Your the 1 of 10 sold?! I’d be interested to know what it’s like to ride with when the side pockets are opened out. I’m pretty sure that’s where my knees usually are! Keep us informed.

I always used any furniture spray polish I found under the sink on a matt Ducati. But then I wasn’t ‘that’ fussy about it.

The tiny pack size of the ballon bed makes it perfect for bike bivvy trips.

IanB, the Crux jacket it quite reasonably priced compared to PHD’d offering-

http://www.phdesigns.co.uk/product_info.php?cat=110&products_id=240

Ive drilled titanium with a 14 pence chinese hss drill bit with no issues.

Cheap or expensive laminate, it won’t make any difference. Laminate flooring isn’t designed to flex, 1-2mm over 1m is about it’s limit for uneven surfaces.

If it was mine and if I wanted it doing it as cheaply as possible, I would use the Wickes latex levelling compound mentioned above and lay vinyl onto that. It really is very easy to use.

No it doesnt I’m afraid and if the floor is uneven you’ll need to self-level before fitting laminate floor anyway. Even the 7mm fibreboard underlay still requires the floor to be relatively flat.

37 front to an 11-32 cassette which was fine for xc racing and most dark-peak general trail riding. (26″ wheel)

Dropping to a 35 with an 11-34 cassette this year though.

^ me too.

LOL, and so thin it’s see through!

Basil, is that the 200g Terra Nova pack?

I drilled my ti spork with 30ish 3mm holes to save weight 🙂 And I don’t carry the safety pin for my balloon bed as I just pop them by hand!

Fav bits-

Octane 18x pack 460g
Terra Nova Lasercomp 988g (with decent pegs)
Or- Rab Survival Zone 400gish
PHD Minim ultra sleeping bag 350g
Balloon bed 90g (exc pump as can use bike pump)
Titanium esbit stove 13g
Fuel tabs at 18g per 15min burntime
Windsheild 19g
900ml vargo ti mug
Petzl Elite headtorch 28g

My Pro3 freehub bodies appeared to be exactly the same as all my Pro2 ones.

Is it just that they now have stainless bearings in them then and just a slight typo?

Why narrow your choices, you can always just leave the bladder out?

Cooking, in a bivvy bag?

I have an Octane 18X and I would say it holds 3-4 times as much as a Mule but it’s not that much bigger if any in size. It’s the shape of the space thats much more suitable for actually putting larger items in, without the restriction from the bladder.

The zipped front works really well at reducing the packsize. It’s very lightweight largely because there are no compartments inside, it’s just an open space with minimal padding to the back. It will swallow an average size shoe box but when cinched up feels tiny. It comes with a 2L bladder but a 3L fits in fine.

I’ve owned several Camelbaks over the years and this one for me is the perfect do everything pack from all day epics, bivvy rides and 2 hour blasts round the woods.

ESI fitting; use white spirit to slide them on- they fix fast within minutes in above zero temps.

I have had 2 pairs on various carbon/alu bars and not slipped once since I first bought a pair, despite some hefty S/S yanking on the bars.

They do wear quickly though

I run 36t up front to a 7 speed 14-32 (11-32 9 speed with the 2 smaller cogs removed for better chainline).

I don’t need or want for anymore gears, and I ride the Peaks on a regular basis. But then I’ve ridden singlespeed for years so my riding style is more suited to stomping my way through.

I’m with freeridenick, there are lots of other good brands other than Hunter, whom seem to have taken on a bit of fashion status.

I’m an Aigle man too 🙂

But, in the snow we’ve had I’m now in waterproof trousers, walking boots and gaiters. Otherwise the snow comes over the top of wellies!

Did you use any etch primer?

If your running tubeless it’s even better as you don’t need to line the tyre with anything the sealant just plugs everything. If you screw through the meat of the tread then the air loss should be virtually none anyway, I certainly don’t experience any sealant oozing through anywhere with about 70 screws.

Select a screw length that sticks out about 2-3mm at most.

The noise they make on clear tarmac is very loud!

Cheap and light?

Google ‘balloon bed’ for the extreme end of the spectrum. 90g and £20!!

They are ace, but not really for ‘normal’ camping duties.

The Pro3 AM4 CAN be converted to 20mm
The Pro3 XC3 CONNOT be converted to 20mm

Ridden 2:1 for years but have always prefered the additional overlap and reduced wear of 36/18 and the 18T sprockets, King in particular, look nicer imo.

^^Nice individual Simple, very top shelf too.

It was way too skittish for an only bike, hence it’s another ‘no longer’.

400g of 750+ EU fill, with an overall weight of 750g for £130 is pretty hard to beat at rrp, unless you can find something on a great offer.

But then offers come up quite regularly. Taunton Leisure have the ME Xero 350 (750g overall weight, 750+ EU Fill) which is about their equivelent reduced to £175.

Take a look on Cheaptents for a good chart of weights/fills/prices for a few brands.

FWIW zips can add around 100-150g if weight is a major concern.

Oh, and don’t look at the wonderful PHD website, it’s far too temping!

As long as the singlespeed hasn’t got any 1/8″ sprocket teeth then yup it should work. I run a 9 speed chain on a Surly steel ss chainring with no issues (1×9).

Unless your getting them at a great price, I personally don’t run 9-speed chains on my singlespeed though.

I ran wired Conti 1.3″ slicks tubeless with no problems on Stan’s 355 rims (just yellow tape). I ran them at around 45psi and they felt amazing, so much more supple than with tubes and despite only relatively low pressure they rolled very well indeed so never bothered trying any more air.

With sealant they coped with several cuts and thorns.

If it’s a lightweight aluminium frame be aware that powdercoat is heavy! It added over 1/4lb to a frame I had done compared with the wet-spray paint before.

He’s a northener. He tells it as it is.

He is one of the most respeected wheel builders around.

The down Rab is likely to pack smaller than the Primaloft of the Ecto, but won’t cope with damp as well.

The purlins all run through at the same height as the trusses, have you halp-lapped them in?

Octane 18X

I’d be more concerned about that ugly oversize chain on those beautiful cranks and chain-ring. FFIW with no side play to consider Ive always found an 8sp chain to be perfect for SS use, in fact the only chain I have ever snapped was a singlespeed specific chain.

The frame doesn’t appear very old to have ‘rusted through’.

QR15 is great, but I really would’nt bother as a £180 upgrade on your existing forks.

There were very few parts of the Newcastleton course where you could just cruise along sat down to get a little respite. It didn’t help that there was a massive amount of climbing/decending which meant being out the saddle a lot. Being on the full suss would have allowed me to sit down on sections where usually I would have had to hover over the saddle due to the terrain.

Monkey, my Titus motolite set at 100mm and built with light wheel/tyres would have been my prefered bike now in hindsight! For shorter races its naturally a different story. If I had the budget though the Santa-cruz 29’er Tall-boy would be my wish-list bike for that course.

As for training, I mile munched through the winter mud and then worked back from the event with a 12 week schedule. I concentrated most of my training to slow burning, long rides of up to 8hrs.

Have fun, don’t get me wrong I still certainly enjoyed it on the Lynskey!

I rode the UK 24hr solo-champs at Newcastleton on their ti Ridgeline. I wish I had ridden my full suss instead.

Ti is a great material and Lynskey make some incredible frames but I’m not sure the expense is justified for 24hr racing. It’s just not that more compliant than steel and in my experience tyres, saddle, grips and seatpost will have just as much an effect over 24hrs.

2.35″ Maxxis High Roller fits in with about 17mm spare all the way around.

Cut down XTR = a la Jones surely.

KCNC

You can buy mine for £15 posted then sell it on yourself for the same money?