All looks like pure win.

Googled the post code and seen ariel shots of the quarry 🙂

Now plotting a route to ride in across the fields. Ride in, play about, nip to pub, bit more gentle playing about, ride home 🙂

About at the moment, shame about our spring weather, unlikely i will be around on the new date….. i expect full reports from those that make it (and check the pub too) will pootle over when something close to summer appears 🙂

Any other information available ? was unaware this was being built, curious about a few things, is it a closed park set up ? or like an FC trail center set up. And riding times, weekends/weekdays, costs, parking.
Might just drive over and have a look anyway 🙂 (no bike, just checking where it is)

Another Sport direct shopper here.

Bought Airwalk skate shoes/trainers, about £18-£22 depending which ones. Mine lasted 4 years of racing and riding, just bought some more to replace them.
Cheap, not waterproof (seal skinz socks), worked all right for me.

Tuning in pin height and placement, and replacing pins on pedals when they get battered, or cleaning out the mud from the allen key hole will also enhance grip as well.
Use DMR V12s, and vary the pin heights for grip.

Came out for a look about.

Walked in from Dead womens ditch so crossed over on the run to stage 1, that was like thick soup and mashed spuds across the top.
As the event was spread out didn’t get round to see much.

Lots of chatter on crashing out, bikes making some expensive grinding sounds, and lots of smiley faces. Proper mudfest, and even the sun came out. And met Sharki too.

Looked like a hard but fun day 🙂

Thought Friday was Kylie day, she hasn’t been about, is there a restraining order against the forum from her.

🙂

Can’t beat a bit of Spinal Tap or Bad News 🙂

Didn’t we do snow/winter tyres not so long ago.

Winter tyres are cheap as i found out, starting in the £30-40 each area. (for my car)

I got chains, snow shovel, bag of salt grit instead, decided that was the better choice for the few days a year i might need them, first reports of snow, all goes in the boot until spring.

Bit more extreme take for you.

Shaun Beven ran the old style Boxxers on his a few times, racing the Dragon Downhill series, smashed an HT win at Gethin and upset a few susser riders 🙂

Not recommended though, puts a lot of stress into the headtube area.

If you can find some zocchi Z1 FR2 or FR1 or the dropoff, they can be switched from 130-150mm travel, if you can find a set of coil pikes with u-turn 90-140mm that would be ideal, anything from 100 to 130 would be allright, 150 to 170 if your pushing things with DH but keep to single crown forks.

Done all my racing on 2005 Z1 FR2 set to 150mm travel, bombproof forks, bit weighty by Fox/RS standards but reliable and simple and easy to service…..and not service after every 20-25hours, there good for much longer than that.

Hard to tell from the video, looked like a convex sprocket, the belt to me looked like it was slightly curved round in profile.
No idea how much tension it’s under.

I would ride it round town, would be uneasy about out of the saddle stomping up a hill.
be interesting to see how it coped with greasy grimey city road spray getting in there with no drive teeth.

I assume it works as they had a web address and you can order one. Be sticking with chains 🙂

the pursuit of perfection for the person riding the bike, +1 for geekery.
Shame Avalanche kit has to be imported, rarely see it, toyed with it but cost put me off…… not geek enough 🙂

🙂
Forgot about the nutsack issues. Have fun on the over-seas jaunt, if Joe Barnes dosen’t race this year then i can beat him on your behalf, i again will be racing for giggles and fighting not to come dead last, and maybe scare some Orange5 riders 🙂

coming soon to cinemas near you.

“Cold War II” to be followed by the sequel “World War III, the end of the world”

I hear the cast of the expendables are being primed for filming.

🙂

And don’t the Chinese own large chunks of shares in US industry, and a few large loans. Would be bad for anyone getting in the way and upsetting Chinas long game plans.

I reckon messiah is secretly planning on taking down Joe Barnes winning streak at the MacAvalanche this year 🙂

You are welcome to compare your setup against mine at the race 🙂

allthegear 🙂 thats why cattle trucks get used at races.

Would recommend doing an uplift day on a DH venue in DH gear.

If your a touch rusty anyway even more so. If you have good skills and don’t intend to go balls out, then maybe chance it, at your peril.

