I know it’s not budget friendly*, but I’ve come to the conclusion that Castelli make awesome cycling kit and they seem to make something for every kind of weather.

*Their stuff is quite often on offer somewhere.

On Radio 4 they were saying he had some control but no feeling 😈

After watching any of the Earthed DVD’s you will think you are Sam Hill. Your next ride will be a painful experience that proves you are definitely not Sam Hill 😳 😳

HoratioHufnagel – Member
I’ve tried but never ended up doing it regularly. Just too much hassle.

You can get 90% of the benefits just by changing tyres.

Surely changing tyres is way more hassle than a cassette!

I’ve had two sets of wheels for my Nukeproof Mega TR for about a year now and don’t find swapping a hassle, including swapping cassette and resetting the calipers. For me it’s definitely worth it as the different wheels totally transform the bike.

Pushing ‘a bit’ happens when I’m ‘feeling it’.

If I’m feeling nervous or scared I’ll just ride within myself until I start to to loosen up a bit.

Pushing it for me means steep stuff with catch berms…..they scare me.

Lidl’s champagne from about 10 years ago (not bought any for a while). It was better, to my taste, than stuff that was three or four times as expensive.

……..edit…….this is the bikes bit isn’t it….oops.

I’ll go with Decathlon 700 bibshorts. The best I’ve tried and can be had for £25 when on offer.

Scolty Hill near Banchory…….soooo hot on the climbs. This was my water refill spot.

Chicken with steamed Kale
Water to be followed by some flavoured cider……the shame.
Stu Allan……large!
https://m.mixcloud.com/stuallandj/197-stu-allan-old-skool-nation-20516-osn-radio/%5B/url%5D

Not mega high value, but I have spent a fair bit getting it right. I also have a spare set of lighter wheels and lots of tyres. It will be staying until it breaks.

Trailrat

We did the classic loop, but included the left turn just after the bothy and stayed to the right of the two lochs after the road climb.
No mud are all 🙂

Torridon was the wettest I’ve ever seen it, but it was still amazing.

We almost turned the Torridon Inn into a swimming pool!

I’ve already donated, but as others have said, I doubt it will come to anything.
Good on the guys for trying though.

A wee trip for me to Balblair, Golspie and the stunning Glen Affric.

Selle Italia SLR 135 is one of the most comfortable saddles I’ve used, but is too expensive expensive when my bike inevitably goes bouncing down a hillside.

In a takeaway pizza place in my hometown a woman asked the guy behind the counter, in all seriousness……..”can you tell me how big a 10″ pizza is?”

No worries. Glad to help.

I think demographic of the forum users has changed over the years. Most now have a lot more disposable income and tend to buy new.

Cheers Crashtestmonkey. I’d not even looked at them, I just assumed they were fixed.

Received and replied.

I’ve got a TR 26″ from 2013 that I doubt I’ll use the mount for. If this is what you need send me your address and I’ll pop it in the post tomorrow. My email is in my profile.
Matt

Is that the never ending path up Corriehabbie Hill? False summit after false summit.

Pets.

20* Celsius in Aberdeenshire!! On Bennachie looking towards Millstone Hill.

The back of my 2007 Alhambra. Easy’ish to remove the seats and ends up flat. I’ve put foam padding down and sleep in it regularly on biking road trips.
Awesome bike transporter.

Shimano sintered pads here. I’m happy enough to pay £20 a pair for Saint finned pads in the knowledge that they work well, work consistently and last a long time.
I’ve tried über bike pads and binned the set I didn’t use.

I’ve been on the forum since about 2005 and I’ve gradually watched the forum ‘lifestyle’ get older.
In the earlier days the forum was a big influence on me and my riding as everyone seemed to be generally likeminded mountain-bikers. As the forum members average age has increased and the discussion moves more to road bikes, fat bikes and bike-packing it has become much less relevant to me*.
*44 years old, just bought my first DH bike and riding harder and faster than I was in 2005.

Yes.
I’m in the ‘if it’s not broken, why replace it.’ camp.
Also, I watched part of The Hobbit’ on an expensive, modern telly and the picture looked wrong, erm, too clear/sharp or something.

Out trail building on Friday and a spade fell on my head!
I have a bump on my head and a bruise on my finger.

It’s an industrial RB211…..doesn’t really need the big fan to push it forward 🙂

The Hope Barnoldswick 211 looks nicer than its almost namesake, the Rolls Barnoldswick 211.

I’m guessing there is a link between the two……The Hope guys are all ex Rolls Royce, I think.

MRP AMG for me.
Looking at the state the bash guard is in, I’m glad I went for this option.

tang – Member
Lucky, mine fully ruptured. I nearly died and was in hospital for weeks.

Same here. It taught me that trying to ‘tough it out’ is silly.

It would spoil the descents for me. Even relatively unfit it is easily doable in a day.

My broadband supplier changed on Thursday and I’m currently getting dial-up speeds. I’ve been looking forward to this for ages and it looks like I’ve missed a corker….gutted.

Spent today riding fantastic trails and did not want the day to end.

Bikes for me……..not a second thought.

I run one one the front. No problems regarding burping, but I do run about 25psi and weigh about 79kg. Only issue I’ve had was ripping a sidewall, although in reality I should have been running dual ply on the trail I did it on.

The only real cheese I’ve tried that I’ve not liked is Caboc. I may have to buy some more to give it another go.
Favourite for me is Manchego.

Could you stretch to a coffee? I’m just about to start nightshift and tea ain’t going to cut it.