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Greg Minnaar: Retirement 20 Questions with the GOAT
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freeganbikefascistFree Member
Fair question from several of you. we are coming in early May… for the May 8 BH as it happens (although it’s not a BH where we all live, it just happens to be when we’re all available so there it is)
freeganbikefascistFree Memberwe’re arriving from Amsterdam, Brussels and Croatia (an international group….), so unfortunately the train is not practical this time
Premier inn looks like an option, actually it looks like they have family rooms
Bellfield park is indeed one of our storage options, they recommended the campsite (and I’ve contacted them as they state a 7pm checkin curfew)
thanks all
freeganbikefascistFree MemberI’m a procore convert. they are expensive but
[*]actually easy to fit, despite the hype (no need for compressed air) although this might depend on rim choice and maybe I got lucky
Run low pressures, crazy grip levels. I’m running +/- 1 bar.
Puncture protection; OK I do pretty well on standard tubeless
Rock solid bead retention. you could run the main chamber completely flat, the bead would still be locked to the rim by the inner chamber (this is actually the reason I first tried them, after a burp/fall/bones broken incident 3 years ago[/*]Downsides they are pricey (even shopping around you’re still spending 100 euro/wheel) and they do add weight, but for me it is weight well spent to get the functionality
so in the end a bit like a dropper post. expensive and heavy but bloody hell it works so well I almost can’t imagine being without it
freeganbikefascistFree MemberYou are forgetting the trusty Ziploc full of nuts and raisins (or trail mix as or American cousins call it). Helps that it’s actual food but the energy release is nothing like as immediate as sugary stuffs
I go with a combination of a bag of nuts and fruit plus a bag of sugary stuff (haribo an obvious favourite), eat something one an hour and electrolyte wotsit in my bottle/camelbak (although I probably only see the benefit from that on longer rides.
On the road (or if you find a handy shop on the trail) a can of full fat coke or other caffeinated sugary beverage of choice is a magical shot to the muscles if you’re bonking a bit
freeganbikefascistFree MemberI have an original 853 evil sovereign (but it’s not for sale cos I loves it). The later models I’m sure are just as much fun even if they “downgraded” the tube set
It’s mental. I originally built it with a u turn coil pike but switched to a 32 talas. The Talas is good but although a massive weight saving was probably an error. When I saw the new pike I was very excited but then I saw that they only do it in tapered steerer. … Thinking of going to a 36 Talas or maybe back to a pike. I use all the different travel settings. At 100 mm it is frankly irresponsible-fully engaging and will chuck you of if you don’t pay requisite attention. At 140 it is a proper hooligan. At 120 is a very well behaved trail bike (the last interesting setting!) I’ve been considering coverting it to 26+ but can’t find a decent 27.5 fork with adjustable travel and straight steerer.
Or the dialled Prince Albert …
456 should be easier to find I guess
freeganbikefascistFree Memberthe zeitgeist of Peak Arsehole
^I’m going to make a habit of using that
10 for a pair sounds ok, tbh. I recall being asked > 20 way back when, which did irritate me
What’s a schwalbe inner tube cost these days? Probably a fiver so you wouldn’t save much/anything. You could farm them from old tubes and call that free I guess but if they were cheapos to begin with then they probably don’t have removable cores
freeganbikefascistFree MemberCdoc, I am told they made 100 of them. An exclusive club ?
freeganbikefascistFree MemberI was given a bottle opener recently as a house warming present
It’s 3D printed. In titanium.
It’s the best gift I have ever received. Ever
freeganbikefascistFree Membermy money’s on Electric/electronic derralieur gearing. already all but ubiquitous in pro cyclocross, it can only be a matter of time before we see a DI2-XTR setup
…. swiftly followed by frame mounted gearboxes …. once they sort out the weight a bit, which is taking longer than I thought possible
freeganbikefascistFree Memberway home is via Hull (ferry to Zebrugge)
ta for the ladybower link, I found another link to that trail, I’ll look it up
nickhart; not so much a pootle but a shorter ride, something like 30km / 5-700 m climbing.
freeganbikefascistFree MemberIt’s a bit of a britbike build
Revelation RLs
XT 2×10 (may change the chainset to 3x)
Renthal bar and stem
Hope V2 Brakes (braided hoses for added *bling*)
Hope Hoops (old pair of DT swiss 5.1s, will be looking for something lighter, the havens I have on another bike are a full pound lighter than these)
Maxxis HR 2.35 kevlar rear, Schwalbe 2.4 NN snakeskin front
Hope Headset and seat clamp
Thompson post
SDG belair saddletotal build weight; 31 lbs
sadly she’ll stay under the stairs till mid july as I had to leave the country (actually *continent*) the day after I finished the build
freeganbikefascistFree Memberacjim
I took advantage of the same deal; smart frame although I think fiting a rack might be tough past the disc calliper … I’m sure I’ll make it work!
