Don't pester him – he's busy :-)

Yee-Haaahhh!

Don't you just love FedEx, even more now we know our Troutie's are sooo near…

Thanks for posting that up.

I think they're just bruised…

Oh yes, Mick had his Kenda Gnarls on. The look how they sound. Got to be one of the most aggressive tyres I've seen. Can't see them being that good for hard pack, but mud would be OK. Still, he had a puncture in one of them!

Mind you, I think I could do with some after last night

Your rib clunking might take a while to completely go away, especially as you did a few. Could be the callus rubbing over each other, or one of the attachments lose. Nothing to worry about though. Perhaps you should get a manual therapist to look at their biomechanics

Hmmm… perhaps I should have done that when the cable fixing came away from the post on mine.

Used some Araldite which has worked well

Thats good to know Mark if ever mine get ****.

3 offs on last night's Wyre ride (Mick only thinks 2 as 3 and my gnarl license is removed) including a heavy handlebar end into ribs, which I straight away thought had fractured – tad fragile this morning :|

First bike I had the 1×9 set-up on the chain never dropped once in two years. This had a 63mm BB shell, and a more in line chain

Latest bike has a 73. I have a Phil BB which allows for sideaways movement so can get the chainring close to the BB, keeping the chain line good. This has stopped the chain dropping – so far

I run a 30T up front on my 29er with 11-32 out back

No chain drop devise, just good chainline, short rear cage & chian as short as poss

Trout – that's great news!

FedEx delivers MUCH more quickly than UPS/USPS. US Air parcels (via USPS etc) go into UK customs, sit there for a few days, then are handled by Parcle Force. Parcle moves to PF depot, you get the customs invoice from them, you pay, parcel arrives…. long time

FedEx delivers – super quick, by a FedEx van, as promised then you get the invoice a week or so later.

This could be very good news for us 'not part of the 20' :D

Ahh, it's in the peripheral vision only.

You 'look' ahead, but 'see' close, up and coming obstacles near your tyre…

Here's my THE on a Niner RIP 9 a year or so back

You can see how it obscures the front wheel/tyre view on this one

owenfackrell – Member

bonesetter – Member
Blimey Owen – the head tube area is still gleaming!

yep thats how well they workit also helps the heatset to last. The one on that bike is coming up for its 4th winter and is still going strong and the latest ones have longer mount so that its held away from the crown so it won't rub.

I'm sold mate!

On a 29er druid?

Well, yours must fit without issue. Tyre (29") is too high for me, which must be the difference

ROFL Harris – Member

nope

Hmmm…

Would a quick written description be possible?

druidh – Member

SKS rear works for me. There just has to be enough space for the wraparound strap.

Are you fixing below the gaiter?

Have you got a pic Mr Harris?

Blimey Owen – the head tube area is still gleaming!

Yes, I think I'm leaning toward agreement with you there Northwind.

The THE is just too big and wide. Just dug mine out of the shed.

Does a 1st class job it has to said, but obscures too much front wheel vision, and for me, I like to see mine and where it's going. Plus there's the motor cycle look :?

So, I'll go Shockboard and try not to brake or lose the crown attacher

Now I just need some way of fixing a rear crud catcher to my Gravity Dropper

OK, that's what I'm going to go for, with a DT crud catcher.

Wonder what size I need for a 29er 120mm fork?

No Mick, there might be some mud over there and I haven't got my mudguards fitted yet

Cheers for the replies

Spaghetti – point taken, I did have one of these from THE a year or so back on the waggon wheel bike which did rub the tyre on full fork compression.

I played with it and bent the mount a little and it was liveable with

Have to say it was brilliant in stopping ALL crud completely from getting in your eyes/face and to a large degree legs. No need for glasses.

Only down side was you couldn't see the front wheel! A little disconcerting

Just wondering what everyone was using…

Mick, me et al are over there Wednesday night if the forecasted gales don't wash the trails away

Banshee Paradox

Mascy. All I was saying was tight and twisty on my 17" 29er (with very short chainstays, so good flickability) is no problem. I wasn't particularly comparing.

I sold both my HT & FS XL Niner's which handled like trucks through the twisty's (good on the fast descents though I have to say).

I would say The Paradox is as flickable as a 26" bike, for me, as fast as I can flick LOL

I much prefer 29er's

6'3" here and ride a 17" medium 23.2 ETT

Tight n twisty – I louurve!

2unfit2ride – Member

Explosion In a Spaghetti Factory,

Nice video, but this is so much better, very nice.

Far out man!

singletracksurfer – Member

yeah I was wondering about how they were doing in professional races.

Don't like the idea of long, non-technical rides so maybe it isn't what I need. Fancy a 'fast' bike for the days I wanna rip it up.

Seen the Banshee Paradox?

I run the Mega's which are almost the same as the One's (2 piece caliper, instead of one)

Have to agree – brilliant.

I like the way you don't have thrash them to get what you need. Makes the pads last a long time too

Yes, dropping to a fixed height is important (the 1"). I din't think I would like a multi position

the00 – Member

Not tried them, and I'm unlikely to at that price! I've been very happy with Crossmarks all summer round here…

Hmmm, summer… have you seen the leaves falling?

I use the 1" down alot.

Mainly for singletrack. All the way up is for max efficiency on the climb and then all the way down for max gnarl :D

You doing XC racing? If so I wouldn't throw out the FS option. 3" can be well nice for all-dayers and you can still have yourself a racer and a capable race bike. eg Niner's JET9

Go W-I-D-E with short stem

Riser or flat with sweep

I have turbo 1&4" on the fly adjustment types on my bikes and don't think I would like to be without an adjustable seatpost now. I use it many times on a ride.

I am tall, and these type of posts are even more important for tallies. I prefer the Gravity Dropper brand, but there are a bunch of others out there. This will change your life in a big and good way. Instantly, your COG can go 4 inches lower, so if I am not climbing, or needing a lot of power on the flats, that seat stays down.

I sometimes let my more normal (and shorter) friends try my bikes. Many times I just put the saddle down and lo and behold it is at the proper height for them. This means the handling they experience all the time is something I need to put my saddle 4 inches down to experience. Folks with lower saddles already may not get the dropper thing, but I guarantee it will change your riding experience for the better

Surely there's no limit to the amount of LED's that could be used – just build the box bigger

But just how many lumens does anybody need?

There's a Ti 456 on the classified's for £700 18"

19" chainstays 8O

$3K 8O

Course, rider size plays a big part, but keeping it simple

I like super short stems (and smaller frames than might be expected for my height), so 50mm stem and 28" 2" risers with 11 deg sweep.

Allows me to move around the cockpit better, and come back easily when going down. Also makes the steering less twitchy

Pretty 8)

Brilliant! Thanks for that

Bad news for me then as they wont fit my Jagwire outer :(