I remember seeing a big hit like that at fort William in about 2007. 24″ rear wheel, super monster T fork. It was unrideable. Every corner he got to, he fell off.

Chupacabra too

Lowish speed: shoulder tackle tree over the bars and snap saddle on backside while crushing kidneys with hips.
high speed (~50kph): take a whole rock garden to the shins and batter them while watching the bike go end over end. Pick up bike, finish race run with bars very squint, then find out why you hurt.
both recent. Both hurt

I’m with trail rat, I only buy what I can pay for in cash. You can always build a bike from parts and upgrade as you go/wear stuff out/break stuff. You can build up quite a fleet, as we both know 🙂

Mark, YHM (hopefully) I’m happy to show you around as much/little gnar as you like. As per b r’s comment above, you’ll struggle to tire me out by making me ride my bike.

Could be up for doing that, just to check it’ is a Monday/Tuesday.

Edit: can’t see your contact details

Doesn’t finish until October whereas this year finished at the beginning of August.

There are still two rounds to come this year…. Spanish round next month and then finishes in Italy in October.

And yup, the contract for tweedlove was only ever for two years in the first place and very expensive for them to put on, AFAIK

what goes round may well come around, maybe not the traditional triple but I’m willing to predict that bikes with long mechs, huge cogs on the back and horrible chain lines will be eclipsed by some sort of must have front shifting revolution in the foreseeable future

Along with 26″ wheels because they are “more robust, lighter and more responsive”.

thepodge, looks a lot like a trek sawyer

there’s a french company that makes spare 42t sprockets for the x01/xx1 cassette

julioflo I got myself the 19.5″ frame with a 35mm stem, it’s slack, it’s got wide bars on and big tyres. My fastest time (KOM atm) up one of the local training climbs I’ve got (540m climb in 5.8km) is set on it, yet it’s quite happy getting chucked down stuff (though I will refrain from taking it to the golfy – I have the codeine for that) With the massive rubber it steamrollers over things.
It’s also happy to get loaded up with an anything cage on each fork leg, a bar bag and a carrier on the rear and trudge out some miles – I bought a set of Jones bars to put on it for some longer stuff (maybe the puffer) but haven’t got around to trying them out on it yet.
It’s been doing more miles than everything except the commuter since I got it and won’t be leaving my fleet any time soon

The CCDB air settings are the same as the El Guapo 29er ones from what I remember and are on the Cane Creek website. It’s an awesome bike, enjoy!

core, it is indeed a 2015 longitude, Velocity Rims, Chronicles, 35mm stem and a 1×10 drivetrain with a 42 expander sprocket. Lovely bit of kit and remarkably capable

Today I have mostly been travelling to France and back for work. Twice.

Also remember to make it safe. No sharp pointy bits. I.e. Bar end plugs, Bash ring preferable, any chainring must at least have a chain on it.

It’s great fun. Single speed, short wheelbase and upright are all handy, there are some companies that make polo specific bikes. Twin cable brakes (one to the front and one to the rear from one lever) are useful. 26″ is robust, but you’ll still need to retension regularly unless you have spoke covers in my experience. There is also an on grass variant which I’ve never played

I’ve tried with a 29er and a 700c tubular, but can’t get the second tyre bead in when the tub is in place. Might work with 650b and a 700c tub. When you inflate the tub shrinks onto the rim

Gorilla tape helped it work beautifully for me. Tyre choice is important in my experience too

by the tyre deforming over small bumps rather than bouncing over them rolling resistance is reduced off road. On road is a different matter because it’s a smooth surface having a smaller surface area and less deformation of the tyre decreases rolling resistance

aye… and they moved one of the sets of bottle mounts to the underside of the down tube… on a hardtail… WHY? Who likes a muddy waterbottle?

