pretty high still i think, i learn not to make that mistake again, thanks for helping the ambulance, was a bumpy trip. just need a good plastic surgeon!

what the heck happened to that guy on the first straight after the start, he looked a mess and his bike was 50 yards away from him?

yeah that was me, turns out the puddle i tried to ride through was a hole, i guess the front end vanished, was tanking it so went flying, knocked the crap out me and my face, 5hrs in a neck brace…… lush

Swift or most Niner frames are great rigid, especially a Sir.9

another vote for altura attack’s, they do come out quite big though, i’m a 30inch ish waist and mediums swamped me

Looks awesome Gee, so are the forks standard 26er with travel reducers or 650b forks?

i’m going to try shimano as i have a custom fit place near by. i just find that to get them tight (when wearing thin summer socks) across lower part of the shoe the velco straps are pulled to their limits, even then i find i get movement

i wish the pawl springs in my pro 2 lasted 8months! good note on the disc, i have a rotor where the disc moves on the spider, i will drop them a email

i’m there, 12hr singlespeed, i’m also so glad i didn’t buy the nice warm van and chose the tent instead 🙄

The base layers are very good, bought the vest top years back and its still going strong

3M vhb tape pads? they build cars using it

Erlestoke 12 is great, great course and vibes

looks nice Gee, really like the dropout design, seems a sensible way of doing it, niner ebb’s work well but still a faff adjusting them. surely it can’t be that silent with hope hubs 😉

if you use a fizik saddle their clip-in saddle bags are good, small version fits tyre levers, tube, puncture repair kit/allen keys

big thread over on mtbr about cheapy chinese carbon rims, maybe for the brave though

mine were complete buggers to inflate on stans 355 rims with a compressor, never had a problem with other tyres before…

I am considering a pair of the FRM wheels as well, I have stans crest, arches and 355 but the build quality isn’t great, but the tubeless compatibility is very good, hopefully they will do an eyeletted version soon!

yes its awesome, Look out for the bicycle academy and strada wheels, top guys to chat to

Hi Sam, has it got to be the xc1 tyres? or are xc2 29″ possible?
thanks
Chris

do you mean this wessex ridgeway? i did find a gpx with the whole route but not sure where, probably on the same site

used xtr m970 and pace bb on my Sir9 looks nice, allows easy access to the ebb bolt heads etc, used to run the xt version but found my spd buckles caught on the arms..

sounds good tmrw should be fun. i’de stick with worn advantages, medusa’s might be a little OTT, i’m gambling on ralphs and rons

depends what u want to do with it, not ridden even but jones’s look sorted but not sure i could ride one for 24hrs but i think i could ride a TB for 24hrs

thats lovely that, make me wonder why i’ve not been in the sea for a year!

entered mtb today, does it not count uploads from garmin gps’s?

edit: seems i need to be more patient

luckily no, i’ve just entered through their own website here they don’t use xcracer for entries

really great race, laps around 8 miles maybe shorter, i lapped in around 40/42mins and came 5th so around 8miles i’d say, no major hills on the course other than the grassy climb out the arena and a few short steepish climbs, fast and flowing course with not as much traffic as say bikefest etc, i think i’ll be back again next year 😀 oh and isn’t it 6hrs?

http://fireflybicycles.com/components firefly do some lush ones, fairly custom as well. i’m after some jones ti copies as they don’t have the original shape anymore

rigid single speed was fine last time but then they’re fine all the time…..

its one of the Kinesis morvelo crew’s bikes, not sure why it has the carbon rear end but the rest is the same?

looks great,not sure about the carbon fork, but love the supershort headtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mmqajR0Ko&feature=youtu.be looks interesting in a blurry, back of shot kinda way 😕

for summer, now 34:19, works much better, no half link needed

for winter, 32:18 as had a surly stainless chainring

@bullheart u must have legs of iron! could never hack 34:16!!!

my last resort is to get it rebuilt, reluctant due to cost of build and spokes, and unsure who would cover it. as far as i know they didn’t use threadlock, they just blame me for choosing thin gauge spokes, despite them being wheel builders who know more than me..

just wanted to try it before going down the respoking route

depending how much help you want the chris eatough training guides may be useful,some reviews of them here otherwise i believe josh ibbett has started coaching

bontrager 24:12 course was fun, a tough day though, some big climbs

what an ace day! great event again guys well done =)

I ride with them most weeks, great mix of groups and speeds, our trails suffer slightly in the winter but still plenty of fun bits to keep the interest. 2 try rides, tend to leave at 7 prompt. come along we’re a friendly bunch 😀

(i’m chris if you come along, rides singular swift or niner…)

Both the guru and N2A look great, seems delaying my PX road bike purchase has paid off, hopefully they arrive in time for spring

2 x 29er rigid singlespeed’s
1 x fixed wheel road bike
1 x ti xc race bike

should be cheap to run but always seem to be buying things…..

woo a new bike thread that doesn’t have a generic boring orange 5, yeti etc