experience, though a little bit crowded. There are a lot of activities going on as well.

A few strokes with a round file on the bearing sides of the rear chainrings seems to work.

I fitted the avid bb7 cable brakes to my Scirocco and they are excellent, a huge improvement on the original Tektro brakes.