go for the genesis, go for the genesis repeat. offer 500.

eventful ride and some stunning strava times :wink:

Nice to meet up.

or the road in my case – not a good ss warm up :-)

wwaswas: me and nathan at the tearoom at 7.00 pm if you are up for it.

SS v Fatbike – location Stanmer Park outside the Tea Rooms.

There can only be one winner!

Who will triumph in this low tech shoot out……

Still with me?

n.b. Paceman – you seem to have side stepped the tough guy challenge somehow?

N.b.b. heard a rumour Coldean side not in the course this year – good for us Tim ;-)though Badgers may be back in – not so good!

what is this – slackers re-united :wink:

Yes all set for the epic battle!

DC

these things are important!

I think he is!

We are at present gazebo less at the moment – one lap it was there in all it’s splendor – the next it was a mangled wreck dumped 30 yards away in a field.

Any gazebo suggestions – won’t the the same without base camp!

Question: What’s the best way to guarantee a place on the Big Dog Podium

Answer: Buy a fat back – nailed on ;-)

fantastic day in a slippy Stanmer – Fortitude / Chunky Monkey didn’t miss a beat – outstanding!

Where are all the other mountain bikers – didn’t see a soul?

BOL – to be fair this one was always going to run and run!

Molgrips – you spotted the irony and not the big picture!

just gone rigid 29er ss.

got sick of buy buy buy.

you know what – it’s more fun, cheaper and makes you work harder.

Chunky monkey 2.4 is a thing of wonder up front.

Join the revolution;-)

DC

Do fancy a carbon Tallboy though!

Paceman: Fat bike or fat biker category – I could probably enter both;-)

could be a bit of old dog as regards the big dog course – to be welcomed i think.

I actually cant come up with a single comment on this that doesn’t make me feel kind of ill and in need of a little nap!

Apart from “I actually cant come up with a single comment on this that doesn’t make me feel kind of ill and in need of a little nap!”

DC

Sorry to hear that – were you in he skatepark?

heard it hear first – did you see what i was doing?

could b. worried about the first hill/cliff. waiting to see what the course is. Oli Pepper recommended gears for solo riders unless you are some kind of hero.

Interview with Ian Leitch in the july / aug Viva Brighton.

You can view on-line at http://www.vivabrighton.com from July 10th onwards.

You heard it hear first.

zippykona, not gonna get cosmic on you but the thing is it’s not that different, just simpler and other worldly – you get me?

DC

Got a feeling the course will change again. Agree with Paceman-for once;-)

should I ride my ss at big dog?

trails at their best today. some good strava harvesting going on.

any course gossip. hoping the first climb gets ditched, too steep imo.

pilates, stretching, concept 2, single speeding

find all four useful.

that said not feeling that fit right now.

just ridden a single speed rigid 29er, most fun I have had for ages.

yeti asr5 for me. just felt wrong. more so as the rear triangle cracked!

now riding 29 er hardtails, loving it.

I do a lot on e-bay mainly as a seller.

To get on your case so quickly is totally out of order.

Ok if you haven’t paid within a couple of days that’s another matter.

Hope that helps.

why not ride a rigid 29er e.g genesis fortitude. all bases covered!

I suspect you are thinking about this way too much – that’s from someone who thinks about things way too much!

Move on – though the post is interesting in as much as you come at it from the opposite angle from nearly every rider I know – no we don’t want accidents, if someone is ill they get taken home etc etc, apart from that it’s work them over if you can.

Genesis Fortitude is very nice and good value second hand.

My view is is if your mates are having an off day you turn the crank that little bit harder and ask them if they are ok – you can see the hate in their eyes – nothing better than that IMO.

Normally this is what they do to me – sends me crazy.

Surely this dynamic goes on all the time!

wonder or hope TimP;-)

I thought they were a top end frame maker – wasn’t there a review in STW a few months ago.

[its basically most people on here haven’t got a clue, have no interest in cycling, only in sitting in car parks chatting about the latest gadget.]

Harsh!

It does seem like an in joke. No f’ing idea what’s going on. ok I admit it, I fancy Liam Killeen.

what’s the Shand story then?

nb thought my musings were of interest;-)

Chain reaction have let me down as my front brake pads have not arrived despite ordering them three days ago!

Metal on metal it is then.