We were lying in bed, staring at the moon
And I was wondering if I was supposed to be in love
But we couldn’t quite decide if the moon was full
But I thought, well, tonight it’s full enough

And this morning I was casually trying to sniff my fingers
On the way back home
I could smell you and I felt like a little boy
And we’ve been on these open seas far too long
So take a breath, take my hand, there’s land ahoy

I really like the positive click of attack shifters, got em with new xt mechs and they work great…

I used to waste far too much time cleaning my bike really well..now i just brush off the worse mud when its dry, keep my drive train cleanish & lubed and clean fork stanchions each ride. once a year full strip down and rebuild..

i take it all these tyres were kevlar beaded?

i thought everyone smoked weed these days..

were the 2 mtb riders on funny looking clown bikes, with huge wheels and no gears wearing stw t shirts?

I think most people that slag them off tend to ride “proper” natural trails more and arent scared to explore and put the miles in.imho all the best riding ive ever found has been natural stuff. They are a bit sterile, but I love a trail centre weekend, just couldnt ride them all the time….good fun but no sense of adventure..

i’de second that, the pony path down on a ht is awesome fun, wouldnt ride up that way though…

i can’t see how you managed to prop it up on that watering can rose..

im only joking mate… just continuing the thread in the manner it deserves…

I bought a cheapo pertex type jobbie to replace the Montane velo i lost.. cost me 17.50 2 years ago and has worn as well as any of my more expensive kit..

im having trouble with the crap handling on the orange 5 though..

i dont get it either? not the hardest trail in the world is it, yet you need a heckler to ride it.. rofl

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none… my lifes not for sale…

dont wanna be free of hope, but im at the end of my rope

yep, they are all crap. i’ve stopped buying them completely. Full of adverts and not much to read..

make sure you savour every moment, she will be 3 before you blink..big congrats to you and your family..

lol, what a rude boy… i too will be scouring the classifieds for any other bargains he may have..

is your saddle too far back/forwards? if you clamp on the part of the rail which isnt perfectly straight they will do this…i had an inline thomson that did it as the seat was a bit far back on the rails…

ourmaninthenorth….big +1 for Kurt Vile… amazing stuff. saw the cave singers a few weeks ago and met the band outside, I asked Peter Quirk what he was listening to and he recommended Kirt Vile. If you havent checked out the cave singers do so, they are awesome.

shock horror…they had tattoos and piercings aswell…and scabs

what’s his other bike?… roadbike with monster t’s?

Im liking that, very nice… you need to align that headset spacer though..

sounds like wp…the impellors disintegrate gradually…

braided hoses are no better than normal..look nice though if thats your bag….floating rotors go ting….

you need 2

what.. a sh1tfaced loon making blankets to call art, you cant compare her to rembrandt…seriously

nearly every rider, roadie or mtb i see round here says hi, walkers too.. the tinterweb would have me think that all roadies & walkers hate mtbers…

water flows from the block/therm housing into the top of the rad when the therm opens… sounds like a poss water pump prob youve got…is your heater hot?

couldnt even be arsed to plant up that border on the left though..

you should have bitten the owner and said “people bite mate, get over it”..

yep…most of my routes have a few cheeky bits in them..

same here, got a ck fitted on my bike and got a 110 from crc for 30 quid for the gf…early days yet but seems as smooth and well made as a king, anodising isnt as nice though… but if you can get a 110 cheap why bother with a king…

lol…

40 fags and some special brew?

that electric saw must be pretty gutless to be sold without a chain brake.. you cant even compare that to a half decent petrol saw, definately no good in the long term for logging up..

it’s his north shore obstacle…

Surely finding flow, keeping momentum, hitting kickers, bunnyhopping, pumping the bike, unweighting the bike at speed, drop offs, berms, moving your body etc etc etc are the most basic skills you need to cover ground off road at a reasonable pace on a bike? It doesnt take average Joe much time off road to realise this pretty quickly and put this style of riding into practice if left to their own devices…

race kings 2.2