Take no notice of the kayak snobbery being bandied around, I bought a sot 4 years ago use it on the south coast and occasional river trip. Brilliant fun for exploring and just chilling out enjoying yourself, bit of fishing etc and the kids love it.
maybe riding a bit faster (dry tracks everywhere helps) and appreciate 5 is a noisy bike downhill but this really does feel like tyre has come off the rim completely and its stop get off and check tyre bad ! I do not understand as it is still plush at lower speeds and everything is lubed and play free. think lbs could be the answer, maybe mental block on my part, wouldnt be the 1st time 😳
coatesy, mech not very old all good, nothing loose as far as i can see, shock recently serviced, thats what i dont get, there is very little to go wrong and what there is i have checked, wolly – yes
never used cycle specific gloves, moto x gloves bought cheaply off ebay last for ages. any decent make such as alpinestars, thor, progrip etc will do the job.
still got my clockwork bought new in 90 something, now seeing use as child transporter / pub bike, anyway its matt black with slightly faded orange (of course) decals, still think it looks good but what do i know ?
was up stoughton way tuesday mainly fsa dry with just one boggy bit, seems to be drying out nicely round here, looking forward to getting out in the morning 😀
Dont know for sure but i think you would struggle to bend it after all what you are doing is just holding everything together, which is normally done by a puny little qr. The reason everybody isnt using them could be weight and possibly not bling enough !
Still got my 93(ish) clockwork owned from new, ridiculously narrow ti x-lites, 2 foot long stem, onza bar ends etc. Now occasional grandchild transport !
All very pleasant spesh if its dry and sunny, good midway stopover is fox goes free @ chalton (just north of chichester) cracking pub and nice rooms and about a mile (offroad slightly downhill) from sdw.
Had a 06 stumpjumper (with rp23) now have new 5 with boost valve shock, difference is unbelievable, much plusher and more controllable. cannot say how much is due to the different setup, linkage (or lack of) wise but far better and its not cos the shock on the stumpy was knackered as it was the same from new.