Neon Green, hard to catch the colour it screws with my camera.

Had a pair of rads riding past my self and my wife and daughter on the blue at Llandegla, just barely missed my wife and my daughter had to move before being punted , their radnessity was very obvious , we then met another family further up still reeling from the same pair of rads.
They where truely impressive on the blue route a real pair of d**ks.

Thanks guys, you are right bikes are very similar, Remedy does climb better, DH the 5 has an edge but that could be because I’ve ridden it more, Remedy has only had a few rides, tyres I think I will go Minion super tacky up front and a Ardent rear, if its muddy I don’t have any mud tyres , so maybe just ride what I have, it will be my first event :D so a big learning curve 8O

I’m 5’9″ and rode a 17″ felt to big to me, so maybe a 15″ if you want to chuck it about.

I find if i wet every thing it seals slightly better, my Stans kit was a valve as part of the rubber that sits into the rim, sometimes I use copydex brushed around the tire, just washes off after I have it inflated.

Orange P7 , didn’t have a choice lost my job at the time, damn economy .

24seven lock on grips £10 on ebay

I just bought a 2nd Hand Remedy frame to Have a go myself, 36’s up front , I have an Orange 5 built up with a Talas 32 150 up front and it is 140 rear, only ridden the Remedy a few times , feels like it climbs better than the 5 , DH they both seem to be great, the 5 feels more of the trail, I’ve been riding the 5 for 18 months so know how it rides so much better, I’ll need to fine tune the Remedy to get it how I like my bikes at the moment it is built with what I had in the parts bin . :D

[ Is it possible that you are experiencing mild symptoms of depression?

more than likely, I have suffered in the past and I think it has warped my whole outlook. Even the wife say’s i’m not as fun to be around as I used to be (quick re-cap, family problems, anxiety issues, lost confidence, lost job, worked in call centre part time, debt mounted up, put lot of weight on, lost inclination to cycle, got new job, been there a year, happy at work, debt still there and not getting any better, constant gloomy mood……lethargic)]

Our lives are a mirror in many ways all of the above is exactly how my life has been for the last 18 months, it is very hard to keep motivated and I to feel up and down, I’ve had a day off today and just let the day slip by, I really wanted to ride but really don’t want to do it alone, I may go out this evening but even that is slipping away,
So you are not alone in feeling the way you do. MTFU is easier said than done sometimes.

good luck with it all hope your situation comes good :-)

I’m running 1 x10 Short cage XT with a 34ring – 36-11 cassette, e-13 srs, been ok for 4 months now good range, found a 36 up front too much for me.

My daughter has the 2008 alloy one , I swopped the QR mounts for 12mm bolt through made a huge difference to how stiff the rear was, before when climbing the rear brake would rub and it would change gear, that all stopped with the 12mm axle, I had a VIP Absolute 4x and it came with the extra drop outs , which fitted the Meta 5.5, LBS gave me an alloy 12mm x 135 axle so never went to Maxle. I think they ride great a lot of fun, very plush. I put a Pike 454 up front.I borrow it from time to time its a nice bike.

Excellent great angles :D

I’ve had 5 sets all been excellent 10/10

26″ wheel full sus , being battered on a hardtail won’t make her feel good, :D

I ran maxxis Advantage front 2.25 and Crossmark rear 2.25 , tubless stans kit on Flows, I managed to burp the rear on a heavy landing,but they performed really well ..

I like my Ford 4000 its mint, starts well and pulls things :D Oh and its blue.

DeeW, I decided to get a standard headset just couldn’t afford an angleset,

I may try offset bushes on the shock, should be able to get a 3-4mm reduction in the shock eye to eye.

I was looking at Ti frames because I hoped it would be better for my back,

Cheers for the input

anyone bought one yet? 8O

KS I900 mine has been fine for over 18months, just bought a Reverb, so I’m hoping it will be just as good, KS is on my Remedy , Reverb on my 5

Remedy may go not sure yet :D

I screamed like a girl on some of the rocky bits :D

I hope you get the chance to upgrade to the maxle :-)

I like the maxle system , and with the Hope Evo hubs you just swop the adapters on the outside to change between QR and 12mm, so no problems between bikes. :D I rode Dalbeattie a couple of months back what a great place, the 5 handled it well , I had my Float 36’s on and a Van R on the back helped me compensate for my poor riding :D

I use a Lizard skin chainstay protector fits well, I have noticed some boot rub on the non drive side just along the bottom edge of the swing arm,
also I have put protection around the area were the tyre runs close to the swing arm, this area gets quite a battering. another area around the rear mech hanger gets rumbled by the chain, I have the maxle rear end if that makes any difference to the area around the mech hanger. and the usual bits a round the head tube.

Just run 1 x9 (10) and put it on the left handside upside down, looks very neat :D

You seem to have a scratch on the shaft that won’t help I don’t think.

2.25’s on my Flow rims for 3 years with stans tubless kit no problems.

:D

I like mixing it up with local trails and then pass through the trail center, have a brew then home, missed you Rorschach today , your rock placement on the dyke was very neat, I was going to do a bit myself but it was hooning with rain, we need to try and get it back down to a single path and not a 6 foot swathe.. :D

Copydex glue works for me , just paint it on around the bead pumps up straight away, then just wipe off with a damp cloth. Stans Flows with Stans kit, X 2

Thanks Northwind, found some links from your info, :D

Hair dryer and finger nails followed by WD40 to soak away the glue :D

What size are you after, I have a Fox 600x 2.35 if that’s any good came of my 2010 Vanilla R , I’m using a Ti spring at the moment,

I tried both on my Heckler, got to say the Talas was great flip the lever and away you go , and I did notice the weight difference, over the Coil Lyric, for plushness the Lyric was awesome.

[They are doing another limited run of the ‘strange’ 5 which went on to form the basis of the current 5.Its an 18″ frame but with a 16″ seat tube.They did 25 of them about 18 months ago. ]

V1 745 just perfect for between trees, @ Cannock clipped my little fingers a couple of times makes you more accurate :D

I found my Heckler rode better with a coil shock, but I feel the same about my 5 so maybe thats just me, maxle and taper head tube Heckler would be pretty much upto date and super stiff, price would get stiff then, at £899 they are a great frame.

I had a Lyric coil on my Heckler and a DHX-5 coil out back, sweet :D

I felt that they were more technical than Coed y Brenin for more of the trail, my daughter used to ride to quick for her abilities , kept trying to get her to think, then in France she binned it stitches and bruising all over , with body armour etc, not nice to see your kid so battered. She won’t ride anymore, she was 15 at the time.

Both great bikes , I had a 2007 Heckler and now have a new 5 , Nomad inbetween, Heckler is great value at the moment, 5 is becoming quite expensive, both inspire confidence and both can be built up long travel trail or burly AM , I really like both, I think if you go for a 160mm fork Heckler is the way, 5 is too slack with a 160.

I rode them a couple of months back, I wouldn’t take young kids on the reds, and really not the black routes, but that might be just me , too technical if they are not used to it, if your lad is on a good bike and is capable I don’t doubt he would be fine.