Thats the test I was on about Flow, did you type all that out yourself from the magazine?

No I copy and pasted it from the PDF

These are ideal for speed-scrubbers

No wonder the XT’s are so popular on here…

STW Issue 70

XT M785

The XT callipers are pretty and the levers are cutely compact,
resembling small pistols. Remember the first time you tried
Saint brakes and thought ‘**** me they’re pretty powerful’?
Well, the new XTs have a similar feel. Initially power is good
and then it just keeps coming. We couldn’t imagine needing
that much power at first, but you do get used to it although
it’s quite hard to make use of it in a useful and controlled
manner. These are ideal for speed-scrubbers. At first braking
is very binary and really feels like a switch, with little middle
ground for feeling what the brake is actually doing. This does
improve as you get used to it but not a great deal. The levers
are small and sweet and ideal for one finger braking, as well as
mating neatly with Shimano’s shifters. The IceTech ‘keeping
it cool’ technology in the rotors and pads is a good idea for
Alpine riding but most UK riders will be fine to replace the
supplied finned pads with cheaper, un-finned versions.
Overall: A powerful brake best paired with a skilled, fast
rider who doesn’t brake very much. A tad too grabby for
milder riding/riders though.

Hope X2 Race

There’s no denying that Hope brakes will always look cool
to certain riders. If you like engineering, you love Hope.
The Race Evo levers are Hope’s best ever lever in our
opinion: minimalist and crisp, without being spindly or
harsh-edged. The drilled blade can feel odd to un-gloved
fingers (although who doesn’t wear full finger gloves these
days?), but the shape of the lever is just perfect. Reminiscent
of old Shimano XT V-brake levers, but even better. The X2
calliper doesn’t deliver quite as much power as other brand’s
top-end offerings but it’s more than ample for cross-country/
trail riding. It’s the feel and feedback of the lever that is
this system’s trump card. You know exactly how the rotor
is interacting with the pad and, as a result, you know even
more about what’s going on with your tyre traction. There’s
no adjustment on offer apart from Allen key reach adjust
but thankfully the lever feel is simply spot on. The rotors do
a great job of keeping the levels of power and feel nice and
high, too.
Overall: Destined to be a classic brake. Nigh-on perfect
for virtually all UK riding and riders. Good weight,
decent power and immense feel.

Conclusion

There are four clear and distinct favourites in this test. On the power
front, the Shimano XT brakes were definitely the most effortlessly
powerful units we tested. If you ride very fast, never scrub speed or
drag your brakes, and generally rarely brake unless you absolutely
have to then you’ll love the XTs. If you’re on a budget, the Gusset
Hydro Chute brakes are brilliant. Power, feel, consistency – pick three.
In the mid-range ‘everyman’ class, it’s a fine line between the Avid
Elixir 7 and the Hope Race Evo X2. The Avids shade it on the power
front but the Hopes edge ahead on the feel front. It’s easy to find an
argument for either brake but ultimately, we’re giving the final nod
to the Hopes. As well as a proven track record in serviceability, spares,
warranty back up and ease-of-bleeding that comes with Hope brakes,
they just felt better more of the time. Stick a bigger rotor up front if
you want/need more power.

You only paid £99 for it!

I’m pretty much 100% now, like Bushwacked I can’t believe how quickly I’ve got better.

I’ve been doing weights three times a week for over a month now, as well as running twice a week and riding at the weekends.

The last symptom to go was the lack of sleep. I bought a book called The Effortless Sleep Method and stuck to the rules set out in it, within a week I was sleeping normally again, that was over a month ago now.

I also used something else a little more controversial after much research which helped me dramatically.

It’s just Flow back under a different name. Great…

Why do you think I’m him?

Nukeproof Mega……..Climbs like a XC

You’ve clearly never ridden an XC bike

If he bought the bike new, surely he would know if he or the shop helitaped it?!

Heart attack pie!

Anthem, no contest.

Like TJ said, tax credits.

Alpine 160 would be my choice.

I don’t think its worth it over a 5d Mk2, isn’t it £1000 more?

I won’t be upgrading.

You dont need a 29er, just a frame thats the right size.

Thats the sound of your only brain cell working in overdrive trying to prove me wrong.

Its not going to happen.

