Long Termer Review: Dave’s Santa Cruz Highball
Dave has spent six months aboard his carbon big wheeler – it may be called a ‘race weapon’ but what’s it like every day?
Long Termer Review: Jamie’s Turner 5-Spot
Jamie’s finally got all the bits to build his extra-large Turner 5-Spot together – what are his plans then?
Long Termer Review: Jon’s Intense Tracer 2
Jon’s been riding the Tracer 2 all over the place – six months down the line here’s a comprehensive review
Long Termer Review: Matt’s Lapierre Spicy 516 Video Update
Matt’s got a quick video update on how his Spicy has got on this summer
Long Termer Review: Dave’s Santa Cruz Highball
So here’s the getting to know you bit about my new longtermer, a Santa Cruz Highball. Due to holidays, mag trips and deadlines I didn’t get time to write up the plans for this one earlier so here we go. First off it’s fair to say that due to experiences with early 29′ers I didn’t [...]
Long Termer Review: Yeti ASR5
Tom dB’s been tweaking his Yeti with new wheels, a single ring setup and new brakes…
Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea
I’ve been riding the Kona a lot recently, mainly due to my Cannondale Rush finally needing a bit of TLC after two winters of pretty solid use. Similar to my experience with Sram’s 10 speed XX groupset on the Rush, the gears and shifting on the Kona have performed flawlessly. Despite initial fears that to [...]
Long Termers: Sim’s Orange Five
When I originally ordered the Five from Orange I had in mind to hang SRAM’s new 2×10 X0 groupset off it. As is often the way though product release dates got pushed back and rather than leave the Five unbuilt and unridden I stuck it together with a Shimano SLX, XTR medley. And then a [...]
Longtermer – Finally. Matt’s Lapierre Spicy 517
Tested – 6 months with gaps so far. From – Hotlines. RRP £3299.00 Ahhh – It had been an emotional time with the Spicy – a good year , only marred by the burglary in November After grieving and wailing for some time, Hotlines the distributor very very kindly helped me out with a new [...]
Long Termers: Tom’s Yeti ASR5
Tom’s treated himself to a new Yeti as a recovery present. He’s been in the parts bin and built it up, so here are his first impressions.
Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea
So I’ve been putting in some miles on the Kilauea and they’ve tended to be uphill ones.
