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  • highlandman
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    Kona 120 or Lisa 120 in a 14″.
    My 5’1″ other half has a boys’ 120 that fits her petite structure very well indeed, plenty of standover height. It now has a Works Components slackset and a bigger fork as it is required to go down large hills from time to time.

    highlandman
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    Cheez: Next one- On the way to work…?
    The ultimate bike commute, turn up early after a great night under the stars.

    highlandman
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    Hip flask, loaded with something tasty.
    Sparking steel to light your stove; much more reliable than matches on a dewy morning.
    Wooly bonnet.

    highlandman
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    I’ve done most of this with a bike… the opposite way! Climbed the path from Corrour to Toul & on across to Braeriach with a bike. To be totally honest, I wouldn’t bother again. The Braeriach descent northwards was ok but as so much of it is open peat, we walked some sections rather than rode (and ripped them up).
    Wells of Dee to Sgorr an Lochain Uain rides fine.
    Top of toul is brutal.
    Corrour descent is interesting, steep and very exposed at the top, still got some snow on it this past weekend. Lower down is just a blast.
    For the same amount of effort involved in your proposed route, there are some better rides around…

    highlandman
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    Fat Larry looks about right. Now, who was that rider..?

    highlandman
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    Very funny. No, the tyre track depth was minimal even on soft surfaces and the tread pattern was rows of narrow, in-line blocks. No slippage/spinning visible and it had floated over sections of softer ground.

    highlandman
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    I’ve been running an early rigid forked On-one 29er as a road/tour/off-road bike for several years. Slotted dropouts, long 3×9 gearing and a flat bar with bar ends hanging off a flipped stem work fine and fit me; I’ve often run it with a trailer loaded with several days worth of gear held in place by a conventional trailer axle QR. Rims and frame will take anything from a 28mm road slick to proper fat off-road rubber. Decent sized discs cope best with the extra loading from a trailer. One minor drawback is the lack of a rack mount on the seat-stay bridge, but that’s it. Reasonable weight and tough as old boots; it works for me.

    highlandman
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    Comments above are fair- it may be mixed but yesterday was a grand day to be out on the hill at GlenCoe, loads of happy folk and a great vibe. The cover is good, especially on the upper half of the mountain and is deep enough now that it’s likely to stay that way for some weeks to come, possibly until May if much more falls.
    For planning a weekend like this in Scotland, I’d make sure that I had a back up plan. Back up A: board at Nevis Range, a bigger hill with a few more runs and great accesible back-country.
    Back up B: take your bikes. Kinlochleven sits very nearby and has one of the most concentrated and challenging selections of trails that you’ll find anywhere. There are plenty of options for a really challenging long day ride too, if that’s your bag.
    It’s all a gamble.

    highlandman
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    Scrap Trident.
    Pay the pension that was promised (and paid for already out of previous decades of low pay).

    highlandman
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    To a fair extent, it depends what you plan to do with it and how heavy you are. My choice is a Dialled Alpine, still comfy, rewards a confident rider with great handling and some attitude. I’ve ridden both in real hills and found the Cotic was too flexy for rocky terrain. And I’m only 12 stone.

    highlandman
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    I’ve recently had a set of 2002 Minis re-done for the second time. They have been hard used from new, bled at home a couple more times and came back from Hope essentially brand new with all moving parts changed, five days after I sent them off. As requested, they altered the old 90 degree banjo hose fit at the caliper to an in-line fit, allowing the hose to route better on the frame, all part of the service.
    Great service and a good reason to keep buying Hope brakes in preference to some other brands. They may not be the ultimately pimpest or most powerful but are easy to service at home and the factory re-builds are great value.

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