Its running Fast and Sweet as of this week

I only opened this thread on the off chance something tragic and horrible had happened to him.
disappointing

+1 or was one of Jimmy’s Minions

Wipes tears.. lovely posts guys; better than Suprise Suprise

If you’re in it to save weight forget it, its minimal.
No punctures, better rolling and lower psi for more grip YES

You’ll get pecked to death by a baby robin

+ However many for The Secret (although written in an American erksome style)

+ However many Zinn and the art of (still my reference guide when I **** up my bike maintenance

The Dice Man – Luke Rheinhartt. Been times when I have been close to reverting to Dice Therapy :)

#horses nightmare +2 cursing today on mashed up trails

L.U.S.H.

Had bought Islabikes – Rothan / Cnoc 14 for my little ones but considered the uphike in price on their Beinn 20 to be a step too far also combined with their charging of delivery / change of tyres etc; justified by lighter weight and blah blah.
Went for a Spech Hotrock for my 6 year olds birthday instead, £200 in the sales, the bike is still lightweight compared to its peers 10kg, and rides great, sloping top tube and 40mm of travel make him feel like a proper mountain biker. Riding rooty, muddy local singletrack the tyres aren’t ideal so an easy swap out for an amazing first off road bike.
The major plus with the Isla was that we sold his Cnoc 14 for £150 after two and a half years use :)

£50 a year?

Cardiff its £5

Rhossili Down is great; Start at Llangenith or Rhossili for a nice up and down route next to the Coast

Gower Loop

Or Kilvey Hill DH
Swansea DH

Or Afan up the road

Or Brechfa, Ryader a bit further on

Love my Reign X

Built up currently for DH but had a few guises over the years.

Maestro suspension is great for pedalling so no issues with the ups

comes alive when pointing down

Zero Extreme Caffine tablets in your Bladder.

Regardless of fitness will make you fly :twisted:

What industry do you work in?

I know in mine there are plenty of facial hair combos going on and is

certainly a la mode movember or not.

I’ll keep an eye out in East Diff

Just bought a Spech Hotrock 20 for my son’s 6th birthday.
Previously had only Islabikes.
Amazing bike for the money and feels like a ‘proper’ mountain biker now
see if you can pick up a discounted 2012 even has a sloping top tube for good measure

Looks great, hope Rowan and the Gethin crew are making notes

I have a 6 year old son who occasionaly has trouble sleeping, those occasions are always when the routine has changed, sleepovers / no bath / rainy days stuck indoors etc.
Sounds obvious but lots of exercise then a nightly bath and book before bed = 12 hours of restfull sleep works the same for my 4 year old too; bed time hour is important past 8pm and we start to have issues

Best bit is it smells of Strawberries

Detachable Witter Swan neck

I did the same with my Elixir too.
Certainly not expected on a high end brake!
Now I dont bother using the adjuster.
Out of interest where did you buy yours?

The wife dislocated hers wearing my shoes to go into the Garage.
Two months to start gripping ok, now six months on she still goes to finger physio and wears a splint at night.
Try not to knock it initially (critical stage)
I reckon 12 months seems about right!

Gradient for trails?

Same happened to me.
If its a Steel frame, Alu seatpost get a flat head screwdriver and tap the seat tube out a bit, insert some lube and hey presto

I’ve had nothing but excellent service from the Roofbox Company too

Sorry dudes wrong forum etc etc

Too windy oh well same time tomorrow druidh?

Thats the way to do it, no pre wedding nerves and a better buzz for the event than four pints of Stella and a Whiskey chaser!

+1 for POC VPD, yes its expensive but you hardly notice the pads when riding, also had 661 Kyle’s too and they are good for a hard shell and obviously cheaper

Some of the best food I’ve ever eaten and the home of Pizza, friendly Napolitans too. Surely that outweighs any Camorra issues you might run into? 8)

Start em young, however dont think i’ll be taking my 5 year old on the Cwmcarn DH yet, he’s prob ready for it but I’m not – nervy 8O

My thoughts are with the family. Brings it closer to home having a 4 and 5 year old :(

I tend to go easier after a few beers the night before. Of late I’ve been gripped by the beer fear on really tight fast descents, keep saying no beers on a Friday / Sat before the next days ride but sooo hard to stick to, been riding alone alot so maybe thats partly to blame too?

I have a Reign X0 – the slightly slacker Reign guise with 36’s. Super easy to pedal,as happy doing trail centre laps as doing DH shuttle runs. Took it to the Alps and never felt underbiked.
OK so if you love climbing you might have an issue but for me its perfect winch and plummet material

crap compared to normal

Went to ride the wall on Sunday. First section after bridge was closed due to Landslip – diversion is on the old railway path to Cymer and then back on yourself on the other side to join the climb.
A couple of top sections closed too – 373 and one other.
Badly signposted diversions too.

Another Dakine fan here with the Nomad.

Wont go back to Camelbak now I’ve had the Dakine bladder

Loads of different lines / options, sometimes take the full suss 160/170 but mostly do the DH on my steel hardtail

wallop try going up the Twrch and down the DH next time, I never do the descent on the Twrch anymore

Cnoc 16 with the seat at its lowest @ 3.5 years old they should be ready to rock.