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Posted 2 years ago #
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Make sure when its.....
Cold
Dark
Pi$$ing it down
People are rushing you to hurry up...That you remember to put the front wheel (you removed 15 minutes ago) into the boot of the car before heading off on your journey...
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M = Mates
T = Treats
B = BikesF*ck all this stay loose nonsense, just get out with your mates, on your bikes and take sweets
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+1 Woody2000
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If your grips are slipping round the bar and your too cheap to buy lock ons put electrical tape round the bar wash the grips out with a a little bit of petrol and re install grips onto the electrical tape, the petrol melts the tape a bit and they are very strongly bonded to the bar. Don't put your finger in the disc when the wheel is spinning! Contrary to other posts always wear Lycra it makes you faster via the placebo effect! Finally from Henry Ford: "If you think you can or you think you can't your right."
Iain
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A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
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"afrothunder88 - Member
Don't turn up to what is essentially an uplift day with a 2.1 Kenda Nevegal on the rear of a hardtail unless you want to spend more time fixing punctures than riding. Dual Ply's are your friend."
Worked fine for me at Fort William
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Remember to check the tube you've put in your Camelbak is the right diameter for the wheels on your bike.
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Over-exaggerate the amount you move the bike around if you want it to actually have an effect on riding.
For the "what tyres for..." crowd; riding the same tyres long enough to know when they will grip and when they'll slide is much more useful/relevant than what someone on the internet thinks is good for them, on their bike, where they ride (all of which are probably different to your situation or you wouldn't need to ask online!)
For every hour you ride a trail, spend 15mins doing trail work to keep it up to scratch and give us all more trails to ride.
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Remember to check the tube you've put in your Camelbak is the right diameter for the wheels on your bike.
Or just go tubeless. And never have to worry about fixing a puncture again.
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Real Man - I do use tubeless - and I have also split tyres and needed to whack a tube in.
You're mad if you don't take a tube with you.
GB
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Never ride too far from a pub!
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Always carry a first aid kit.
And spare chainlinks
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Always have your support crew nearby
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Don't ride with idiots who get oil on there disks when oiling their chain, they'll hold you up!
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Something I've started to do recently when riding alone:
Keep re-riding a fun section of trail, just 100-300 metres, with interesting corners, bumps and drops, until perfect. It will make you focus on your technique until you can ride it fast and clean. This will translate to faster, safer riding on other trails.
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It's ok to fall off - You need to fall off to learn
If/When you do fall off...tuck and roll baby... tuck and roll!Posted 2 years ago # -
Don't continue to screw that BB cup* into the frame when it really doesn't want to go and even starts go in "wonky" - it probably means you've cross-threaded it. Brute force doesn't make it better.
*Especially if it's the one that should go in the other side.
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Don't fight the mountain.
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I'm putting these on a t shirt. Unless they make sense in which case they're useless to me.
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1. Whenever more than one cyclist goes for a ride - it's a race.
2. Tubeless is the future, but there will always be a place for tubes.
3. There's always someone better, faster, more stylish than you - try and ride with them, it'll make you better.
4. Get out of bed and go riding - no matter how horrible it is outside, you will always be glad you did(sometimes during, sometimes after).
5. Thin, hard saddles are comfier than big plush saddles.
6. Lycra just works, yet strangely...
7. ...only baggies work with pads (i.e. pads+lycra=wrong)
8. Brakes cannot be "too powerful"Posted 2 years ago # -
Remove cap before pulling the tube from the rim despite quantity of mud covering it.
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Keep your Camelbak bladder empty in the freezer between rides, tastes so much nicer and always wrap some gaffa tape round your pump in your pack, it has many uses with the humble zipe tie.
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Be the trail, not the tree.
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