Just be careful with both of those sites – just because they’re on line doesn’t mean the trails are any good. Granted most are, but there’s some crap in there as well!

I can just about justify it. But only because I can get trade rates. I’m not sure what I’ll do if I had to pay full price for stuff – forks are unbelievably expensive. Especially when they never seem to last that long these days.

kinda what it’s made for coogan. as I’m sure Ash and Mike will tell you 🙂

hey that’s mine Higgo!

oh no. I sold it 🙁

good to see the Swobo head badge is still there!

cheapest ones that do 9spd. They don’t look pretty, but they work. Not had one snap on mine or our hire bikes yet. The quicklink has been known to come off once or twice but that doesn’t change whatever you spend… might be different on a KMC chain.

Don’t get the blue one though – it doesn’t stay blue for long!

OK – I’ll keep trying then. I don’t think there’s an allen bolt in there – a 6 is too small and an 8 is too big.

GW – presumably I’m compressing the fork with the spring in there to try and stop it spinning yeah? Some ingenious use of zip ties / toe clip straps might come in handy!

ready and waiting sir.

Cheers for the recommendations guys. I’ll third them 🙂

If you do have any questions JimSu, let met know!

The Morzine vs Les Arcs thing – they’re different places. you should ride them both – Morzine this year, Les Arcs the next! It’s kind of like comparing Wales to Scotland – both great places to ride!

Cheers
Guy

ha – keep forgetting to check this forum now I don’t get emailed on responses… cheers for all those!

And rock3 – i would but there ain’t none left 🙂 might have something else coming my way soon though…

Have to say that 2.5 dual plys are a bit of a bugger on them. 2.35 minions no so bad – but that’s only compared to the 2.5s.

There’s a fair few bendy bits in mine from lump fisted dh tyre lever action 🙂

my rims that is.

er. my bicycle wheel rims.

er.

brant – you just got a sale because of google finding this thread about 29.8 QRs 🙂 the power of the internet eh!

what stevomcd said..

top of Rochers de Naye had snow on it in mid june last year.

Saleve is (er was before the recent rain) dry as a bone last week… busy as well.

You’ll find any Ski resort apart from Chamonix / Interlaken area / Zermatt will be dead as can be though.

Guy

Don’t forget the tour is having a time trial around the lake this summer. so a time to avoid / plan to be there – depending on your viewpoint.

Have heard the Semnoz is great – bus uplift from town etc.

Great ice cream there as well 🙂

And a fiendish crazy golf course..

or how about a dh tube with latex stuff.

The only reason the tubeless failed really was because the bike rack on our support truck called for the tyre to be deflated a bit to squeeze in. And our enthusiastic driver just let all the air out of my tyres and the tyre/rim seal went…. hmmm.

SST – I guess the number plate privacy thing is if you spot someone’s car someplace that it shouldn’t have been – like the poor bloke who’s seen exiting a sex shop in soho 🙂

it’s like that saying: “Light, Cheap, Strong. Choose two”

On Time, On Spec, Cheap, choose two 🙂

Saying that – I don’t have any idea what you’re after so don’t know if the 5k is realistic, cheap, or expensive!

yep there is a “bike park” in Les Gets – that’s what it’s called anyway. It’s just not the old Kona one with the hut drop etc. They’ve built a few new trails basically and called it a bike park.

best place to say is in Morzine. (i would say that, seeing as I live there)

and with us (I would say that as well – can’t blame a man for trying)

flowmtb.com

😉

you could have skied all the way down the spooky wood descent.
You’d want your rockhoppers on granted, but it could have been done!

Yep – Sara’s done it twice. We’ll be back for more this year.
Anyone can do it – just take your time. Hardest bits on the main race are up after the snow – there’s some rocky drops and some off-camber scree…