I had a click on my bike it turned out to be the headset, greased it up been fine since, its not a 5 though 😀

I went to Coed Y Brenin today wet but no mud, found it quite technical in the wet , it was great fun, I think the trail was about 38km and nearly 1k climbing , the Beast …. 😀

Every two years for me same when I had a motor bike used to have a row of helmets in the loft mainly AGV and Arai 😀

My KS from 2010 is still going strong as said fiddly to set up but fine once done, my 2011 Reverb is much nicer to use and now its been updated with new 2012 internals has been trouble free for 6 months now, to be air it had one hiccup LBS sent it back on a Tueday back on the Friday great service.

Trails are fine had a trundle round the red today bit wet in places never really gets muddy and the Red diversion is now open, its now very smooth in that section, and the jumps are now rollers 😀

I have 2010 Float 36’s they have been fine with 3 different Hope Hubs and a Mavic hub, and my 2007 36’s were fine to.

Thanks I will try moving the cleats 😀

Thanks guys , shoes feel Ok not too tight not loose, I usually ride with my right foot turned out slightly don’t know why , could this be happening but I can’t so the presure is going down the outside edge..

Have just got some 29er Maxxis Ikons they seem to be very good so far, plenty of grip wet and dry and fast rolling , not tried mud yet, 😀

£650 I was told , not sure how accurate that is 😀

SRAM website is confusing seems to be 15mm but then shows 20mm on the 29er pics

just buy the conversion axle ends Pro II Evo hub can be 135 QR , 135 X 10, 135 X 12 and 142 x 12, its a very simple job to change pull the old ones out grease and stick the new ones in..

Adapters

I have a Reba 120 on my full sus set to 100 so I could swop it over and fit a Reba 100 on the sus bike. I’m going to see. How much I can get the SantaCruz for Local bike shop sells SC then try and. Find a Cotic dealer.

I’m 5’9″ so a medium frame, and I would swop parts of my Butcher, XT running 1 x 10 with an E-13 , Haven stem and bars, Hope Tech 4 brakes,
probaly would buy 29er Hope Hoops , Reba 120 to go on to which ever frame, so I’m guessing around 27lb with pedals, tyres I’d go with 2.25 Ardent front n rear tubless with Stans, and a reverb seat post 😀

Ford Mondeo estate huge car , solid and reliable, diesel easily does 40mpg, I had one for 3 years never a single problem.

I have a Butcher can’t praise it enough climbs really well a fantastic trail bike a friend of mine has the Nickel and he also rates it highly,
we both had Orange 5’s and both feel the SantaCruz are better bikes, just more bearings . 😀
I bought the Butcher to try my hand at some DH Enduro type races but its not happened and probably won’t , half considering selling it and maybe building up a hardtail 29er more suited to my normal riding.

The Butcher weighs in at 30.55lb on my LBS scales so not too heavy mine has 36’s upfront… 😀 I think you could easily get a Nickel around 28lb.

The bottle cage problem is ok for me , I’ve never used them , fan of my camelback 😀
Seems Orange have things in the pipeline so maybe worth waiting to see what comes..

Yes wife will not appreciate the finer points of which bikes best
Thanks for your feedback SantaCruz have always been a favourite of mine
I seem to fit them ok, Cotic also looks ok fit wise
Mmm just need to find a local dealer.

Float 36’s set to 140 stiff and perform great, I tried a Talas 36 which also worked well set to 130 most of the time then flip them to 160 on any steep techy down hill

xt and knc been fine for me over the last 18 months

I have a red KCNC BB30 to 24mm BB I bought by mistake new in box 68mm-73mm , my frame is PF30 doh 😳 I paid about £29 you can have it for £15 posted if it helps, 😀

e-mail jeffmarsh at hotmail.co.uk

Boooooom 😀

Had an official weigh in 25.9lbs so my bathroom scales are out and I’m fatter than I thought 😀

Only had a quick ride round Llandegla so mix of dry trails and wet patches.
First thing that struck me is how normal the bike felt to ride , turned in quick not slow in the slightest, I am running a 50mm Thomson stem and 745 V1 bars so this maybe helping , could feel the longer chainstays not as easy to pop the front end at slower speeds but once upto normal speed front end could be un weighted quite easily, something I will proably just adjust to, never ridden a 29er before so its been a leap of faith…
Rear end with the RP23 Kashima shock felt very plush and much more travel than the 80mm didn’t bother with the pro pedal , climbed the first hill in 8th gear quite comfortably then run most of the rest of the trail in 10th 32 upfront 36-11 rear so may think of getting a 34 upfront, my Butcher is 36 upfront and 36-11 rear so maybe a 34 will be about the same, not sure see how it goes on a proper ride.
The frame felt stiff and no flex when standing up to climb.