Any armour you have, a full face, goggles in case you face plant into rocks, gloves are good.

Also, put in fresh brake pads, bed them in, and don’t skimp….get a complete spare set and remember to take them in case it’s wet and gritty and you go through pads a bit quick like, seen a few pack up early over “brake problems” 🙂 and mates won’t lend or have different brakes anyway. Check and service spd cleats, in case you need to eject sharp like, First aid kit is always handy too, think more of good luck mojo, if you have one, you won’t need to use it.

Have fun.

Post war story.

Back in 1960’s the MOD decided to clean up some of the stuff they left buried…. you know just in case.

Some of the local lads saw the big piles of stacked shells on the cliff tops.

They found out what happens when you check them off the cliff 🙂
Lads are knocking 70 now

Used to have one of them mortar rounds, we used to take them to school along with sherman tank shells 🙂
Neighbour dug up a battered German helmet on the range
Loads of Americans around the area in WW2.
North Hill above Minehead was a garrison and tank training ready for the invasion of Sicily, not so much ordanace turns up these days.

On the hill are a few buried bunkers and the foundation slabs of the workshops and whats just called “the tank ramp”, close to that are some more building foundations and steps, one building remains the old radar station. Listed bunker down at Dunster marsh farm and several pill boxes litter the area.

The invasion of England defence plan.
Stop lines where drawn up and defence positions dug in. If the west country was invaded, a fighting withdrawl was to happen, the stop line was around Taunton, this was the line of last defence and to be held at all costs. A lot of bunkers have long gone, some are now being listed and protected.

On a story of humour.
Local farmer and black marketeer used to invite yank officers round to farm, while he got them smashed on cider the stable lad was draining the jeeps fuel tank, left enough for them to get back into Minehead.
Another scam was with the coloured troops (This is STW so avoiding colour words) they mostly where confined to the hill and not allowed into town, and they worked in the kitchens. They would sink cans of food into the pig swill bins, and in return the farmer would smuggle cider back on base for them in his tractor.

🙂 Sharki vist the top ship in Porlock, they have a little display in the bar from when the germans crash landed a bomber on Porlock beach, bit further down the cost was a waterhole used by U-boat crews to top up. 2 sunken U-boats in deep ish water further down coast, nothing to see unlike coast kids mini subs in Scotland.

Schools in Minehead, couple of primarys Minehead first school and a secondary down the road, Townsend road(called the middle school, across the road from the police station) Also small school up watery lane.
Watchet and Williton have primarys and both merge into Danesfield in Williton secondary school, then the bulk of the west somerset catchment area go into the West Somerset Community in Minehead.
And the West Somerset Community College, bit more than just a school nowdays. Still has a farm unit, they sold the land of the old one, now a building site close to the College, instead of owning a unit they now lease land and have put flash new units up.
Farm unit used to be ace fun, potato&spade cricket, grease gun hi-jinks, wheelie the tractor was always a good un, hi revs drop the clutch whehey up comes the front, oh and de-nutting sheeps and de-horning cattle, proberly more serious and health and safety risk asessed these days 🙂

Further education Possible jobs for Mrs, main draws are Bridgewater College, and in Taunton theres SCAT think it’s Somerset College of Arts and Technology.
You would have to check performance tables for schools, WSCC has a new head, bit flash and showy (fake pranching horse italian sports car thing, dressed up Pug 🙂 ) would appear to be some issues there, nothing that bringing back caning wouldn’t sort out 🙂
There is a private school near the top of Parkhouse road, inmates sorry pupils… are under care orders or stopping off before prison, a challenging place to work. Generally has a bad rep around the town, used to be called Periton Meade then 24/7 think it’s changed name again.

Wooten courtney and Timberscombe are very nice, both very horsey, may be pricey. Roadwater’s nice, little shop and pub, quiet village, i think Blue Anchor area and Cleeve are pricey, the chalet sheds at chapel cleeve go for well over 100k, might be 150ish, the small chalet sheds on Dunster beach sometimes change hands…. know someone who bought one 2 years ago, sure she paid 120k for it ! wish i had bought 2 back in the 1990’s when they where about 15k would be minted now if i sold them.