TJ – Reefer Madness is covered in my last video, proven to be nothing more than government misinformation.

Must try harder.

And this is the icing on the cake.

OP don’t listen to anything anyone has said on this thread (especially the “professionals”), watch the videos I have posted and make your own mind up.

Let me know how you get on :wink:

Fair well fools….

You must have a long torso and short legs because you dont have much post showing.

You need something with a longer TT.

How much standover do you have?

Why are you on a kids bike?

Another very educational video that you narrow minded medical “professionals” could learn a lot from.

That video takes 40 minutes to deliver not a lot info we know already. Pretty much like a conversation with every cannabis user I have ever met.

Another know it all :roll:

TJ will be along shortly to welcome you to the club.

MTFU!

For simpletons (TJ) cloning a plant is just another word for taking cuttings. Its really not as difficult as it seems.

Are you really claiming their is no variation in quality or strength of illegally sourced drugs?

No I’m saying its a lot easier to get the same results over and over again than you think, especially in a lab.

I have yet to dedicate 50 ish minutes of my life to find out what the THC and marijuanna fan club think of pot….can i just guess at what they said

Its thorough scientific research/studies, I think you will be amazed TBH.

Whey protein from myprotein.co.uk is the best quality/value around.

Milk is pretty good but not as good as For Goodness Shakes imo

For Goodness Shakes are full of sugar, colouring, and other crap you don’t need.

Of course a piece on youtube is definitive

If you watched it you would see that its a bit more than just a youtube video.

Proper research is not a stoner googling on Youtube to post up what other stoners have said.

Obviously, but the research has already been done, I’m just pointing you lost sheep in the right direction.

It’s much harder to control consistency with plants

BS.

If they are cloned from the mother plant and grown the same way in a laboratory setting, ie with identical light, temp, humidity, soil ph, nutrients etc, they will turn out identical.

You’re right, it is like smashing your head against a brick wall, all you “medical professionals” haven’t got a clue.

So who actually watched the video and who is too narrow minded to bother?

You’re right Teasel, but when you have so many deluded idiots thinking they are correct because they are “medical professionals” they need to be put straight. **** amateurs.

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/specialized-hotwalkin-boys-item160322.html

I don’t think I have ever made so many people look so stupid at once before, this is quality.

Just in case you missed the link

Or perhaps crikey with his many years of knowledge and experience painstaking gained actually understands the issues rather better than you do? Just a thought?

Clearly not, if you watch the video it proves you all wrong, infact it makes you look stupid.

I especially like the parts about pain, how cannabis is an analgesic, how it is effectively used to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, and insomnia.

These aren’t small studies either, over 30 years of research.

“Medical professionals” owned in at their own game!

Flow 1 – Know it all’s 0

GAME OVER

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well Crikey, your narrow mindedness is restricting your knowledge.

The more you know, the more you realize how little you know, so if you think you know everything then you know nothing.

Typical NHS.

Edit: That video confirms everything I said making you lot look rather stupid.

Bye for now.

Watch it, when you come back to this thread you will have a totally different opinion.

STFU, watch this and learn something….for once.

I’m insulting you because I enjoy shooting fish in barrels.

No you are trying to insult me because you are a bell end.

Look at crikey throwing out the insults. Surely its past your bed time, you’ve got school in the morning.

I’m sure your essential silliness has been pointed out previously, but if you have Chronic Fatigue, getting stoned regularly is probably not a great idea given that one of the features of long term use of said drug is a certain amount of lethargy.

Clearly if it made me more fatigued I wouldn’t smoke it, I said it helps.

Whatever, you seem to be too dim to reason with.

Obviously. The content of your posts shows you are way more intelligent than me :lol:

Well, how much experience do you have of dealing with people in pain? That’s real pain, not ‘Oh maan, we’ve got no pizza left’ pain…

Well the OP’s mother has FM, I have CFS which is similar. I ache and have trouble sleeping and smoke weed which helps it.

Surely the OP wanted to hear from people like me and not a bunch of anti drug, middle class lard asses who have no experience of either.

TJ did say he suffered from CFS too though for most of his adult life. Maybe thats why I am almost better after just a year, I wasn’t scared to think outside the box. The drugs I got from my doctor caused awful side effects and if anything made me worse.

No you shut up crikey :lol:

No like Dr Myhill