how you getting on with the crush op ?

NN's all the way for me won't bother using anything else well apart from a swamp thing for when its really muddy . just make sure you get the snakes version if its rocky where you ride.

:-)

I really like the colour aswell , my lbs has one left and hes reserved it for me :) until I get there the weekend , got a cycle scheme voucher burning a hole in my pocket. I ride an 18" five so was thinking I should go with the 17" crush ?

cheers guys , sounds like its for me love my 5 , I haven't got any more room for another bike after this , so will have spare wheels to put on for commuting also have a room I can lock it in at work

bump

Kato who are you with? ,.I'm on 3 and ive had nothing as yet for my hero

xan , my gf was the same when she saw my padded shorts , it looks like a nappy etc etc but she soon changed her mind after a few hours on the saddle lol

lock yourself in doors princess and close the curtains. they can't hurt you then ha ha

Thats the funniest insult i have ever heard, thats brightened up my day :) plus it makes you look even more of a plonker if thats possible, excellent.

'surf-mat the new handbag warrior of stw'

pmsl@samuri :)

oh and to the OP your a bit like a magpie, a pest and annoying but we dont all try to shoot you with an air rifle do we??? ;)

i had deore on two bikes without any problems (3 years use, muddy conditions etc)

my gf has just started riding with me, we did a few local rides, bridleways, cannock chase green etc, made adjustments so she was comfy (if she wasnt i would soon hear about it , lol) and then on her birthday we did the follow the dog, she enjoyed it (half way round though i thought she was going to give up at one point!!) but that was down to the tyres on her bike, i can confirm this as there the standrad ones on a decathlon rock rider totally shocking! once these were changed along with some comfy handlebar grips, padded shorts comfy gloves she was away and enjoying it a lot more, its all in the setup of the bike and feeling comfy, she now has the bug :)

if its his daughter I apologies for the above comment , pmsl

Nah I wouldn't say that I enjoy his editorials , your threads on the other hand to coin an old black country phrase 'suck chunder'

'software engineer foxed by human behaviour.
Hardly something worth posting about'

ah so he's a software engineer that explains it , odd bunch them lot

another pointless thread by sfb , why do you bother ? ;)

perhaps a rabbit ? not the fury type tho if you know what I mean

same here Kato its kinda growing on me too

@epic Steve I can hardly speak I ride an Orange 5 the old style one 06 I think, wonderful in my eyes but as they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ; ) BTW nice soul

congratulations to epicsteve on winning the ugly bike contest , yours are all fugly

attention seeking at its best , utter pointless thread award of the century goes to sfb ;)

forkinell

*nothing not joey damn phone spell checker :)

excellent thread , the trek and whyte Preston win hands down. don't agree with the ellsworth being ugly and joey wrong with the above e5 ! I like it ..

knitting? there's potential for some lovely jumpers too ;)

I think u need to get out more Mr Barnes ;)

try baby milk with the addition of baby rice now that is the extreme of nastyness

why the hell do u say sorry in your title ? ain't that what a mountain bike forums for asking questions about bikes ha ha

mmm garlic, chilli chicken curry then a block of dairy milk is the way forward people

I managed it when I got my Orange 5 , 6 years ago only changed parts that need replacing after.a lot of research and still.love the way it rides . I do make bike purchase extremely hard for my self though , ha

I managed it when I got my Orange 5 , 6 years ago only changed parts that need replacing after.a lot of research and still.love the way it rides . I do make bike purchase extremely hard for my self though , ha

love chocolate and chillis but I've never tried the two together , seems like a bit of a strange combo to me

ha ha yes qwerty, I'm a bit anal when it comes down to bikes and bike bits , this will be the last bike purchase for quite sometime so got to be 100 percent happy with what I'm going to buy :-)

seasick ste what uttercrap same as that Annie chewing gum rubbish there's just no accounting for taste

look at decathalon some decent entry level bikes to be had

cold kebab ? but keeping it healthy with a wholemeal pitta and extra salad
;)

pmsl @ billybob :)

cheese sandwiches for me or wraps and salted nuts. votchy I seem to remember you had a test ride on my Orange 5 arranged by race co ? u still got your 5 ?

still waiting for an update for my HTC hero on 3 , getting annoyed now