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  1. Think the cycle is coming around again, That one were I fall out of interest with RC Cars and move onto something else for a while, Fancy giving Full Suspension Mountain Biking a go, I'm still pretty well built and fit for my age, Could call it a mid life crises, But I'm not into 1:1 cars.

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      babylon

      I have been checking eBay, And I may go that route, Second hand doesn't phase me really, And there is a lot about, As for Decathlon, Check my previous post, Honestly, There is nothing out there on the web for anything decent, You get this for Halfords

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      This for Decathalon

       

       

      DUE TO HIGH DEMAND, WE ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDING ONLINE DELIVERY FOR BIKES. WE ARE NOW INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR BIKES IN OUR STORE SHOWROOMS WHILE CONTINUING WITH OUR CLICK AND COLLECT SERVICE. THIS IS A TEMPORARY MEASURE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

       

      You get This from Calibre,Wiggle has nothing under 2 grand, And little over, Chain Reaction are the same,Whyte bikes appear to have nothing at any price,

       

       

       

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  2. Think the cycle is coming around again, That one were I fall out of interest with RC Cars and move onto something else for a while, Fancy giving Full Suspension Mountain Biking a go, I'm still pretty well built and fit for my age, Could call it a mid life crises, But I'm not into 1:1 cars.

    1. babylon

      babylon

      Yer, I did read up, and realised getting a full sus for less than a grand is a no no, Other thing is that at the moment getting a half decent bike of any sort that's in stock is nearly, Next too impossible.

       Just try buying a bike on-line, Everything is out of stock, I was looking at the Calibre BossNut as it was getting great reviews,

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      Thing is, Calibre is spanking it at the moment, There is an article over at MBR that say's there sales are up 334%, A John Williams from them said this,“Last week I had five 40ft containers of different bikes arrive on the Friday, and I’d sold them all by Monday,” he says. “That’s 1,100 bikes sold over the weekend.”

       

      Go outdoors has 15 Mountain Bikes listed, 14 are OOS.

       

      I'm happy to wait a bit as just like clothes horses, I mean treadmills after Christmas, I think a few of these are gonna pop up on the bay over the next months.

       

      I have  Bourdman Hybred with the same Sram x7 which has never missed beat.

      I just went on to Decathalon, And this is what you get

      DUE TO HIGH DEMAND, WE ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDING ONLINE DELIVERY FOR BIKES. WE ARE NOW INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR BIKES IN OUR STORE SHOWROOMS WHILE CONTINUING WITH OUR CLICK AND COLLECT SERVICE. THIS IS A TEMPORARY MEASURE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

        

       

       

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  3. Just had a rather ominous email from work.  Looks like I'm going to be made redundant next week...😟

  4. Jesus, company in america wants £300 to ship an amplifier! Thats a bit crazy if you ask me.

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      babylon

      Even more crazy when we make the best amplifiers in the world.

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  5. Crikey...just having a quick looksie at 1/10 trucks on MS and seen that Slash 4x4 BL is now £589 - ouch!

     

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      babylon

      This is a classic case of you reap what you sow, Just have a look back on this very site at the amount of us(Me not included) that said the Slash Ultimate was good value and they passed over 600 quid for a normal Slash  with a few extra alloy bits, Many here even regularly recommended it,  The fact that many would vigorously defended the price is part of the reason Traxxas  kits are priced what they are, Because they know enough people will pay it. 

       Think about this, The 1/10 Rustler is £450, The 1/8 Corolly Cronos , Dementor and Shogun are £450, They still want 650 quid for the Revo, You could kit out a Kraton  EXB for that. 

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  6. So it turns out I invented the Kraton and just forgot about it, this is a Durango DEX8T with Hyper MT wheels 

     

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      babylon

      I've been to the Arrma forum, Arrma invented everything.

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  7. a cat is having a operation today and while the vet is at it their gonna be doing a biopsy to test for cancer :(

    1. babylon

      babylon

      I had this with my dog, he had a lump they sent off, Had to take him to this place over Southend once a month for over a year, Don't get me wrong, If you get the big C, This is the place you want to go, In and out with results in 2 hours.

      Thing is, It was on the insurance and about 600 quid a visit, Now they said we had to keep going back to check, OK, But the dog had a melt down every time we put him in the car and got to the other end and it was half a day, On our second to last visit they found something in his water and said we need to give plenty of water or something like that and come back in 2 weeks, So 2 weeks pass, We stick him in car, Take him all the way there again(It's a 3 hour round trip for us)they check, And like every test he ever had since we had been taking him, They found nothing. So we said that's it then as he's last appointment was in 2 weeks, Er No, This visit was for the thing in his water, You still have to come back in 2 weeks, On your bike, It's been over a year and you have never found a thing, I'm not putting him through this anymore, We never took him back again.

       

       Just saying, If it's on insurance, Just make sure there not using you to make a few quid, Cos I think ours was.

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  8. After bitter disappointment of missing out on a house with a ready to rock workshop in it... another one has popped up in a nicer part of town, that has a bigger garden.

    I really, really really want to get this one... come on Mortgage broker, work your magic!

  9. I love going onto the Facebook marketplace and finding bargains like a brushed ftx siege for £160 🙄

    1. babylon

      babylon

      That's not a bargain, This is a bargain, Even if you don't know exactly what your buying.

