A search that actually works (I’ve even used their exact nomenclature and still not got the event I typed in) and shows most recent not the previous years events top of the list would be nice.

Was a lot of talk about it being the calipers but the backs of the pads and pistons on mine are always bone dry and never contaminated.

The newer SLX M7000 with the smaller reservoir (same as XT etc) are the worst and need bleeding after nearly every ride, been like that from new! There’s always an air space at the lever. The old square reservoir Deore 615 I have are not as bad, have a consistent bite point but still end up with air at the lever after a few rides. I’ve had the dreaded Avid Elixirs, which got bled once maybe twice a year and worked problem free for about 5 years!

It’s the lever that seems to be the problem, they suck air in, sometimes you can hear a squelch on the back stroke LOL. I’ve spent hours bleeding a single lever for it to continually produce tiny air bubbles when the lever is operated!

Oh dear, the most hated and rage inducing combination, expensive and shit!

What’s the chaining clearance like on the new Patrol? The old one was very tight with the cable routing directly behind it and no chance of running non boost cranks.

The alloy one’s rode well but weighed the same as a small planet!

The racing arm did alright for a while. But there was no chance expensive, quirky, unreliable, rotary engine bikes would outsell Fireblades!

These got sampled a fair few times. Those Korg M1 piano and organ presets did some mileage Adamski, Black Box, Snap etc…..

The majority of starting issues with diesel engines stem from burnt out heater plugs!

They are easy to test and change (just change all 4) except on engines where the intake EGR circuit is routed over the top of the engine!

Depends on the tyre. The ones with ramped central knobs will give you slightly improved braking grip at the expense of slightly increased rolling resistance, if the opposing edges are square. I doubt most riders would notice.

TBH I’m of the opinion that any old shit will do for hard packed trail centre conditions, especially on the rear, as long as the casing can stand the battering without flatting all the time.

It’s steep wet loam and slop handling where tyre choice can make the difference between confidence inducing and sheer terror!

Assuming your’s are the same, with the bearings in the chainstays. To get them out I use some sockets, nuts & bolts, circular shims/washers I’ve accumulated over the years + a punch, hammer and block of wood where there’s an awkward taper! Can’t remember the sizes off the top of my head, I’d have to go and have a look in my toolbox!

To get them back in I use the same nuts and bolts, but use the old bearings with washers behind them to push the new bearings all the way home.

Edit: Removing the back wheel and letting all the air out of your shock helps manoeuvring the chainstays about so you can get at the bearings!

A little tip for zip tie fitted things that’s worked for me, is to put the zip tie in a split piece of clear automotive fuel hose, costs pennies!

If done well it looks neat and no longer rubs the frame!

Just do them then and replace with SKF bearings (or other decent ones) about 3-4 quid a piece, job jobbed! On mine I can do it without taking any other bits of the bike apart. It takes me about ten minutes, then good as new!

You sure it’s all of them? The main pivot bearings usually go first and make horrible creaking sounds like a knackered bottom bracket. The rest of the linkage bearings usually last a lot longer!

Will save you a lot of time and effort if it’s only the mains that need doing, the other bearings can go for years before needing doing!

The shysters must have friends in high places! I don’t know how this part of the industry has escaped proper scrutiny and heavy-handed regulation, that is so desperately needed.

The fact insurance companies are dictating to customers who handles their interests, allowing unscrupulous third parties to impose onerousness unilateral contracts is more than a bit suspect IMO

You sure it’s the insurance company itself and not a third party claims handling company!

Sounds like Auxillis to me. They cancel your hire car, usually on a Friday, then say accept the sum and **** off?

fair divide between ‘lever lovers’ and the rest!

DT Swiss do a thru-axle with a lever that unscrews, so you can lose it somewhere!

Correct me if I’m wrong but if it’s conical, it’s the Syntace X12 system, which has been used extensively by Specialized and Cube to name two for years!

Syntace themselves, DT Swiss, Novatec, KCNC, Specialized and Cube branded axles (I use a Specialized branded one for a Cube bike because it was cheaper) are available for this standard. German retailers generally have a much wider selection. Unfortunately the boost ones are fewer, further between and more expensive!

Just received one from them, bit disappointed with the amount of fore/aft play. Will be contacting them tomorrow.

Seriously!?

