2007’s rated up to 160mm

try the specialized 2bliss tyres – cheap, pump up easy, and good range (summer through to mud)

geax can be a mare to fit to some rims

its a sticker…

has an OTB moment into a HUGE nettle bush a couple of years ago – oh how my ridding buddies laughed…

didn’t sleep for days

the trail is suitably called ‘the devils mouth’

imo avoid the middleburn rings on a double or triple – they are pretty crap in my experience

was looking to get this frame, got the groupset, got the fork, but the sizing totally put me off being 6’1″

way too short for me, especially after you’ve stuck a short stem on it as well, it’d be an inch shorter in the top tube than i’d normally go for

and **** getting an XL

Get rid of the bike wash – Whats is the point?

not a question of it getting a dirty bike clean, more to do with getting it rideable again

did i upset davey wavey? never mind… :lol:

to the OP – try the mtbr forum (the Transition section) for a bit more in depth information on the Transam 29er

slightly more useful than a stupid comparison

Only thing comparable at the moment is a 2souls quarterhorse

or perhaps the Singular Buzzard
or what about the Chromag Surface
and then there is the Kona Honzo
hang on, maybe the Ragley BigWig
not to mention the Banshee Paradox
and the Cranfield Brothers Yelli Screamy
don’t forget the Santa Cruz Highball

i’d mention a couple more, but didn’t want to come across as a bit of an arse any more :lol:

just started here in CH2 :(

crack shot indeed…

best i can muster is only to hit myself whilst riding alone

i get it and don’t run :D

proper stiff shoes – nah

for me any hard impact on my heels sets it off, even walking around the house bare foot

stretching your legs helps, and getting properly made insoles for your shoes to reduce the hard impacts on your heels

and more stretching :lol:

thin tyres more manverourability

lol

a mk.1 – before they went ugly

better start praying for a dry event – those narrow bits of singletrack will soon turn into 12ft wide mud lanes

so many variables, but it could be huge if you had 40 years service with a final salary pension

say you are lucky and manage to get 40 years contributions into one and your salary was £60k when you retire – you would need a defined contribution pension fund of at least £1m to get near the final salary pension one

its massive, great for motorway driving but the economy on the 2 litre 163bhp is poor – 41 mpg average

mine is a 60 plate with 40k on the engine and it still feels new

meh… twas okay

future set of slippers for the wife?

slate can be reused – done it on my terrace, over 100 years old as well

strip the roof, fit breathable membrane, new battens, re-use the ridge tiles and 90% of the existing slate, pray it doesn’t rain

when it comes to resale – they can’t deduct £5k+ off the offer amount after the survey, because the original roof nails are over 100 years old etc etc

I know a friend of a friend that’s now blind

true story for me, totally blind in one eye, near as damn it in the other

oh what the hell, just go for it… odds on you’ll be fine.. i am not an eye doctor

what’s the worst that could happen…?

what this thread really lacks is a proper man beard…

or do all these latvians shave themselves with damascus axe blades? their arms as well…

you bunch of fannies…. :lol: my stoves not been on for a good month now

no dry wood… :wink:

I’m curious by the idea of a lightweight 3 speed hubgear, with a gear for higher speed, one for technical (direct drive) and bailout for steep climbs.

+2

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Ralphs front & rear for me …..

+1 – done dyfi twice with rr’s in the wet and survived

Sounds about right. Plenty of road cyclists act like ****s when in groups.

totally agree

seen far too often the Chester Road Club taking out young riders (13 year olds) in groups and then let them race down the Greenway in Chester (a shared tarmac path 2-3m wide) in a mass pack on a Sunday lunchtime when all the young mums and grandparents are walking their toddlers and dogs – madness

i was riding in the opposite direction and had to get off the path as well and as soon as i’d asked them to slow down, the elder club member riding at the back with the tail enders promptly responded with – “**** off” – right in front of a pregnant women trying to pull her 3 year old child/dog and elderly mother off the tarmac path to get out of their way

i ended up apologising to the family – just wanted to say not all cyclists are idiots like that

and you wonder why people have such a negative view of cyclists – and that was a proper road club

I’m 6’1″ on a large Soul with 70mm stem and wouldn’t want it smaller.

same setup as above – with 120mm reba’s – wouldn’t want it any smaller either

got a drop bar roadrat with the original roadhog fork (got used to it now)

i’d stick with 700c wheels, you can probably fit up to 45mm wide tyres, i think someone had a piccy on here with a roadrat sporting 1.75″ bontrager xcx tyres

i’ve tried 40mm schwalbe hurricanes in the past and they fitted fine, using 32mm conti contacts on at the moment for the road

this one cracks me up every time

cheers – already ordered now, and sooo much cheaper than a brand new F29!

Turning up late with something broken making departure later.

+1,000

Dropping litter

+10,000,000

Hora , whoever you are – don’t be such a macho prick – this is serious!!! Grrrr :-/

proper lol at that one!

more pressure needed

any tyre will burp if the pressure is low enough, even UST tyres

its no BFe either – dropouts are different