These are know to be used by thieves. MX bikes here, but I’ve know one on a mates Ducati that he found before he got home. Whether they have been used to mtb theft is not strictly relevant, it’s just a good reminder to be vigilant and take no chances with your bikes.

As for folk taking about advertising your bikes on the roof, we’ve all heard about the guy robbed at knife point on the M6 I’m sure.

Acceptable? Required! The more noise the better. Just be aware that Si has banned chainsaws. Llangollen top woods will be great to watch.

There was an independent adjudicator there who is also a BC commissaire as well who gave up his time to keep us on our toes.

I’m not there to keep you on your toes. I’m there to help Charlie and Steve and to try and help racing function as safely and fairly as possible. And to enjoy the weekend! :)

Can’t think I asked for anything to me removed last year. Can’t speak for others though and certainly BC staff at HQ were more worried than most about Enduro being another name for DH. Generally speaking though the organiser has to strike a balance between what keeps things fun and interesting for the experienced skilled rider and what is not going to cause the less experienced, some times first time, racer to end up in hospital. Until there is a points qualification system that’s always a balance that has to air on the side of caution.

It was a shame the original stage 1 had to be dropped, it was the fastest most challenging of the stages in my opinion. Certainly one I rode a few times cos it was so good when I did the recce. Might well pop back next weekend for a couple more laps.

There is a pub in Corsham (nr Bath) that is a polling station.

In my mind, these are not tools to skimp on. If you are serious enough to want to move on from L keys to T handles then spend the money on nice ones. I have Beta 951s, which were £50 quid for 8/6/5/4/3/2.5 but are a joy to use and fit bolt heads just lovely. Plus the top shaft slides in the T which makes access easier.

Yup.

If you want coloured, get gloss. The lacquer stops the colour fading.

As for the chap who says Nextie take the piss with waiting, mine were with me in 2 weeks. Inc customs. Unlucky perhaps?

Why would you use Enduro bearings, which are full compliment, in a hub? They are the wrong type to use. Katec are just rebranded cheap bearings with posh looking grease pumped into arn’t they?

Rose Soulfire perhaps. Was with a chap trying one at BPW last week, he liked it. Surprised particularly by the Durolax fork working well.

1.5mm

How much of your ride do you spend cranked over enough for that to make a difference? Berms don’t count cos angle between ground and tyre is not that low. MotoGP bikes are fast enough on smooth tracks with sticky tyres to be able to get that far over and for flex to matter, in not convinced anyone on a mountain bike, off-road, really ever is.

Now, flex that allow you to stay in ruts rather than ride up the edge, that’s another issue and not one is think related to wheel flex, more frame/fork. Interesting though.

I’ve been quite surprised by the difference a carbon rim has made. Went from a WTB i23 to a Nextie 40mm. I’m not a light chap or light in riding style, so I flex things quite a bit. The i23s were OK but I could feel the wheel in corners. The Nextie is just more solid and I can lay the bike into corners more confidently. It’s not night and day but it’s noticeable and I like it.

Same hub, spoke type and builder for both wheels, and used on same bike for same riding.

Heat gun and an air ratchet. Had the same thing, heated it up a bit and razzed it with the air ratchet (which is unnerving when you can hear the damper rod spinning!) a couple of blasts and out it came. Grease it a bit before refitting.

Grease? RS techs suggest oil. Grease it’s quite sticky.

What we have learnt here I hope is that you should clean and oil your Maxle regularly.

I replaced said bearings in the Lake District with a rock and an AA Maglite. Needs must and all. So yeah, you don’t need the tools if you don’t mind nothing a bit.

The new descent is aweful. It’s just steep loose chutes. The old one was at least fun.

Does 20×110 have wider brake and flange spacing than 15×110? No. The wider flange stance is what the new size is about, to create stronger larger wheels. For folk like me that’s good news via we find 29er wheels flexy.

I’m sure a helmet is compulsory even when climbing. Never seen it enforced tho

I have seen people without lids on be told to stick their lids on or be removed from the site. BPWs rule are quire clear, if you don’t like their rules don’t go there. Don’t be a ****.

One of the riders wasn’t Steve Peat was it? HE was out filing with Cut Media yesterday with a drone, according to his instagram.

Didn’t realise they were allowed to change bike every lap to allow the pit crew to wash the mud off ready for the next lap.

