Annie Lennox. Born on 25th December. Proof she is God.

What kind of off-road vehicle has only one of two axles suspended?
A lame one.
Therefore full suspension is the way to go.

As it’s been officially concluded, and everyone on STW also agrees, 29ers are the superior bike. This Cube ticks all the boxes and is still under £2k: http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/cube-ams0-pro-29-full-suspension-mountain-bike-id73727.html

If you don’t like the look, and looks are important too, just get this, the best non-29er full sus bike as voted for by most STW members:
http://www.breninbikes.co.uk/inc/sdetail/386/1052

26″ is better cos only the sexiest tyres are in this size.

If you wanna go fast everywhere, there’s EPO.

are cotic souls that good?

Only if you can afford it.
You can get a new whole bike with a decent steel frame for only a coupla hundred more than the bare Soul frame new.

Would like a Cotic one day but would be a BFe or Solaris.

Look at a Rose Psycho Path

ontor – Member

There are no redeeming features, you’re also a probably a poor troll. Anything else?
Interesting, what made you arrive at that conclusion? Used any?
And maybe you could learn to type good grammar?

maybe if I was an Audi driver I might get less grief ❓
Tho probably in exchange for my imagination, sense of humour etc.

So does anyone actually want to discuss their views on the merits or otherwise of tyre liners?

PPS:

Woah. 😯
Wasn’t expecting such totally uncalled for attacks.
I must be important, as Morrissey might say 😛

Sticking to the technical side of things – I thought sealant inside a tyre was there to seal a puncture which occurs from the outside of the tyre. It was my understanding that the sealant needs to solidify by drying to seal the puncture. If the tyre is rolling through a wet muddy bog it likely won’t get to seal. Am I incorrect?
I definitely noticed this with Slime tubes.

Pinch punctures only happen to those who underinflate tyres or do enormous rad big air landings.

As for faffing with centering liners, it’s not a big deal and is probably less of a hassle than swapping out tubeless tyres.

PS: ‘long’ stems were the norm in the 90s when MTBs actually used to handle well compared to today’s slack rubbish

Nope, all those years of misaligned logos with valves have nowt to do with it.
What tyres for the end of the world?

^That is amazing. I want one

Thanks for all the suggestions.
She’s a vegan so the self-catering bit is quite important.
And the time we’d go is cos it’s a birthday trip away.

DeeJay – Member

This was nice
That place looks so nice. Where did you keep your bikes when you stayed?

I can research a bit more now on the Lakes so thanks.

For mud/winter Trailraker front, Conti XC 1.9 rear.

For intermediate I’ve gone with Fat Albert 2.4 front, Racing Ralph 2.25 rear

Can’t believe people slagging off the Fat Albert, it’s pretty good in mud and gravel and the big size gives a nice amount of cushioning for a rigid.

Sorry, you can’t/shouldn’t have discs

http://www.sjscycles.com/thornpdf/ThornMtTuraForkLoRes.pdf

Wow, the tyres in the OP are a tenner. Or some version similar, god why can’t Michelin give things different names?

What about these folding tyres for a bit more volume?
http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k371/a37668/kardung-la-225-folding.html

Some say Razer 2.3s are nothing like as wide in real life

Just save up til you can get a Lefty

Had a great ride today – at no point did I think I needed or wanted disc brakes.
And no squirrels were harmed either.

Anyway, there is a half decent frame in existence that has V-brake mounts
http://www.sjscycles.com/thornpdf/ThornRipioBroHi-Res.pdf
Like they say, if you’re riding across a continent the last thing you want is hydraulics to worry about.

kenneththecurtain – Member

Wow. People are STILL trolling on this topic after all these years.

OP, isn’t it about time you got some new material?

Just you wait til my next thread!

Steel. Looks nicer

mboy – Member

It depends at what level you’re talking… Fat biffer sport category, yes almost certainly, but World Cup XC level…Almost all Olympic XC gold medals have been won by riders with rim brakes – fact. (Actually I’m guessing but I’m sure I’m correct on that).

mboy – Member

Similarly, take almost any old car with really crap brakes (but still disc brakes), something like an 80’s Fiesta say. If you positively kick the brake pedal at 40mph, not squeeze it progressively, I guarantee you’ll lock the wheels up still. Does that mean its brakes are good enough?You’ve just prejudiced a statement then contradicted yourself. If the brakes can lock the wheels, there is no more the brakes can do to slow you down. The maximum possible deceleration of a vehicle is µg where µ is the coefficient of friction between tyre and ground. Hence why riding down a muddy slope it matters very little what your braking medium is because not much braking force will lead to locking a wheel. Grippier, more suitable tyres would make the biggest difference. You know this to be true from experience.

