Nowt wrong with camping chairs antigee!

we have a 5 man tent for the 2 of us. At 36kgs is a heavy beast, but when it rained we had 6 people (and camping chairs) in the living area no problem.

I take it he's tried stretching? Both before and after riding – though be careful it's the right kind of stretching.

I'll send this to a mate who works at sustrans – he might know.

I bought an EX8 last week as my first ever full suspension. I've been out on it twice now and I absolutely love it. I'm just a regular rider with no mega skills – standard XC type riding.

Downhill I feel way more confident than on my hardtail. Uphill I was pleasantly surprised at it's responsiveness with the pro-pedal on if I needed to stomp on it to get up that last little bit of a climb.

You should start to be able to get some deals on them too as the new season bikes come along. I got £150 off mine, but you may get more if you give it a bit of time.