You can do it twice per lap if you have enough bikes/staff/money. Ultimately though most folk didn’t change that often this weekend as it wasn’t that bad really, for cross.

Bloomin’ great event. Well done to Ian the organiser and all the crew who helped. Really first class job by all made for a superb course with some good racing. If you’ve not watched Clwb on S4C already then you should.

When they are 40quid the Knuckleball was the bargain of the year. Feels great, I’ve not broken it. Lovely.

I had a Pro2Evo fail in exactly the same way the OP described. 1 week in France, 2 rides at BPW and a few local loops. It failed in the Lakes on day 1 of a weeks riding. Biketreks sorted me a new freehub as bearing race stuck fast in old freehub. Shit happens.

I just use BBB ones. Loads cheap, work the same sfaict.

None. 9 and 10 speed are the same total width.

Mate had a Monarch on his TR. Tuned it, never felt “right” according to him. He bought a Cane Creek inline and loves it (plus he’s quicker now to, damn him).

Anyway, back to your problem. You have the wrong shim stacks in for your frame linkage rates. You need to spend money with someone who can sort that for you, Loco, TF, etc. You should probably have spoken to a professional beforehand, but hey ho.

Sadly last year there was a fatality on one of the BC Road Races around the Severn area, where a rider was in collision with a car, so to say that Enduro is not insurable due to risk is laughable

Not really. The rider at the Seven race was briefed not to cross the white line and he did. There is thus no case for BC to answer and the case has no hope as the organiser had fulfilled their duty of care. Its is way more difficult to say that about a mountain bike event, which is what worries insurers.

Well shot of BC imho, their actual regulations regarding DH helmets, are incredibly vague, they only specify the very basic of standards of helmet, insist it must be ff but give no minimum standards as they don’t want to be held responsible if one fails (is my reading of their wishy washy regs)

If you would like to propose a standard to which BC should work I’d be happy to take it to commission for you. We’ve been looking for one for years.

36″ trouser.

60mm with a 760mm bar. Its not a stretched out riding position, thats for sure, but its comfy. Its not meant to be an XC race bike afterall :)

I just tightened my rear pivot up and it stopped creaking. IIRC I went over the recommended torque spec but its been fine ever since, so, meh.

I’m 6’3″ and it fits fine. It’ll depend on your proportions as much as anything though.

http://www.mountainbikes.net/mtbikes/produkt.cfm?pnr=24667&ac=1&varid=67718&ctry=1&za=1&lc=1&curcd=1&cid=506F8CBA-5056-B502-E51FC3584AC65ADB

In stock, £28 once posted to the UK.

The whole skin suit issue was actually brought about by Nissan. At the time Nissan were the title sponsor of the DH world cup and they didn’t like the image that skin suits gave to the sport and said they needed banning or they’d walk. The UCI banned skin suits but Nissan walked anyway. The rule was never reverted because of pressure from trade teams that were feeling pressure from their sponsors. The peak (or visor, as it actually says ‘cos its a bad translation from French) rule is the same.

If you pay attention to the top world cup boys and girls, you will note they all wear a size down jersey than a “normal” rider might wear and they always tuck them in (on race runs, often in practise they don’t).

As of this morning their site upgrade has resulted in the site not working at all. Info on their twitter.

Wheelbuilds seem OK, some need a tweak or two after bedding in.

Hubs are a bit hit and miss though. I have two SwitchEVO hubs, ones been fine, one has split its freehub three times and now has a steel freehub. Shell shows signs of deformity too, but it still works (just heavy now).

I’m a fat bastard (honesty is the best policy) and put WTB i-23 rims, Hope hubs on my 29er. Laced them with Sapim spokes myself. Stiff, not heavy and no issues. Nice. I wanted a wider rim than most wheelsets provided, we big fellas need a bit more sidewall support.

jeffm – see http://instagram.com/p/j10Z2CMh2x/

Thats not a cautious organiser, thats a sensible organiser.

Ah yes, Solo air, sorry. I’m dual air so oil is OK. You pay for progress it seems ;)

I used a mix of oil ‘cos a nice man told me to, and he knows more than I do. Simple as that really.

Stick some oil in the air cart. I run 10cc of fuild (which is 5cc of Fox float fluid and 5cc of 10wt sus oil) in my air cart to get my Revelation to be less linear. Just let the air out, remove the air cap and pour the fluid in.

Its like a poor mans version of the new bottomless tokens RS now offer.