Sheeple

Salamon xcr 3d are great trainers

It smells of blackcurrant to me. My experience is it goes to black tar though.

Update! tore the sidewall out of my sworks ground control at Afan today and its pretty new just a few rides old!

Purgatory are good, I’m trying an sworks ground control on the rear at the moment and its great. Grippy and fast rolling.

Great thanks thats helpful!

Cool, well i’m sure I’ll be happy when it comes back like new :D

Cheers, I do worry about hitting my bike with a hammer I’m a bit hamfisted ha ha. The guy in the shop said its 2hrs labour at £35 an hour.

I see cheers, I’ve bitten the bullet and taken it to a dealer to be fixed for £115! argh!

nice one!

Great thanks, My X0 mech is also seized onto the hanger so I cant get it off. Not sure what to do.

WTF lol

Thanks all but I forgot to say I’m XL.

Will be Cwmcarn, Antur Stiniog type riding but not very often hence why i want cheap gear that will do the job ok.

Well yes its one of the hardest 13k trails you can do I reckon! The climb never gets any easier and I do it quite often too!!

Stumpy Evo frame hard to beat for the cash

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-Stumpjumper-EVO-Expert-RARE-USA-colours-Cash-Only-/200814574952?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item2ec17b3d68

I keep having times wiped from the segments all together and also I hardly ever pick up the segment for the full Twrch trail at Cwmcarn despite being very careful to stick to the trail. INFURIATING! I think I’ll cancel my premium membership.

As above but if they ask you if you’ve jumped on it say no!

Name, Address, bank details, dob please and its on its way!

cheers!

A certain well known bike mag seems to think the rockhopper was bike of the year 2011 but then again they seem to be sponsored by specialized! pages of advertising lol. I have an upgraded Marin Nail trail which is great and the rocky ridge is meant to be great too but slacker and longer travel.

Have you considered a Stumpjumper Evo? I have one and its light enough for xc but tough enough for bigger terrain too with slacker angles than a standard stumpy,kind of in between a stumpjumper and an Enduro a good compromise. I looked at an Enduro but I think its a bit big to haul around an xc trail such as Cwmcarn Afan etc.

OOpps sorry yes Stumjumper Expert Evo

http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bc/SBCProduct.jsp?spid=52818&scid=1000&scname=Mountain

Thanks, I bought the SM-BH90 hose kit with all the bits such as olives etc but the crimped banjo was missing off the end of the hose. I guess I should go back to the LBS to query it.

I managed to get a 2011 expert Evo for 2k and its fantastic, Its light enough for XC but sturdy enough for tougher terrain and climbs fairly well. Its brilliant on the downs so much fun and gives you lots of confidence. I thought about the Enduro but I think its a bit big and beefier than necessary for the stuff I ride such as Cwmcarn, Afan, Coed y Brenin etc and Natural trails. You wont be disappointed, a few things went wrong with it at first such as the BB30 and a sticky shifter but these were sorted quickly under warranty. I really can’t express how much I love this bike I’m a bit sad really lol.