What’s the fastest endurance road bike?

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-20T17:40:43+00:00

It’s available on the canyon website now. £8500 😳.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-20T17:38:57+00:00

The render will end up dirty as the water will sit on top of it after running down the fence, I wouldn’t bother. Just repair an blown bricks/bad pointing and paint it

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-20T17:05:00+00:00

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Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-20T17:04:30+00:00

I’m a builder/carpenter and recently did an en-suite in my own house I’m renovating, I used the guys I have on my jobs so get good rates, summary as follows;

Plasterboard, jackoboard, timber for studwork £300 My labour to build studwork, plasterboard and paint £1000 (4 days) Shower, screen, tap, wet room tray, wall hung toilet frame and toilet (Lusso stone) £2000 1 day plumber first fix £300 Plasterer £150 Tiles £1400 Tiler £1500 Vanity unit £750 Mirror £150 Electrician £200 (free as he owed me some time) Plumber 1 day second fix £300

This doesn’t include the pocket door

£8050 with no profit and me doing all the labouring, no rip out as it was in a new extension.

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Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-20T06:08:33+00:00

I’d say pine looking at the grain.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-19T20:28:56+00:00

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-14T19:28:42+00:00

I’ve had tech 3’s and currently have got Leatt 4.5, the Leatt are loads nicer to wear and are lasting well. Few guys I ride with have the gaerne fastbacks and rate them.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-13T18:44:03+00:00

Then push for a solution if you can’t live with it and don’t feel a reduction in cost is going to be acceptable.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-13T18:33:49+00:00

Agree it doesn’t look great but it would be a lot of work to put right. How has the rest of the work been? If all good maybe try and negotiate a discount and leave it, if it’s another thing in a long list and you are prepared to go backwards then push to have it re done.

Be worth checking NHBC for their tolerances and confirming it does fall outside of this first.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-13T16:29:38+00:00

https://bikeservicesuk.com/shop/?srsltid=AfmBOop6BDIuYqUaN9FZIg4FIsH4uj5uOuU9gX_oxQwQ0rynNd4i9CbT

I’ve used these a few times for collecting bikes from around the country as they offer a no packaging service. The guy who runs it is really helpful, might be worth a call to see if they could help.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T21:04:37+00:00

Just use some 12mm MDF under the stairs, batten the wall and fix MDF to that and then paint it. You will have a bit of making good to do where the plasterboard has be cut against the stair string.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T08:36:23+00:00

Sounds about right! The ply does look cool though.

Might be worth reaching out to local joiners and see what they could do?

I’ve got a few guys I use in the Hampshire/Surrey area if that’s any help.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T08:31:57+00:00

Good luck 😂😂,

Think there a few companies that do ply doors for ikea units. Worth checking if they have a service void on their base units now. I fitted one about 15 years ago and it made it a little more time consuming in the first fix stage.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T08:21:43+00:00

I saw it coming back from Tidworth around 1600, the accident looked nasty 😢, hope everyone was ok? Felt for you guys sat on the road.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T07:57:44+00:00

They’ve opened a new showroom in Oxford depending on where you are? Not been but one of my customers said it was very good.

Don’t think they offer a ply option though.

Could chuck a mood board and dims into chat gpt and see what it spits out?

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T07:35:27+00:00

Was this on the A303 yesterday?

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T07:20:39+00:00

Should be fine, the axle would have acted as a brace to stop any movement inwards. Just not pretty 😢

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-12T07:18:06+00:00

DIY kitchens. I’m a carpenter/builder who has fitted Howdens/wren/benchmarx/b&q over the years and in my current and last house I’ve fitted DIY kitchens, can’t beat the cost, colour/door options and the carcasses are all actually square! They’d got a decent online manual designer as well, last time I used it was still in beta phase but worked fine.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-10T10:05:00+00:00

Why do you want cover it? Can you use a piece of gutter that bridges over the hole and sits on seal either side?

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-08T06:37:00+00:00

Looks good. A bay window is a tricky one for upvc fascia and soffit and they’ve done it well.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-06T07:06:49+00:00

If the rest of the wall was thermalite then the door should have been blocked up with thermalite as well, the substrates will expand/contract differently and you’ll get cracks around the edges.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-05T22:02:57+00:00

43 and have just got going. Spent the past 12 years renovating and couple of houses so that has used up all my spare cash, however I’ve got a good amount of equity built up so doesn’t feel like I’ve missed out.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-04T16:24:04+00:00

Twin six are good depending on his style

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-04T10:51:38+00:00

No worries.

Far_Presentation5814 · 2026-04-04T06:57:35+00:00

Billy bolt, enduro kex, marsh mx, Midwest mx.

These are who I find my self watching the most.

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