Er… always. I pretty much hate any faffage with my suspension front or rear during a ride. I want it fit-and-forget not faff-and-forget-to-change-for-the-uphill/doonhall.

The Rev’s I’m currently using have a lockout (thresh-hold thingy) and I’ve ended using it a few times to see if I like it. It feels useful for out of the saddle honking up fireroads but even then I don’t like that the fork is at full length as it feels wrong without the sag. I’m thinking I’d rather not have the option.

I’m surprised by the “love” that people give the old Pike fork… I was never that impressed.

I had Pike U-turn Team forks on my hardtail… I liked them at the start but it wasn’t long before I found the limitations of the Motion control damping (big hits or sensitivity… take your pick). I had them Pushed and it was an improvement but they were never really great and damper was a bit delicate needing fixed quite often. I eventually swapped them out for some Fox 36 Float forks which were lighter and much better; although considerably more expensive :roll:

I’m currently trying a Rev Team fork (again) and I’m not getting on with it (again) so I think I’ll be going back to the Fox 36 Float (reduced to 130mm) on my hardtail.

Enjoyed that.

30.9mm… :(

I’ve got two 31.6mm Reverbs :roll:

+1

Dry trails for the first time in ages yesterday; my mojo was back and had me giggling and sprinting until my legs hurt. Biking is awesome.

Older thread with some pics and details

Quote from the Dialled Site a few months ago…

No massive, just a few subtle changes to keep it current. So in comes an XX44 Reynolds 631 head tube, a seat tube compatible with a 31.6mm dropper post, ISCG05 and 0.75? longer top tubes on the 16? and 18?models.

Throw in the lower bottom bracket and it’s looking very interesting for me… but want to see final details.

Mike gave me the following info in an email a few weeks ago.

Full price will be £500. Pre-order price, £400. Deposit £200. Delivery around the end of August.

Looking forward to seeing the full geometry… this could be my new hardtail 8)

All I’m waiting for is a cassette :(

This had my toes curling at a tasting… it really is that friggin good.

http://www.greatwesternwine.co.uk/nino-negri-sfursat-5-stelle.html

I ended up buying a few bottles :oops:

I’d far rather share a bottle of this with my fab wife than a blow a similar sum of money in the pub.

EDIT – to give as a gift… unless its to give to me I’d find something easier as this took some tracking down :lol:

Its singlespeeding lite :lol:

I went 1×9 on my hardtail nearly two years ago and for the use that bike gets its a great solution. Only in the gloopiest and slipperiest of mud do I think a lower gear would get me through, but its so marginal and unlikely to make much difference that I’d rather have the security of knowing my chain will not slip and attack with grunt force.

On the bike I take into the mountains I’m not so sure… but I have proper mountains to deal with so the granny gear see’s quite a lot of use; but since this bike is currently 1×9 it looks like I will be finding out soon :|

“You’re all a bunch of slack jawed faggots! This stuff will make you a sexual Tyrannosaurus. Just like me!”

I like singlespeeding. It shows you another way to enjoy the trails and enjoy cycling. Some of the skills you learn on a singlespeed definetely help when your on a normal bike and for that reason alone it’s good to broaden the skills base… its fun. Enjoy!

This came up with the Bos Deville fork a few years ago on the Nicolai MTBR forum. I don’t know if there was a resultion in there as it would take a while to read it all but here it is.

Linky

Enjoy!

Linky

:lol:

Thanks for updating us.

May the Forth be with you.

or

The Forth is strong in this one.

TLD… be rad even while you sleep.

Doofenshmirtz uses Perry’s Universal Delete Button to combine with his Thought Projection Helmet to erase everyone’s mind of an embarrassing video they found of him

As long as you have some of the plastic protruding from the BB shell you can try and break it up with a hammer and screwdriver – this usually works. Just hit it in a way to try and crack/break up the plastic without hitting near the threads, once it’s cracked and bending in use pliars/mole-grips etc to tease it out.

Vid looks typical of someone who has pulled up on the bike while going off the lip… if you do that the rear of the bike will come up more than the front and you will land on the nose (as you have found out). Nothing what-so-ever to do with the shock settings IMHO/E.

If your unsure about setting up the shock Loco’s site has some good information in the Set-up section.

Don’t pull up on the bike as you go off a jump and you’ll be fine :mrgreen:

I put Revs on my Mmmbop a month ago after riding it with 36’s for nine months.

I’m not enjoying the Revs as much :?

The Rev’s are Teams with 20mm Maxle and 1.5″ steerer; so top end damping and the stiffest version of the fork (run at 130/140mm. 36 dropped to 130mm so same length). Damping wise they feel okay until the going gets gnar… at which point they just don’t seem to be able to recover from one hit before the next. They also flex back and forth quite a lot and I can feel them “twang” sometimes after a frontal impact which is worrying when it means your not on the line you want to be anymore. Similarly the lack of torsional stiffness means I’m having to work harder to hold lines.
I quite like the lockout… but I don’t like that I have to use it so often as the fork likes to wallow more than the 36 did when honking out of the saddle.

The Rev’s are a much lighter fork though which has its benefits but for the riding I like to do the 36’s are better and I miss them (on another bike).

