Its awesome they’re doing so well, Andrew is a great guy he’s put so much thought into making it work 🙂

umm i use 32:18 on my 29er as its similar to 32:16, maybe have a play around on here[/url] to find the gear inch you prefer

cool doesn’t sound like i’ll be wimping out too much if a gain a tooth!

i’ve had:
An awful Diamond Back
Claud Butler something river- still ridden by my dad 10years on, still on original chain & cassette 😳
Klein Palomino- stolen at uni, almost cried
Specialized FSR Expert
Specialized S-works M5 Stumpjumper
Genesis Altitude Ti- Still own
Niner Sir9- Still own (best bike ever)
Singular Swift- (still own)

get a swift! enjoying mine so far, had it around a month

ha yes it might mean that, even more respect then 🙂

Graham you must have smashed the rest of the course then i rode the big hill every lap! training on hills helps, so does being 71kg 😉 thats a hell of alot of calories as well i did 3000 according to garmin!

@KINGTUT hope you recover quick, I was the chap on the Niner 😉 and well done to Graham I didn’t realise how close you was to catching me! the course was fun but overtaking was a struggle, i didn’t like to stray to far off the course edge because of the hidden boulders under the leafs! but most people were very kind at letting people through

that 29er looks lovely, i hope the carbon fibre version isn’t to far off as for the money it’ll be hard to beat!

solo singlespeed for me, last long race of the year which will feel good!

new winter steed,

I do love that marin fat bike though!

Niner have the new rdo fork which has a 15mm maxle, taper only though 🙁

if you’re going from a nice reliable Joystick to a cheapy chinese light i think you may be disappointed, yes they are very bright but they have much shorter burn times, much wider beam patterns producing less focused beam, the go from very bright to no battery very quickly plus they won’t fit on your mount unless you machine the body. I saved up and bought a Exposure Diablo much less to worry about an a much better light. Saying all that if you don’t race 24hrs etc or night ride very often they’re quite good 😉

just got a swift as a winter bike, wicked so far, not as racey as my Niner mainly because i cant run a negtive stem, but i like that in a winter bike. Eccentric bb looks like it will cope with muddy riding well

Lewis Lacey by over 1 second, sick Mick hannah was back in 6th i think, great days entertainment!

Tape and not over tightening the levers could be my only hope then, i like the idea of the block lock though

I’ve been meaning to find a copy for a while, the trailer makes it look an epic battle! interesting story here of how hard he really pushed it!

Top event and major thanks to the marshall’s, first time for me and i was 4th (i think) singlespeeder back, just need to change the pistons in my brakes….

she’s done me proud in 3x12hr races this year so i hope i can hold up for 100miles!

KMC z610 here to, they seem to need bedding in a chris king cogs tho

woo great course, had all the great bits of stanmer singletrack in it, who were the photographers that were out and about?

I found on my first 12hr solo my arms and shoulders suffered, but that mainly came from a lack of long hours in the saddle, just make sure you get out for some 5+hr rides to see what pains you might get and to try and fix it before the big day, also chamois cream is a must, helps prevent serious soreness

All of Rob Dean’s advice on bikemagic and here is really good, he’s the man in the know =)

I’ll be there trying to set a respectable lap time on a singlespeed, should be a cracking coure and atmosphere, someone needs to stop Ian L making everyone look like they’re not even moving!

Ergon grips are good,i use them but i still get some troubles, but only with one hand but then I ride rigid forks, but as graham says just keep moving hand position, and try avoiding gripping too hard!

flipped 100mm x 10deg thomson and enve flat bars, looks alittle odd but works well

and the Ti versions, no news on those for a long time

I use a Exposure six pack and diablo with a triple cell pack, weight is unnoticeable on the move, each to throw on in the pit, battery indicator is very usefull and they seem to have dropped in price if you look in the right places

Tough but rewarding course! so happy to get 3rd 12hr solo male on my singlespeed 🙂 glad the rain hadn’t affected the course, could have been alot tougher

ok i best buck up my ideas and man up! i’ll keep an eye out for you both tho and good luck 🙂

i’m there on my rigid niner ss for 12hrs, hoping i’ve still got the legs for it after 2 month since my last 12hr….

looks lovely, was soo close to getting the singlespeed version but bottled at the last minute, should have took the plunge 🙁

oh right thanks for the info bob, i better drop 2pure an email

18 bikes have a really helpful video on youtube, managed to bleed mine after watching it

Niner SIR9 mines 21lbs and cruises up hills

i’ve had 2 x pace bb’s, killed the first one with a winter of ss riding and over tightening the pre load cap, the second one is going much better, 2 x 12hr races and many hours of training on my ss & still lovely and smooth, just needs to be regularly greasing with the tool jobby and careful settup

I love my niner, 853 frame, niner carbon fork, 2.4″ racing ralph, did clic 12hr on it 2 weeks ago, now doing erlestoke 12 on it this weekend. all about tyre pressures…

Has anybody got any pics of theirs built up yet? i’m interested to get one for racing on as it looks good value compared to most carbon 29ers, just still not sold on the looks….

i used chalk powder on my niner, just i take it out regularly so it doesn’t seize up

I’m there doing the 12hr, pulled something in my foot yesterday so hoping it heals quick! there is a video on the website of the new parts of the course