CaptainBudget – i disagree.

We ride with a guy who owns a blood. he is a goat. he loves the blood though rides it single front ring (32t) up all the trail centres we have got to with him so far. it’s only 5 inches of travel so why is it overkill?? relaxed angles but so are a lot of long travel hard tails now..
i have a heckler 6 inch travel been to the alps quite a few times. it’s the idea middle ground for me enough to ride alps trails but i’ve still ridden most of 7stanes and a lot of uk trails and lots of local loops yet according to you it’s overkill!! hmmm… k..

I like the place and hate the place..

IMO having been there quite a few times snowslave has rounded it up the the best for me…

the black are NOT black routes, red at most… but they get a LOT of mincers and maybe they use this to discourage the mincing brigade..

that stupid ass double (which isn’t a double just a single with a dip in it) in the middle of the jump loop needs ripping out asap!! or fixing it’s all wrong.

other than that stop asking and go ride it for yourself.
Personally i would say, if your any further than Manch (60 miles) then it’s better to go elsewhere as you will be disappointed. I’m lucky my lovely lady lives pretty close and we go play there a bit.

FYI the knobs causing braking bumps need shooting! the one thats AFTER a jump is totally stupid… you jump off soil which has a log edge and as you go over you can see a rut 6 inches after the log for 2 ft… about 4-6 inches deep!! WTF let go of your brakes….!

i always ride my heckler with my lyrik at 160.. (2 step air)

*tumble weed goes by* clearly reading up some MRB article about “value of angles”!

i rode an old Reign and i ride a 08 heckler both had good and bad points. my question would be do you see the difference between a alpine and the £500 difference to the reign?

WHOLEY COW max has got some tongue!! bet the bitches love him!!! ;)

Olly

….also for what its worth as i understand it the alpine is poor value, purely because of its “radical” angles….

(or so i read)
poor “value” due to “radical” angles!! WTF!!! seriously you’ve read far to much MBR!!
nothing “radical” about the alpine, seats a deree or 2 slacker, wheelbase in 2 n a bit inches longer than a tracer VP, it’s .5 degree slacker than a intense VP tracer in 6 inch mode.. go back to your mags!!

£500 difference??

Maybe he should have checked out the course beforehand?

he wasn’t on the course he was on the ride home.. i think a beer may have been involved?

kimbers never seen it that way :) your more than likely right :)

ladder drops are gone BOOOOOOOO!!!
and the bowl is so cut up it’s a joke..

I have to say I feel for the guys who are there to enjoy a event and not get slowed by people who may be new to the event and who stop and look at things in the path/trail. (not been myself but have put off by the recounted tails of newbies to the event who block runs while they eye up the hazards with all the gear and no idea)

some of the regulars to the even wanted to split the even a little more now with a pre-qualifier.

have fun and good luck OP, glad to see your going out to get your eye in before hand.. don’t push it to hard at first would be my recommendation to any alps riding, i have a friend who is a good rider, wasn’t paying 100% attention and crashed on a rain gully you should have seen his shoulder!! ouchh

@ haddock

she’s got so much personality… she licks ppl to death, will play for hours with a tennis ball, specially if its a squeaky kong one! soz golfchick ;)

dogtag covers up to 500 on a single item

puritabs and the stream at the bottom of whites as said above…

WOOOOO JRA??? :)

thats a good one kev…

thought this was impressive

not mine

and the old hemlock issue

impressive al!

Any VAG 1.9TDI, there are 3 versions of the PD engine IIRC, 100BHP, 130BHP & 150BHP, the 100 has a red i on the TDi badge, the 130 has the Di in red & the 150 has all 3 letters in red IIRC

wrong but good advise on the car..

look for a 130 TDI in the VAG range i.e.
a 130 fabia
a 130 a3
a 130 golf

this has a ASZ engine model in, that are HARD as nails. my GF has one in her golf over 105k and still going brilliantly, does 50+ mpg (real world not “on the computer BS) can fit 2 bikes in any of these guises of car with the audi a3 having a little more room, cheap to run and fix as all the parts from all those models “mostly” fit each other.

i had a 136 tdi focus and while it was ok the power was nothing like a 130 VAG engine and it did 43mpg real world where my 150 TDI does over 52mph real world..

(SC and intense paint is crap i have an anno 08 heckler atm)
think it’s between the orange alpine and the tracer vp then..

2 different bikes the alpine long and single pivot and tracer vp shorter vp setup.. can’t wait to try them.

thanks idrew.
no issues with fork crown/dials and underside with that setup?

idrew is the hope a zero stack?
i’m about 12st + riding gear, i had to tftune my rp23 as it was blowing though the stroke on the heckler.

qahh you used the Birmingham punch then~?? (screwdriver)

some good info there craig. someone told me that the FSA z 1.5 for a 0 stack headset was a good idea
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10125
or this
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35221

would appreciate any more info you can give about headsets so i can keep it in mind. thanks

FYI that’s PAID work bonesetter, where people PAY ME to fix stuff… ;) :P

i’m always around.. to busy fixing bloody cars/internet/websites/PC’s.. one day i’ll get a day off..

still in office now @ near 6PM was here @ 9am and left home @ 7:45am for my 38mile drive to work….

uhu m8 yer :)..

only 2 posts on stw..

just to add high on bikes sell them cheap

http://www.highonbikes.com/fsa-orbit-xl-ii-a-headset-aluminium-black.html

FSA Orbit XLII IMO a little more money but sealed bearings and well made..

how much you talking to spend?
you could get a CK for £45 from classifieds..

LoL your not a web geek you shouldn’t be here… :)

i had to get my rp23 tuned on the heckler i just blew though it but i put that down to me and the heckler…

24mm socket then…

Stu is on his a lot from what my friends say..

Glad you like it Buly..

a load here
http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sc-69-378-punches.asp

drift one mans drift is another mans screw driver… best to use a real one though
pin punch
http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-69-7089-59103-stanley-pin-punch-1-4in-x-6in-4-18-234.asp

as above.

did mine a few weeks back.
remove the cap (qr or 20mm, if 20mm you need to remove the c clips first).
there is a tube inside the hub that rests against the bearings, push this down, then get a drift and knock the bearing. move the tube 180 degree’s and knock again, then move tube 90deg and knock and then 180 and knock, repeat until bearing is out.

to get them back in pop the bearing in the freezer for 20 mins and fine a nice socket (21mm i think …. maybe a different size though)
remove from freezer and drift it back in using the socket to support the sides of the bearing make sure it’s all the way in though..

job done.

sim would love to see what you guys thought of the Orange alpine too :)

(p.s are these ppl talking rubbish about having to swap the shock to a coil/tftuning the shock? as they recon it blows though the middle of the stroke on the rp23’s?) thanks for all the input so far..

i’m so torn between something like a orange alpine 160 or a intense tracer VP….
i have 160 lyrik and 2 step (not worried about u turn crap, i can get my lyrik up most things) but my heckler is feeling slow n slugish now. i’m not jumping into a buy but i think i need to test ride a tracer and a alpine and see how i feel.

at the top, she was lazy she said, clipped it on a rock and dumped the lot and nearly killed the car. (sorry for the jump on the thread just wanted to warn you/ppl)