Yup, another keener here so no photos of me either..

Chris, were you no.34, I think I may have been riding back with you and your mate at the end – nice times to both of you if so!

Enjoyed the event though, was worried about traffic, hence **** off early on, wish I’d hung back a bit now.

Camelbak podiums again. Got some a few years old and no leaks

Resting is a big part of training. I normally make every 4th week an easy week.

Also sounds like you’re training on not much of a base…

Pro FRS fits the good but cheap bill.

Not Brechfa as there’s the enduro on…

I understood vented was available 🙁

Half jackets with clear lens here. Getting a bit scratched after two years but never bothers me given they’re usually wet/muddy/fogged at some point 🙂 Money well spent although would stretch to vented jaw bones next time

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And to think I get accused as being as bad as Brendan 😛

Joking apart, I’m quite interested in what the ST4’s like. And you’ve told me it does the same job as my Trance, for twice the price.

If the Trance turns out to be one of the finest handling short-travel, non-race bikes I’ve ridden then I’d probably agree with you… but given I’ve not ridden a Trance and you’ve not ridden an ST4, we can’t answer that question 😉

The ST4 isn’t exactly light but doesn’t the MK1 trance weigh like a million tons? 😛

Steve: I’m just saying, while the ST4 and Anthem aren’t exactly apples and oranges, they’re certainly like comparing Apples and Pears 😛

In what way is it “totally different”?

71 deg head angle vs 68
100mm fork vs 120mm fork
100mm rear travel vs 110mm rear travel

To begin with…

What qualities does the ST4 have that might make it better than the Anthem in other respects?

ST4 isn’t comparable to an Anthem as totally different geometry and build. An ST4 is closer to a Five than it is to an Anthem despite the travel differences. There’s certainly stuff I’d bottle on an Anthem that’d I’d happily tackle on an ST4. There’s not much I’d bottle on an ST4 that I’d still attempt on my Five (although tbf an ’08 Pro so not as hardcore as more recent flavours).

I own a Five and had an ST4 (mk1) in on test for a fair old while. I felt the ST4 was the better handling and more fun bike on flowy trails, the Five is better on rocks, rougher stuff. ST4 is a better climber.

So for me:
Lakes, Peaks, Wild Scots trails = Five
Trail Centres/The South = ST4

All IMO of course.

That Rose is ridiculous!

Well the Superfly sounds ideal then although to run the dropper or not… Saves a fair chunk of weight!

28lbs 0oz

Phew, as long as you’re sure.

No, you’re right, I apologise for not fanning the flames of a good old lynching of a 12 year old girl… 🙄

Edit…

mum says shes fine and is bragging about it all over facebook.

So no one knows first hand what she’s said on facebook and what constitutes as bragging. We get from 2nd hand to quote from mother to “make sure you screen grab her facebook account” and “how dare she” in less than a page.

We’re having to payout for the work while our new “robust” 12 year old friend is hard as nails on facebook.

I think you’ll find that’s what kids do to “cope”.

NB take screen shots/ print outs of Facebook details now .. posts on facebook can always be removed.

I don’t know what she’s posting but I’m sure it’s more “OMG I got hit by a car, look at my bruises” than “I totally wrecked this car when I ran into the road, LOL”.

I have concern for the future of humans as a species

Amazing foresight to summarise this thread so succinctly so few posts in… 😉

Edit: although not sure whether you were referring to attitudes of posters or kids running into the road now.

No, I’m not sure whether there’s going to be a heavy XC bias or a heavy gravity bias, or somewhere in middle (what I’m hoping for).

Given I’m coming from Bristol I’m sort of wishing I was staying over now…

My response is erring towards “are you the landowner or appointed agent of the landowner, no? well f*ck off, then”.

I think people are being a bit harsh on the OP. He did say erring towards… So as far as I can gather he normally bites his tongue and responds well and hasn’t resorted to it. Given it’s an internet rant, I don’t see the issue.

I don’t ride on Footpaths btw, but probably only because they’re all crap round my way.

Well they’ve arrived, will get them fitted shortly. Been meaning to do this for a while. WOnder if I’ll get round to the Carnegie bar at some point too 🙂

Problem with “sales led” businesses in a service industry (I have experience of both software and design) is that a stiff targets and rewards system nearly always leads to ‘bad’ jobs being taken on.

The actual doers are left with a PITA client (the sort that has screwed the sales guy down beyond all common sense) and a budget where you’ve no hope in making it profitable.

Leads to very bad blood (doers are ungrateful bastards, sales guys are the ignorant cocks effectively selling your soul at a cut price), and as a few have mentioned, it eventually buckles under itself as the bad but ‘successful’ sales guys move on before they’re caught and the production team usually walks.

Only places I’ve worked where there’s been any degree of longterm success coupled with actual harmony and wellbeing in the work place is when there’s no segregation of sales and production…

Pics are essential purely to assess cosmetic condition. The amount of time “good nick” actually ends up meaning simply “not broken” brothers me. I’m happy to buy something that’s a bit battered yet functional, but I want to assess for myself the general cosmetic condition – hardly too much to ask!

Want.

Any chance of some pics showing clearance? I’ve just ordered some…

FOD was very good over new year break…

If you can travel, Zero G cycles in Bristol has a demo day coming up (29er specific) and so does Strada cycles (Trek specific demo day but will be 29ers most likely).

Same tripe posted on This is Bristol from time to time. I’m gather the This is… network is pretty much the gutter when it comes to online ‘journalism’

OP: gorgeous bike, be not ashamed of your MTB commuting abomination!

I used to always think it was the German three more than any other marque, and then I realised I cycle through Clifton (rich bit of Bristol) everyday which probably skewed my ‘findings’ somewhat. Turns out the knobbers that want to run you do are quite happy to do it in any old motor!

New budget Genesis CDF coming out shortly. Cotic >X<?

They will be sentenced as juveniles because they were under 18 at the time of the attack, which happened in south-east London in April 1993.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16403655

To be fair Mudxs aren’t too bad on the bits they’re not needed for either…

Wow… Thought I’d be ok leaving it to midday since I was in meetings. I was wrong

Yeah, that’s the mistake I made last year…

I can say utter confidence that Kenda 1.95s don’t come anywhere near close to fitting 🙂

Mine knows where his nose is when there’s a booger up there… 🙄

14 month boy here. We’ve always said he’s a bit like the Raptors in Jurasic Park, both in terms of speed of learning but also the noise and appetite…

I made up for missing out last year by getting in at 51!! But jesus some of you guys were quick!