so when are we seeing pictures and weight of this race bike – your last bike set some benchmarks so im expecting the same. 😀

hmmm, those black series QR’s look suspiciously like the ones that came free with my Farsports wheelset from China. 😯

Synology DS213j with 2x2TB WD Red drive – 300 quid from amazon. Setup two weeks ago and its amazing.

a tad breezy in surbiton….

dropbox server has crashed!

it up for download now

yeah, all the roads are clear, off road in the surrey hills is not too bad either if you dont mind getting muddy!

No issues here

Try a big barrel track pump from lezyne or topeak

Genius – this time next year indeed.

No one who buys £1600 rims would put cheap superstar tat on their bike….

Oops, taking them out of my Enves as I type 😀

Superstar valves are perfect

That’s the worst of all worlds though! You’ve spent XX1 money, but only have the range of XTR! Lightest set up though.

Money was not the consideration, more what I had in the ‘bin’ and wanting to go 1 ring up front. I was already running XX cassette and XTR rear mech with XX/hollowgram crank. So, I purchased a leonardi spider for my hollowgram crank and installed an XX1 ring.

Coming up to 12 months and happy with the range + its the lightest possible setup i can think of. Im just waiting for Shimano to show us the next phase of XTR before I make wholesale changes.

im annoyed as i cant find anything to hate. I am running XTR rear mech, XX cassette and XX1 front ring! 😀

Personally I dislike comments of the like “If you have the money why not?” I find people spending loads of money on supposed “luxury items” a bit distasteful.

has to be one of the quotes of the year

My bike will not break when taken off road and take a few hits.

XX1 is so stupidly expensive for what? My system is pretty lightheavy, simple, cheap to replace and works. XX1 at a guess would be a bitlot lighter, shift a tinylot bit better and have a bitmuch better range. Am I right? If that is all then I will keep my cheapskate solution and spend my money on more holidays, expensivecheap hookers or boringly put it in the bank for a rainy day. Of course other people can spend their money on super expensive stuffa better solution but it will not make them any better at biking or have more fun or any cleverer.

I wish for no cancer, my partner currently going through chemo for breast cancer……

Yep a colleague at work just turned up, did the whole ride, got medal and goody bag.

im gonna join up anyway, FIGHT THE POWER! 😀

cancelled, annoyed, having a rubbish day

Yes.

Nick – you do know they have an ‘on – off’ switch!

At home, lots of reasons why I couldn’t go out, really miserable / down today 🙁

Yeah, they will return in some form.

Can’t remember the last time I had a drink……… Oh wait, a ginger beer on Xmas eve!

Nfi’d

Most of my riding is in the surrey hills, so no need for a dropper. I may invest in a dropper if we decide on a gnar trip abroad.

It does look fun, roll on the 1st April

The SBT is a cracking bit of kit, running off a synology nas with flac and some hi res music. The whole combination with the stunning 5200 speakers is, well stunning!

Meridian DSP5200 with a squeezebox touch – simple but stunning

I had one, kinda agree with Bimbler – very uncomfortable ride, feels like you are sitting in a piece of coal and boot space / legroom is shocking.

Mine was super cheap to run, very reliable and fantastic to drive.

+2 for the 38mm farsport clinchers

Staying in, tip run, waitrose, nap with the little mashiehood.

hmmm, these cars on a grid a going to look hideous.

blimey i had no idea i needed a 160mm FS to ride waggledance 🙄

I think this is good news too – waggle dance and trails around it are not that special and the last time I ride the area a few weeks ago, it was really suffering from damage and saturation.

An added benefit will be the separation of walkers / bikers.

Looking forward to spring time – great work folks.

Chris really sorry to hear that. from what I can give as some advice my partner was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, she had surgery to remove the lump and has since been going through chemotherapy. It’s tough for me and I can’t begin to imagine what she and you are going through.

We are fortunate to have had excellent care and fingers crossed the outcome will be a positive one. My partner is determined to beat it, after all she wants to be around for our 16 math old lad.

Take care, hope and determination will help you beat this as well as help and support from wherever you seek it.

BB30 on my old flash 29er creaked like a ……
PF30 on my scalpel 29er has been perfect.

his win at all costs mentality is there to be admired by some, loathed by others.
i have mixed feelings about this, without doubt he will not employ a team principal who will not act as his puppet, so someone like Sam Michael will probably step into the role of team principal, reporting to Ron and acting as his right hand man.
in my mind, that puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to the likes of Red Bull and Mercedes. If Ron really wants to make a change and make Mclaren a real force again, hire Boullier or (if he can get him) Horner.

I was there a couple of weekends ago – Holmbury and Pitch running ok – some areas are tough, especially Pitch where a few trees were down.

In the cot in own room from day 1 – let’s not get started about co-sleeping