Cool, looks like an uplift day on the cards 8)

You have to book?
I was of the understanding that it is a trail centre type thingmy
Or have I missed something??

Evil Sovereign 29er

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Take the mtb and ride the coast path betweeen Bude and Widemouth bay.
Just right for a pre brekkie blast

I was there today, and can only recall seeing a couple of bottles.
And before the holier than thou crew start, I plan to be there next week work permitting and they were on the black section :twisted:

Checks calendar…………..

I know this goes against the grain Jo, but ride uphill more. Get a singlespeed and aim to do it on that. Maybe even a 29er
Singlespeeding increased my fitness in 6 months where as I plateaued with gears over the years.
Try entering more enduros too and the likes of Kielder 100. They will give you goals to aim for whilst training

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Cheers

Can’t you stick a 2.5mm or 5mm headset spacer to raise the bars slightly or angle the brake levers up a tad?
nice though :)

Done it last night. Minton Batch was a bit of a state. Have done it loads before, but it was probs the worst so far.
The rest of the stuff was pretty dry though.
That was until the rain came about 9.40pm
Was going to finish in All Stretton, but came down Cardingmill.
It got dark really quick, which made it even better in a strange way.
Only saw 2 other bikers all night.

Cheers

What SSstu said. The only time I ever let anyone else do owt on mine are wheel rebuilds. But even started doing them myself now

@ northwind. I appreciate that some of the chips were purely cosmetic. But others were not and well into the carbon
He has ridden it plenty since without issue, but personally I would be not happy with it with my considerable frame on it
Personal preferences and all that

I have had the LT hardtail bug to, and considered the Carbon 456, and nearly hit the buy button.
However after seeing the state of my mates C456 after a Peak ride, I am glad I didn’t.
It was chipped that bad that I would not consider even getting on it again.
Being the wrong side of 16st I would not feel that the frame would hold up. Luckily the lad who’s bike it is, is around 11st wet through.

In the end I went for the Evil Sovereign, and glad I did.
Gears, Singlespeed, Rigid, 69er its all good. :-)
Not the lightest, but one of, if not the best hardtail I’ve had

+1 here for the Evil Sovereign
Possibly the best hardtail I’ve owned. And I’ve had a few
Plus you can run it ss with the sliding dropouts

August 2011 Exmoor Explorer

I find that even if I put the geared bike in the same gear as what the SS is it still seems slower.
Must be something to do with the drag of the rear mech etc.

Not that bling but fun

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Have I been? Yes

Mountain biking? Don’t know

Go again?? Never

Sh!thole

Do they do slotted dropout or EBB versions

I would say man up. I did the Verderers today on the rigid 69er SS with 40 psi each end
And passed numerous full Suss riders

So ht rigid is the way forward, especially when you fancy waving your willy

Seriously though just ride the ht more it’ll soon fall into place 8)

Cheers guys
I am a little happier that I have made the right choice now thanks
Frame is at the powdercoaters at the moment
Ta

Proper Jealous. Not done that since ’08

We went to to this late last year, but the weather beat us. We rode the Marin first starting from Betws.
We then came out by the ugly house and went over the bridge and turned right up the road until the bridleway.
Once out of the trees the weather turned biblical and we made it down the fast fireroad to Dolwyddelan.
As we knew Penmachno was more exposed we deff’d it for the day and made our way back to Betws via the superb Sarn Helen BW.

A couple of lads who were with up returned a few weeks later and completed it. Although the section between Dolwyddelan and the Penmachno trail was a bog and it took them nearly 2 hrs to trudge through it.

Not worth it IMO, drive/ride between the two

Nice Sovereign, but I do have one myself.
Always fancied a Nomad, but I cannot justify a FS at th moment
Nice

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Must get a photo of the current one

Raliegh bomber
Couple of shit Apollos
Kona Scrap
Diamondback AFX
GTidrive xc4000
Yeti ASR
On-one inbred
Norco Fluid 2
Yeti 575
DMR Switchback
Voodoo Wanga
Scandal 29er
Cove Handjob
Ragley Mmmbop
Voodoo Soukri 29er
Norco Fluid 3
Kona unit 29er
Tinbred
Commencal CombiS
Mongoose Teocali
Lapierre Spicy
Haro Mary 29er
Ragley blue pig
Kona unit 29er
Cannondale F400 retro
Niner one9*
Norco Phaser1
Evil Sovereign* (just waiting on frame delivery)

*= current

Gt Peace
Niner
Swift
Salsa
Kona
Ridden them all and liked them all, I settled on the Niner One 9
But would recommend any of the above

At SSEC 2012, I came 4th in the race, but 1st in the striptease afterwards 8O

My old one. Have to say I preferred steel though

The lad on the Salsa with the Titec bars is Nowik.
He rides with our Godiva Trailriders club, top bloke.

I did it on the Niner SS Rigid with the silly upside down Marys on in 5hrs 29mins and my wrists are still not talking to me.

Plus my chain never came off 8)

Good day out :D

TBH Cannock is not the best place in the world, and yes if I could I would ride Wales/Peak District/Scotland etc more often, but its the nearest and until I get to know Woburn more it will be the nearest trail centre to me.
So I will make the most of what is nearest.
Each to there own, but if you don’t like go elsewhere.

The less people in the way the better :mrgreen:

Get yourself a SS rigid, and explore what else the Chase has to offer, there is so much more than the Monkey and the Dog

Our weekday club rides are mostly joining up the local woods with urban stuff thrown in
A lot of the rides are geared around endi g up in the city centre for a play on the cathedral/uni steps, bridges and subways
If you can avoid the chavs and drunks your doing well and the diners in Nandos get a good show when someone bins it at the bottoms of the stairs 8)

My old one