You need to stick to proven cross geo,Kinesis,Ritchey (from scott) as well as the obvious ridleys,Depends on your price range,but people buying no name frames from china have big issues with handling due to design,Ive raced cross since a very young age and getting right fit on the bike (not road bike or mtb fit) is really more key than material.Take LS for an example who rides the same frames year on year because they are perfect fit for a cross racer of his size.Ive declinded sponsors bikes for poor fit and it makes a huge difference,Charge and planet x arent race bikes…hope that helps

Ooops….deffinately CSIX2 ive got two of those,forget to mention that bit and how bloody good they are.

what do you want to know! budget etc…this is kinda my job so ill try to help

I will learn from this for sure,my car was well maintained and was functioning well, i merely forgot to do this and it is entirely my fault Im so annoyed as its going to cost me lots to resolve.In future ill put it on the next years calender.

Its currently in the garage now being MOT’d and i will consult my dad later..he’s a lawyer,basically trying to sort it myself because his office went up in smoke last week and he’s going on hol on weds so last thing he needs to sort out is this!
I just feel moronic (which i probably am,I will right it on my visor from now on )

Having called the Other chap he has agreed to no go through the insurance,but with the bill for his car at a grand of costs. However if i go through insurance,i have 250 excess and the posibility of them not honouring it due to lack of mot plus i need to try and work out how much losing my no claims and the increase cost of my insurance in the future will cost.
thanks for the advice,Ill keep thinking of solutions.

£60,000 TO £80,000 certainly not from bc..

the mod father?

Who liked the Jump I built at the Bottow of the long climb on the offcamber on the second half of the course? I cant speak now from shouting “do a whip” “Do a Skid” or “your winning”
Epic mayhem,Agreed about the lack of shopping on offer.

If your really stuck Im an expert and ON a big Lime green bike,I might be able to do a fair few laps for you but im in a chilled team of ten first and foremost…

My mud tyres are set to arrive 20 mins after Ive left today…..could be annoying

I have My le chameau’s At the ready…some percs to working shoots will be warm feet!

they belong on a 2002 marin…which i presume you own.
I suggest you try some rocket rons tubeless in 2.25 and you will be pleasantly suprised

Yay lots of overtaking…tyres wise Im going for michelin Mud2’s tubeless on the 29er…..

I’m doing a degree that I thought i would A,enjoy B,take a first or at least a 2-1 I didn’t want to do a degree In bio medical science (because I couldn’t make the grades for medicine) Etc etc etc.I have sought feed back and generally its the companies view that it isn’t economically viable or there are no training schemes available.To give you more back ground to my CV,I set up My own company last year called 4crosswheels (which is profitable) and I have set up another one for components since then (even though ive sold my shares).I have Linguistic experience In French and Japanese.So my degree maybe laadeedaa but I am achieving more at 19 then others do at other ages,Or so i hope.Thanks for the suggestions of where to contact I have sent out emails and called up (fishers weren’t interested in helping and said no programs exist).Im on Bike Biz jobs all the time fear not.
Thanks Bruce

thanks anyway chaps

I would like any experience on the retail,marketing and sales areas Including B2b.I have Been on 6 interviews,I have called everywhere ive sent cv’s and covering letters and chased them up too.I was hoping there might be some contacts on stw world who could be philanthropic and be able to recommend places to me.
Bruce

Mine now weighhts 20.4lbs
Zaboo zombie.
crest on ztr hubs
front racing ralph
furious fred rear.
xo 11-36 casette
xx brakes
xo and rear mech
xo cranks
wcs superlogic bars
wcs stem
kcnc seat post
arrione K1 saddle
crank bros candy (modified)
kcnc squewers.
Sid xx worldcup
xl frame
Pics to come

di2 specific model…sob sob

if you dont put di2 it on mentally insane…(probably)Id go di2 white and black lightweight ventoux’s enve bars seat post and stem and san marco concor in white and black with lizard skins bar tape..that would be 13lbs with pedals roughly

five spot that was me… ill post up the video my new promo video for my sponsors later which has got it all documented on go pro.I have to say conditions were fantastic if not a little cold.
Bruce

well with that usmc im at 9% im 6ft3 and weight 73kg but i am 19 and im i ride 18hours a week
Bruce

the new model dt swiss’s are great i must say great suppleness as good as sid xx

looks nice james and that flash fj …its from msc the chain..expensive mind but i can get them
Bruce

just got a ti chain for 222gs….booom
im trying to go sub 20 with 2×10 and bouncy forks

i rode them and watched in the pits behind team hope bikes…sadly paul didnt win.

Blizzard in great longstone /ashford area currently

there already on ebay..

i dont honestly know why you’d even contemplate xo? haha 980xtr is fantastic,i had no amount of xx related problems last year it certainly does not last either ! xo is like shimano slx level if we’re honest…the upshift on xtr is good enought to make you buy the whole lot
Bruce

my 2 pence… i prefere to race on tubs they ride so much nicer…. 50mm are fine in all but the worst wind if the course has some proper sustained climbs then i will ride shallow section….tubs again…
i train on ksyrium sl-ltds because theyre stiff and bombproof ( i live in the peak district) and i will race on a 66mm for crits (stiffer) which is 1400g a 50mm which is 1295g and a 20 mm which is 1038g
i like the way that a shallow rim picks up speed on climbs,depends how heavy you are thought to be honest
Bruce

ive found superstar ones to be pretty good..the foam ones

ive hit 118kph down mt ventoux in provence on my darkside bike…that was to clarify after,doing the descent 30 plus times and knowing exactly where not to break oooh and the section i do it on is 12.5 for 900m perfectly straight and smooth…
Bruce

i work for velo ventoux if you need any tips ask away if you want to be in bedouin specifically id suggest that you stay in malucene it works so much better as a circuit…

ill be all in black on a black bike with the brownest legs…. good luck for your first race youve chosen a cracking course

about 50g… well mine was certainly lighter than njee20s last year i was at 17.3lbs for xl with single ring and 100mm travel forks and nobbley tyres i was happy with that and yes his does weight as much as he says, Next year im going 29er hard tail with single ring xtr and sid xx wc with tubular rims and dugast tubs
not sure on frame yet

it says it cant read the vcl mp4 files know anything about that?
Bruce

They were on my team bike last year i have to say the only thing better is the new xtr , they were great….i liked them because theyre easy to use,simple,light and work.I did change the pads regualarly though
Bruce

growth hormone works a treat..

well said mrmo.

no im sure if youve won scottish xc your more than welcome to comment but i just feel that the capable good xc riders are tarred with the rep that xc is boring and no one can ride owt.
the hated hate the haters as they say…