Only the high ground and down Dulverton area that can suffer from snow, we rarely see it in Minehead, if we get snow in town the high villages will be cut off for a day or too 🙂

Oh avoid whats called seaward way, as you enter Minehead hit the big roundabout and turn right to the seafront, big estate on the left, then the new hospital and Tesco. The estate is built on marsh land, very few house’s have had extras added on because you have to do a large amount of foundation work to stop things sinking.

Wheddon Cross,

Very nice area, also Luckwell bridge down the road, close to Dunkery Beacon.
A few miles from Wheddon Cross, head to Taunton on the top road, underneath the big comms tower is Lype farm, home of Kustom bikes little showroom. More DH focused shop.

The kids will love the cross…..any whiff of snow and it can get hit hard up there, nothing in Minehead but the Cross can be under feet of snow 🙂 Down from the pub is a small village shop/garage/petrol station, across the road the cattle market and ATV sales, very rural and farming area. Maybe factor in a small 4wd car for Mrs Singletracksurfer or invest in snow chains and learn how to use them.

Local.

Porlock has suffered from outsiders buying up houses and pushing prices up beyond local wages. Very nice though, you will be subjected to a large bunch of drunks on clunker death traps once a year. Also Miles Tea still have there coffee roasting part of the business in Porlock, smells nice 🙂

Williton, bit meh, quiet, big school, most just pass through, Five Bells area very nice with some stunning views.
Watchet, hmmm parts are quite nice, can be bleak in winter, wouldn’t move there myself. Train station (private line no mains service) and harbour are main draws. Dirty great paper mill with large volumes of HGV traffic, most locals give the trucks a wide berth on the roads as they aren’t always the best of drivers. Lot of mill traffic used to go through the docks when it was open for commerical use. Now posh marina, harbour does suffer bad silting up.
You may hear the legend of Fat Janet, now R.I.P. she used to service the visiting ships crews if you know what i mean……she came in the pub one night with a massive wedge of bank notes, had taken care of a russian cargo ship crew…. bless her, she didn’t know roubles where a dead currency outside of Russia and worthless in the western world.
Not sure if HTV have ever gone back, they vowed not too after filming a news broadcast and leaving the van unattended…. locals decided it would be great fun to empty the dog poo bins and pelt the broadcast van with the big dish on…..

Dunster, very nice, Dunster by candle light is a big tourist event, so if you are near the main streets expect to have lots of people peering through your windows and wandering about. Also suffers from outside elements pushing up house prices and then complaining about the church bells and chimes being noisy and trying to have them shut down….. Nice long history for the village, bits of the castle date to 950ad, lots of listed buildings which need pricey upkeep.

Minehead, North hill is the posher part, i nearly married my way into Elgin Tower 🙂 (mock castle overlooks the town) Butlins is a curse but keeps the town afloat, i live near to the town center, weekend drunks fighting and breaking things very common, Butlins now have a policy of if happy campers get bought back to camp by Police they will also be slung off camp, Young Farmers had a function there once….then there was the golf club battle between the gypsys and chinese….etc etc etc, Butlins can be lively. Not as lively as it used to be, which is a good thing.
Towns not as nice as it used to be, although you could say that about everywhere these days. Woodcombe and Hoppcott areas are very nice, outer fringes of Alcombe very nice too, North Hill and lower slopes, the Parks also nice. Living close to the center can be hit and miss.
Quiet in winter, can be hectic in summer, also expect rude early awakings around May as the Hobby Horse comes out to play, pagan goings on.
Nice long open beaches, a fatbike won’t be required but could be used as an excuse to get one. Sea Water is murky at best, get down to Porlock Weir and the quality is much much better.
Great days out on the Balmoral and the paddle steamer Waverly which do summer trips down the coast to Lundy island, or a shopping day over to Cardiff or vist flat holm/steep holm.
Don’t buy one of the flats on the seafront next to Butlins, getting to the age where the iffy building practice’s are coming undone, they look nice and some have excellent views, but not cheap, and service charges.

Lots of helecopter traffic, Augusta Westlands based in Yeovil along with the Fleet Air arm, 40 commando near Taunton and Kilve beach is a target range, big floating target out at sea, you can here chainsaw like rasp of chain guns in Minehead, bombing runs are done with inert practice bombs or laser targeting so no real earth moving noise.

