Finger tape!

I’ve been struggling with a finger ligament problem for ages, a climber friend told me to try finger tape. WOW went for a ride today and it was the best ride I’ve been on in a long time. The weather was shit, it was the same trail I’ve ridden a thousand times but my finger didn’t hurt every time I pulled on the bars!

Proper mud tyres, always kept the same tyres on year round then heard good things about the Maxxis Beaver, gave them a go and now have fun in the mud! 🙂

Front and rear crud catchers. Look shit but less mud in my eyes and keep my arse dry 🙂

29er specific Crud guards
and going tubeless.

New bike 🙂

cx races and converting my cx tyres to tubeless

Trailstar compound Hans Dampf up front…can’t believe how grippy it is.

New gear cables and a TF fork service… Night and day difference

This keeps help keep my rack a lot more secure than the old p-clip solution that I was using.. which in turn keeps yunki Jr’s seat in a better position, which keeps his toes from catching my heels..

Which was really starting to upset my equilibrium

Garmin Edge 500 and Strava, kept me motivated all year to train and not slack off, having my best ever cross season.

Shimano AM41 Shoes has made my Day!! Much lighter than my 5 tens. 🙂

Also a type 2 mech, feel much more confident pedalling hard over the rough stuff.

Hope V Twin on my cross bike. Brakes that actually work!

GB

Reverb…game changer!

Out front Garmin mount. So much easier to read.

Building a mini pump track, 5 foot drop off and gap jump in the garden. Now just wondering how I can build something bigger. Improved confidence, cornering and jumping no end.

KS LEV post
Spesh Butcher Control tyres
These bars: http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=94&p=1063&

All 5 star purchases

Swapping my cove hustler frame for a 5 spot frame, total game changer. Component wise, reverb and Hans Dampf front tyre.

New pikes and going from a nobby nic to a rubber queen on the rear (putting the baron i already had on the front), conditions have got muddy, but feels like summer levels of grip again.

Reverb. I was always cynical about them, but now that I’ve used one, I doubt I’ll go back. They’re great!

Steel framed 29er.

Fatbike

Dropper seatpost

the £20 bundle from planet x, that includes overshoes, gloves, 3 pairs of socks and a woolly hat.

Kept me nice and toasty last week on the commute and the quality is better than expected to-date.

Going 29er single speed and rigid, major fun ,light and fast 🙂

Strava for ‘sessioning’ climbs to see how fitness improves, as I’m too lazy to press the chrono start on my watch.

Leaning the bike but not me (if that makes sense) into corners.

Moving from a 2002 FSR to a 2009 FSR frame – like night and day.

Lights. I couldn’t see owt before in the dark.
Reverb too.

this video

Jelly babies, quick energy boost when I need it and I love biting their heads off first 😆

Giving up gluten. My muscles work now!

Defeet gloves, wiggle 12 quid , perfect.

12mm bolt through rear wheel

Cathkin Braes – no mud

Anthem 29er. Never would have thought it was my type of bike…but I’m loving it

having a bike has vastly improved my rides. been without one for a little while.

Dropper and wide carbon risers

ESI grips and my Shimano M162 shoes

Oh and morning porridge!

New rear rim…. My race bike has been immobile for 2 years because of it being busted.

Now ive entered a race and even trained and things just because the bikes rebuilt and in gwo.

Wearing a hat under my helmet. No more head colds for me.

Santa Cruz Blur LTc
I’m riding things I used to bottle out on when on my beloved 456ti!

XX1 Drive train, Float X rear shock and Solo-air Pikes upfront, a major difference bar some early problems.

Onza Ibex tyres, absolutely fantastic. Running the 2.25 FR on the rear and 55a 2.4 DH on the front. Fast rolling, lightish and ridiculous levels of grip when pushed hard. Good strong side walls too.