directly under the picture of the Giant Anthem X29er on the Giant website

“The specifications chart below represents the MOST CURRENT information available, superseding any printed or PDF formatted information. Specifications and price are subject to change without notice.”

but have a **polite** word, you never know

i’ve done all bar one Mayhems 32-16 or equivalent, makes some of the hills a bit hard, but if you have to walk you’re going about the same speed others are twiddling up

also it’s my SS gear for everywhere, if i need to change gear to suit a different area i take my geared bike

i’ve ridden Pace 26″ and 29″ forks, and various other carbon MTB forks and never given it second thought

It did Jo? I didnt see that..

the bit where it says “Artist: RJD2” and “Buy “Heaven” on: iTunes”
:-)

it’s ‘Heaven’ by RJD2, it says so on the YouTube page

that’s cheap compared to the £10 i just got

“I look like Robert de Niro,
I drive a Mitsubishi Zero”

Billy ‘People’s Rhyming Dictionary Poet’ Bragg

i can tap you on the buttocks and say “well done mate” in a yorkshire accent when i overtake you if you’re feeling left out

please ID this flag of which i have posted a picture with it not in it :)

unofficial alternative Greek flag, for Phil?

Shetland flag?

if you mean the black one with the white cross it’s the Cornish flag
(Saint Piran’s Flag)

he should be right with you Napalm

I don’t like inconsistancies

giggle

why doesn’t my mountainbike have 66.04cm wheels, it’s all so confusing to my tiny brain

a hose guide, like this?

i use the small one of these

tuppence at your local stationery store

thisisnotaspoon – Member
Thanks, but like I said, I fancy moving away from plastic cleats as the cobbles seem to eat them.

steer clear of Speedplays then, as all the mechanics is in the float rather than the pedal they don’t play well with walking over anything, and are especially intolerant of mud and stuff, and are considerably more expensive to replace. you could buy some Cafe Covers, but you could say the same for any cleat

i like time iClics, but the Mk2 version with stainless inserts on the pedals and beefed up cleats, the Mk1 version had fragile cleats and a pedal body that plain old wore away

they’re not on the website, but in their catalogue *cof* £99.99

Upgrade Bikes bring them in

http://www.upgradebikes.co.uk

that joke never gets old

i’ve had a Zefal HPX frame-fit pump on my bike since forever, it always gets handed to people after they’ve been thwapping away on their asthmatic mini-pumps for a few minutes and i’m getting cold and bored – “Do you want to borrow a proper pump?”

it’s a cross bike, but still….

i`ve noticed the straightlining devils have been out this winter making all the trails that bit lamer. shame on you corner cutters. dunno if its just me but it seems worse this year since strava/mega wide bars have become more popular.

i’ve been pondering the same, mostly the wide bars thing though

on the plus side, since Stanmer has become all trail-centrey and people just do laps all the millions of other trails in the area are less used and more narrow twistery fun
:-)

My point though is that although the “trails” in Stanmer Park are tolerated, I can’t help thinking they’d be better and more importantly safer for cyclist/dog walkers if some more thought was put into them. They’re still great fun but I’ve had a couple of close calls on blind corners.

let’s think about this for a while shall we, with particular reference to ‘tolerated’ and ‘dog walkers’ and ‘not a trail centre’?

Whyte CX bikes have an unique geometry compared to other CX bikes, deffo try before you buy

in general I think it could do with having more flow to the trails

that’s always such a poor excuse

:-)

but yeah, the BigDog is a great course, constant up-and-down, no rest, lots of singletrack, nice relaxed friendly atmosphere, and beer

gear down or man up, your choice

;-)

32:18 on the SS 29er here, for everything, including the Dyfi Enduro, if you change gear on a SS to suit a different terrain you’ve bought the wrong bike

to be fair, you have to be fast to keep up with what Hemming’s doing ;-)

Hemming is running a dog-walking business with his better half, he still rides his bike a lot though, racin and that

had a few pints with him down the local a month or so ago, he hasn’t changed

what’s your budget?

there’s a lot of carbon ones around the £100 – 130 mark that are all the same apart from the sticker

if you’re more spendy the Kinesis RC09 CX fork is a corker, no need for the supplied hanger

tell him that £900-1000 won’t get him a ‘stylish racer’ so he might as well get a CX bike :-)

You’ll be able to ride from your doorstep anywhere you live in Brighton, there are cheeky green lanes up to the Downs all over the place, i don’t know anyone that lives in the town who drives the couple of miles up to the Downs

you haven’t mentioned a budget and it depends on what you mean by ‘best’, if you want nightlife and pubs and cafes then the middle of town is obviously ‘best’, although you’ll pay a premium, obviously, but saying that you can get to the centre of town within 20 mins on a bike from the far flung outskirts

if by ‘best’ you mean instant ride access then maybe the suburbs are for you, i can be off-road within three minutes and can do a ride that will rival anywhere in the UK in less time than it takes to drive to Wales

i paint the route on my nails

yeah, do you want a CX bike for racing on, for mucking about on the trails on or because you’re too cool for a touring bike?

yes, and by buying the Futureheads album you are perpetuating her dream

by learning about our past we can make better choices and not make the same mistakes twice, or something

;-)

you’re too young to remember the Flying Pickets aren’t you?

that wiggle in the bars is simply an ‘ergo’ bend and designed to be a comfy place to put your hands in the drops, although it can be anything but

if it was me i’d rotate the bars so the flat bit of the drops is in the same line as the top-tube and i’d move the brake levers up, but YMMV, you can always experiment by riding around without bar-tape on for a bit just to check everything’s alright for you

Brighton Mitre

http://www.brightonmitre.co.uk/

the internet

enabled non-club group rides, changed the way of bike shopping, on-line event/race entry, promoted endless, er, discussion