You already know about the riding, stacks of it, MBR mag have a couple of route maps every year around the area.
Also lots of DH fun, discrete shuttle service on the Quantocks, and 2 others operate around Minehead, so if you get the urge for dressing like a stormtrooper and hitting trees then loads of action.
Also shout out for Coombe Sydnham country park, the BDS are using it again as a venue, well worth a vist, think the race is mid April, be like a mini world cup with several big teams competing.

The Williton to Bridgewater road is truly awfull when you get stuck behind an HGV. Terrible on Butlins changeover days.
The Williton to Taunton road is much better, also has low railway bridges which forces a lot of HGV traffic onto the Bridgy road.

Lots of places to look in the area, finding a bargin may be hard, although if your a cash buyer, ask around for repo house’s, quite a few which get snapped up quickly.
Overall it’s a nice fairly quiet area, which is why so many people are trying to buy into the area.

🙂

HS33 well worth looking into.

I missed the whole V-brake thing out back in the day, i went from canti’s straight to Magura Julies.

Bought a 2011 Karate Monkey frame because it had canti studs and disc mounts, i already had a set of rim brake wheels so cheapest option was to go V-brakes.
Went with DC MX2 V’s and levers, stock pads suffered a bit from flex and caning the bike down the motorway at fort william did overwhelm them a bit, wore the pads down to the internal backing plate and scored the rims racing the MacAvalanche down Glencoe, bit worrying at times, snow, ice, mud, bog mud all laced with granite particles, but was never too out of control.
Swapped out to Aztec cartridge pads….. instant gain in sharpness and stopping power over the stock non-cartridge pads.

For weight weenism check out weights, the XTRs are a bit porky but counter that with extra power over standard V’s.

To balance things out wear wise, i have gone through rear disc pads on 3.5 runs down Cwm Carn on a wet day, front lasted into the 6th run.

There was a debate ages ago about how many pro-level xc riders would still use V-brakes if there equipment sponsors allowed them to 🙂

Half decent set of brakes, some quality cartridge pads and away you go.

If a well cheap pair of XTR’s came my way and the pivots weren’t worn out and sloppy i would whack them on and have a go.

🙂

😀

V8 = loose ball bearings ally cage and 8 pins can be changed, plastic push in end axle cap, grease port.

V12mag = outer sealed bearing, inner bushed, magnesium cage (ally available) and all pins can be replaced, not just the corner pins like V8s, threaded alloy axle endcap, no grease port.

So hopefully Sbob my V8s will make teenage years, then get all moody, go goth or worse Emo then fall apart 😀 still good going only cost about £22 back when i got them. The local yoofs that race them seem to go through them in short order, to them, run them into the ground, grind the bearings into powder, jetwash them to death, then get the spangly colour thats in vogue and start the process again, pocket money pedals was something i heard them called.

Xiphon there are photos of a convertable car being jumped over, might even of had some females on the back seat…..can’t remember where i saw it though…. 😀

Mine are only 10years old, regular grease up, and maybe once a year they have a full strip down and deep clean, rebuild and regrease, still on orignal bearings (loose balls) and never lost the plastic push in end caps.

Also have a 5 year old pair of V12 mags, never serviced them, smashed the crap out of them, really need a rebuild now, maybe a new axle, ripped out some pins mincing down fort william WC track.

Toying with trying out the V8mags next, or maybe Vaults for a change.

^ 🙂

Got an older dropout, IS mounts in silver appears the same casting apart from no lawyer tabs for Q/R on mine.
Old fork snapped at crown steerer tube, chopped it up for possible trophy making materials. Possible spare for rebuild, although it appears fixable, not sure i would trust the fork, carbon tube could be damaged…..

part of me says fixable…..part of me says expect huge dental bill if it failed again 🙂

Ninja edit

Magnesium part not ally 🙂

Just some wheel/tyre info.

