Tried the pedals on the bike with appropriate 5.10 footwear. All feels good.

The pins are not locktighted in and all on one pedal were loose so worth having a quick check over. I might try to find small washers to calm down the pin length a bit as I have never required massive pins. Will probably remove a few of the centre ones as well.

All good

Not sure about the lack of a concave surface, might not get on with mine.

The cost in the gravity enduro probably lies in the fact it has the equivalent of 4-5 full DH runs which have to be manned for 2 days for practise and racing and timing for 5 DH runs. Includes PA, toilets and other on-costs for the weekend. Takes place over a large area and on parts of popular trails at busy times of the year(not sure if this affects cost?).

Innersmtb racing events are put on by locals with much less overheads and a cheaper timing system, often only a one day event with medical cover on that one day. Not sure on the insurance/medical position for practise.

Both are great, just different. It is the same as stating a Trek 9.9 is too expensive. It is too expensive for me, that is my personal position but Trek are still doing OK.

Looks like you have to buy a whole bike to get the tyre in the UK…cunning… lol

I emailed Specialized UK today about it an await the response. Sounds like it will be the same as the request for a carbon enduro frameset… 🙁

Control means it is a lighter casing for trail use and not DH or freeride like the normal one and the SX.

The butcher control looks very good with size between minion DHF 2.35 and 2.5, rubber is between super tacky and maxpro and the design has a proper shoulder like a high roller with a minion type centre.

It just looks very right so want to try one on the front. 🙂

Is the KMC/Shimano chain thing true? Which ones do they make? I swear by the Dura Ace/XTR 9 speed chains as I have never snapped one and the last one did 5 years before a roller dropped off. Would like to know if KMC make these so I can maybe trust another brand.

I was looking at these a few weeks ago and dismissed them at £80. Thank you OP.

Fast delivery time too. 🙂

Nice!

Specialized Enduro non-lock on grips are nice and soft and not bulky.

I always leave mine extended when not in use as this is how it shipped. Don’t know if it makes a difference but mine has done a year of ace service so far an still going strong.
I always clean it afterwards and give it a few drops of teflon lube and a couple of cycles ready for next use.

You probably had the same right to remove his keys as he did to run you off your bike although I hope his was an unconscious mistake. Maybe you never tipped enough in the pizza place…? I did not read that you asked politely for his details, only that you demanded them, sorry for misreading your post. I’m trolling now which is no good and weakens the point I was trying badly to put across.

I hope you heal as fast as possible and don’t get upset by inoffensive opinionated responses to your post on a public forum.

A fair point by I would struggle to get onto my bike if I lived in such fear.

I said I would have reported it to the police without using the emergency service number. Last year my friend had to give CPR to another friend for 25mins waiting for an ambulance before the person was resuscitated by the ambulance crew with a defribulator. I would hate to think the person may have lost their life while someone was having their grazed shoulder looked at and a free lift to the A+E to again have their grazed shoulder looked at when they may have managed the trip themselves.

What if your kid got run over and the ambulance was critically late as it was tending to a grazed shoulder?

This could go in circles for ever. There seems to be a trend to remove some common sense from these types of situation in everyday life which makes me a little sad. Yes, it had the potential to be very serious but it should have been clear pretty fast that it was not. People jump to the conclusion that others should be penalized for making mistakes, something I thought only the criminal court could decide.

On a side note. Demanding things and pulling someone’s keys out of their ignition against their will usually does not help defuse the situation and gain a positive outcome. It can be hard to be reasonable when someone has just accidentally risked your life but well worth trying to keep calm.

Bear with me – I’m still trying not to take this on a trolling crusade to nowhere but it is heading there as I am terrible at typing my thoughts. 😆

Pinches – Your situation was different to the original post. Could you not have invoked your concious decision making to say that you would get yourself to the hospital and sped up the process to a final care solution? I guess maybe with the shock of the incident you can’t. Hindsight is also a wonderful thing.

In general – is the advise that if you have had a tumble on the road involving interaction with another party then no matter how small it was, you should always call an ambulance as you may have concussion or internal injuries and there needs to be a clear action so that the “guilty” party can’t get blamed for your death and then further negligence etc should the worst happen further down the line? Or something like that, you have me rambling now. It is a shame that common sense can be ruled out of the situation imo. Just an opinion. I am not saying that there is no occasion where an ambulance be called.

It seems odd given the massive spills and injuries me and my friends have had on mtbs yet always got ourselves to treatment one way or another because it was our own fault. Although we could probably go on to blame whoever put the trail features there etc etc.

Maybe I am just voicing an annoyance at a nanny state or common place litigation.

I hope you are all mended after your incidents. You will be glad to know I am out on the road all of tomorrow so there shall be no more ramblings for a while! I also don’t think the bike forum is the right place for gripes so I am further annoyed with myself for starting lol! bloody troll!