They all come like that, they still work and do job mind

I’ve got two and they both have more play than other (popular) droppers and more than I would like in an ideal world.

I can see why people have returned them. It’s more than you would expect and more than some people are used to. They do work fairly reliably non the less but there’s nothing wrong with being honest about a manufactured products performance.

It’s definitely a shortcoming and something that could do with improving!

Quick hose down with the bikes. Rinse and spin cycle (most machines do this), with no detergent, works for me.

Any publication that wrongly smears people (particularly the dailies/those posing as news outlets) should have to print full page apologies on the front page onwards (including their main web-page) and not be allowed to cover/obscure it with supplements, split the publication into separate units/volumes/editions, packaging or shady display tricks that obscure it in any way. And/or varying their publishing schedule/titles or any other action that prevents it being displayed to the public. Such is their devious, underhand, shit house rat lying bastard nature!

I’ve noticed my favourite steep loam trails around Ladybower and Goyt Valley have seen a lot more traffic than previous years. In conjunction with this horrible soggy winter, they’re in the worst condition I’ve ever seen. Loads of new lines to avoid bogs and deep rutted/blown out sections.

There going to need a lot of TLC come spring!

These corporate power struggles can be quite distasteful eh! My current bikes are SRAM free zones. Not that I think Shimano group brands are any better when they have the whip hand over the OEM market.

Outside of the national park, but in the high peak – try the old hall in chinley.

+1 can vouch for this as well good food and beer. The pub next door to it, is owned by the same people!

This alright!

Popular you say.

Here you go pubs varying from posh gastro to relaxed and rustic, I reckon you can’t go wrong in! The ones located next to tourist attractions and easy parking/villages can be very busy at peak times!

The Red Lion – Litton
The Swan Inn – Kettleshulme
The Bulls Head – Monyash
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn – Castleton
The Rambler Inn – Edale
The Grouse Inn – Froggatt
The Ladybower Inn
The Devonshire Arms – Beeley
The Norfolk Arms – Ringinglow right on the edge of the Peak District!

Just beyond the edges of the Peak District around Sheffield:

The Cricket Inn
The Crown Totley

Just outside the Peak District over Macclesfield way:

Sutton Hall
The Leather Smithy
St Dunstan Inn

You’ll be right with a Trek. Never slung my leg over one I’ve hated and most owners seem happy with them.

Only criticisms seem to be they’re not the longest/slackest around, but then again not everybody is Doddy off GMBN! They have had a few proprietary suspension missteps over the years, but are generally well designed, solid bikes.

The old Fuel I had, got absolutely hammered, in all weathers, but the frame bearings lasted longer than any other bike I’ve owned. The wheels didn’t fair so well 😆

@jree Not anymore by the sounds of it! They were really fun feature packed short trails in a small area. The soil there is perfect some of the nicest loam I’ve ridden.

That is a shitter.

Thought Redrow (could be in partnership) were/are trying to obtain planning permission to build a housing estate on it?

He’s got a new album out Jettison Mind Hatch.

There was some Trek Slash and Remedy frames on sale at Triton Cycles, Saracen and Mondraker at Bike Tart and Banshee somewhere else 😆

Something old:

Something newish:

+1 Joe Rogan Experience

Bug and the shed thing by Adam Buxton was pretty good.

Lucky guy!

Now they’re a duo their sound is quite different from back then, more poppy now.

Kicking off smooth and dreamy moving toward rough and bass heavy!

Those generic top chain guides off auction sites and the like. About 7 quid not a pound though!

Musk and the rest are all after the biggest prise. Monopoly supply of surveillance/technology services to governments/government departments and publicly subsidised/sanctioned transport solutions.

They want to get in first for the big money out of the biggest pockets.

If you like proper steep trails with decent sized features this place is really good to session or fit into a loop:

A bit of Reso for the new year:

Always. Do it you won’t regret it.

Having said that not all pump tracks are equal! Some are poorly built and boring. BMX race tracks are more consistent quality! If you are lucky enough to have a well built pump track(s) near you, you’re laughing, interval the ****-out-of-em.

Member the real skill is not pedalling at all. A hardtail/rigid with low standover and hard tyres i.e. pumped up well beyond trail riding pressures is king.

New housing scheme announced.

What’s this **** air con, Margaret have you seen this we’re not paying for that for those scrounging bastards.