Been using DMR Revolver Hubs on DMR Backline 35mm wide rims, hand built with triple butted spokes, bit hefty but have survived since 2008. Done 4 DH enduros at Fort William with them, no problems, bearings need doing. Got some 40mm Spank rims but never got round to building them up, possibly overkill or when i want to go semi fat on 26″ I prefer heavy wheels, maybe harder work but i like them.
Most run 25-30mm rims, got a halo freedom rear thats been good.
A skinny rim is lighter, but running fat single ply 2.5 tyres on skinny rims at low PSI can result in tyre roll in corners or pulling the tyre off the rim.
Used 2.35 Hans Dampfs single ply on 18mm rims the other weekend for a race, bit of rolling as the tyre wall can’t support the tyre, let air out until i started rimming, then added some back to stop pinch flatting in race runs, a balance between grip and stablity and not pinch flatting.

Tyres, i mostly run 20psi front and 25psi rear as a guide/starting point.
Slower more techy tracks may run 20/20 or a touch lower.
Faster rocky tracks 25/30psi. Have run higher, around 40psi but found the ride harsh for me and the bike was a bit skippy/nervous/scaryfast.
Some run 50/50 not for me, real fast but harsh ride, some skills needed there at that PSI 🙂
Only run normal inner tubes, heavyweight DH tubes are there but never had the problem of pinchflatting that much to need them, could be the wrong tyre/rim choice for where your riding or lack of skills if lots of pinch flatting going on.

I used to run a single ply up front, save some weight doing that, had a few pinch flats doing that on Fort William.
Very rough guide to tyre weights.
Single ply freeride rated tyres, say 800-950grams
Dual ply DH tyres, light ones might be around 1000g, but expect 1100-1400grams, around 12-1300grams for an average 2.5 DH rated tyre.

Superduty DH tyres….. few out there, Intense do or did 4ply tyres think they were around 1800-2000grams, i ran a WTB super duty casing MX Prowler for several races, that was a claimed 1200g was 1600g, bombproof though and fast rolling despite it’s weight(had the freeride 960g light one up front but it didn’t like smashing into rocks in Scotland 🙂 )

Without looking it up, your Conti Barons are the light versions, are they the standard rubber or the Black Chilli compound you have ?

As others have pointed out, if you have lightweight tyres on then swapping to a set of DH spec tyres will help if your more into hitting up DH runs, then swap out tyres for XC trail days.

Maxxis 2.5 are a good starting point, not as cheap as they used to be, and the 2.5 Maxxis size is closer to everyone elses 2.35, handy budget hint for racing, get the super tacky 42a soft compound for the front, good grip, fronts last a while, for the rear try a 60a or 70a compound, less grip but much better wear life, and should be a bit cheaper. You might get lucky ask around, someone local might lend you some tyres to try out, quite often part worns for sale at races by other riders, so a just another set of tyres could work for you and be cheap.

I use the revolver wheelset and DH tyes for racing and the rear Halo and a hope hoop front for general riding with lighter tyres on.

I guess by your user name your in Bristol :)if you get the urge to try a race loads of choice, the Woodlandriders/Gawton support a HT class as does the UKbike park, the Welsh series MJ at Taff Buggys and WDMBA cater for HT too as well as the mini DH FOD series.

Your not alone, DH HT is not quite mainstream, but we are out there 🙂

Bit more info would be handy, what you running frame/wheels/tyres.

Already been pointed out that DH spec tyres will help with pinch flats, also if your running skinny rims that could be factor, add some more PSI to the tyres for a cheap quick fix.

+1 on steel frames, although some are as direct feeling as coke can ones.
The leg cramp could be down to fitness and muscles getting an unusual workout to normal, it may pass as you get fitter or just beat the muscles into submission and no longer feel the burn.

Small group do Gawton and smaller group do Fort Williams world cup track and the old Dragon Downhill races used to fun on HT 🙂 few of us out there. Ride more and being fitter seems to run in hand with less calf/thigh burn for me.

P.S.
ace photo up there scottfitz 🙂 sure i have seen a photo of Ben Deakin jumping a car there.

49mph downhill on a roadbike.