I don’t think I was trolling. I was asking a question as I would not have called 999 on the premise there “may” have been damage to my bike without actually checking. I also would expect or want an ambulance for the situation that has been described.
This is simply my opinion. I’m not offending the OP, or wishing anything bad on them, just finding out the normal thing to do. As the driver was uncooperative with giving details I would have taken the reg plate and checked the bike over then decided if I should call the police. As said, I would think before calling 999 and probably just call the local station to report it or call in on my way home.

That is not the way he wrote it. If he can call the police and had a sore shoulder I’m sure he could have called a cab etc if required. I doubt an ambulance performed on the spot miracle care for a sore shoulder. Can you not just call an accident into the local police station if you need to make an insurance claim for a bike repair?

You called a police car for a bike that “might” be damaged and an ambulance for a sore shoulder?

How wide is the go pro and are any of the options so wide that they look horrid with distortion to view?

Excellent work! Thank you for your time on this. 🙂

Would definately go there is the trails were wll designed and offered a good mix of challenge and fun. I’m Glasgow based.

Good luck.

I have the joe blow mountain and it definately flows more volume than a standard size track pump per stroke. I also find it has more resistance per stroke doing this. On paper it should be better for seating UST tyres than a standard pump.

Do the bearings last well on these pedals?

Too wide a question. Every stage is different. Some events within the same series have very different characteristics. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses.

The choice would be on which way you want to with the compromise. Do you play to your strengths or go the other way an get a bike that helps with your weaknesses(We all have them :wink:).

It is in the name! lol 😉

After competing in a few it is whichever bike you are comfortable to hit steep, rough, muddy and rocky trails on flat out as well as sprint like mad on trail centre trails.

Gary Forrest is mental fast on his 5 pro at Inners which he knows well and has even won his catergory in DH on the same bike before.
Rob Cooksley is mental fast everywhere on a coiled intense SS and also a 29er.

So a bike that is efficient enough yet doesn’t buck you down the rough stuff. Very personal.

Specialized have been making them for years 😆

Just put your thumb over the top of the open syringe when you remove it and no oil goes anywhere. Simples

I used to night ride up there alone. Not any more, I’m afraid of getting bummed by a fish!

I’ve see quite a few walkers and even a horse up there in the past.

Must be top of “flux” where all the trails go down to rose’s. There was about 5 to 6 cracking short decents which are now all covered up with big trees. You can still get to the one with the drop and take a couple of variations down to the road. There is a couple of old chutes we used to play on there which I will uncover when I am up.

Clearing clifftop is usually bike and weather dependant for me. Someone smashed up the ramps to the fallen tree which is annoying.

Many years ago we cleared a trail down the hill over the road from the “water works” as I think you call it but it lead to a bit of a dead end so it was abandoned. So many bits and bobs. It is the time of year to find them all.

haha – oops my bad. Don’t know what you call the trails i am missing then.

Might be, I have always guessed at the names of these hills! 😆 I thought if you headed up flux or cliff run you ended up voodoo hill…? anyone?

Sounds right to me and would explain “glazing”/polishing in wet conditions.

Quick surface sanding of the pad, proper clean of the disk and a fresh bed in should solve most issues.

Excellent read. I have been doing the right thing but not knowing why.

There is no discussion on “glazed” pads. Is that just a bad bed in or is it a physical change to the pad due to overheating and cooling to a different structure?

TandemJeremy

I’m picturing this as rubbing a chocolate bar between your hands. While cool you have little friction. Apply a lot of force and you have more friction and abrasive friction as bits may break off between the surfaces. The temp then goes up and you have some transfer to the hands and bits coming off and more friction?

Keep going and you have Hope brakes with Superstar pads 😉 Only joking as I have 2004 hope minis which have been great and still going well after one rebuild to refresh them a few years ago.

TandemJeremy – If there is a thin layer of pad material on my brake disc why does the disc wear down? Only my pad would wear down but this is not the case? Genuine question.

Although some diversions/straight lines are cack, like people that cut a number of rooty lines out of old lines in the plantation. I still try to ride the more challenging old lines over big roots around trees but it can be hard to remember them all when looking at the straight lines.

GT – Glentress – Mecca 😆

I carry a little pruning saw and clear up small things as I can. Top of Voodoo hill does seem close to a total loss which is a big loss to me as I loved the numerous steep runs up there down to Rosie’s. I spotted an old one at the weekend that can be reopened and will probably do this next time I am up there.

Little trail at the watertank was good fun to keep good momentum on. Not sure how hard that would be to fix.

The real worry is that a lot of trees still standing will have also lost stability and may not take much to come down in future.

Chainsaw required for voodoo but I think you need a lisence these days? And obviously permission.