I got a dent from someone in a carpark on our car door. This was in the winter, so on a cold morning i poured a kettlefull of boiling water on it and it just popped out! magic. doesnt work as well with really small pointy dents…

yes, put a steel one in there beforehand… easyout?

No one else will care what brakes youve got or what they look like so providing yours work well, neither should you.

ive only ever worn em to skate half pipe.. never considered them for the bike, i would for full on dh though..

cr@p bros represent everything that is wrong with this industry.. blingy coloured overpriced pap that fails to perform the most basic of functions… i hope they go down the pan

rode sdw 60 or so miles, drinking white wine , listening to Kurt Vile..

my point I think, just couldnt work out how anyone coud justify so much spoke weight at the rim…

play with them.. a book?

I think all that 80s bright coloured cr@p that alot of you are too young to realise isn’t cool now and wasn’t then should be banned… bring back the stealth…

CK actually had paid for rights to use a split ring before the cane creek patent expired…

Why cant if fit onto bikes with rear discs? im looking for one for our 3 year old but both bikes have rear discs.. will most trailers fit bikes with rear discs?

i dont see why he doesnt ride up the large sloping rock to the left and drop to the right… looks pretty rideable to me…

had a controltech team issue and the clamp cracked…

top stuff that is… many congrats!

neither are dangerous… someone please close this thread

fulcrum red metal 3s fit the bill, weigh 1650/1685 and are tough enough so far..

Ive got em too on my ht and they are the best brakes ive ever owned, and most reliable… clean the discs, bleed them and fit some new pads..

bolt thrus definately feel a bit stiffer on stuff you want to just plough through but for an all day ride i actually find a qr fork a bit more forgiving.. (both revs)

I too hated nics, tried them out but they just didnt inspire any confidence for me, currently using conti 2.2 race king at the back and a 2.4 X king on the front, very impressed so far, fast rolling combo with tons of grip on loose stuff up front..

bought a saddle from tredz last week for the other half, was nearly a tenner cheaper then anywhere else.. wasnt in stock and they emailed immediately…but still came in 3 days with free delivery..

no way they are 25mm… they look about 2.5 – 3″ ?

how high are those risers?

yes, dont waste the 80 quid, take your other half out for a meal…

right on the money donks..

my easton ea70s are 685 so ive gone for some Answer pro tapers 720.. hope they are wide enough.. apart from gates any other disadvantages to wide bars?

blimey, i thought the 710s i was looking at were wide…

it’s too young for boxing I think.. a relative of mine was an excellent young boxer, but at a pretty young age put another boy in a coma, who is alive but sadly not the same and never will be. His oponent was lying in the ring having some type of seizure when it happened from a quick flurry of punches, pretty distressing stuff..he never boxed again. I did Judo from aged 8 and progressed to black belt not the same thing but much safer i think for kids. Im sure that story isnt representative of most peoples experience of boxing but it can happen…

it doesnt hurt as such, but it gets a bit wearing after a while and can make you feel a bit of a whitey coming on…. dont drink booze beforehand, it doesnt help..

dt rims are really soft, i wouldnt buy them 2nd hand, what onzadog said is spot on, have you looked at Merlins sale wheels?

CK, they do list the 1 1/8″ on their site but your right, doesnt seem to be a 1.5 made yet…pretty poo… veedubba, the star nut doesnt load the bearings at all unless your stem isnt tight enough..

tbh i havent used a Gomatro folding one, ive used other brands though. in my experience the non folding/1 peice blade with a handle attached to it flexes less when cutting.. plus its a lot easier for me to just pull one out of a sheath when im up a tree (tree surgeon)..

steer well clear of em, just whack it in the autotrader

a griplok should solve it properly, it eliminates the movement in the top part of the headset as well as anything else

Silky Gomtaro 270 is pretty good all rounder for under 40 quid, dont buy a folding one, they are generally crap. It will rip through 1″ – 2″ stuff but you can cut stuff up to about 6-7 inches, it just might take you a while…buy a decent one its worth it

they are sh1t, sketchy, not very grippy and tear easily or amazingly fast and grippy for the speed, you choose….and the stripes are a big fail

im sadly a serial acoustic buyer (long term expensive habit)… for dead cheap you wont really beat a yamaha, get a second hand yammy with a solid top for that if you look about

I like this forum, some of the posts are a bit bitchy and people do get a bit of a flap on, and it does seem to go through spells of being a bit miserable on here, but theres always an underlying humour that i think is what makes it work. Despite some people not getting on or disagreeing you have only got to read one of the more serious posts that people put up on here about serious issues in life. Pretty much everyone on this forum will give a considered, supportive and caring answer… i think that speaks volumes about the average singletrack member..

ide avoid all that generic branded stuff and go for renthal or easton..

I had an old pair of mx comp air’s converted to springs by windwave, they were plusher but by the time they had added 2 coils they weighed a ton..

could never ride that bike though without thinking about skiddy pants….hilarious