Hydraulic spring perch?

[Pussy]

They still have the big warehouses distributing though and unless you received the wrong item or there is a defect there is no customer service.

That's where NZ is different, then.
You couldn't wish for better after sales service here.

[warewolf]

Is there any way to get actual pics in the threads?

Yes, but it is a little frowned upon here, lest you upset some technophobe on dial-up who doesn't know how to control his browser (ie turn off auto-download of embedded images). To that end, this site's IMG button and tags are crippled to discourage the practice, so you have to write explicit HTML to do the job, to wit:

<img src="http://my.image.site/blah/blah/blah.jpg" />

[Yankee Doodle Dandy]

Yes, but it is a little frowned upon here, lest you upset some technophobe on dial-up who doesn't know how to control his browser (ie turn off auto-download of embedded images). To that end, this site's IMG button and tags are crippled to discourage the practice, so you have to write explicit HTML to do the job, to wit:

Thanks.

I don't know why it is frowned up. Every other board out there lets you post images in the threads.

Pretty much everyone in the US has broadband. Are a lot of people there still on dial up?

[Shaun]

Thanks.

I don't know why it is frowned up. Every other board out there lets you post images in the threads.

Pretty much everyone in the US has broadband. Are a lot of people there still on dial up?

Perhaps it is something to do with the cost of running the site???

[warewolf]

I don't know why it is frowned up. Every other board out there lets you post images in the threads.

Pretty much everyone in the US has broadband. Are a lot of people there still on dial up?

Yes, dial-up still quite prevalent due to population (size & density). However, rather than educate dial-up users on how to get the best from their particular system, the Powers That Be prefer to cripple the interweb for everyone. So much for forward thinking, eh? Imagine, if you will: "yes, you can use those pneumatic tyres, but you aren't allowed to inflate them, because some people only have iron tyres".

So this site is ok for chat, but the Adventure/Dual-Purpose riders tend to put ride reports on advrider.com, see the NZ Local ride report links.

Embedded images are permitted, per the site rules, but only up to a fairly small size (dimensions and bytes). Enforcement is fairly random, with some but not all over-sized images deleted, some but not all people get issued infractions, bah humbug. If they increased the limits 2-fold it would have little negative impact and allow reasonable-sized images... but that would be seen as too sensible so it ain't done. End rant.

Perhaps it is something to do with the cost of running the site???

No, in fact it is the opposite. Attached images are forcibly hosted by the site, so costs are borne by the site. Embedded images are hosted elsewhere, so cost the site nothing.

[Yankee Doodle Dandy]

No, in fact it is the opposite. Attached images are forcibly hosted by the site, so costs are borne by the site. Embedded images are hosted elsewhere, so cost the site nothing.

That is kind of what I thought.