^ do you have one?

I was on holiday there over the BH

I would like to move there to dedicate my life to Zen thinking and mtb’ing :)

It’s good to be accurate and know how hard (or soft) you are to the next rider, for comparison sake

Just looked at the Mendips, seems like some decent riding

3 month update

I had a Hope fitted by LBS and it creaked

Took it back and they refitted which stopped it, but it’s now back again

I don’t want to take it back again as I’m sure it can’t be a fitting issue, not twice by a good LBS

So… I reckon, options are:

Buy a Hope fitting tool (£37 above link) and re-grease every couple of months, or ditch the Hope and go back to something else, like Shimano’s mentioned above (the OE one didn’t creak)

What do you reckon?

^ Easy – both :)

£60 – each?? 8O

Anyone know if the next (with extra, larger size available) batch has a change in rear clearance?

You probably need an adapter, like the TireTek one

Bit of a faff really

Which way is the Topeak reading do you think?

My 5 is the only bike I ride now

So fast once in the flow.

Still B+ rear and 29+ front and 11/12 psi (Topeak D2)

Also, XT brakes, Stooge Moto bar, 60 stem (21.5), Layback post, and a creaking Hope BB (screw together expensive one)

I thought the saddle ok to begin with but now I can feel a centre ridge and it’s looking worn

One thing – check your headsets as I did and it was rusty. A few have found the same on mtbr

3… not heard of anyone running a fat tyre on 3. Not even for beach use

I have got a Presta Schrader screw on adapter so managed to get the gauge working

Front 29×3 Chronicle is running at 11 and the rear 27.5×3 Bridger is at 12

The whole look of the D2 doesn’t make we want to jump

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… woeful.

Wouldn’t think it worth riding again

Give in

I’ve just received the Tire Tek Flexi-Pro gauge

It has the Schrader specific chuck with no option for a Presta

What’s the best way around this?

^ and Surly by the looks

Stooge Moto?

Wainwright is ok, and the food is good. The pub is down to earth (as Clent pubs go)

I go for the scrumpy myself :)

I sit outside the Vine quite a lot (as one does after a ride) and am staggered at some of the speed the cars are doing going both ways…

BUT – some of the roadies are doing similar speeds! :roll:

Ah, thanks. Yeah that looks like almost the top of the hill from the Vine

Not a MTB

I think that was the one Houns. There was a car involved I was told

Version I got was around a bit from St Kenelm’s Pass

Do you have any more detail?

Thanks

Can you get away with a 29er tube?

I think if running tubeless, you need to check every ride as they let ~1 psi out over a few days

Is your accu-gage FS? ;)

Stooge Moto FTW!

Plus up for sale?

^ That’s my favourite combo too

Cush, grip, bulldozer grin factor, and staying agile with the ‘smaller’ rear :)

Spec MAX goes 56-64 and although listed as XL has an XXL sticker inside. Been using one for years (not the same one)

Sensible money too

First dibs on the Plus btw :)

We still need pics

Oh dear, thought I had the one

Thanks ton (I know you like the Wingnut)

That link was the ONLY one I could find, and is only available in black

I wouldn’t mind a different colour

Thin on the ground it seems

That’s what I really like about the Blowfish – winter and I carry a light woolen and jacket for the pub stops so the expansion is great

Summer, don’t need it, so smaller mode

Oh cool – mine’s the MM too

The Skyline looks just a little lacking on height – I have a longish pump for example?

Isn’t the Wing Nut Mahoosive though?

^^ Good review, thanks

Is the Osprey’s hydration better integrated than the Skyline?

Stooge from CTBM comes in at a porky 35lbs. Great bike and can swap out parts for better as you go, or ask Charlie to fit a lighter wheelset from the off

Or, there’s arguably the better performing Stache 5 – 2 brilliant bikes

Double size option from Stooge imminent

^ Oh that explains it then

The rigid 5 isn’t flexy