40mph on hardtail down a fire road, think that had a 44t ring

38mph on 7″ travel bike on road, 36t ring, kinda span out the gears couldn’t peddle fast enough 🙂

44.5mph on Rollapaluza but i was half pissed and sunstroked and never done it before 🙂

Don’t worry about speedos to much anymore either, i know if i am close to 30ish as my eyes water up 🙂

ooh nice pointer there totalshell on warrantys, will pass that along the chain of command to the Mrs.

The homecare contract we are on is from the local plumbers being slack about fixing/turning up when expected/forgetting/answering there phones etc etc, so from our old boiler viewpoint and actually having someone come round to poke it and fix it, then BG have been good service.
See how keen plumbers are on an installation job £££ not just a fix up job £ 🙂

Should have bought a lottery ticket my mag had 2 of them stuffed in there 🙂

How much each are they does the value of freebie cancel out the value of the mag.

Bit of a bump.

British Gas man came round to do a quote.

To supply and fit a new boiler is £3340.00 because it’s on sale -£400, because we have homecare contract -£150 bringing us down to £2790

Powerflush and magnectic filter £336
Worcester bosch greenstar 30 si boiler £1159
Fitting and bits £1160
clean up and removal £139

The Puma boiler is the wrong one for our house (orignal fitted boiler) we think the house is 12 years old, so 12 year old boiler, apparantly Pumas are lucky to get past 8years, and it’s a hard water area so it must be terrible to have lasted 12 years 🙂

Thats a rough breakdown on prices. Haven’t checked them out yet, but expected at least £800 to £1000 for a boiler, some google-fu to come on that front.

House is not ours, i am not liable for costs. I suspect we shall see a couple of local plumbers drop in for afternoon tea and drop off quotes as well, we might get a new boiler for next winter. Can’t wait to see if the plumbers quotes are close or loads cheaper 🙂 can’t see the property owner going with first shout of £2790 i wouldn’t !

Just having a cat about won’t scare them off.
There is always more than just one.

So far cats have caught 2 mice in the garden.
Traps in garage have done 5.
Traps are moving to the attic next.

+1 on peanut butter, seems to be the magic mouse magnet of doom.

I would nuke it from orbit, the only way to be sure….. but it’s not my house and the landlord might be miffed

Tinybits, threads worth it !

Ok like most i just roll into a fitters, they shout a few prices, i pick one depending on state of wallet and drive away new boots.

All this talk of silly money tyres, must be just for fatcats in fat 2ton cars.

Granted i only have little ones.
155/70R13 prices from £30 each to £50 each, last two tyres i fitted where £35 each incl fitting. Thats all new prices, not part worns.

So with some scrap yard diving i might find some spare rims, with some research using the little A-F guide ratings i can compare my normal tyres against winter tyres.

With only a quick look about, some of the cheapies fair better on the A-F guide ratings than the posher ones.

And i always thought winter tyres where expensive 🙂

Been thinking about “mids” for a while. I mostly do motorway miles with around 28mile off motorway on whats passes as an A road.

In the end i went with gearing up for possible worst case, although may look into what i call “mids” again (not snow tyres but winter tyres)
I got a shovel, an old 10ltr paint pot filled with salt grit, and a pair of snow chains. My little car lacks traction control and ABS and power steering, got electric windows though.

If it’s real bad, i don’t go out unless unavoidable local trips.
If i am out and get caught out, i can chain up and chug along at a reduced speed to get home (unless we are talking footage of snow then screwed anyway)

Chains haven’t seen much action, but they do induce a nice warm smug inner glow as my little 3cyl motor chugs uphill past stuck 4wds and other cars.
Did stop to help a stuck lady in a 4wd, rear wheels spinning, fronts not moving (trying to get in a drive way) pointed out it wasn’t in 4wd…. “yes it is ! the lights on telling me”
There is no drive to your front wheels, have you engaged the manual freewheel hubs.
“i pulled the lever, the lights on, it’s in 4wd”
No you haven’t locked the hubs to engage, those big black dials in the middle of the hub that say “locked” and “unlocked” your not in 4wd.
“but the lights on, so it is”….

I try to engage hubs for the lady, they are seized from lack of use, needs to be looked at by a garage.

I carry on with my journey 🙂

Deffo wrong time to buy tyres right now, plan ahead do it in summer when they are cheaper, or just pick up a set of chains.

