boardman, pro or team ht second hand.

quality and parts best by a long way.

will pump them up though

yeah I know but cant get them off without getting a hernia.

bring your bike and joint brighton mtb thursday night. 7.00 ar sussex uni. f#### networking!!!

Just moved to a purgatory 2.3 control and am loving it. This things just hangs on in there.

I ride Stanmer in Brighton, damp, slippy, rooty – Purgatory takes it all in it’s stride.

£30.00 new – what’s not to like.

DC

just bought gortex ex army jacket, austrian. 40 posted.

its great.

why pay hundreds.

for pure grip the purgatory gets the nod, I think for overall riding, up / down / around mud x is better.

The 2.3 I now have on the front wheel makes the bike feel a little front heavy.

That said it grips like a drunk to his pint.

I noticed their windows weren’t the new standard though – must be utterly rubbish ;-)

Grand Designs is beginning to make me feel quite sick. People utterly obsessed with having the best this or the best that to put on their projects driven my marketing hype and the new best thing. Polished concrete, the latest ceramics …….hang on!

purgatory 2.

29er for me in brighton. trails getting frisky

where are you from?

mud x is my standard response!

for a first full suss camber all the way, no brainer!

not a spesh fan as such but if i was in the market described that would be the go to bike, assuming you want an all round trail bike.

great second hand prices too.

polzeath was great – 2-3ft and clean.

what’s trail access like in the west country. didn’t see many paths in the same way as in sussex.

actually the more I read the more I like him.

actually the more I read the more I like him.

at the last wc he said 650b was bang in the middle between 26 inch and 29 inch wheels. caught my attention as it’s coomon knowledge it is not.

test

:-)

ahhhhh – how do you do proper quotes with the box?????

[3rd time there, but the first time I’ve been bitten…

]

looks nasty – chain ring?

Sorry to hear about your mate. Hope he gets well soon.

It’s also a shame it ruined your day.

Sounds like he will come back ok from what you say.

On the whole I think (hope) this is an exception to the rule.

There certainly was some fast riding going on.

Of all the places on the course this seems one of the less likely / unlucky spot to have a collision.

All the best with the recovery.

DC

TimP.

Out of respect (I mean this) for your SS efforts I decided not to go out again.

Just so you know!

DC

Kinda chuffed you have copied my thread name.

DC

eight laps is not average by anyone’s standards.

You should be proud of that.

n.b. I’m the only one who thinks this year was easier than last – i just felt that on the ups apart from the really steep ones you could recover a little.

Or it could be my new (to me) niner air nine on the other hand. Went like a dream. For that kind of riding the bigger wheels really do help.

Don’t tell Giant!

Niner Air Nine was perfect as was my pace for my goals.

Wish I had gone out one more time to get seven laps and beat TimP.

Next year i hope i get a good run withjout illness and push a little harder and feel a little lighter.

Another Big Dog comes to an end!

Things you did right

Things you would change

Ambition for next years event

Rockford Files

i run 1×10, but just the granny.

have to back off on the tarmac but off road i have all the gears i need.

ran it at big dog – perfect.

am i the only one doing this

DC

n.b.very kind on the knees

six laps for me. very happy with that. no offsfor me. all good.

not as hard as the old course physically imo.

thanks to all for a cracking day.

good luck all. darkcyan, timp and paceman will be next a t4 vw, silver. bikes niner air nine, tallboy (co-op blue),genesis and a dodgy austrian import.

say hello

see you all tomorrow.

TimP – we’re running scared – hence the vitriol!

he actually walks single speed a lot of the time!

slow first unless fast is very fast – crystal!

[Oh get you Mr Cyan!]

Is that how you ruled the scrum in in your rugger bugger days?

TimP – you are gonna suffer on your single speed contraption. Shame I will be too far ahead to see it :wink:

Almost worth hanging onto your (small)wheel for the first lap. In fact I think I will.

Try and get the cranks to stay on though will you!

Hmmm – don’t hold back FRC :wink:

It’s certainly different though!

I give up looking at weather forecasts.

nice one.

not long now.

taper time I.e. eat what the fxxxxx you want for a,day.

craving custard badly

Rubena Kratos 2.25 front and rear for me.

Got them with the bike and actually really like them.

Had never heard of them before.

Something skinny on the back would be better.

1×10 for me.

hi,

most people in our group have a big plastic box (with name on it) which we leave by our van and tent thing next to the course. Luckily we have been right on the course each year (we get there early). This is about a 100 yards after the start zone. basically we cycle right past it, step of the course and pick up what we need and then go again – if we can be bothered after the first lap :-)

The transition area itself is really quite busy with lots of spectators and riders so its not the obvious place to leave your stuff.

You are brighton mtb right. You can leave your box with ours and you should be good.

give me a ring if you want 07813947674 if you are happy with that.

getting away from course discussion am getting very excited now.

we are very lucky to have big dog and I know how much work it takes.

would a blast tomorrow be a good or bad idea.