that tack will be such good fun when baked!! Props.

I just think rubbishing this race on the account of the gradient is silly. Its a ticky line..

And you won’t see many if any dh bikes there today either so all the ‘overbiked’ comments are out the window too.

ive done lots and lots of runs down the greno track on my ht, i rode at taff buggy a couple of weeks ago and i’d say greno is more difficult than taff.

Saying this is a health and safety race for families is pretty silly really and shows you have no idea.

Some of the best in the business will be there and they WILL be trying to win. Like at every dh race ive attended.

Its good enough for steve peat yet the singletrackers aren’t convinced..

I’ll be there :)

Drones, carriers, yer big bag sampson sweeping the curvature of the earth for somalis in speed boats. Its money well spent :D

War is never cheap though is it? You’d be whinging about the budget if we didn’t have nuculear equipped subs and suchlike.

This how we roll.. It works.

Sopranos is king..

My mate just turned my 09 rc3s into the most amazing forks ever after tftuned didnt bother to service them after i paid them £120 to do so.

mmmm..

Ta :)

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I was thinking of something along these lines..

Theyre good for lazy people like me.. Though sometimes when im on the mtb and i stop pedalling i wonder for a second if my face will be ok after sliding over the floor..

Ive had the slap down on here for using colourful language.. People think they’re clever by correcting you but in reality they were too stupid to realise what really happened.

and while a ff would help a little.. you’d still be a mess after faceplant like that regardless.

grim

it’s that pedalling lark innit? If he was a gp rider they’d lift him on the bike and he’d be on the front row at the next race, even if it was in a couple of weeks!

crashing can really suck ey?.. Dust yourself down cg, don’t give up :)

rachel bores the life out of me.. plus i think hannah will show her up this year, i hope so anyway.

Gee is always confident and hungry.. you can’t knock him really. I wonder how much this will affect him? hopefully it’s an uncomplicated break, he could of done really well this year.

natural gas? do it.. please do it.

doubt he’ll be back for the next round.. worlds would be a more likely bet i’d say.

i put a set of flat-ish atlas bars on my ht not too long ago, not sure if theyre working out?

yep my gmail was hacked midweek.. accessed from canada and israel apparently? my facebook was also compromised.

personally i’d go SS or CX. hybrids are a bit…. well, y’know.

I use a spesh langster which i love.

single ring all the way.

hoping sam hill gives brosnan the slap down all year too although that’ll take some doing :D

mightymowgli.. gwinny is amazing to watch, the fact that he has very few ‘moments’ can’t be held against him i dont think. He’s got style for miles.

gwin should take it, if not minaar will be close i’d say.

anyone tipping danny hart or troy brosnan is kidding themselves imo. this isnt their track.

i hate ciggarettes but rollies go down okay and little joints are just flipping lovely..

doin really good since new year though.

Dancing on the pedals lad :)

Well pleased about this, can’t wait for race 1 :D

They were serviced by tf tuned, the dude there pointed out that the stanchions were scratched and that he wouldnt be able to guarantee the seals because of this. he also enquired as to whether the forks had been leaking to which i replied no.. as they hadnt been.

when i got them back they felt better than ever, especially with regards to the way they were mopping up small bumps. The last couple of weeks have seen them drop air though, im coming to this conclusion simply through the feel of the fork.

getting the right amount of pressure in can be a real chore i find, its such a fine line between making sure they dont blow through the travel too easily throwing my weight over the front when i need support and maintaining a decent level of small bump compliance. I rekon the ideal pressure for me is somewhere around or just below 20psi. I think its definitely worth noting that they live on a hardtail, im sure you could get away with lower pressures on a fs due to the way the rear will sqaut helping keep your weight from moving to far forward.

the top cap is awol, the guy at tf tuned put a metal schrader cap with a rubber seal inside of it on for me and said that air can leak from the valve itself during heavy hits.

theres no really obvious signs of oil, sure i get some trace but its more a slight sheen i guess. doesnt look bad at all.

Ive not checked the bottom nut, i’ll give that a check.

Trouble with this fork for me is its not really easy to find a great setting so losing it everytime i ride is a real pain in the arse. when its good its great buuuutt.. :S

thanks for the help lads.

i dont understand why people say 160 forks arent good for ‘tight twisty singletrack’

as long as your stem doesnt look like a crane you’ll be reyt.

i did llandegla today on my steel ht but we didnt stop for tea. Buuut!! LOL

That would crack me up if i heard someone say something like that while i had phones in.. why didnt you stop and rip into them for taking a flask to llandegla? lols n lols :D

hmmmm… :S

any takers? anyone?

slx, one of the best bike bits ive ever bought.

i think they’re different things.. although, im no expert.

manon won the worlds at champery on the myst, i think? and the ariel was by all accounts a total steal.

mowgli.

its called a pivot, and they’re not cool unless its a 180 ;)

what a joke. Parents of minors should be fined for this sort of thing.

letting them off is as good as a green light.

In two years i’ve killed two X7 shifters and three X7 rear mechs.

Finally moving to saint in the coming days. I cannot wait.

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horabollocks :D