Did drive past a few strangely parked cars and bus between Nether Stowey and Holford today, along the Quantocks. Tyres or chains would have maybe sorted most of them out.

Pre-BG plumbers hinting about it on last legs, next doors is playing up as well, 12year old estate so all houses most likely have the same boilers, and similar lifespans.

Plumber left us for 3 weeks mid-winter with no heating or hot water, you know that really cold winter few years back…..****..”thought your water was heated by electric”
Had issues getting parts (most likely forgot) as not paying we had to wait, land lord approved plumber an all that.

So we(landlord) go on BG, call out is fine, service has been good. On signing up they pull this little number “due to the age and make we might not be able to fully maintain your system” that was last winter, they have fixed it twice now, again service call out is swift.
Excited now about how high the quote will be, and which local plumber will do the job. (due to lease set up, boiler is landlords domain and cost, and i doubt they will go BG if it’s going to be 2K+)

If this thread is still active next week, i will drop back and update, but the oncoming comments are interesting reading.

Watching with interest now !

Got hacked off with local plumbers never turning up, house is covered by BG call out if boiler breaks down, that service is brilliant, normally with us in 24hrs.

The normal plumbers and BG have pointed out the Boiler is on it’s last legs. About 12 years old and a hard water area, it breaks down a couple of times each winter. Mother board has shorted out, switches sticking, hot water but no heating etc etc.

Not our house, landlord has asked for a quote to fit new boiler 🙂

BG rep is coming next week.

Really looking forward to seeing the quote now. I suspect the local plumbers will be more perky about coming round to fit a new boiler ££££ than coming round to fix an old one ££

So take the BG quote, then half it for roughly the true cost then 🙂

gee, i know this is still not cheap they do a race kit package of 2xedge16 mounts 5xStratus 20oz bottles RRP £84.99

Can’t see too many Pro riders lobbing these off the road on the pro-race circuit like they do with the cheapo standard ones 🙂

for weight weenies
20oz (591ml) bottle 74grams £6.99
24oz (710ml) bottle 85grams £7.99
Edge 16 magnectic mount 16 grams £27.99

20oz kit £33.99
24oz kit £34.99
20oz 5 bottle kit £84.99

🙂

Some belive the rare earth magnets have a localised counter effect on the space/time continuity and you are riding in a enhanced magnetic field bubble that defys the earths natural gravity laws.
You go faster than normal !
Strava units will display this as a KOM that defys normal riding ability….. Stephen Hawking told me 🙂

[troll bait ^ ]

Have one.

Magnetic wedge bolts to the frame so will not “just drop off” attaches like a normal bottle cage to a frame, but very very low profile when no bottle attached.

Bottle has another strong magnet and moulded to connect with the wedge.
The bottle does not just sit on top of the wedge they become intergrated.

Takes a ride or two to get used to the different system over a normal cage. More of a hefty pull to seperate the magnets than pulling a normal bottle. Hasn’t worked loose, fallen off, or been knocked off.
Putting the bottle back on is straight forward and the magnets kind of grab it and lock it in place.

The bottle itself has a simple valve set up to suck liquids out, not the normal plastic bung you pull open with your teeth to get liquids out of

For weight weenies there is a cost/weight saving over high end super light carbon fibre cages (go look at some cage prices) compared to say £10 for a normal cage and bottle then £30 is a bit steep, but some cages out there alone are more that £30, you pays your money and make your choice.

Trick looking, functional, low profile when no bottle attached, bit of a gizmo/gadget, quite like mine 🙂

Is that Simon in the red T 🙂 then ? wheres Charlie then ?

Worth asking at the retailer you got the bike from.

I had the rear wheel bearings fail in a week on my SX, that was fixed FOC by the shop after they had contacted spesh. Doubt that would have happened after 6 months, but still worth asking.

When my stumpjumper FSR main pivot bearings went, i got replacments from the bike shop £7 each, kept the dead ones and much much later i was using BSL Brammer with work. Took them in, told them i paid £7 each, how much for a direct replacement……£1.50 each or for £7 i could get some quality units that cope better with the minimal roatation and loads. I learnt how to change bearings after that 🙂 (was several years back so prices will have changed)

Ta Druidh 🙂