+1 for freeridespain, been three times

Thanks Giantx4, I can’t get enough of it, I hardly ride the others at the moment!

Spoon
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Spoon
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Kinesis Five T[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Spoon
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Cove Hummer[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Knife
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strava 2012 summary[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Best: Kinesis FF29

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Worst: Hope brakes, now sold on…..

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It’s a tough call my wife has this one:

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Which I’ve ridden a bit and really liked so I bought a new one:

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Gotta say at the moment it feels like it was a mistake, the different angles from hers make it feel less of a good all rounder and a bit more biased to the gravity side of things. I’m going to give it a while longer, but I can’t help feeling I’ll end up getting shot of it in the end.

Here’s my Hummer, now with XT brakes, RS revelations and Easton Haven bars, stem and seatpost

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That’s *LUSH* amplebrew

Here’s my hummer:

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and my FF29:

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DSC01226[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

I was doing about 20mph chatting to a mate on the way to Cissbury (south downs again – badger hotspot!) one jumped out the hedge, took out my front wheel. I thought I’d broken my collarbone, luckily it was OK though. My exposure light however was killed, it had to go back. I put a note in the box to say it was victim of a badger attack and they fixed it for free :-)

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Dog[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

This is Riley, he’s 20 weeks now

Out with a few folks yesterday:

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I’ve just got this one…..

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I quite agree ssstu, blue would match my bathroom nicely

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This one is my son’s, though it has a full deore groupset and a pair of vanillas now.

I’ve got one of them, I wanted to put a Hope skewer on it, but the length is non standard!

Here’s my new El Guapo, though I’ve gone all black

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Got mine yesterday, not going to be built for a few weeks yet. My wife has an older one which is great, it’ll be interesting to see what the difference is….

I’m picking this chap up on wednesday :-)

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Woof, it’s @RileyTheSpaniel[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Brant as you’re on this thread I wanted to order a black, medium El Guapo with the CCDB shock, but it says ‘preorder’ on the button. Any idea when they are coming in? You have them with the monarch shock in medium, but not the CCDB.

Deuter Trans Alpine 30 here, it’s big enough to kart around an 8 person shelter when I need it as well as all the other associated crap for supporting group rides too

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BMX bike sizing chart[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Here you go, this is on the wall at Gosport BMX club, bike size / top tube length against height, should tell you all you need to know. Don’t get one that is too long or it will be difficult to handle

Saw a black DK Pro at the track today, looked really nice

raceface I’m 43 and I started racing again last year after a 25 year gap, just do it! There’s a guy just started at Gosport who is 65 so you’ve got no excuse ;-)

My old one:
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Current 20″
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old 20″
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IMAG0580[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

my daughter’s
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recent, but now sold
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Untitled[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

Here’s my pride and joy new race bike, I love it!!
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Floval Floval XL[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

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Two days where I haven’t had to wash a bike after a ride, amazing!!

Aah I hate these retro Kona threads! I had a 94 explosif and sold it for a 95 hei hei, man I wish I’d never got rid of that one, it was awesome!!

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Cheers, I gave it a good squirting and it still won’t budge at present

ANyone got a GPX for this?

That was good, I really need to get back to the lakes, not been for 14 years!!

It’s funny because my previous bike, a Kona Hei Hei, I had for 14 years and it was awesome. I only sold it because I wanted something that would take a longer fork. I love the Hummer that I replaced it with, however I’m not sure that it’ll last 14 years like the kona did for me, I’ve just seen too many failures.

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The old Kona, wish I’d kept it

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IMAG0557[/url] by http://www.sussex-mtb.com[/url%5D, on Flickr

The Hummer, it’s an awesome bike

That’s the 4th or 5th I’ve seen in exactly that spot

Yep, it’s a great shame :-(

As much as I like his later/blues stuff, unlike the rest of you I really love his early solo stuff and later Thin Lizzy stuff (I know that puts me in the minority!).

Awesome, thanks for posting that, Gary Moore was a huge influence on me as a guitar player. RIP

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as you may see if you click on that link I have been known to try the odd bit here and there.

However I do like a nice victoria sponge

TLR

the 2009 ones failed on the down tube gusset, the 2010 ones failed in the same place as the one above, which I believe has happened with other lynskey built frames on more than one occasion.

2.35 high rollers all year round on the downs

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I’ve got a 2009, it is the best thing ever. 2 of my mates bought at the same time, both their 2009’s broke, they got replacement 2010’s and they broke! Mine has been great though :-)

It’s going to receive some upgrades in 2012…..