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  • Adam@BikeWorks
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    I’m a big fan of the PRO Turnix carbon.
    Very light, not ludicrously expensive, 2 width options and anatomic/standard versions.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Merida have a 2015 Big Nine Carbon 6000 out next month for £1850 with SIDs and SLX, and a lifetime warranty on the frame.
    Big.Nine 6000

    I’ve got the team version and its AWESOME!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    XT’s have bite point adjust (that doesn’t really do much) and are shiney.
    Plus the pads are held in with a bolt rather than a split pin.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    I fractured my (left)thumb and ripped the tendon on top a couple of years back (at Llandegla of all places – I somehow crashed and it got stuck between my front shifter and the bar as the bike went over my head. )
    Didn’t go to A&E for a couple of weeks, until the lack of movement started to concern me. Ended up with a crazy splint to wear overnight for a few weeks and a course of physio, but I didnt have any time off the bike at all, just didn’t use my front shifter.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Yes.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    wilburt – Member
    So what are you going to DO about this disagreeable situation?

    Ooooh oooh I know!
    Given that the issue seems to be showrooming, how about kill all the showroomers?

    Possibly a touch extreme I grant you, but consider this – If they are capable of the level of base stupidity demonstrated in the OP – do they really have a place in the gene pool anyway?

    So there you go, job jobbed. What do I win?

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Yes.
    Show your plague who’s boss.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Whenever these kind of threads come up, there are always suggestions for “fixing” xc (does it really need fixing? it seems to work fine in the rest of the world) which essentially boil down to making it more gnar and getting rid of lycra.
    Don’t we already have enduro for that?
    I already find some of the Midlands XC courses pretty technically demanding (I’m looking at you Eastridge!), make it more gnar and where are poor souls like me supposed to go? CX? Road?

    Back to the OP, I’d agree with previous posters – mag’s presenting xc as uncool, and BC funneling riders into road/track are IMHO the reasons why there isn’t a bigger uk xc scene (although ime it seems to be flourishing currently) and hence why there aren’t any top flight UK riders at the moment.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Should probably learn to spell imbecile as well.

    EDIT – 100!

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    discoduck – Member

    AND, No one looks more surprised than him when his bike pootles off without him as he makes several attempts to reign it back in.

    Well surely that suggests there isn’t a motor, ’cause if there was, he wouldn’t be surprised that it was still going.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    discoduck – Member

    I’m guessing that motorbike rider has seen bikes go down plenty of times and is competent enough to ride round it, the motorbike rider clearly slows waits for things to settle and moves on then all of a sudden the bike is moving again and he rides over it !

    You might want to ask Steve Morabito about that…

    maxtorque – Member
    lets look at the science:

    A world class roadie is going to be putting out something like 400w over the duration of the event (lets say 2hrs). To make a significant difference in performance you’d want at least a 50w (at the wheels) electric motor.

    55w for 2 hrs (inc 10% powertransmission losses) is 110w/hrs, but you need your battery to be bigger than your energy requirement to keep the voltage high enough to allow the motor to keep making the power required. Typically, your battery is at least 60% bigger than your energy requirement, so we need, in this case around 200w/hrs.

    Now, typical current Lipo batteries have an energy density of around 150whrs/kg, so we need a 1.25kg battery pack.

    A 50W motor weighs around 500g, and we need a variable speed inverter to drive it (say 200g) and a gearbox to get the power to the rear wheel (or cranks or whatever) so that’s another 500g or so.
    All up, we are looking at roughly 2.5kg extra mass, and of course, all parts/ wires etc have to be hidden in the frame invisibly.

    So, why would the UCi need to Xray bikes to check for motors? They wouldn’t, a simple set of scales would immediately show the cheaters!!

    Plus how many extra watts would the rider be using up just to push that extra 2.5kg?

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Tell her the extra bikes aren’t yours, they’re your girlfriends.
    That should calm things down.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Yes, both 6804 2RS.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Chain whip and cassette tool same as normal!
    There’s no lockring, so the whole cassette will come off as you undo it.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    So you’re not actually going anywhere vaguely near Chester then? :p

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    There’s only one way to settle this – RACE!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    You need to face up to the fact that you’re either going through Stoke, or you’re going massively out of your way.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Do you also believe the stories on the Daily Mash?

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    RRP £16.99 for the bracket axle unit!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Any LBS with a Madison account (so thats pretty much all of them) can get shimano spares. Go in armed with your mechs model number and Robert’s your mothers brother.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Yarp, team of 3 also.
    It’s not going to rain despite what bbc weather says, it’s gonna be nice and dry and awesome.
    Possibly.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    How can they be reviewed on a site called grams light bikes but he didn’t have any scales to weigh them!

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    FunkyDunc – Member
    Why did you have to pay postage on the warranty part ??

    I’d assume that he didn’t buy the part from them.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Used to sell Be One many years ago in my parents shop.
    Quality was ok then, no idea what it’s like now – I think they’re owned by Accell who also own Raleigh ,Ghost and Lapierre.

    I’m not believing that weight for that spec though!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    It’ll have more margin for sure (although less than you’d imagine).
    But margin doesn’t = profit. By the time all the stores costs have come out, it might well be down to £100.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Apparently you don’t know, because like most other things the margin on decent tyres and tubes has become more and more squeezed.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    It’s gash, especially as you were a paying customer.
    I’d have loaned you a tool (if they’ve got a workshop, they’ll have 4 mm ak’s ffs), or probably done it for you if I had a spare 5 minutes.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Merida Big Ninety Nine.
    Pretend you’re Ondrej Cink.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Its a pretty long drive down for us from North Wales too – especially after work, but it’s well worth it.

    I was considering doing it solo, but I’m going in a mixed team of 3 instead. Its a fast fun lap, so if I did it solo I don’t think I’d be able to pace myself. It’d be “Attack! attack!” for two laps then 10-11 hours of death.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Only Vinokourov is cool enough to wear Vinokourov outfits.

    If only the Vino on his shirt was also wearing a vino shirt.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Awesome event, done it for the last 2 years.
    6 or 12 solo and teams 2,3 or 4.

    Not a lot of climbing.
    Lots of twistys.

    Just enter already.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    jambalaya – Member

    @whatnobeer
    Wiggins is a multi-medalled Olympian going back to 2000 and was the first ever British TdF winner (proving we could do it) and won the London home Olympics road race the same year.

    Saywhatnow?

    Did he do this while wearing an Alexandre Vinokourov suit?

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    warton – Member
    I just hope its an exciting race.
    good luck with that… after the first week it may be the most boring race we’ve ever witnessed.

    It’s impossible to be more boring than 2012.
    Factoid.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Need to get your heels down 😉

    Hahaha tell me about it!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    @salsaboy – any chance I can have a copy of this pic – https://www.flickr.com/photos/salsaboy/14495941152/in/set-72157645348074923

    Happy to renumerate you!

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    I’ve just switched to a PRO Turnix – the anatomic version.
    TBH it’s been a revelation in posterior comfort! Plus no tingly numbness.
    Its available in 2 widths and rail options too.
    Is a it pricey in carbon mind…

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Its a well known fact that everyone loves grassy climbs…

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    This reminds me that I still charge £5 for Schwalbe, must put my prices up.

    I was doing that until about a month ago.
    Then I noticed how much trade was now and wept inconsolably.

    Adam@BikeWorks
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    Hahahaha!
    Nice, but I’ll have to respectfully disagree 😛

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