Its entirely down to your opinion and feeling for the bike you are riding. Either go and test ride things, or take a punt. Oh, and read this… http://www.pinkbike.com/news/26-vs-275-vs-29-Wheels.html

Any ISCG (old, not 05 as the On-One site still states) will fit.

My wonky frame arrived today. The ISCG mount, despite the web site saying its out, appears fine to me. My guide dropped straight on.

Perhaps the rather bodged Fireline Evo release has caused less haste, more getting it right. Better late than bothersome.

Be nice to get an update though :) New steel Evos on the way too apparently.

Its not made by Waltly.

Whats that line about to assume makes and arse out of me and you, though not you here…

My bad, I’d assumed two new Ti frames, same timing, you were likely to use the same factory. But, I forgot you don’t like an easy life ;)

Glad its posher with a longer warranty. Hot cocoa all round.

Brant is still saying Jan 1st.

Its made by Waltly, same as the new Titus, and has a 2 yr warranty. Wonder what size seat tube it’ll turn up with? ;)

Titus US have them up on their shop now, with some pics. The larger size doesn’t quite look as nice to my eyes. Shame. It also looks like the headtube is to long and needs cutting down above the TT.

http://shop.titusti.com/product-p/frtitfl29.htm

The warranty is 2 years “for all structural issues and manufacturing faults” according to the man from On-one, who also helpfully then added “The paint and bushings are covered for 1 year for manufacturing defects.” Paint, bushings? Right then.

The jumps in question have existed for a while. The main building ceased 2 years ago when Longleat asked if the local club knew who built the jumps (club didn’t know, but put the word around). Funny how this only starts getting press now Longleat want to start restricting access to the estate. English Heritage have been asking Longleat to fix the Fort for years. Oddly no mention of the carnage across much of the Fort atm caused by the recent forestry work. Its PR bollocks, frankly.

As for motorbikes, yes, there are kids on scramblers in those woods quite often. They get reported by local cyclists but never has anything been done.

The drive side bearing isn’t “behind” the ratchet ring, it slides right through it. No need to remove the ratchet ring at all.

For anyone that is interested about access issues on the Longleat Estate, there is a piece here which mostly helps. http://www.whitehorsenews.co.uk/blog/?p=1645 Looks like Cycle routes 24 and 25, plus teh Wiltshire cycleway are unaffected (if you read the Longleat statement and ignore the scare mongering “journalism” is the reporter.

They indeed to weigh a kilo (1030 grams mine) but they clear well so I figure I’m saving on the mud carrying ;) Plus really, they are not a tyre for gram counters, they are a tyre for riders.

There are no rights of way across the Longleat Estate, but there are 2 Sustrans routes that exist permissive access. It has generally been taken by locals for years that walking/riding along the estate roads is allowed, so the recent issues are causing quite a stir locally.

Ziggy, out of interest, where were you when you were stopped and what time of day was it? From speaking with others we have yet to work out any pattern or obvious method to Longleat’s “madness”. Indeed there are no new signs up at the entrances (other than two new pop up barriers) so how folk are supposed to know they are now not allowed on the estate I know not.

Jens – if you’ve not got the headset in yet, here’s how to do it.

Measure the internal diameters of the headtube with vernier callipers in a few directions. If the measurement comes up round and all about 43.95mm press the cup straight in (this was the case on my BPX’s lower headtube hole). If the measurement is a little off (as per my headtube’s top hole) then take the bearing out of the headset cup. Press the cup only into the frame using a headset press and some grease on the cup and inside the frame. If at this stage the bearing fits in, great, but mine didn’t, so I took the cup out with a large bar and a hammer (a rocket tool is the correct tool, but hey) and the put the bearing into the cup. Then press the cup with the bearing in into the now loosened headtube (be careful to press on the cup and not the bearing). Use grease. Job done. Worked a charm for me and someone else I know.

Sure, its less than ideal, but really you should be reaming the headtube of any new frame before fitting a headset anyway and since you (or your mechanic) isn’t doing that you kinda have to accept life may be a little more fun.

Hopefully you’ll get things sorted so you can start enjoying the bike and forgetting about all this stuff :)

£30 voucher here too; hadn’t contacted them; hadn’t posted about it; they know who’s been done.

So, if this is true we can deduce that the logger output was still on the server and available to read and that the CC logger logged not just the CC number and CVV (‘cos CRC don’t store that so couldn’t back match) but also the customers personal details. Thats a fairly blatant stream parser which CRC didn’t spot for a good week after being told they had an issue. Someone is getting fired.

You can buy the house and garage separately if they are seperate – but it’ll cost you a few k in legal fees. You can also buy the carpets/lights/fittings separately too, which is much easier.

I had a similar issue on Sunday. Post wouldn’t come back up, press the lever and pull it it came up, but then waggled about. I tried putting air in it but it was leaking – stick teh end of teh piost in a bucket and it blew bubbles.

I took the post apart and found (mud and water inside…) that the bottom silver end of the top shaft had come slightly unscrewed allowing the o-ring air seal to burb air. I stripped it all, clean it and rebuilt it (with a touch of liquid PTFE and threadlock in appropriate places) and its all lovely and smooth again and working fine.

I guess RS need to loctite the silver end thing in in future.

HTH,
Al

CRC have tapered steerer Revelations dual air RLT 140s (2011) for under 270quid. Ideal.

No sooner do I post than I get a message to say that the trails are closed. Boo!

I’m meeting up with a chap who lives about 25 miles west of Brechfa, he’s still going no matter I think. Sounds like a plan, may just have to park elsewhere and ride in :)

Any further word on this? I’m due to head over to Brechfa on Sunday. Got to think its warmed up enough now to be fine, but you never know.

I'd love to see a policeman stop you and fine you for that! :P

Improve them on fast successive hits/stop them being overwhelmed.

Thats what PUSH does for a Pike.

Whether its worth it to you, well, stick some Tesco Sunflower Oil in and see how you go. Got to be Tesco though, ASDA stuff breaks down to fast and the Morrisons stuff is inconsistant.

I am reliably informed by inside sources that TF Tuned have the spring you require in stock (well, she is 98% certain).

HTH,
Al

From memory of doing someone elses last year, its a case of undoing a circlip or two, popping the bearings out and pressing new ones in. If you are handy with your tools, you should be fine.

I scratched the stays a few times and then put a 160 in there – much better IMO.

Helicopter tape solves that :)

Sounds about right. I take a 47 in my MP66s but a 48 in the winter boot and newer XC shoes. Shimano seem to have shrunk.

If your "getting to work" is offroad, fine, otherwise a commuter and an enduro and an MX are never going to all work in one bike. By a scooter for getting to work, then buy a proper bike for playing about offroad on. Oh, and make sure you have a large garage first, they breed you know ;)

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"unique users" is not a term used by GA. But then we all know what Benjamin Disraeli says about stats, don't we ;)

20" are gate-esque in my eyes

And in my eyes your leprechaunesque bike looks like something for an, errm leprechaun :wink:

Looks good in large, though sadly I don't think the seat tube extension is big enough for a Crud Guard. Shame.

We need pics :-) I want to see a 20", the size for real men!

The return leg from Porlock was a bit of a dull drag, esp with the mud in the middle. But I suppose you have to get back some way. Organisation was ace :-) Playing 'Spot the Singletrack reader' was fun, but some of you make it to easy :P

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Excellent. You know you have mad it in the world when STW blocked your website ;)