Thanks

Thanks, makes sense

Just brought a 1/4 inch drive torque wrench 5-25nm from b&q for £24 and a set of sockets with hex and trorq sockets in it to. Been looking for ages wasn’t happy to spend £80-£100 on a park tool. Seems to work just fine for home bike DIY. I already have a 1/2 inch drive which is great for the car but not so pratical for the bike

Canyon strive you’ll love it

Snapping chains is fun sometimes we have a competetion £10 pounds in and first to snap takes the money. Or alternatively which is even more fun, the most snaps in a ride wins the golden goose.

Real men snap chains

They reckon the box hill climb of 150metres is going to challenge the best riders in the world. It will be like riding in the velodrome

Canyon strive9.0 u won’t regret it. Now compare the speks

Search my review on single track forum. I have had my ES 9.0 for three months and been on at least one big ride a week. It’s still great lots of bling still shining. I am 5″10 and it told me to get a small but I wasn’t convinced so got a medium. http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/my-review-of-canyon-strive-90

None in my experience evans are useless. Get a canyon 2500 will get u a great bike

Go for it and look at the Strive to. I am so happy with mine it’s a great climber not for a xc racer but great for an all day social rider who loves to fly down hill.

I shall watch this space, my strive after 150 off road miles has started a slight click around the head set area at the moment I just think its normal bedding in I only notice it on the climbs and there is no play

he would surely die a virgin

Iam still not sure there are mountain biking groupies queuing outside his camper. Not really formula one status just yet.

I run Fat Albert on iodine 3 rims with stans. When ever the wheel is off give it a shake make sure hear fluid running around. Ask a nurse or Dr to acquire 50ml syringes with a blunt drawing up needles then you can inject through the valve core. That saves taking the rim off and unseating a good seal u may of achieved

turning bike upside down don’t make a blind bit off difference. Like previous correspondents depends on handle bar gadgets and your transport.
the best video is Guy Martin visiting Orange factory

Is it just me or is there a canyon revolution going on. I never heard of them till a few months ago. I now have a strive and love it, the company seems ultra professional interested in promoting cycling sports of all sorts. Their R&d is first class and they have just started CT testing stressed parts. Seems a far cry from a run down greasy factory in Halifax lol

Yes

What brand?

well, I have to say that I’m far more disapproving of people drinking and driving after the ride than any infracted rights of way..

I bet you don’t object too much when you get discounted travel for you and your bike.

http://www.grough.co.uk/discussion/index.php?topic=690.0

Nobby, went to look at the bolt on mine I can see how that could drop out if you didn’t spot it was slack. I will keep an eye on it, on reflection was there any tail tail signs?

I have a strive 9.0 with hammerschmitt and its awesome, hopefully no chain suck for me. I have had some really bad suck with previous bikes.
The bike has worked perfectly as you would expect on any new bike. It climbs well only limited by my lack of fitness and extra weight ;-), there is no lifting of the front wheel on steep technical climbs although lifts effortlessly if you need to avoid that awkward bolder on a climb. I am still getting used to the hammerschmit attached to my bike but I can really appreciate how it works and its benefits on a rapidly changing terrain especially in a good trail centre. Its either in one gear or the other it can’t be in between. It clicks effortlessly up or down, down being the direct drive 24 chain ring up is Overdrive, the ratio is approximately 1:1.6, with a ten speed cassette you have all the gears you need. Maybe due to my lack of fitness I may swap the 24 chain ring for a 22 when I next need to replace it just to help on those extra steep technical climbs. On the other hand even on road downhill’s it rarely spins out.