And make sure your logo and valves are lined up from the start 😉

Make sure the beads sit in the recess in the centre of the rim as it will give you just enough slack to get them on

Oh and get folding ones

Dont know

And it will be worth getting the bleed funnel

Oh and some brake fluid

Olives and this brass thingy that goes into the hose, although you may be able to reuse the one fitted.

Mine came with everything i needed and finned pads

Oh, cant help then, ive got xt covers

Are you sure theyre not cheaper in the uk? They were when i bought mine a few months ago, but yes did include everything needed to shorten hoses as they were way too long anyway

For that budget, XT. Well worth the money

Which shifters?

that’s how your not achieving your 2000 calories a day

strip floor boards, investigate whats going wrong- could be rotten timbers, warped over time or the supporting wall could have subsided. Carry out remedial works as required

Hhhmmmm this seams familiar, did you post about a bad experience there in another thread recently?

There was a thread 6 months or so ago which mentioned the indian. May or may not have ommented, cant remember.

The Indian Restaurant on the main street has been most acceptable, but then it’s a few years since I’ve been.

this is a joke right? That place is the worst restaurant, of any kind I’ve ever been to.

On the plus side there’s a strava segment down the stairs to the toilets. Take your DH bike

wouldn’t bother with the stickers myself

didn’t they release a new range last couple of days?

This is why I never take my bike to a LBS for any work. Why pay someone to bodge it when you can bodge it yourself?

crap and slow on the phone / ipad. ok on laptop

Ive greased the threads on mine. 3 years no issues

I do mine just by feel. Just use a bit of common sense

Valves
Yellow tape
Sealant

With flows my (non-tubeless) tyres went up with a track pump, one handed. Otherwise a ghetto inflator is worth a go

My girlfriends parents have an apartment in Turkey and were approached by an Australian couple who were interested in a holiday house swap via one of these websites. So they’re off for 6 weeks or so to oz in November and managed to contact a few other families who are interested in a swap so will be travelling around rather than staying in 1 place. It will be a cheapish holiday for them especially as they booked the flights early.

Enjoyed that thanks

If its a weekend ill have it. Def not worth risking on a ht

Wedge a flat screw driver or a torx in there? Or take a hacksaw to it and cut a slot in the head

compass you say?

compass app

sorted

I am a fat, hard braking, hard riding, low skill, lands like a skydiving baby elephant git

Tubeless repair kit will sort that

What you need is a foam matt

Im running 1×10 setup from an original 2×10. Havent used spacers and its running fine although any further may cause issues.

You may find that you cant run a 32t on a double as the chain may catch on the spider arms

Took my forks apart over the weekend. (Fox float fit rlc). Most i.e. 95% of the oil on the spring side had migrated to above the air spring. There should only be 5ml in there. Easy to drain out from the top though. Nothing complicated on the spring side just release the air first).

I think its a known issue and you can get replacement seals for them. I now have full travel- it topped out at least 30mm before

You’ll get used to them

In theory yes

I service the seals and do the lower oil change on a regular (ish) basis. The forks are currently in bits with the air spring removed and from what i can see the forks are in good condition. Not a mark or any wear on the stanchions and the oil always cones out crystal clear. The damper adjustment knob went back in fine.

Service? Erm, well it’s been a few years

The gap descent will be towards the last quarter then? Hoping the field is well spread out when i hit that.

I can get my middle off (32t) with the pedals (straitline flat pedals) still on.

If you wanted a shimano xt 42t chainring ive got a new unused one that came off a triple crank that i set up as single.

Distributors. You won’t be able to buy direct but your lbs will

You can get a replacement Reverb switch without changing the whole remote. This part alone is around £45-£50 rrp. However, you may need the whole remote assembly if you’ve scratched the bore inside- after it broke did you press the button at all as this can scratch it quite easily which causes it to leak. Whole remote assembly is around £90 I think but may get it cheaper if you shop around. Think bike components (Germany) was cheapest when I needed one earlier this year.

Im doing my first Beast this year, although ive done some sections a few times. Really looking forward to it

Get a tricycle and fit one wheel of each size ffs