I don’t like normal chocolate… I must have a bitter tooth as this is the kind of stuff I like.

Pile of ironing… and a Growler of Flying Dog Raging Bitch to dull the pain. :|

Save it for the lift.

*loses hour of life looking at Tag Carrera watches on ebay* :oops:

Tag Carrera? I like this as the 40mmm face is quite dinky and classic compared with some of the modern BIG watch faces (like the new Carerra).

Ebay Linky

I have a white faced one of these that was my engagement 12+ years ago and I still love it. Paid then what its worth now which is refreshing.

Be aware that watches like this need periodic expensive maintenance… first service last year was £350!!!

I posted in this pic elsewhere but where and how I came to leave the bike here was a lucky escape.

Sometimes its a fine line between success and hospital that we chose to ride.

Hope its okay or mends quickly :wink:

My life plan doesnt consist of working offshore for the rest of my life thats forsure but its making a good dent in the mortgage.

Having a life-plan puts you head and shoulders above most of the pond scum in this industry who’s idea of culture is a designer outfit, a bling watch and an evening of drinking piss lager while letching at foreign girls dancing in the gentlemans clubs :cry:

Great name juanking 8)

My experience has been similar… I switched jobs for interest and not money. My broad background get me in with supermajor and after 5 years sucking up the training I got pissed off with the pointless BS and went DRB :wink:

Get a foot in the door at almost anything. Work hard and smart and you can move up and around to almost anywhere…

A big disincentive for oil and gas service companies taking on staff is how frequently people decide that the offshore life is not for them… training folk up and heaving them leave is an expensive business. This is particularly a problem for the ad-hoc guys who flit-here-there-everywhere at a moments notice. It takes a particular character to fly into (say) Yemen and be taken up into mountains in the back of 4×4 next to a guy chewing khat carrying a Kalashnikov; then dealing with the boredom and petty BS of the north sea platform “girls” the following week.

As trail-rat says.

right now – apply for everything – even if they specify experiance

But don’t expect an easy life and the road is not paved with gold… unless you have the expertese and experience the industry requires.

Trail-rat… swapping jobs for more money can be shortsighted (often just a change of boiler suit colour :wink: ). Changing jobs to remain interested and broaden your experience is far more rewarding in the long run.

As above. Leave as is and lie like a cheap watch if asked.

New isn’t necessarily betterer. I’ve found tuning to make a big difference so I’d stick with your tuned one if your happy with it. If it needs anything extra done whoever services it will let you know.

Hopefully some carpet for my van :|

I had a great ride but had damp shoes from half way round.

Oops :oops:

I’d buy a new stealth and keep the old remote as a spare… I’ve not needed a spare (yet) but there are planty of threads on here about snapped buttons and the cost to replace which makes me think a spare is a good idea.

The pic posted above is the older Van-Nic 456 and is not an EVO. This is lougher(on here)’s 456 EVO Ti

Thread here.

and another useful thread

On-Ones sizing is a bit odd for these. The 18″ is 11mm longer in the top tube but the seattube is a whopping 50mm longer… the 16″ has quite a long top tube for a 16″ and hence is probably good for someone up to 6ft… I’m 5’11-1/2″ and the 16″ would be my choice as the top tube is the correct length for me.

I think the 16″ frames look good but the 18″ and up look pants due to the long seattube and nearly horizontal top tube (opinions vary etc).

I’m tempted… but need to sort some other stuff first.

A few years one of my friends crashed with a Met Parachute on and the chin guard bent inwards and cut his chin… would probably have been worse without the guard though as he landed on his face in a rock garden :mrgreen:

He now wears a Specialized Deviant even when the rest of us are riding normal lids. He is the fastest of us and has a habit of pushing a bit harder on the descents riding closer to his limits.

He broke his Deviant when he hit a tree during an Enduro race a few weeks ago and promptly bought another.

If you think you need it wear it, who cares what others think.

Visit a Brewdog bar.

I’m not sure if this is the correct for all of them… but some of the super light and low spoke count wheels I’ve played with have what feels to be a very tightly tensioned build. I have wondered if this is in some way to re/create the stiffness lost by the reduced spoke count? I’m guessing that the high tension is something which makes them feel great… until one spoke breaks and the whole thing pings to a pringle.

Puts me off low spoke count wheels… I’d rather have 32 super light spokes so I can afford to lose one or two during a ride.

Roverpig Yes, I meant I didn’t use a spoke-tension-meter :lol:

As a recreational wheel builder I’m happy with spoke tension by finger tips. If I was selling wheels I’d buy a tension-meter to be able to prove to my customers that I’d done it right 8)

Yes you can get black revolution spokes but I wanted silver because they are stronger (this is not based on FACT in ANYWAY… silver is cheaper and more available is all). I did use black and silver alloy nipples to tart them up a bit though :lol: :?

I posted my thoughts so far on my 26″ LB carbon rims on this thread

Revolution spokes and alloy nipples for me and they feel nice and solid so far… like a good wheel should

The rim is really stiff compared with light alloy rims so the wheels were a piece of piss to true… like building with a doonhall rim 8)

In the spirit of STW :wink:

Kids need to learn how to deal with being Bored.