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Mine does fantastic steaks.
His sweet chili sausages are a thing of wonder.
Steaks are also so much better than supermarket too. Even the "Extra Special" range.
Well ya did ask...
My butcher is called Mr Mustard, true that.
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I blew a wad on this a couple of months back, so being impartial is'nt going to be easy 😀 What do you want to know ?
D.
LBS is teasing me with a new frame as my Iron Horse slowly disintegrates.
The owner got it for himself, but I wouldn't have to twist his arm very hard. My wife on the other hand...
I've been narrowing my search down for a while and the butcher is top of the list, only potential drawback i can see is the lack of maxle rear end but i was just after some 'real' rider feedabck and comments as oppose to industry blurb.
Intended use will be my regular peak district rides and i suppose the over used all mountain tag actually fits quite well, though i am interested in how it climbs.
If it matters i currently ride a Cannondale Prophet which is generally great but sometimes i feel like like i need a bit more and before that i had a Bullit and i often felt like i needed a bit less.
Iniial impressions are that for a 30 lb bike it climbs better than I thought it would. One of my riding buddies commented how little pedal bob he noticed (whilst riding behind me :-)) on his Blur & commented on how good the Propedal setting on the shock was working. Well, I was'nt using the propedal & can't see me having to. There seems to be quite a lot of anti-squat built into the rear geometry IE high, forward single pivot. I also use the Talas mech for the steep bits. It does make a difference I'd not be without it. It's never going to keep up with a lighter more XC oriented bike on the up's but once you crest the summit & start decending the other side of its character comes out. It's got a slightly slacker head angle than the Heckler & is confidence insiring on decents.
I too thought about buying a Bullit, but probably too much (of a gravity) bike for my kind of riding. I bought this for using at Scottish trail centres & the odd all day epic. I could have reduced the weight a bit by altering the spec but could'nt resist the Fox 36's 😀 They're still breaking in & not quite as plush as the floats but a massive step up in rigididty from my old Bombers.
I don't think anyone's who's dropped this amont on a bike is going to give it a slagging, but I'm genuinely chuffed.
I bought it through Stif, who I have to add were great.
D.
Forgot to mention about the lack of bolt thru rear axle. I've been using a standard quick release axle on my Norco since 2005. I weigh 14 stone & the bike 40 = lbs 😯 Im 48 & a fairly comservative rider, but I've not held back from going over drops or step downs & it's never been an issue for me. Only time will tell.
D.
thanks Dave
Interested in this too, as this is the only frame at the moment that I can see tempting me off my old heckler - so cheers for the info. 30lbs sounds not bad - what size is your frame Dave?
ART,
Why not the new Heckler?
Cause there's nothing wrong with my old one... 😉
I'd thought about the new heckler too, esp at the price but i can't help thinking that simple single pivots are a bit old fashioned, esp as the heckler has been around for so long. I know it's eveolved and if it's not broke etc but all my bikes have been single pivots so i also just fancy a change and something new.
ART. Sorry about the delay in replying, I thought this thread was long gone. Size large if that's any help.
D.