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  10. I was just wondering,Dose anyone know whatever happened to the Hyper 9, Was a cool looking buggy with its leaning engine, But was around for 5 minutes  and seemed to just disappear.

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      babylon

      I had a Mugen Super Sport Buggy that had the same direct drive to the rear,Don't know why more don't do it,Loose a little weight and loose the slop in the extra drive shaft.

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  11. I was just wondering,Dose anyone know whatever happened to the Hyper 9, Was a cool looking buggy with its leaning engine, But was around for 5 minutes  and seemed to just disappear.

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      babylon

      Didn't know they did an E version, I was thinking of the Nitro kit, Seemed to just come and go in a heart beat.

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  12. @Bigjimknickers - Rival MT10 in sales section dude, I know you were asking about trucks the other day, that could be an option.

    1. babylon

      babylon

      Seller wants 210 plus fees and shipping, So that's a bit shy of 230, Think I would rather wait.

       

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  13. One of my lipos started puffed a bit after a crash, seems it creased slightly but straightened itself. Was very warm to the touch but is cooling down now.

     

    Is it still safe to use? I really don't wanna buy another 4s lol.

     

    Here is the scuffed up one next to a normal one.

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    1. babylon

      babylon

      One of them videos has been doing the rounds since the beginning of time, You just won't find anything new out there. It's gonna happen to any type of battery at some time, Lipo's are no more or less dangerous as any other if not looked after, They all store energy.

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  14. One of my lipos started puffed a bit after a crash, seems it creased slightly but straightened itself. Was very warm to the touch but is cooling down now.

     

    Is it still safe to use? I really don't wanna buy another 4s lol.

     

    Here is the scuffed up one next to a normal one.

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      babylon

      I would still run it, Still waiting  to see one spontaneously combust, I did ask a year or so ago in another thread for someone to show me just one video of one going up without a nail sticking out of it, Still waiting. 

       So much scaremongering go's on when it comes to Lipo's , Saw a hell of a lot more Ni-Cads go bang back in the day, These days even the cheap chargers are highly technical, Back then it was  just a countdown timer with no monitoring that could just keep on pumping power in.   

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  15. Dang, got a tracking number from MS already for tomorrow’s delivery, I only made the order at 7am today  👌

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      babylon

      That's the impression I keep getting when I pop into the Arrma Forum, Must be true. 

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  16. Dang, got a tracking number from MS already for tomorrow’s delivery, I only made the order at 7am today  👌

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      babylon

      Was there not also a consensus that the Outcast/Kraton  was every other truck left in drag.

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  17. Tamiya Bruiser Copy 1 week delivery at the moment if you select CZ warehouse and under £160 

    https://www.banggood.com/custlink/DK3vTLScsd

  18. Well, now I am not a happy bunny,t my DJI Mavic Mini all charged up, only to find out my phone is not compatible.

    So I am in a quandry, do I upgrade my phone (which seems wasteful and ultimately expensive)

    Return the drone and buy a different one (more expense)

    Or buy a cheap compatible phone and a data sim contract  and essentially have a contract phone purely for running my Mavic Mini.

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      babylon

      I'm a bit confused, It says the A6 is running a Exynos 7870 Octa Core processor, Which is 64bit.

       

      And I'm sorry, But if anyone finds it acceptable for a bit of software to not work on a phone that's only 2 year old, Sporting a 1.6Ghz quad core processor 3 or 4 Gb of ram and running Android 10, Then your way more forgiving than me. 

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  19. Well, now I am not a happy bunny,t my DJI Mavic Mini all charged up, only to find out my phone is not compatible.

    So I am in a quandry, do I upgrade my phone (which seems wasteful and ultimately expensive)

    Return the drone and buy a different one (more expense)

    Or buy a cheap compatible phone and a data sim contract  and essentially have a contract phone purely for running my Mavic Mini.

    1. babylon

      babylon

      I would have sent it straight back, All the time people keep bending over backwards just to get a product to do what it says it can do, They'll keep doing it.

      It's just basic laziness on there part, Can't be arsed to check and optimise there software.. 

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  20. Just had the dreaded phone call, back in work on Monday ! Now when am I going to mess with my rcs? How inconsiderate!

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      babylon

      Our Furlough money was based on last years money and included overtime, Because I was going on the holiday of a lifetime I caned the overtime, So my Furlough wage worked out better than basic.

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  21. Just had the dreaded phone call, back in work on Monday ! Now when am I going to mess with my rcs? How inconsiderate!

    1. babylon

      babylon

      Last day at work for me was 24th March, Was going to Florida for holiday of a lifetime on 26th, Been on Furlough since then, Had a Microsoft Team meeting this morning, Got induction tomorrow at 12, Back to work at some point on Monday.

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  22. Turns out the Corsa is gonna be way too expensive to fix at this point so I'm gonna need a new motor.

     

    Thinking of the fiesta Ecoboost zetec s.

    Any thoughts on it or other potential buys?

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      babylon

      How things have changed, I remember when the Ford Sierra/Escort Cosworth was the most stolen car in the UK, Now it's a 1.0L Fiesta, What is the world coming too when even the criminal scumbags have gone all wet, The youth of today need to get there act together.

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  23. PICK20OFF on eBay at the moment, some very tempting deals about, 20% off quite a lot of stores.

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      babylon

      Love getting 20% off after they bump the prices up 20%.

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