Delete.

bullandbladder,

This is a forum – threads solicit opinion. I’m not keen on what I’ve seen, whether it’s being promoted or otherwise.

I’m not detracting from the hard work and application that’s gone into building what’s been done – it’s just not to my taste and is part of a continuing movement in trail building that I find dis-heartening.

I honestly would prefer the fire roads.

Melodramatic or not, we seem to be in an age where everything has to be adulterated and traipsed upon – and for me these additions have a lessening effect. Penmachno always represented something a little more organic and untouched.

Perhaps I’m being small minded because I don’t have the ability to ride it like the lads in the vid. :D

bullandbladder,

Drop the emoticons and ‘haters gonna hate’ sillyness and understand that other people have a point of view, which may be at variance with yours.

That was soul destroying – RIP Penmachno.

Loved the natural feel to the rest of it but that 4ft wide pathway (it isn’t a trail) represents all that’s wrong with Uk trail building at present. It isn’t even mountain biking.

+1

The culinary equivalent of drive-through fast food.

GusGus.

Yep – looking forward to this. The 1st series was excellent.

All the best to him. I was wondering how he was getting on, whilst I was out on a ride yesterday.

worth a repost, that’s how to be an ambassador for your hobby.

+ 1 Absolutely.

If only everyone was this reasonable.

Dan took delivery of a shipment of frames today according to the Stanton Bikes Facebook page.

MedInfusions.

SORTED :D

Deleted the account, reset the phone (which I’d not done before) and then added the account again.

#offandonaginschoolboyerror.

Cheers all,

I know it should be under Outlook, but it didn’t work so I tried the other options.

Fetch New Data is set to Push.

Still borked – ARRRRGHHH getting on my t1ts now.

tried changing it to outlook.com?

Within Settings – Mail – Contacts, Calendars – Add Account I’ve tried to link my Hotmail via ‘Exchange’ & ‘Outlook’ – but it still doesn’t work. I’ve used ‘Other’ that halfway works in that I can send and receive Emails but I have to manually refresh – emails are not pushed through (alerts are set up correctly in Notifications).

somouk,

The net hinted this might sort it. Is there an idiots guide to doing that?

Yes – done that to no avail.

Jk,

Please endeavour to put a write up and attach some pics :-)

I’m building a steel Switchback up at the moment. I was initially a bit miffed when I found the Ti was coming out, as I might have waited, however the retail price is going to be £1600, which is out of my range … or rather the advantages over steel is not justified at that price.

I’m still looking for real world experiences from Switchback owners – the few I have found say it climbs reasonably well and isn’t wandery.

yunki,

… and so do I enjoy it – just not in October.

cloudnine,

You had it up in August last year :D

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-to-put-up-the-xmas-tree

Cheers Duggan – anyone else?

(Bad Ass Bike), Box the owner is a character, knows his stuff and always goes the extra mile. highly recommended

Yep – great bloke, ably assisted by Nath and Dan.

I’ve always found traveling in and out of Bristol from the northern extremities a real fag.

Have a look at North Somerset – Nailsea, Clevedon, Portishead areas.

Tuco (reading note) – “see you soon ii idi ….”

Blondie (snatches note) – “Idiots. It’s for you!”

BRILLIANT film.

I use it as my trail centre and xc bike.

Have a full susser to do silly stuff on

Any pics?
What fork have you got fitted – travel?
How well does the slack geometry manage the climbs?

I’m currently purchasing bits each month for my build.

That’s some goalkeeper stat – 162 goals conceded in 40 games!

The SM coach might be better off just sticking a sack of spuds in the goal mouth … prone to chips though.

Custom head badge? Looks like a 70s fanny.

Genuine LOL :D

Bats came across as blustery, unreasoned and rude.

I recommend he read The End of Faith by Harris – think critically and rejoin the conversation.

I ordered a front light from RC last week at what was a very good price and it arrived two days letter without drama. I’ve never had any problems with orders previously made with them. You only need one bad experience to put you off though.

I ordered a KS Lev dropper from Bike-Discount.Com in Germany, which was borked and showed signs of having been previously purchased and returned. Consequently, I’m leary of ordering from them again.

It’s a bit naughty to advertise something for sale that’s not capable of being posted immediately to the purchaser, unless there’s clear notice that there will be a delay in dispatch. Not returning calls and being accessible is also poor, irrespective of how competitively priced the article is.

There are particular retailers that I’ll avoid because of the consistently poor reviews they get on here.

Neat, tidy with good kit/component choices – like that.

UK Drama on TV

Utter sh1t3 compared to what the US of A are banging out.

EDIT – with the exception of P B’s.

Got a stanton switchback instead

Have you built it up yet?

bit more coverage at the back

You want a Giro Feature then.

If you’ve got a small swede, CRC are clearing 2012 Giro Xars’ at half price.

You should have been supplied two different lengths of nylon hex bolt – you’re missing the smaller one.

I can’t find them as stand alone Exposure accessories without purchasing the whole bracket mount.

This is a link from a previous STW thread, should you wish to get some made up – http://www.componentforce.co.uk/category/456/hex-socket-head-cap-screws

Stanton Switchback seems to meet all your requirements. The Ti version is just around the corner.

Superbly forged and robust shells housing great LED’s producing high quality beams- overall Exposure produce hugely reliable, interoperable, hassle free lights without cable faffage across an extensive range. Unsurprisingly those things come at a price. Well, well worth it as far as I’m concerned.

Stress induced anxiety. I wouldn’t attribute it just to the long hours on the road, which is obviously a factor – but background stresses might have ‘latched on’ to the traveling aspect when the problem runs deeper.

Sounds like you need a break to chill out. Examine your workload, home/family life, diet & sleep to see if any moderation’s or adjustments need to be made.

Ensure you make time for activities that float your boat away from all the above – like the restorative powers of MTB’ing.

As you’ve identified, a lighter more capable fork would make a noticeable difference. I’d be looking at something like this –

http://www.merlincycles.com/rockshox-recon-gold-rl-solo-air-forks-59434.html

Edit. Didn’t see johndo’s post.

Didn’t get on with Revelation Space but thought I’d give Alistair Reynolds another go – just read the excellent Chasm City – great space opera thriller – about identity I guess.

Also, Leviathan Wakes by James Corey – fast moving and doesn’t require a degree in orbital dynamics to understand like some of the high Sci-Fi out there.

No mention of Michael Moorcock yet? I used to like the Jerry Cornelius books, and the Eternal Champion series was very good. Also maybe not science fiction, but the line between fantasy and sci-fi can be a bit blurred at times…

– happy memories of reading the Elric saga when I were a lad.