And if you ride when it’s raining the disc/pad gets affected just as negatively as a rim/pad would.
There could be a market for drum brakes, who knows?

mboy – Member

I’m noticing that on your bike, amongst the other odd choices of component that you make, you are using some cheap caged pedals with clips and straps still. What’s your theory behind this?
1. Cheap 2. Being mechanically attached to a bike? No thanks 3. Flat pedals have freedom but one shin whack is always one too many

mboy – Member

And the stem that crosses two time zones on its way to the handlebars from the steerer tube? Again, why?1. I like to see the sunrise in New York while my wheels are in Surrey 2. Being stretched out a bit more helps on climbs and aids my classic Max Biaggi cornering style 3. Short stems have always led to twitchy bikes for me

Just give her the house now 😛

All the best

orangeboy – Member

Last year I used my v- brake retro killi flyer for a lap at race. Oh my I love my discs.
V brake ok for bumbling around with your missis but not flat out down hill with flat bars on a hardtailIf it were a singlespeed you’d have been massively slower on a lap regardlesss of brake type. Yet that’s an option on frames today while V brakes aren’t.
Races are won and lost on the climbs anyway, and not many ppl are fast enough to need to brake into uphill corners.
As long as you can lock a wheel, that’s as much braking power as you could ever need. 4 piston calipers, cross-drilled discs etc are just marketing ploys. An engineering professor actually told me this. See, I wasn’t born this way you know.

nickf – Member
She’s your yardstick? Each to their own, of course, but you’ve not set your standards all that high, now have you?

Ah but you didn’t disagree!
Not my yardstick, just what a certain poll in a well known periodical depicts as the benchmark. I’m saving myself for Sue Barker. 😛

njee20 – Member

not anything on the puncture front compared with running tubes and a tyre liner.

How does a tyre liner protect against pinch flats? What if the liner slides round?On a tyre sidewall it says inflate to xx psi/bar minimum. I just do that and I don’t get pinch flats. Liners don’t slide around when tube is inflated.

njee20 – Member

Marketing con? You must ride lopsided with that giant chip on your shoulderNo, because I have a piece of fish to go with it on the other one 😀

Whether other riders are better than me or not doesn’t change the fact disc brakes are OTT. What a bizarre argument.

Although this was back in 2003, at a wet Gorrick race some racers were saying they’d got through whole disc brake pads in one lap. I had no such problems.

Junkyard – Member

perhaps they are just riding off because your bike looks gash
That bike is better looking than Tulisa 😀

tomhoward – Member

Light your house with candles do you? It’s called progress, deal with it. Ah yes, but there’s the choice to do so, even if I bought a new house.

And what part of singlespeed is progress again?

Suspension forks are for pansies, nevermind white ones 😀

-Carrying a load of toxic fluid in your bike. Nice
-Turn your bike upside down to change a puncture. Then no braking available at the next corner. Genius.
-If I want to buy an Orange/Cotic/whatever else STW stereotype hardtail frame then it won’t have V/canti mounts. But more likely it will have options or arrangements to run it without gears like a true luddite (or child’s bike).
Absolutley effin crazy.

Tubeless… can see the handling benefits in theory but not anything on the puncture front compared with running tubes and a tyre liner.

Tubeless and UST are just more of a marketing thing to con MTBers out of money as per usual

boltonjon – Member

Utter rubbish

Just imagine changing your rims every year through brake wear

Its like riding in the early 90s
I’ve got a 1990 Courier Comp on its original rims.
Methinks you’re the one who hangs out with Oscar the Grouch i.e. talks trash

XC racing in the dry = Conti Twister Supersonic (has Black Chili compound as standard)

I got the last one ever on sale I think before Xmas from Winstanleys.
Great turn in when on the front. Only done 20 miles on it and have replaced it with a comedy Fat Albert for more cushioning as trails get drier and rockier, was saving the Explorer to be a race tyre. You could make me an offer if you like.
The Vertical Protection is on sale at CRC and that’s like a wider Explorer and just as good if not better.

Can anyone recommend a woman repellent?

Continental Twister Supersonic

Oranges are nice
Oranges are nice
And if you buy them from Asda
They’re quite reasonably priced

ntreid – Member

I notice the OP has disappeared.

Far be it from me to give a sensible answer to an otherwise ludicrous and at times offensive set of replies, but this should work:

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/pet-corrector-spray-50ml-by-the-company-of-animals-14415
Thank you. Yes, some crazy replies here.
I actually did a little search just now and this seems to get good reviews http://www.primrose.co.uk/advanced-portable-sonic-dog-repeller-p-1271.html

DezB – Member

Blimey, being a mountain bike forum, you would think folk would know the difference between a HARDTAIL and a RIGID bike eh?
(Just saying, like) A rigid bike is a type of hardtail.
If rigid forks get put on an Orange 5, it does not become a rigid bike.

Karakoram!

Panaracer Dart on the front, Panaracer Smoke on the rear. Simples.