That was a real shame last year, it’s only £2 or something…..

I’m sure I read somewhere that the gap jump will be furnished with beer again this year

Both my lads (youngest in rippers hie brother in juvenile) got an entry this year, last year it was just the youngest got in.
Hope it’ll be as good as last year, great little event.

They seem to fly pretty well, even if you ride like a girl!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/425599/%5B/url%5D

Very sad, RIP

my old man has MS, horrible disease, was 51 when diagnosed now 74. Just a shadow of the man he used to be, the physical issues I could deal with, the mental issues are soul destroying for him and the rest of us. My mum has the patience of a saint.

6 months on and still aches…

@welshfarmer any idea if there is a spacer in there? might open my can up and see if it can be removed and if I’m able to get that 140mm travel.

The plunger broke on my Mammoth today, that said it’s 10 years old or more… so happy enough with that as a lifespan on a pump.

Not overly fussed by size at it’ll be in a rucksack for commuting and a Camelbak on weekends.

These both look good.

Gutted, missing EWS this year, damaged shoulder just before Christmas and still not right.. certainly not right enough to go pinballing into trees down the golfie like last year..

My 13 & 11 year olds are on 26’s, IMO they need to learn to master the bike and throw it around, not become a passenger. They need to develop skills not just speed, anyone can just sit down and pedal through stuff, developing flow is far more useful and skillful.
It wasn’t that long ago when adults were doing OK on 26’ers….

Did anyone get any pics of the rippers at the bombhole drop? Was hoping to find one of my lad but there isn’t anything on Roots & Rain. Any suggestions of where to look?
ta.

Chatel at the end of July, can’t wait.

I’m half thinking about stripping the back end out of mine to check the alignment of the rear triangle… Just a thought.

You’ve been conned, that’s not a Canyon, it’s a Genisis Grapil…

Top day, loved it!
My youngest in his first ever race was the first rider on course, I watched him off the start ramp and all I could hear was cheering all the way down until he hit the bombhole at the bottom when this enormous wave of noise came rolling up the hill. At that point I seemed to have a bit of dust in my eye.

Brilliant day out, thanks to the organisers and volunteers who made this such a great day.

I like the Clickster, used to run one on my SS CX. Decisions, decisions…

Well, one of my lads got an entry and his big brother didn’t. So were all going up to support. Aiming to go and walk the track on Friday evening just to give him an idea of what to expect on Saturday morning.

Looking forward to it, to say my lad is excited is a bit of an understatement!

My wife has a Specialized Jett size small, she’s 5’3″ it’s up for sale actually..

I quite like the idea that someone mentioned in another thread of running 1×10 with a normal cassette and a NW ring, and having a granny ring fitted that you can manually drop the chain onto if you need an extra low gear. Cheaper and easier than a large cassette.

Raced EWS last year with a guy using this method for the climbs to the start of the stages, you needed a big range as some of the downhills were pretty quick.

Nice simple idea.

in the office and everyday shoes = Vans, client meetings and other smart events suit & brogues. Never the two shall mix. Never, ever shoes & jeans, never ever smart trousers and trainers.

My dad isn’t the man I grew up with, he’s had chronic MS for 24 years and is a shell of the dad I grew up with, he can’t do anything for himself now and relies on my mum & carers for everything.

He got me into playing rugby, he was a pretty useful hooker in his day. I grew up playing mini rugby until I was about 12/13 then I rebelled and didn’t pick up a ball again until I was 21, when my dad was diagnosed. I wanted to do something to make him proud of me, I realised I’d missed rugby, I loved playing, met lots of great folk and was alright at it as well. Although he’s never said it to me I’m certain he was proud as punch the day I ran out onto the pitch for the first 15…

I miss the dad he was.

I’ll be trying to get entries for both my lads if I can. I’m not planning on racing as I don’t want the kids showing me up.

Veloventoux, Craig is a great guy, they’ll look after you.

don’t pull the zip ties too hard with pliers or by hand.

nice work from Alpine Bike there…

Like the Tourneo and it’s practicalities, kind of considering one when my current cars expires. That said, it passed it’s MOT today so it has a stay of execution.

I don’t ride on the road anymore but when I did, 2 tubes, lever & mini tool in a Lezyne Caddy pack thing, phone tenner & card in a poc-pac thing. Lezyne mini pump. Tools & pump, central jersey pocket, phone left pocket, food right pocket.

only bottles on the frame, no saddle pack.

The images I can find on the web of the broken ones seem to be of the straight weld… fingers crossed.

Haha @gavinckirby I just looked at the photo and though cool mine looks like the one on then right…. then realised it was my pic 🙂

My pic looks like it’s been welded in an arc rather than the straight weld in the first pic.

@TroutWrestler, keep us updated on this please. I keep checking my lads frame after he’d ridden it. So far it’s all OK.

New V12’s got a pair for my lad, he didn’t ride Saturday so I ‘tested’ them for him, really liked them and a bit of shopping around you’ll get them for £30 odd quid. I’d really like to try the Boomslangs though, they look like they could be great.

SLX, if only for the fact that the hoses connect with a banjo bolt and you alter the angle they exit the caliper at.

HD’s are nice and wide, Spesh Butcher as a front, just make sure you’re running nice wide rims 🙂

Giant Trance XS if you can get one 2nd hand, my 10 year old is riding a small and he loves it.

Used to love Neil Diamonds ‘Reverend Blue jeans’ when I was a kid…

both Seats, if one was an Audi it’d have an Orange 5 on the roof.

Personally I’d go for some 26 hand built, on nice wide rims, Velocity Blunts or Flows. My only other mod was an old tyre on the downtube to protect it from rocks..

I’m not too bad on the waist, it’s the thighs where I struggle, those denim numbers should avoid that though…. (pass the eye bleach)

They came as stock on my bike, one of the first things I took off. They’re terrible to bleed and maintain.

Are they much cheaper than Shimano Deores?