The one thing I did feel is the RS Reba’s were perhaps a bit firm and seem to ramp up quite quickly before getting near full travel, they are the RL so maybe need to speak to someone who knows, 20mm maxle felt stiff and thinking about it the front end felt solid and tracked very well. 95Kg in my gear so not a light weight.
Maxxis Ikon tyres felt great plenty of grip seem to rail the corners nicley I was pushing into some of the corners quite hard as my wife txt me she had lost her purse and cards etc which then prompted me to get back ASAP the bike flies , 😀 on all the level parts I was spinning out, the speed carried by the bigger wheels seem to keep the momentum up easier, I felt you have to wind the speed up, were a 26 you stomp and go not sure, need stronger legs probably..
So Overall quite a nice suprise , frame seems to be great value and rides great so far, Hope Hoops have that lovely click and with the Crests seem to be a good weight and certainly didn’t feel flexy, need to find some more challenging trails..
Now how to lose some weight try and get to 25lb, or just lose a pound of my body 😀

kayak23 wheels do look huge next to my other bike 😀

Stato yes front end is much too high, will be going out with a few spacers in my pocket I think it will end up slammed down with a 5mm spacer, feels very nice round my yard 😀
I may move up at the front ring to a 34 if it seems to spin out, most of my rides seem to be uphill where I live in N.Wales 😀

Its taken nearly 6 months from ordering the frame, and collecting the parts to finally getting it finished happy days, cant wait to hit the trails on it.
running it 1 x 10 36-11 out back and a 32 up front.

Drive train mainly XTR 980 , Hope Hoops with Crests, Maxxis Ikons

running tubless, bars are V1 745’s 😀

so excited like a kid at Christmas

No looks way too short , not safe in my opinion.

I had 3 sets of wheels light set DT4.2’s , hope hoops with flows and another heavy duty MTX4’s set for the Alps , just ended up with the flows and sold the other two seemed light enough fo XC and strong enough for the max limits I am capable of.

In two weeks I used 2 sets on the front and 3 on the rear , going up a size on rotors would help I had 185mm rotors with Avid Code 5’s on my Heckler, I found Super tacky compound up front helped as well on Maxxis Minions 2.35’s most people were running 2.5’s dual ply, but I’m not that awesome.

Mavic ST wheel info

looks like you can have QR 20mm and 15mm up front, and QR 135×12 and 142×12 rear

CRC seem to have lots of choice came across this dakine looks quite versatile Dakine Apex 2010

30 front 35 rear summer , 25 – 28 winter 15 stone rider 2.25 Maxxis running tubless on Stans Rims

I have the Spearfish with a RS Reba up front with 20mm maxle to compliment the rear maxle,hopefully keeps it tracking well 😀

Salsa Spearfish 1 142×12 maxle outback..

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did a quick search came up with site above

Weather

looks like Monday is the best day but maybe sunny in the afternoon Wednesday, trails were very wet today but there is hardly ever any mud.

Ardent front , crossmark rear 2.25 each

Having the same problem with mine had them 2 years and still can’t get full travel managed 3/4 today 😀

Just fitted Maxxis Ikons tubless yellow tape etc went on no problems 29er rims as said keep the bead in the groove start putting the tyre on opposite the valve and finish at the valve, stans website has a great video and he explains it well , it just rolled on as it did for him in the video. ZTR Tire install

http://www.notubes.com/helpcenter.aspx

11-36 with a 36 upfront

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Ok thanks , my wife and eldest daughter, have a similar problem, they are very carefull when carrying out exercise, mainly Zumba and the occasionl bike ride, stopping for rests and not slowly dropping their heart rate can make for a very unpleasant time, but I’m guessing there are many heart problems all with different concequences,
good luck Ton, I am sure you will find a direction that makes you happy.