Oh btw, Andy, can you let me know a weight on the biggest size that you do?

Cheers!

Thanks all. I’m not shy of giving a hardtail a hard time and know what is involved in making it work (IE riding it rather than relaxing, at all!!) I took my NS Surge to Whistler Bike Park a few years ago and got on just fine on everything there (Did have a season the year before to get my eye in!). I don’t really do all dayers that often so stiffness doesn’t bother me and if I do I’ll just have to get on with it.

The PF bb is a MASSIVE turn off but then these days you’re never ever ever going to be able to get away with swapping all the parts over from one frame to another, and hey, I can understand why you’ve done it. Still, harumph that’ll be the existing king bb sitting about doing nothing…

Andy, I’ll drop you an email…

£399? That be on the Sprockets site? Only in small 🙁

Good man, not trail centre mincing, what it wanted to hear. Food for thought. Cheers.

Anyone put in some serious time on one (no pun etc etc…) of these now to be able to comment on reliability etc?

ooooh! cheers for that, I will acquire myself a copy….

AS already stated, the choice is between a CDF and a Vapour as I have access to a Madison account – so anything else is out.

I think I’m going to have to try ’em both.

Thanks to those of you that read my question.

Cheers for the feedback, I reckon I’ll be racing or zipping about bridleways more often than touring or similar so I’m leaning towards a lighter bike.

Chase her with a big stick.

It didn’t come across well.

Trails don’t magic themselves places, and holes don’t get fixed by pixies after tourists come and skid down my night ride loop…

I presume that you’ve been out digging with your own fair hand on these projects james, giving up your own weekends and riding time? Also I presume you made yourself heard at the advocatcy meeting with representatives from the council in the Lescar at the start of the winter whereby 200 MTBers told them what poorly conceived idea it all was?

I’m trying hard not to use some unpleasant words here…..

Smash them into the ground and make them feel like the dirt they are.

…yes!

Jumps appear where you build them.

You do all of the Summit as part of the Syfidrin anyways don’t you? I’ve ridden there so many times having lived in Aber I can’t remember the difference now… and the off piste smashes the back doors off any of the trail centre tosh!

http://www.turbotraining.co.uk

I nearly puked to that a few times…

A good reason to not stray from the church of Marzocchi now they are back on form!

Carbon bikes are not a worry, cheers for the advice all.

Theres a pretty good torque wrench in your wrist, mines always worked fine….

Whatever your tape measure tells you.

Sounds like decision made ey!

Cheers.

^ That is a silly question if ever I heard one!

I’ve managed to get a conti UST tyre on with a really skanky old Bontrager rim strip from the bottom of the parts bin to stay up thus far…. winner!

Simon Nicolai………. can’t find your email addy.

Drop me one on juff_h at hotmail dot com and we’ll talk?

Cheers for the replies guys.

I got this wheelset (Hadleys on 5.1) more for the hub than the rim. I have been on crossmax XLs, love the rims, hubs are **** – but then they are OLD and have been given a pasting.

Natural > Anything else.

Get a spade and put it there yourself, no traffic jams on your own secret trails!

Becoming a singlespeed **** is optional, though thoroughly encouraged.

Riding a SS will give make you think a lot about body position and balance when technical climbing, as well as the value of maintaining speed.

Also you get to be a dick to anyone on a geared bike you go faster than….

If you've got the means, give it a pop if you can afford.

Ace, nice one.

Have you been up there yourself?

I am looking forward to the day when someone comes up with a 'filter irrelevant reply' button for forums, I might use them more often.

The more I think about it, the Alpine plus a DH bike makes the most sense, guess I'll be working for an additional year before I do go out then!

I thought so, seems half the riding ex pats in Canada had something to do with T2R at some point….

As for the guiding XC riders – I was thinking of taking the racy SS for that!

Were the air shocks on the Patriot that much of a drama?

Cheers those of you that replied having bothered to read my original post.

I think the idea of having one bike is a bit of a daydream, as last year I spent pretty much all my spare time in the park, and the mess the Glory is in now will attest to that.

Hmmmm, I think the Alpine idea as it stands AND a DH bike is the only sensible way forward for what I'll want to do.

J claw – the SX is a bike I'd consider, but I'm quite sick in the head in as much as I really like something that climbs acceptably as well. PS was it T2R you worked for?

Thing is, it has to be able to be pedalled for hours as an XC bike so thats the Konas out. Also I wouldn't touch one with a shitty stick.

What I hear about the Partiot is encouraging.

Seanodav – what do you mean about the warranty?

Cheers guys.

The result of getting a little zesty in the upper park in Whislter this year.

Fortunately as I hit a road crossing and the wheel popped, the bike patrol was driving past and I didn't have to walk down the hill!