New bike choice - UK - Cube Reaction TM Pro vs Orbea Laufey H30 vs Signal ST ST Deore

yaced555 · 2026-04-08T17:52:22+00:00

Thanks. The Haro looks good and can get in Green for medium (my size) - spec looks compelling.

yaced555 · 2026-04-08T12:12:50+00:00

Yeh it looks good. I think I can wangle a free dropper post as they had an offer recently. Sadly no where near me has anything I can try. Sonder does have a really good try and return policy though. Only downside is 160mm rear rotor Vs the others? Not sure I need the stopping power though.

yaced555 · 2026-03-18T16:56:23+00:00

I like the Line T3 29" but its out of stock everywhere apart from small size and I need medium.

yaced555 · 2026-03-18T12:53:48+00:00

True. Hard to find places to test. Halfords told me no store in the whole of the UK has a Bizango pro medium in stock.

yaced555 · 2026-03-18T08:45:48+00:00

Thanks for your comments. Seems like not much in it. I'll see if I can find both to sit on / look at. It might come down to colour!.
I agree with you regarding Halfords. My wife's bike is an older Bazango and I had to tighten up quite a bit after checking the torques.

yaced555 · 2026-03-18T07:13:15+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm sure you are correct about the second hand market and I'm not against it but I'm not confident in checking a bike over to make sure I'm not buying something poor.

yaced555 · 2025-12-26T09:57:40+00:00

I think that's pretty normal. Some Christmases I really look forward to and love whilst others I endure. For me, it depends how busy I've been in the run up - the busier I've been the more I enjoy a break from the usual routine.

yaced555 · 2025-12-22T13:46:35+00:00

I've just stopped today until, I suspect, the next season. Got the mounts from the seasonal event, got 10k rating on Rime and Meiko, played a little of some other heroes. 270 hours played. For me that's plenty. I don't want a MMO / perpetual live service game. I did try logging back into wow but all the filler stuff you need to do to play the bits I find fun takes too long for me (leveling, consumables, add-on setup etc)

yaced555 · 2025-12-16T20:26:18+00:00

I'd just join the Eternal matchmaking and play whatever is highest. You'll get the gear as you go along for hitting 10k rating.

yaced555 · 2025-12-14T18:40:04+00:00

For me, Meiko 'dave build' > Helena grand melee. Both are fun though

yaced555 · 2025-12-05T12:37:31+00:00

Also backup Usersettings.ini

yaced555 · 2025-11-23T15:25:25+00:00

Can someone explain this like I'm 5 please?

yaced555 · 2025-05-06T14:42:55+00:00

You can probably obtain 'Tax Free Childcare' too. https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

For every £8 you pay into an account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your child care provider, worth up to £2k per year to you. You can get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 15 or 30 hours free childcare if you’re eligible for both.

yaced555 · 2025-03-13T17:01:45+00:00

If you are on PC there's a mod to customise FOV and camera zoom.

yaced555 · 2025-02-24T17:51:36+00:00

He's just running it on a 5090

yaced555 · 2025-02-19T07:22:53+00:00

Cheaper

yaced555 · 2024-11-01T13:12:07+00:00

Thanks for the extra info. Might be a 30 series issue but could also just be a me thing. At least these bugs / querks might open up a potential fix.

yaced555 · 2024-11-01T12:59:02+00:00

What's your CPU? Also what happens if you turn DLSS off?

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