Basically what my Krampus has turned into 650B+ Single speed, Klunker bars and a whole heap of fun 🙂

It’s tiny, well the old town is, the ski resort area is bigger but made up mainly of seasonal accommodation

The thing that will hit you the most is the altitude, riding at 12,000ft+ hurts, I would take in some of the lower trails in Gunnerson or drop over the other side and ride in Salida

Confused…been using a M972 mech and wide/narrow chainring for 3 years now and never lost a chain?

Why the need for a clutch?

This time we’re off to Tahoe and Oregan.

Oregon state is amazing, so much big woodsy riding, make sure you spend some time in Bend 🙂

Ti Jones Diamond 🙂

Merlin bought the stock that Raleigh had in transit to the UK when they dropped the brand

Basically if you want one any of the usual Salsa/Surly dealers will get you one directly from Salsa, there is no UK distributor as such any longer

Or that’s how I understand it…

As everybody knows, there will be “no shows” or random excuses nearer the time, this usually amounts to at least 10%, even more so when there is no immediate payment take, purely the minimal camping charge on the day

As I understand it the names on the list will be invited, anyone beyond the 109 will be on a reserve list and will be informed nearer the time if a space becomes available

Please don’t quote me on the above, this is purely my understanding

the event is limited to 100 riders, it was done on a first come first serve basis and I tried to give interested parties as much notice as possible

I’m sorry if you were disappointed, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles, we are now full

I’ll have a word with the relevant people Rich 😉

Over half full now, get in while you can 🙂

Kicking this back to the top, if you love the Yorkshire Moors and a nice little village pub en-route, don’t miss this

https://moorsonehundred.com

It’s the weight penalty that puts me off, add pretty much any bike and you’ll be paying excess baggage charges

Used a simple soft sided bag for years with some carefully thought out foam pipe lagging and always get it under 23kg

Counted 20 out of the front and more from the rear, would say partly down to not bedding in correctly

Were a help in certain areas but hear they fighting with the rocks in others…

No pictures, as there isn’t a lot to see…

Want to run 11spd on a budget?

Shimano XT Thumbshifter on Friction mode and the worlds your Oyster, currently run 9spd rear mech and 10spd chain, works a treat, especially in Winter slop, the rear mech with a grub screw as a “B Spot” will run a 11-42 “One By” set up and it’s an easy swap back to a 10/9/8 speed

🙂

Really impressed with them, been trying to find some Blunts/P35 for an age and these are just as nice, maybe a fraction heavier but a nice welded joint and £35 each

Peel the stickers off if you’re a brand whore 😉

Using these with 3.0 both 29 and 27.5, as good as Velocity but way cheaper and tubeless with a bit of Gorilla tape…

Super Cheap with “2018” discount code

2 SLX for me, my Thumbshifter is going to love me 😀

I have a old os map somewhere at home.
a summer 100 mile polaris special. took me over 16 hours to complete.
2 days would be nice.
could be the same route

You do have 2 days, there will be a “central” night stop but that’s about the only time constraints, it’s not a race

It will be sent out once the entries have gone live, I can assure you it will cover the best of the Yorkshire Moors

Can’t take the credit for this, I’m just a background boy with similar sentiments to the organiser 😉

Mick, do you still cross paths with Graham, I’ll just give him a spare 29+ front and you can try it, personal think you might prefer, always found the big front tyre a bit slow and heavy, bit overkill really…

Been running a XT thumbshifter, on friction mode, a 9 spd XTR rear mech SGS, 10sp chain and either 11-38 10spd or 11-42 11spd for the last year

Works faultlessly 😉

Me too, it’s ace 😀

I was lucky enough to win a frameset at a recent race, sadly it’s a medium and swapping wasn’t an option, so it’s up for sale

Lovely looking frame with carbon forks, well thought out with lots of mounting options

If anyone is interested drop me a message

Bringing in external contractors to complete work that could be done by a more volunteer based workforce means that stuff increasingly rarely gets done

The contractors they use have had previous trail building experience or at least have built landscaped paths, the work alongside the national operations guys, they know what they are doing ~ The only thing holding them up is funding and man power to oversee it once it’s complete

As for expecting volunteers to bench cut trail, and then bring in materials to surface it, that would take years…

I’ve definitely seen Singletraction working on the new run at Dixons on several Sundays.