As fr the headset, Cane Creek headset finder (link) says it is the following standard;
SHIS:IS42/28.6|IS42/30 (1-1/8″ Italian Integrated IS Standard)
They don’t, however, give a link to the equivalent CC headset. Visually I would say it certainly isn’t the Cane Creek standard IS (my IBIS has that, the cup doesn’t look the same).
I’m probably just going to drag the frame down to my LBS to get them to find the right standard
freeganbikefascistFree MemberAre is great fun but there's not exactly '000s of km of trails there. You can just about cover all the marked trails in a decent length day, although they were opening new sections when we were there last summer. the big gondola serves a long natural rocky descent taking in snow crossings even mid-summer, the right hand section of the hill has a selection of made trails with table tops, gaps etc and some green traverses to connect the dots. There is a train station right in town and the camp site nearby is rideable and has cabins for rent (aboiut 20 GBP/night iirc). can be rainy.
the other place we went to was Oppdal in Norway, a little closer to Trondheim iirc. smaller than Are but also fun and also has a WC DH course. very FR though, the red run has some big gaps on it
both are written up in the Footprint Moutainbike europe guide along with 10-15 other spots in the region, if you've a mind to go book shopping
freeganbikefascistFree Membersitting in Twickenham drinking beer and watching rugby
0km for me but a great time had nonetheless
now I need to pay off those pints and catch up with the biking before the weather turns sour again!
Shame of it is, forcast says summer ends in … erm … 8 hours. Bugger.
freeganbikefascistFree Memberfair point. However I have bought '10 32 TALAS and SID teams this year at 50% off. Go looking, there's just no need to pay near MSRP for an aftermarket fork today, even a current one
and lol on the sus company comment! to be clear I don't work for a suspension company. I do think MSRPs are silly at the moment but I also think they're set to be discounted. Look around other industries, you find stuff for pre-order already discounted, that's just bloody bonkers. It irritates me because I have to research the street price of something before making a relative purchasing decision, given that teh MSRP seems in no way related to what I will be expected to pay for it.
That said, I appreciate how far suspension has come and how bloody awful it was in the early days, not to mention how painful it was when all my riding was fully rigid
plus I'm 40 with a decent disposable income
freeganbikefascistFree MemberIt's true that MSRPs do seem to have been on the increase, but at the same time (as evidenced by Retro83's link) discounting has been on the rise aswell
actually this pisses me off slightly as you can't judge the market effectively if the MSRP is twice what's being charged on the street. The cynic in me says this is about OEM sales so people can justify that bike purchase with the feeling that "there's a 700 quid pair of forks on it" when there's not
street level prices I'm 100% convinced that you get more bang for your buck today on a fork than you did 5, 10 or 15 years ago. I once paid 500 for a pair of Pace RC35s. 35mm of undamped elastomer goodness hmmmmm…..
freeganbikefascistFree Membera bloody disgusting amount of money for a few castings a couple of tubes and some oil…
don't tell us about it then go make something better and show 'em how it's done!
ah. thought not.
freeganbikefascistFree Memberthe British were chemically castrating gay people in the 50's
Very good point, and in fact you wouldn't have to go far form your front door in the UK to find someone who thinks it should still be going on today. This is something that people forget very quickly. For example we can look at a country and say "why the hell don't women have the vote, that's just daft." well look up just how long women here have had the vote in the UK and you'll find it's possibly within your grandparents' lifetime and certainly within your great grandparents' (1928 btw, if wikipeadia is right). Attitudes to things like equality and sexuality take generations to change, mostly that's the fault of our own taboo-ing of subjects but also it's simply a case of societal momentum.
doesn't make the decision any easier for the 2 guys being jailed of course.
freeganbikefascistFree Memberhora
What a gold-plated, diamond encrusted arsehole. He dragged the whole of the sport through the courts thinking there was a chink of light that he might get off on a technicality knowing all along that hes a lying **** ****.
