this one’s been kicking around a while now
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but the rabbit hole weighs more, is only single wall and will need more work & weight to get tubeless.

As rockplouh says. Remember that having a different length and rise of the stem and or bars will change the height of your hands too though! Stack and reach are measured vertically and horizontally respecively from the centre of the BB to the centre of the top of the headtube. So it has nothing to do with BB height.

To be clear, I’d like to do the speed limit, but say there slowlybecause you’ve ended up stuck behind someone on a bimble

From recent trips up and down the A9 it’s causing more dangerous overtaking than before. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that you’ll do the whole trip at 40-50 miles an hour, but there are a lot of people that don’t have the patience

I believe the 120tpi ones have the exo sidewalls which are a bit sturdier for going tubeless
Maxxis Chronicle

sideways cycles and travers have the 120tpi one. High on bikes have the 60tpi

Anyone managed to find these anywhere that ships to the UK?
innova 29 x 3

Any news on when the Chupacabra will go on sale? – 03 Dec

Bontrager reply: Originally planned for late December, but in-stock has been pushed back to mid-January.

worst bit of cgi i’ve seen in a long time.

The fireline has definitely got some compliance in the back. Fast, comfortable bike. If I could make any changes ask I’d do would be to put a bolt thru rear axle on it, but that would be nit picking. (now has a 10mm rear axle which helps)

Another fireline vote. Love it.

They are pretty good. I wrote mine out over a year, but what do you expect for 20 quid and regular abuse? So I just bought another this year

Weight 22.1kgs. Ouch. That’s more than a 10 year old Dh rig

Carbon rims are significantly stiffer than alu rims, so anything you fancy will be fine, as above

justaute – great book.
Patience is key. Take your time and do it step by step. I’ve built 5 wheels now using this book. 🙂

Now supposedly February according to CTBM

Really liking the Hans Dampf as a front in Snakeskin format in the tweed valley. Bombproof, predictable. 2.35 comes up bigger than the Chunky Monkey 2.4. Been running Smorgasboard rears. Didn’t like the Conti Mountain King I tried as a rear – sidewalls were too flimsy, not sure which version it was though.

Looking at another Schwalbe for the rear once I wear the Smorgasboard out, but VFM it’s hard to beat.
I like Ralphs or Crossmarks as a Summer rear for just about everything, but now that it’s a bit sloppier looking more nobby nic or similar. I like the Snakeskin sidewalls for tubeless

There was a single speed concept bike at the London bike show 2009 or 10 that had a chain protector that turned into a lock and a stem with a button on top that you could depress and turn the bars through 90 degrees to park it in your hallway. No idea if either item went into production though

Genesis reckons 63.8cm ETT for the 19″, that’s a BIG difference!

Double post

Thanks @roter stern, it didn’t come up when I searched nextie

stretchtoo – what’s the knard clearance like from the seat- and chainstays? is that on the stock 35mm rims too?

Innerleithen XC Sunday Morning

letmetalktomark

Have you tried a 50mm rim + 3″ tyre on the back of the longitude yet? What’s the tyre/mud clearance like?

I found the Reba RL 100mm to be absolutely shocking. I had to run it so hard that there was no small bump compliance what so ever and still bottomed it out every time I got to a rock garden. Very very linear fork – no ramp up at all as far as I could tell.

Saying that – I do ride very hard. I found the x fusion slide a much more comfortable fork to use.
I believe that the higher spec versions of the reba are also a much better fork

I believe a lot of the blue has been closed at GT as of Monday this week, there is a section of red that’s closed and a section of the black that’s closed, as above check closures for when you want to come up, there’s lots of great natural riding outside of the 7 Stanes in the Tweed Valley too!

Sandman already do a fat tandem in various size combinations

Gotta say, doesn’t look like the Fat B Nimble pre-production tyres I’ve seen so far either…

Chupacabra maybe?

Doesn’t look right

What was that ancient joke: What’s the difference between sex with a prostitute or your wife/gf/spouse etc…?

Sex with a prostitute is significantly cheaper

It’s on Strava, but tricky to find. Global heat map FTW

this one?

strava segment

great fun, there are quite a few groups out there. Lots of one-handed bike work- make sure you don’t have any sharp bits on the bike – i.e chainrings without a bashguard or at least a chain on are a big no-no, as are disk brakes without covers. Expect to retension/rebuild wheels regularly.

I’d agree with that – if it can’t be trued it shouldn’t cost more than about £40-50 – that’s if they’re supplying spokes and you’re supplying everything else. If it really can’t be trued, then chances are the rim is bent and it needs a new one

I seem to remember they changed the rules about track standing in track racing after the commentators went away for lunch and came back without the competitors having moved… 90 minute sprint race anyone?

DPD send a text and email to the recipient the day before delivery to allow them to say deliver it then, the following day or leave with a neighbour. Works a treat. Haven’t missed a delivery by them yet. Can’t say the same for anyone else. Was really disappointed when planet x/on-one stopped using them!

This:

Edit… the on one inner tubes weigh a *lot*. Drilling the rims and getting light tubes will make the experience even more agreeable

weighed one… 580g. Looking forward to trying out the Schwalbe Jumbo Jims. 990g per tyre! 🙂

As above… try a couple out, see what you like and just enjoy riding.

Put a search notification onto ebay for each (I’d suggest parts too). Keep trawling gumtree, notify your LBSs plaster it all over facebook and wherever else you can think. With them being unusual you’ve got a better chance than most of getting them back, especially the salsa.

And obviously good luck! Got mine back last year through the help of the above and STW 🙂

I don’t know, but I know it works with these: Bike hook

Diablo is bright but not great battery usage wise – you’ll not want to use it in max power very often – better off with the Joystick or Axis… I’ve got the Axis – very happy with it, can’t tell a huge amount of difference between it and a Joystick Mk 7, other than the diffuser lens makes it slightly softer at the edges so you haven’t got a sharp edge to the shadow/light