I’m asking myself the same thing. Have done it twice in a team, but solo this time round. Ss was brilliant in a quad, but not sure I can stomach that for 24 hours. Thinking probably the 29+ with 29 and fatty in reserve

Charge Cooker Maxi

what thisisnotaspoon said and as above… A fork bridge isn’t designed to take a vertical load on it like that… might be fine for a while, but if you’re repeatedly compressing the fork and letting it come up and bump against that stop it isn’t going to like it sooner or later. I’ve seen a few snapped fork bridges (never my own). It doesn’t do the fork much good

I’m very glad that I managed to get a 2015 Longitude. I’d be sorely disappointed if I’d missed out or waited for this year’s! I understand what they are trying to say, but as above, they’ve missed the fact that previously it was a bike with very few competitors, and with the previous frame price (£375 for frame, fork, headset and bars) there wasn’t really any competition. The “it doesn’t ride well with 29+ tyres” is a load of crap. It’s very very capable I like the way it handles and I’ll be keeping mine for the long run.

Looks like you can drop it by 30mm, 60mm or 200mm to me (140/170/200mm extension positions) not sure how much I’d trust a company that makes the leveloc travel adjust system though

@Normal Man. No such troubles with mine, the EWS did blow the damper, so took them apart and serviced them, work fine. Lot more ramp up than the Reba RL I had before, I’d rate it a lot higher. It’s no pike, but for a hardcore hardtail it doesn’t hold me back.

Edit… I leave my bikes hanging up, so the seals will be sitting in oil when it’s not being ridden

Titus Fireline Evo 29
120mm X fusion slides. Rode last year’s EWS on it, absolute beast of a descender and quick up too

Front shifters are the same for sram/shimano the only difference being ones designed for 2x or 3x shifting. Higher spec shimano can switch between both 2 and 3 chainrings

Camel trail is brilliant for the family, there is also the vinyard along there (Camel Valley) There are lots of ups and downs, if you cross the Camel trail to the Rock side Port Quin and Port Isaac are very pretty and tough/good climbing challenges (25% rings a bell)

time to go for it solo if I can get an entry :S

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Just to clarify – I’ve got four 29ers and no 650bs

doesn’t a set of b+ wheels you have for the 29er frame count?

it will remain a 29er or 27.5+, just not 29+. They don’t plan on making any 29+

TIME mtb pedals are superior to shimano in all but price though 🙂

Genesis:

27.5+ makes a hard case for going 29+… With 27.5+ you can have a frame that is truly 27.5+/29″ cross-compatible without big changes in wheel OD that ultimately have a big effect on trail and handling. 27.5+ wheels and tyres are lighter but still offer the same air volume, give better standover and allow you to offer smaller sized frames without needing a stepladder to get on the bike…

The 2015 model was a std 29″ bike with wide rims and 2.4″ tyres that had 29+ compatibility but didn’t ride all that well with 3.0″ 29+ tyres. The reason being the big diff. in wheel OD between the x2 sizes (approx +30mm) meant it was difficult to design a frame and fork around a middle ground that handles well with either (i.e. compromised on both – trail, BB height, etc,). 27.5+ is close enough in OD to design a frame that’ll handle nigh on the same with with std 29″ or 27.5+ tyres fitted. Factor-in all of the added pro’s of 27.5+ vs. 29+ as listed above and it was a no-brainer and easy decision to make.

I understand their comments in theory, but it seems odd that they’ve ostensibly dropped a model that they sold out of completely with more people still wanting one. I disagree completely that it doesn’t “ride all that well with 3.0″ 29+ tyres”. Love mine like that…

also a 42T 10 speed sprocket will be spaced differently and a different thickness to an 11 speed, so might cause shifting issues/problem fitting the cassette to the freehub and the chain may not fit between the smallest sprocket and the frame if the clearances are tight

High forward position as brant says, chain tension will act against slippage. Never had mine slip from there on the SS mtb or the tandem

the pacentis are light and cheap… I dinged the rim bed on mine… running 35 psi. They are made of cheese. I’ll be drilling it and trying to run it ghetto procore with a tub now that I don’t care about it…

According to the internet, German for grease is schmieren, as in smear

schmieren is the verb, as in to grease. Grease is either Schmierstoff (smear stuff) or Fett (fat) depending on application

I’m on the 18″. If you’re around the Edinburgh/peebles area you’re welcome to try it for size. I tried it with a short stem initially, but it didn’t work for me, but the 20″ codeine, which is a very similar sizing prospect, is perfect with the 35mm stem for me.
I’m 5’11 but have rather longer arms at 6’2 spread.