Exactly what most of the cycling world will be thinking right now and Landis knows it … and has known it for years
hora
Or maybe he just felt drained by living a lie and couldn't face his conscience anymore?
very well put. At least I hope this is the case.
freeganbikefascistFree MemberSID Team. I have bought 2 for less than 400 euros each in the last 6 months. Merlin currently have them for 445 Euros. Cracking fork and nice and light.
freeganbikefascistFree Membercould be it's a cynical attention grab, but I suspect (and hope) that it's more part of his therapy to come clean so he can move on personally.
A lot of people can suffer serious depression from maintaining these lies over the years and in the face of public expectation of both performance and moral standing. The pressure can be unbearable. Often the only way to move beyond it is to take the cork off the bottle and release the pressure. Public admission is one way for someone in the spotlight like Floyd. If he is being completely honest now then that's more important for his mental health than whether the public believes him. His mum on the other hand……
The timing would always be bad but I agree, middle of the season is worse than most.
So few of these guys actually make a fortune out of the sport, you wonder where the pressure comes from that so many of them do this. Can't be for the fans; I know not one cycling fan who enjoys seeing riders pulled mid race for doping offences or shrugs their shoulders when a 25 year old stagierre had a heart attack because his blood is thick as treacle. I can only assume the competitive spirit alone is driving them, which is pretty close to mentally broken if it's pushing you that far I think.
glad I'm a recreational rider without the talent or drive to get mixed up in that world. Not sure I could take it and it seems that Floyd couldn't either.
freeganbikefascistFree Membernah, the whole "I didn't inject testosterone, I just AM that manly" always sounded desparate.
sounds like his shrink has pushed him into public disclosure as a way of shedding the emotional baggage that lying about your way of life for years and eventually being forced to accept that noone that matters believes a word that you said, except your mum (that must have been a hard call, actually) must bring with it
he's so discredited now though that any journals or what he can bandy about will probably be ignored.
Supporting Professional cycling sometimes feels harder than participating in it. the bastards.
freeganbikefascistFree Memberyes but shimano can be very spotty on getting hold of spares
your LBS has done you a favour. They have no responsibility to execute the warranty on this kit, it wasn't from them. If you think they broke the shifter then that's something else, but then you're taking the word of some dude on flea-bay over an outfit that you have an ongoing relationship with (your LBS) which seems a bit backwards to me.
suck it up is my advice. You bought second hand stuff and have managed to get it warranted for new internals. You've done well.
freeganbikefascistFree Membern=b+1
n=number of bikes you need
b=number of bikes you haveI would think that;
pb=? …. or as close to as makes no difference
freeganbikefascistFree Membermeh, Belgium is chock full of roadies, even the mountianbikers are mostly roadies in between Road and CX seasons. They rarely say a haloo. Maybe it's rude, maybe they're working too hard to take the time. I don't care much
unwritten rule(s);
– Skids neither big nor clever and are strictly for kids
– Put shorts over that lycra, no-one wants to see your @rse, especially when the lycra gets all old and see thru 😯
– Ride for fun, if you get fit along the way, great
– Given that the border between biked and overbiked is an opinion; That I am riding this bike means that I am, by my own definition, perfectly biked, thank you very much. you maybe overbiked, but I am not
– n=b+1 (can't believe I almost forgot that one)freeganbikefascistFree MemberHave a Tranny
now with SID Teams on instead of the over-noodly Nukeproof carbons
freeganbikefascistFree MemberStudent Loan??
's what they're for don't you know
I pre-date student loans, we used to have something called the access fund. I got 60 quid iirc. My mates spent theirs on boze (naturally) me on my first pair of spds
you're gonna be in debt for the rest of your life anyhow (how do you think they control us?) so may aswell start as you mean to carry on. Get a big free overdraft and blow it on a bike
freeganbikefascistFree Membernjee is right about spares; the XCOnes have 24 straight pull spokes per wheel so you'll be stuck with Easton parts. Whethr or not this is a problem will largely depend on how available Easton make those parts and at what price.