You definitely have, they recently undertook the project of developing what was the “skinnys” the wood had rotted and was dangerous, for the last 18-24 months they have been working on an extension of the pump track, this is now complete and they are working on trail maintenance.
10-12 guys turn up and work bloody hard, they should be given more credit

You seem a bit tense about this – do you work for the FC?

Most definitely not, I have worked with SingletrAction for over 10 years in the forest, I know the in’s and out’s of it and was one of the group of 3 people who initially planned the “red route”
I just like to play both sides of the story rather than people believing the first thing that is said ~ There are 2 sides to everything

to my knowledge, all the trailbuilding & maintenance recently has been done by Singletraction volunteers.

Wrong, although they play a great and very commendable part to the trail maintenance most new projects are funded by Commission funds and charity matching and completed by contractors

This is all how I understand it, I have not seen the tender but have worked with both previous businesses at some point

You take on the tender fully aware you may lose it in 5 years time, “burn short and burn bright” and you might win it next time round

The tender requests a lot more than bike hire, service centre, qualified guides and skills coaches, multi user bikes and a passion to drive cycling forward in the forest, all of which your business will benefit from

I don’t get the impression that the Forestry promise anything in the way of new trails, that’s the natural progression of the funds to do the work ~ it’s a family XC based trail centre, it’s never going to be Bike Park Wales

let the speculation begin….

Because the tender was coming up and they have chosen to move on also they felt they were not getting the support they expected from and Landlord?

Purple mountains tender expired, there weren’t awarded the following one, then entered into the initial one knowing full well this could happen – They were not pushed out

Bike Barn have chosen to finish there tender early, for one reason and another, the winter months are pretty grim up there

The new tended will be available shortly and that will be awarded to a suitable business to start next Spring

Simple really…

…or £45 and be able to do it 365 days of the year ~ If you so desire 😉

on top of this upheaval.

They chose to leave?

Outside of this I agree, they ran a great business but the retail opportunities in Dalby are far less than people expect, the hire side is the bread and butter
Quick fix services are also required as is the missing shorts or front wheel….

If its replaced by another decent bike shop fair enough. If its replaced by a shed dishing out BSOs and selling nothing but over priced inner tubes, less good…

That’s why there is a tender, the Forestry try and award it to someone who will provide a good service, both the last two have provided this, so with the right person there is no reason it will change

Basically it keeps things fresh, both the previous business have had a good run and moved on for one reason or another, neither have been pushed out

At the end of the day you’re providing a bike hire with limited spares service, you won’t get rich and it will involve a lot of effort which may get kicked back at you come the end of the tender

All the forestry are doing to trying to provide a good reliable service to the public that enter the forest

People take on the tender knowing it will only run for a set period, they may get chance to re-new if they are awarded it again but in the same light they may lose it
Basically take it on knowing that and work with that 5 year window, anything beyond that is an win, or in the same light as with the Bike Barn tender, choose to leave

leave it on a radiator for 20 mins and then fit, it’s only to soften the glue slightly and give you better adhesion and ability to mould to shapes

Hell, just do it indoors, that should be enough…

Goes with any self adhesive work this time of year, a warm frame and a little heat always helps

Okay I went for a second go…

I found a few more details, like the little Oriental bike gang, still pedalling road from the first film and the Pan Am and Atari advertising and again back to the original and the music seemed to work a little better

How many sequels will be made, will it get bled to death?

I found the story lacking, a basic storyline without the twists of the original, the music, although very good, overpowering in places and overused and the lack of fine detail a great let down – I wanted something I would watch over and over again, each time spotting something new – this sadly isn’t it 🙁

Obviously this is just my opinion, you choose to make your own…

Tim’s words match my experiences exactly…

I have a 24″ plus and do enjoy riding it over longer distances, 40+ miles would be perfect, but it can feel a bit cumbersome at times, over shorter/more playful rides,only ever run with 29″ x 3″
Choose a Steel Diamond with Ti truss every time, have run 650b+ back and front for short playful rides and 29+/29″ -2.4 over longer distances, might even build some “road” wheels soon…
I run a Steel spaceframe as a 29″ singlespeed, but my knees are getting a bit old for that now

Personally a Steel Diamond and Ti truss is the way to go, popping in to see Jeff next week, want one bringing back 😉

Rode there on Saturday and the Railway is closed at the bridges with no obvious diversion in place

Best bet is follow the C2C cycle route, which runs on the other side of the A66 and pops out just by the Threkeld junction

It’s a little up and down but avoids the main road