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Posted 10 months ago #
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That route is part of a ride i do from Rochdale. Up behind Watergrove Reservoir to Limers Gate, down into Portsmouth above Todmorden, Climb the valley side ando over to the wind farm on the Long Causeway, along the road to the start of the BW/singletrack that ends at Todmorden Golf Club. From the Golf Club, turn right along the road til the BW/singletrack that you are pictured on then down that lovely, increasingly steep and fun trail down to the car park under the viaduct.
Then a pootle home on the canal
About 35 mile in total i reckon, nice ride out.
Posted 10 months ago # -
it takes all sorts and I like the colour of your bike and also don't mind the white rims
is this some sort of dogging code..?
Posted 10 months ago # -
a "Barnes", on an argument thread
eeeeh, it was all arguments round here when I was a lad
Posted 10 months ago # -
If your bike is 10spd already, and you want to stick a shorter cage mech on, you've only got 2 choices currently other than swapping shifters too and going with SRAM. Either you need the 10spd specific XT medium cage rear mech, or the 10spd specific medium cage XTR rear mech. They don't do a shorter cage length on SLX or lower just yet. And currently medium cage is the shortest length for an MTB derailleur in 10spd from Shimano.
If you're still on 9spd, well you've got loads of choice... XTR/XT/SLX/Saint all available with shorter cage mechs for 9spd compatible systems.
Glad to see it being ridden and you're enjoying it.
Posted 10 months ago # -
very nice bike indeed!
Posted 10 months ago # -
Yeah we did the bit past the golf course and finished with the really steep track to the viaduct. Something I would have papped myself over at the start of the day I got down with hardly any braking at the end. Loved it
Posted 10 months ago # -
they're roadies pretending to be ATB riders
ATB? is it 1994 again or did you buy your bike from Tesco?
Posted 10 months ago # -
Would this work? What does the m985 part mean? Isn't 985 the race stuff not trail stiff or does that just apply to cranks etc? Would this be ok with slx shifters?
Posted 10 months ago # -
m985 means you've 985 times more money than sense if you bought that over SLX or XT.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Read the previous page you will see slx isn't an option but thanks for the input
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm sure the short cage SLX version will be available at a reasonable price before the perfectly good and almost new one you have breaks/wears out. Obviously there's nothing stopping you from buying the overpriced XTR one now though, after all, a stranger on the internet thought yours looked 'gopping'.
You're welcome.
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