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[Closed] Fresh Goods Friday 588: Sheltering from the storm edition

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There's a fun thread on the Forum (though it's not thread of the week, soz) about bikes you wish brands would make. After the recent flurry of giant w ...

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Posted : 18/02/2022 12:47 pm
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I think the John Shuttleworth tracks need rescuing from that bum bag: Dandelion and Burdock?


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 1:27 pm
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1730g of Haribo ?


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 1:44 pm
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I often wonder about whether the designers of hip packs have ever had a full 750ml bottle strapped to it, let alone 2...


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 1:49 pm
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See as a Crank Brothers pedal aficionado I've never experienced that.
The pedal comes away on the bottom of your shoe long before the cleat plate fails.

For guess the thing of the weight, I'm going with a new 29x2.6 XC treaded tyre, with down hill carcass and possibly even ebike specific compound.


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 1:50 pm
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Posted : 18/02/2022 2:21 pm
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Surely it’s…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsDBuHwqbM


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 2:28 pm
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@letmetalktomark top marks for bodgery


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 2:31 pm
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The Thule hip pack is out of stock in all sizes except very small coin purse.

It’s no good tempting us with shiny new things if you can’t buy shiny new things.


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 3:43 pm
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Shuuurley…

Currently sheltering in the vocation bar in HB… not a bad place to be holed up on a stormy Friday PM.


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 3:50 pm
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1730g = the 'new normal' acceptable weight for a trail tyre?


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 4:42 pm
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Some sort of FORK?


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 5:03 pm
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Big fan of those Torq flapjack (Bakewell tart one probably being the best). Definitely the best pre-packed ones I’ve had, just the right level of gooey


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 5:17 pm
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I had the same shimano pedal failed the same way. I couldnt get the half a pedal off the shoe when out on a trail I slid my shoe back over the stub of the axle to carry in pedalling... Home!


 
Posted : 18/02/2022 8:35 pm