As for the wheels themselves, Merlin have had them on at good deals with brakes for a year or so now and I have 2 pairs; one set on my Tranny and one on Mrs Fascist's Rocky Mountain Blizzard. They're a lovely stiff wheel, much stiffer than other factory lightweights I've tried. I assume this comes from the deep section rim. The freehub is nice and quiet, engages as well as any mainstream freehub (ie, not instant on like some i9, CK etc). In short they're a very competent wheelset for XC, very raceable although I'm not sure how far you can push them, I've ridden them SS in stuff like the North downs without a problem and I'm not too careful with my kit.
nice wheels although I expect that njee is right about a handmade set. not sure how much a set of XT on 719s with DB spokes would weigh, but they'd be cheaper than XCOnes unless you found a very good deal
For me, I like 'em, I just wish they were tubeless out of the box, as adding stan's strips somewhat negates the weight gains that you're paying $$ for.
freeganbikefascistFree Membersadly the OMM won't work (considered it on my alfine-d commuter) as it needs a QR, which the Alfine doesn't have
p-clips and the seatpost thing sound like the go
freeganbikefascistFree Membermy dad has one
it put him in hospital once (not what you think; he was cleaning it out … he'd been chiping a tree with rising sap and teh sap in the chips burnt him all over his chest 😯 )
no you can't borrow it 😛 😉
freeganbikefascistFree MemberI'm self employed in Belgium doing a similar thing (songle client, office based, fixed hours etc) without problems
but
my sister in law is self employed in the UK and has told me that she must be working for more than one employer or the Inland Rev tell her she has to join the client direct. They don't seem bothered about workplace etc but basically they get the trick being played here and enforce against it. May vary area by area though and could be you can get away with it for a while before they kick up (I'd be shocked if they'd give you a problem for a couple/3 months anyway)
Speak to an accountant, you'll need one if you want to be self employed anyway
freeganbikefascistFree Membergoing with your son is cheating. go on your own and see how scary it is. 😀
freeganbikefascistFree MemberYou have to time it very differently on a full sus – load it up (bottom it out) and then use the rebound to help the jump rather than letting the sag hinder it.
yeah, I'm sure you're right. But I'm 40 and if I practice these things out teh back of my house then the local kids point and laugh at me
freeganbikefascistFree Memberon a HT probably 1 foot with flats, 18 inch+ with spds but my own ego maybe inflating those figures 🙄
OTOH I find my Stinky almost impossible to get off the ground at all though, the suspension just releases its sag
freeganbikefascistFree Member…. then is she still riding in trainers or some other very soft soled shoe? Nice pair of 5-10s or similar would help her get a better platform, plus (if she has the same issues as me on flats) riding with the arch closer to the axle rather than pressuring the ball of the foot (riding on tip toes) too much
for the right/left thing I'd reiterate trying consciously to put the off (is the technical term chocolate?) foot forward, although tbh some proper professional help (fit, skills day, perhaps even phisio referral) sound like it's in order. last thing you want to end up with is tendon damage and 6 weeks or more off the bike
freeganbikefascistFree Memberconstant bottoming out usually means fork spring too soft
conventional wisdom is set the spring to the "at rest" sag (you on the bike, in the attack position) then bottoming out once or twice on a decent sized ride is about right, although non-linear spring rates can mess with that simple approach.so, "correctly" set up 130 and 160mm forks would not deflect the same on the same trail, the 160 would be getting more travel and would sit further into the travel at rest. The effect of the same sagged "at rest" HA on 130 and 160mm forks would be a steeper HA under breaking or other heavy load for the 160, as it's got further to go.
Whether that is noticeable between 130 and 160 is perhaps questionable, but the same principle applies comparing 100 to 160 and there I can promise you the difference can be quite alarming!
freeganbikefascistFree MemberI have ridden DH courses on 140 forked HT and on a 160 FS.
naturally on a 160 FS you can let go more, not sure which was more fun though, the HT I think. Certainly the 160 FS has sat in the basement for the last 2 years where I've been hitting everything except the local forest on my 100-140 HT.
I expect a 160 HT would need quite a slack HA to deal with sag/diving and I certainly wouldn't chose that but that's somewhat personal as I prefer steeper HAs (iirc my evil is 71 deg@100 and 67/68@140. At 140 I find it too slack for "normal" trails)
freeganbikefascistFree MemberMy Ibis Tranny with Nuke Proof carbons.
I didn't like them (far too noodly) so have SID teams on now. Not sure if this is the same for all straight legged carbon forks, after all, many people go on about how stiff they are …. but these weren't. I have a Nashbar carbon fork aswell, which is much stiffer … but shorter at 400mm so non sus corrected (was on an old converted SS, now on my road rat). may be good for a canal path commuter though, would give you a nice steep head angle!
freeganbikefascistFree Memberkeep in view
other than that any decent lock will stop the opportunist thief from walking your bike away, the strongest locks in the game won't be proof against a determined tooled up thief with half a minute to himself.
no way would I leave a 2 grand bike where I couldn't see it except maybe locked inside a car and even then I'd cover it up with a tarp and be constantly nervous.