Off to Les Arcs at the end of June for the Trail Addiction backcountry week. Why? Because I haven’t been there before and because it sounds like a good week with some great riding. Simples.

No idea on the science or facts but my guess is the more “Enduro” styling is just styling and doesn’t really add much. I still have an XC helmet and an Enduro helmet though. Fashion innit?

Or you could go with the 160 dual air and be able to reduce to 130 for climbs and flatter bit?

Oh dear. Off to Afan this weekend and was hoping to check out Blade. Doesn’t look very nice in those pics.

26 for sure but they may do 29 too. Go Google.

I might just give in to temptation and order a Potts fork. Either way I”ll post a pic once the fork of choice has been added.

I’ve heard Blade isn’t all that great right now but people seem to think it has potential to be good when it dries out a bit.

Interesting thread.

I just got some Pikes and they don’t seem to have come with any kind of setup information. All I got was a “manual” to tell me how to use the Maxle, shock pump and spare seals.

I didn’t get any tokens. At least there weren’t any in the pack that I got. They were fitted by the LBS so it is possible they installed them but I doubt it. I’ll check anyway.

Have people here generally gotten the tokens in with the bits and bobs that come with the forks or not?

Cheers

For £80 new I’m tempted to give the Salsas a try and see how I get on with them. I’m sure the Type 2 is lovely but is it really worth getting on for 10 times the price (by the time you include tax and shipping).?

Sometimes I do. Sometimes I can’t be arsed and just buy some new ones. I’m slowly migrating the fleet to tubeless.

Yeah it would be nice to add a fork by the same person who built the frame. It’s a lot of dosh for a bit of steel though.

Bike is in very nice nick having been re sprayed (stove enamelled), in a very similar red to the original colour. Original decals and head tube badge supplied by WTB and lacquered over.

I was originally thinking a plain black fork but also think black crown with silver legs would look good.

Will have to see how flush I’m feeling. Some P2s or suchlike would be a lot cheaper……..

Add $125 for two tone paint…….

$775 if you want a single colour. Bit on the pricey side eh?

Wasn’t aware of the Type 2 but that does seem like it would have to be the right one.

I don’t think anyone is telling On-One / Brant what they should or shouldn’t do. People are just expressing some sympathy or empathy with the OP and suggesting that if the same happened to them, they too wouldn’t be happy.

On the On One side – they can of course quite rightly stick to the absolute terms of the warranty. Or they can accept that doing so may not paint a particularly great product quality / customer service picture and see if they can find some way to keep that customer happy and to generate some good PR in the process.

None of us know all the factors that may or may not have contributed to the failure of the frame or whether those factors could be considered as reasonable or as unreasonable treatment.

There is no absolute right or wrong here but it would appear that there is an opportunity to come to some sort of arrangement that keeps all parties happy (or at least a happier than they currently are).

DB

Sounds to me like On-One are sticking to the strict terms of the warranty but aren’t going the extra mile to abide by the spirit of the warranty and to keep a customer happy. Two different failures of the same product for the same customer in such a short time shouldn’t be expected.

It would be nice if someone at On-One looked at this and thought “yeah that’s not right, lets do the right thing for the customer” rather than saying “it’s in the terms and conditions so too bad”. Not actual quotes of course.

DB

Can’t say I’ve tried many but currently running Ardent LUST on my bouncy bike. They seem to work just fine for me. Had the regular Ardents before that but found the sidewalls a bit fragile.

2:1 it’s the lore. 32:16 or 34:17 or 36:18 are all acceptable.

Thanks guys. Looks like I might be able to resurrect some of my pedals. Currently have four pairs that need some love. Might be on stocking up on the bearings and bushings.

Buy cheap – buy twice. 😉

Very nice looking bike.

I did 24 miles ish on my SS Tinbred this morning. Had mine for something like 13 yrs (it was from the first batch of frames made). Still the bike I use most. It’s been through quite a few components in that time but still going strong.

Have fun.

Steel yes. SS yes. Rigid no (the rigid one is Ti). 29er no.

WTB Phoenix basking in the sun.

http://images.eu.viewbook.com/9469a03be690d5f78222d2220cdb00fe.jpg

I’m definitely more a summer person. Don’t mid it so much when it’s proper cold and frozen. It’s that grey, dark, damp, miserable in between bit that’s gets to me. Still getting out though including night rides if the weather isn’t completely pants. Sunday was lovely. Went out on the road bike cause I couldn’t be arsed cleaning a filthy MTB yet again.

And if it’s LiOn you can get them direct from Lupine or from Open Light Systems

Is it a NiMh or LiOn battery. If it’s NiMh I’ve got a charger you could have.

That is minging.

I’ve had Ti forks on my Ti Inbred for about 10 yrs with no problems at all. They’re OnOne forks so not especially high end or blingy but they do the job. I had Pace rigid carbon forks on before that but they got mangled in a crash.

There seems to be a lot of hassle and angst involved with some of these cheap lighting solutions. I can understand people wanting to get good light for not much money but for me I’d rather pay a bit more for a product that is just going to work. No hassles with dodgy batteries, iffy connectors and shonky mounts.

Horses for courses and a whatever floats your boat of course. If it gets you out riding more then its got to be a good thing.

Not strictly a winter bike but currently “winterised” with mudguards and probably the bike I’ll be riding tomorrow night if I manage to get out with the MTB Berkhamsted group.

600 is stupid money. For 170 I reckon that’s not bad and all the bits work with my existing Lupine light so even better.

Ok so the lights turned up next day delivery and all seems to be good. So the end result is I got a Lupine Wilma 10 set for £170. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. I know Lupine aren’t distributed in the UK now but I already have one of their lights that I’m very happy with and it’s easy to get bits direct from Lupine in Germany.

So I’m a happy bunny.

Not naming names at the moment. Want to see what turns up first.

Having said that – it does now say no stock available so either there was only one available or they’re realised they messed up on the pricing.

As usual, for every opinion, there is an equal and opposite opinion. Or something.

I’ll drop the pressures a bit and use without sealant for now and see how it goes.

I’m off to Afan this weekend so some rocks but probably not much in the way of thorns.

Sounds like you have the answers to your questions already but I’ll add my 2cents in case it is of use.

I agree that outdoors you may be able to use optical sync but I wouldn’t rely on it. It may work in some situations but there are a lot more where it wont work.

Radio triggers will be much more reliable outside.

Cheers

Darren
http://www.darrenbirkin.com

No, not been on retrobike. I’ll have a look.

Henrick, I’ll drop you an email. Haven’t taken any pics or put it up for sale as yet but have a couple of older pics I can pass on.