wearing knee pads wont let you take more risks on fast descents as they don’t offer enough protection , your mind allows you to go faster as your skill level increases . I ride a lot of fast xc like yourself and yes I do actually wear knee pads but only on new trails that ive never ridden before or if I know I am going to be doing some nasty rock gardens , and they do start to rub after 30 miles irrelevant of what ever pad you are using

dont think so it just started to snow on the screen then just went

I have a canyon nerve xc8 and the head angle was 69 deg so I put an angled headset on from works components which gave me 67.5 deg and then offset bushes on the rear which made it 66.5 deg and I can say that it made it a completely different bike , super fast on rock gardens and climbs well too

I agree with jota 180 , me and all my mates use these cut to knee level ,sew the hem and buy some braces 100% waterproof and only £15 ish

reba rl for me with 100mm travel

no just popped it back in but had to put me under as they said I had to much muscle which made it harder to pop in

Ive got one of these with on one full carbon forks single speed and i use a 2.4 29er nobby nic with pressure down to 25 psi which softens the front end .its an absolute flying machine with no loss of power at all i love it ,best bike i own ,and i own 5 bikes all top spec

that’s the trouble , ive set my sights on red shorts and they all seem to be over £75

I take it that your bike is the top picture and you want it to be like the bottom picture ? .I have one of these superstar tensioners and I had the same problem , chain slip under pressure . you need to take the circlip out the back and move the spring round to the next hole which then moves the tensioner up to the chain more . hope this helps

just seen them on chain reaction but limited colours

I think leisurelakes had them the other week online