I need to man up, seeing those above :oops:

Riding at the moment with a cracked rib, but nothing like what you’re going through!

as I’m in the same boat, last week knackered a rib, riding tonight; although going by the wind something might fall on my head..

Ah got the answer. Cheers xt for me next

So how comes scampers is lighter? I was hoping the xt cassette was going to be lighter, like scampers, as my cassette is 450g

Good effort though….

Are they fat bottomed???

Cheers Peter, that’s interesting that there’s more clearance, I’ll pass it on….

Quick hi-jack; have any of you experienced chainsuck with this frame? A mate is looking at one, but having just had a bit of chainsuck with his steel 456 he’s just wondering if the c456 suffers it???

Ta

Hey great to hear people loving it, even though I’ve decided not to ride tonight as planned, due to my ribs still hurting I’m not down in the dumps about it – mind you I’ll be seeing my friend for coffee and to talk bollox about bikes :-)

Looking forward to next week already…

Glad to hear others are enjoying themselves.

Yunki et al, chin up hopefully it’ll come good

Samurai +1

I follow MCN I find it great for motogp (and others) updates, especially when at a highland games meeting and unable to watch.

I was also skeptical at first…. Think I’ll add some of the above

I’m using rocket rons at the moment and find them ok, also cheap at on-one

How about making the up esculator go down, but slow enough so you can walk up against it :lol: but then it’d be cheaper just to put in stairs :oops:

Dunno, if it’s been said, but low fat food is not necessarily healthy.

+1 for bananas, it was a solution for a friend of mine, potassium init?

Try drinking Tonic Water- Its full of Quininene Gin, so should sort out cramps..

There that’s better…

Here’s mine, now with white bars, seat post and grips with orange collars:

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I did it

I thought the deliverence descent wasnt all that good, very rocky and quite a tough climb out.

It’s good we’re different; I love deliverence, and as for the climb out, yes tis a bit so so but then we’ve just descended from the mast; so a kind of reverse payback.

My mate has a steel 456 and loves it and is now considering the c456. The way I look at is this, upgrading bits from slx is easier than forks, and the revs are great

.. and because of the

black anodised world we live in!

I went for orange and white like so:

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and since that photo, the seat post and bars are now white with black superstar grips with orange collar\end caps.

I really must take another photo

IF it were me then it’d be the c456 coz I currently have a steel bike and haven’t had a carbon one.

Also currently I have slx/revs 140mm and find them great

How long have you got – John O’Groats to Land’s End??

I’ve got Revs 140mm on mine but they came off my old bike. If I was having to buy it’d probably be Sektors 110-150(?), my friend has these and they seem excellent. The u-turn allows different frame choice in the future as well…

here we go:

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although now it has a white seat post and bars…

elfin – No seriously, they really aren’t, no matter how many times you tell yourself it’s an ‘investment’.

I’m not saying they’re an investment or not; but isn’t that statement above you saying they’re not an investment..?

Actually so too have trails – we are riding stuff now way more difficult than we did 10 / 20 years ago in general

Really..

singlespeed_shep beat me to it, I mean REALLY

In san francisco on holiday we took a cable car that went up ‘Nob Hill’ not sure if me or my son (15) laughed the loudest…

I do love laguna seca, the sight of the bikes going over the corkscrew is one to behold.

mcoj – drop me an email, addy in profile…

Hmm, glad I saw this thread… I was quoted £450 for a tow bar with dual electrics, which funnily enough I didn’t think too bad, but looking at what other people are spending I best shop around.

Is there a Genesis bike that has the kit you want?

I did it the other way round; bought an Abyss (slx+140mm revs with 20mm axle) for £1000 in 2009 mind (I notice they’re up to £1250 8O ) Then this year on the scheme have bought a Prince Albert frame – bingo the steel framed bike I wanted for a net cost of £680 :lol:

I remember when I worked for DEC, a colleague handed in his notice saying he was going to Novell – he was off the premises within the hour having been accompanied in the office for that hour. He got all pay\holiday\notice period due to him, just wasn’t allowed in the office.

born in singapore by my natural mum sheila from ‘up north’, my natural dad Kenneth buggered off to merchant navy; my adoptive parents from croydon and sidcup, married a scottish girl……

so Englang for me

BigJohn – Member

I’m sitting here after an early morning ride

I really wish I could up early….

Here’s mine:

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Nope, bang on average for me 120/80; some would say I’m fit, but I’m not anywhere near as fit as I should\want to be, resting heart rate though is 40, but maybe genetics has more to do with that…

Not sure I’d call it tricked out and is 140mm long travel, probably not, but hey ho here it is:

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While i’m here where is the descent in that fith pic of yours?

I’ll have to have a think about that one, I’ve got other pics to remind me…..

fergal – yeah tis a bit loose :-)

probably not the best descent but went off the last peak down to the gate, how steep is that grass!.

I take it that was down the back towards Eildon village as it were?? the grass is very steep, I had trouble running down that once!!

Anyway the best descent is to look at the second picture I posted; you see the track just starting on the top of the hill left of centre, well take that until you hit the fork, above the brown circle bit, take the right fork and join that track that contours around the left hand side of the hill, watch our for the water bars but that is a lovely descent. At the end you can then sort of double back on yourself and head up back up the hill on the other side of the picture and then take the steep path down to the corner gate like you already did.

Just noticed teetosugars’ bike, same here although with white rims, I think you and campfreddie have just convinced me to go for white bars and stem :D

Apologies dragging up and oldish thread…

wonny j – glad to see you enjoyed the ride although you got lost; I presume you made it back to the top for the final descent into Halterburn ford?

Fergal – I really must make the effort to get to The Schill :oops:

Funnily enough I’m thinking of putting white bars on my bike and found these, they come with stem and grips for £40ish

They’re Outlander D31 Eight – anyone know what they’re like?