Hugo Taylor

Creator and star of Made in Chelsea

Crikey, that’s really quite telling ransos!

Overweight? LOL! You really reckon the weight of a saddle matters???

I bought one of the 2005 ltd Ed saddles, fantastic saddle.

@mtbtomo, whats that then?

having swapped from a bike with proper road geometry

I use knee, elbow, shoulder and full face along with gloves and hip pads in my shorts. I think that the risk increases with how hard you are pushing your own limits, that said, you can crash as you have proven yourself doing the most ‘normal’ thing. I looked honestly at my riding style/ambition and bought and wear what I thought I was most likely to not need – hopefully!

Simon Butler thought me to Ski. Great news all round though!

I’ve got a -2 works/63 ha Commencal frame and it’s pretty darn sick, do it

Yup, never been either so if you like, happy to meet up, no idea where the good bit is though

Nice bike, the sound of a Ducati is magnificent.

Shimano CD50 works well for me, bought it here for £55 but shop around you might find it cheaper it works well and is an easy fit; https://www.bikeinn.com/bike/shimano-chainguide/135997028/p

http://www.declinemagazine.com/ is a good online format

Agreed Mark, I dont live near mountains but try to get to them once or twice per month. I like to have fun reading about the sport I enjoy

Now is a good time to have a good think and as said research: Im 51 and my sons range to 16, no way would they read STW, but drown in gnarly edits, if Im your future so be it, if not, you need to ‘attract my sons’. I read a few magazines monthly and always enjoy the more light hearted content from mags such as MBUK more than STW.

I think the magazine aligns itself quite well with Cyclist (?) and Rouler. I wish though it had more ‘competition’ and light hearted fun content. Why not provide a ‘rad edit focus’ to online content and a quarterly Rouler style print copy? If you need to cut costs, yet maintain the monthly print, then why not lose the expensive binding, the mag is about quality of content, tbh, its a bit boring of late. This may also be why ad revenues are not looking so great.

Edit: what is and how old is your target demographic group now and target in 5 years? If its say 30 plus then paper will always win imho. If its younger then the future is sick edits etc.

I dont think the weight of the component is the issue, unless you look at the weight of the rider in comparison. This seems bloody bad luck. My road bike is the same frame and forks since 2002, its my only road bike and has been used winter and summer, racing or training. The frame is 02 my Alu (Spesh SWorks) and the forks carbon (same), Id never even contemplated life expectancy, food for thought.

Im booked for Dec 16th if anyone is up for it

@Tom, doh! I shall get back off my box and keep quiet, apologies all

But then look at the huge amount of brand discussion and awareness such a simple action on their part created.

Im taking the piss about the fact that Trek appears to be demonstrating its a fair employer by urging women into a predominantly male environment. Then puts something stupid and in my view sexually demeaning like ‘tag your favourite and share the love’. Maybe Im over thinking it.

@eskay, I’ll dibs that please

I have a four bike tow bar rack for sale, search my profile

Come on, its there in a nutshell suit. Last line below, ‘Tag your favorite to spread the love’. Really? Some girls – sorry companies will do anything for a click these days. Politically correct social networking is exploiting women for there sex, its a disgrace, boycott TREK!

Been going on for years, move on

yup

These are great outdoors, not great everyday but its ideal for the bike http://crosscall.com/en/trekker-x2/

Most worrying is that he and Trump apparently spent a lot of time discussing wind farms in Scotland. I was wondering when Trump would turn his attention back to Scotland, like some great, dim-witted eye of Sauron

Read this;
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/02/scot-f03.html it is old but sets out how US citizens with Scottish past see Walter Scotts stories and Braveheart the movie as factual recollections of Scottish life.

Its not available online anymore but the recent documentary proving the founders of the KKK and much of the Southern US slave trade to be Scottish was fascinating; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yjk0j

“The Scottish National Party raises support and maintains an office in the US, and its recruiting leaflets are circulated at Celtic fairs and events. Hague warned them: “Scottishness in the USA is tied up in a politics much further to the right than the SNP advocate for Scotland. Perhaps this could come back to haunt Scotland, especially as the feeling is that American Scots should have more say in Scottish affairs.”

I fear we are in for a shit storm of very misled ‘Nationalism’ Scottish, US and English

Rapha is hardly a part of the UK or world road cycling heritage is it? Its been around for 10-12 years and is lucky that a. Sir Brad, b. sky and c. pompous media and websites align with its roady is the posh/elite end look.

So does this mean that previous comments about the frames being 1:15 faulty are in fact wrong?(From memory caused by the rear shock mounts being welded to far forward). In fact it was the shock all along, or have I missed something?

HI Guys,

I’ve only just been made aware of this feed:

The QC issue is a result of the front shock mount being welded 1 -1.5mm further forward (towards the head tube) than it should, we’ve had around 15 bikes returned from thousands sold. The issue has been rectified at the factory and anything from here on in will not be affected. The fixes I have are: 1.) I have a small number of replacement frames, but some of these were damaged in transit so I’m waiting for some more. 2.) I have offset bushes, these will move the rear shock back to the correct position and is an easy fix.

stores are aware of the issue and will be able to help you.

once again sorry for this, and as i’ve said it really is a small batch issue and the buzz is just that and will not stop you mid ride etc.

Best regards,
Mike

I read a thread last week, some guy has ordered one but wont be here til the new year I think. I like the look of them. Its a bit of a tumbleweedy thread fwiw 😆

If you take those 3 and ‘TG/GT’ seriously you could easily tear it to pieces. However of you like cars, geezer banter, and are happy to drift through it, its a laugh. In a world of X Factor/Celebrity/TOWIE/Strictly/Soap saturation, its a breath of fresh air to be honest.

Golf GTi

Its a good idea, Id be up for it how about picking a date further out that gives more time to plan?

I cant claim any knowledge on slackening a Strive but, just fitted a works hs to my bike, they were great to deal with, I suggest you speak to them too

2 pages on drying shoes!

Very smart.

Loving this detail

Yup, but the Hope seat clamp is a dogs dinner on that frame

A.m. around the hills local to me, mud plugging to be frank and the weather is supposedly awful too

Also note that new State Academy’s automatically become Charities

whats the scandal?

Lovely bike, hope you enjoy it. Shocks/forks sans decals are the new black this season.

Re Commencal, Im 1.85mts on a large, I would like to try an XL for a bit more reach and wheelbase but, thats the issue with online sales I suppose.

Ragley Bigwig to add

…and as I own one and its wicked fun, the Commencal Meta AM HT too