Oury old skool chunky orange?

High rise bars+1, merlin have some good deals at the moment. I think a braced DJ bar (DMR wingbar?) has a fair bit of rise, depends on aesthetics too!

If you can find a Berghaus Mach pack, they’re very awesome. Waterproof, 2 bladder slots, and sizes like 7+2 or 15+2. The compression zip means it can be very low profile or carry a remarkable amount. Helmet mesh thing which is stored in a tiny pocket also can add a lot to the carrying capacity; I got a pizza and a multipack of crisps in the mesh alone! I think Cotswolds had them for £20.

Northwind- Funny I’ve just attempted to dibs a High Roller 2.1, for those very reason. eXCeption for £12 dans le post, oh yes.

With regards to the Factory XC, a mate (who’s mateness is rapidly diminishing-long story) recommended them. He’s been on them for years. They do look pretty primitive! I really wanted Nevegals a while back but they look too cloggy for where I am.

So now hopefully it’ll be HR with mud-x and I’ll be nobbin it up.

For gloop would the mud x suit the back with the HR on the front for drive? Then thinking t’other way for dryer times. Opinions please :D

Storm control looks a lot like the mud x :lol: Turns out the Enduro Pro were good, but clogged the clearance up pretty promptly. They need a bigger gap to do they’re thing.

Wouldn’t gritty mud clear differently to clay mud? I imagine the gritty stuff could benefit from a harder compound due to the grindyness, whereas the southern clay would need a very open pattern. Our mud’s pretty sticky dahn saff. Or maybe they both just need the mud x? STW member’s tyre of choice it seems!

I know blue grooves aren’t technically a mud tyre, a number of others in the list aren’t either! I need an open tread knobby for trails which happen to be getting-but aren’t always muddy. I don’t necessarily need an only this or only that tyre.

Managed to squeeze on the Spesh enduros (50a/60a, 120tpi, 2.3) I like that she’s looking a bit more chubby now :D . Less room for mud to accumulate, but we’ll see how it fares…

I’ll definitely keep the mud x on the bike shopping list. People using the same size f+r or going skinny back and medium front? Anyone ghettoed the mud x?

So I’m sensing a theme of skinny spiky for the gloop and fat medium nobby for everything else. Is the skinny approach based on pressure, to get traction through the soft stuff? Or kind of for clearance so you don’t clog?

Medusas look good too, a little cheaper too.

But then the folding ADvantage is the same money in 62a as the mud x. Although 7 votes for the mud x is hard to argue with!

Well I guess it’s mud x unless someone can last defence another tyre.

Thanks for the advice all!

Mud x winning so far, any bargain tyres out there doing the job? Although a few quid for better riding always sways me. Says the man who just got a gravity dropper. They’re practical, honest!

Mud X looks good, do you ride on a pair of them or combined with something else?

Oh, I’m leaning towards the ADvantage at the moment. Looks like the good bits of the high roller without the transition issue.

A roadie told me he used turtle wax on his frames, makes things bead and leave the frame more easily. Maybe wax, then lube. Or ‘copter tape and not grease your bike up?

Event ftw

Maybe a useless contribution, but have you tried the mucky nuts bender fender?

http://www.muckynutz.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=76

works pretty well for me, keeps my stanchions and shock pretty clean with less facial mud action too. Velcro means it doesn’t rattle and they weigh nothing too!

Napster will disable music once your subscription is up so you only rent it while you pay. There’s a lot on there, but there’s also lots of gaps in less mainstream music. Such as finding 3 tracks from an album instead of the whole lot. I noticed Napster slowed my laptop down as other users also download from you.

I cancelled and use grooveshark and lastfm, both are very awesome but do not enable you to keep the music when not online. They do offer a playlist save function so you can go back to previously searches, grooveshark never jars with me but lastfm sometimes has to “think”.

Ok, I hear you. I recommend avoiding Halfords and going for either an independent shop or the bargainous wonders of; wiggle, crc, merlin cycles, jejames and stif (all are .co.uk I think). They stock more specialist stuff and therefore usually have the knowledge to go with it.

Good luck!

Shazam!

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=393078

£225 so you've got change to upgrade. Move quickly before someone recognises the bargain.

A second hand bike. If they're a beginner, a 2005 bike won't make any difference and they'll get better parts for the money.

Probably some good steeds on here.

A minor adjustment that you may/may not have tried is to mount your front chain ring on the other side of your spider. Sorted my chainline out!

Same with your rear sprocket if it has a bias. My surly cog is inward bias so could add a few mm if flipped. Should still thread on, like a nut.

I second stagonset, they post quickly too