I put my bike back in the shed

+1

Orange used to make the Blood – 127mm rear travel, slack, low, tough.

Best bike I owned up to the point it got nicked….

I have a set of RX – apart from a slightly sticky piston (easily resolved) and the OEM pads lasting for 5 minutes, they’ve been amazing.

Bleeding is a piece of cake and they’re very, very powerful with excellent modulation.

@Kuntoilija – good shout, but one I trashed climbing up a hill, another riding round a car park….

From what I can tell, it’s always been sent through my wheel shearing the cage off. To my mind it looked like something funky going on at the b-knuckle – over-rotating causing a wheel/mech interface situation.

There was a thread on here some time ago about similar failures and successful warranty claims.

Have trashed a few short cage Zee and now running a medium cage SLX. IMHO the SLX is better as it’s lasted a lot longer….

i’ve alwsys thought Schwarzwaldekirschtorte (sp) to be a spectacular word :-)

+1 on a stove-top job. I like mine a lot :-)

2.4 Ardent
2.4 Rubber Queen
2.35 Minion

all good IMHO

I imagine Blenki won’t feature in many other rounds though? Same goes for a lot of the other WC DH racers

I’d have done OK if Anne-Caro hadn’t have decked it. Read she went down pretty hard, cracked ribs? Hope she’s OK, poor thing

results up now :-)

My LBS will price match online retailers and fit it – same difference?

as above – 3 years of accounts, think this is fairly standard unless you want to pay through the nose….

Have a Meta SX – best bike I’ve ever had :-)

i use ES File Explorer to browse my local WLAN – works a treat

He is a goon, but a dangerous goon given the job he has and the connections he has…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/26/schools-crusade-gove-murdoch

It’s about the most physically tiring sport I’ve ever played as by the sounds of it you know. It’s also the sport I sustained the most injuries in despite it being a non-contact sport.

^^this

I played a lot during my teens/early twenties – it knackered my knees/ankles more than the all the MTB, BMX and skateboard injuries over a longer period

I like mine – have had two sets.

I run the vented Clear – Black iridium transitions, but the persimmon are good too

+1 on you’ll need at least a top guide.

I’ve held off putting a guide on my Meta SX as I wanted to see how good the clutch mech was at helping to retain the chain – I still have the front mech on as a top guide – I’e lost the chain a few times, but even on full bore rocky descent it’s mostly OK

5 mile each way commute – I do it on a singlespeed jump bike (Cannondale Chase) decked out with all my crap from my loft spares

Long enough to get a sweat on, short enough to not be daunting when the skies are leaden and the wind is biting

I’m getting something similar to this done on Saturday….

got an 06 Marzo Z1 SL on my eldest’s Stinky 2-4. You can adjust the negative air to drop the travel, just the job

i’m in :-)

as per IA’s excellent directions/map if you want AC – otherwise carry on along the tow path (under Brunel Way) and climb up through LW if that’s where you want to be (depends how well you know LW)

I just wish I could wind back the clock and Noah’s Ark was back in Cheltenham. I really liked that little shop.

i remember the tiny Noah’s Ark :-)

Beemer. Every time

+1 for PUSHed Pike – great fork

The stupidest thing i’ve ever seen on my commute was me t-boning a car on a roundabout. The guy was so kind as well, checking i was OK when it was all my fault :oops:

I definitely change gears a lot less – mash a bigger gear more when on the geared bike. Plus riding the singlespeed encourages me to find flow and not use the brakes which has made me faster on the geared bike

That final rocky descent in 50 Acre is so lush

Gully run’s been there for a long time

I had to claim from Hiscox and they cover up to £5k, new for old, outbuildings are covered as part of standard package.

They were easy to deal with and I had the claim sorted within 2 weeks.

Enjoy daver89 – watch out for the holly bush! ;-)

I can recommend Hiscox

Most “scenic” would be ride half Yertiz, peel off and do either Rocky Horror or a picnic bench trail down to the towpath and then bomb along the river to the flyover

+1 for Vans Gravels rather than Five Tens. Five Ten grip is awesome but the drying time if you get them wet is a pain in the hoop.

Singlespeed vs heavy bike is a slghtly different proposition though – I commute daily on a SS, but ride a heavy AM bike round the woods. I guess they give you different things regarding fitness/training?

In answer to the OP – yes

HTH ;-)

i run mine upside down (RX), no problems.
Mine came on a Meta SX straight from Andorra, so came configured Euro-style which meant I had to flip ’em.