Just phone them. The AA RAC always price match the online deals. They even fake the ‘I must discuss this with my line manager’ line. Con artists ripping off loyal customers the lot if them.

All on Facebook. 4th jan for the full effect (or lack of effect)

There’s one on the orange facebook page. Also the 324 at the core bike show had this. Pictures are around with a bit of google. The 324 looks amazing..

I thought I was being paranoid, but there is an actual shortage. I’d better find somewhere to stock up, no bahlsen thing is going to survive the dunk like a bourbon

I suppose it’s like a five/bronson, four/solo. As long as it’s light enough it makes sense to me

The website still says snow and ice most places? Anyone been anywhere today? Is gt still snowbound?

Used a lot abroad where things are either too expensive or inaccessible.

Chop spring onions at an angle to stop the little bits rolling all over the kitchen. If I had known this for the past 10 years…

They did a link to make the mk2 more like the mk1. Don’t know the result but more floppy in the mid stroke probably to make it better in the down.

Had all 3 generations.mk 1 with the hump eats bearings and is wobbly in the granny ring, but is otherwise a riot. Mk2 is a bit more sedate all round. Mk 3 by far the best. If your budget is low I would look at a second hand mk2 or an alpine 160 (a tad heavier but rides better and is more reliable) not sure you could get any for much less than an alu capra with 650b though.

That’s what it’s all about. His last film at schladming I think he was running pro 2’s and I got even more of a sense of speed from the more familiar bee swarm noise.

Don’t upgrade the ios. That’s the issue and the answer you don’t want to hear.

Mr men books. I loved them as a child but reading them now they are utterly weird, random and tedious…

Yes very cringey. British sounding names make terrible storm names too. We should be using Greek gods or something more threatening

2% at least it won’t take till lunchtime tomorrow to clear your system…

Last times for me it was a broken rear axle, a loose crank and a buckled wheel (mostly vertical rather than side to side). Not all at once obvs

To cross pollinate threads audi and Santa Cruz are a bit more nespresso.

*sneaks away from the thread*

It isn’t mountain biking, but it is road cycling. The only reason I have thought of getting a road bike is that most of our directors and clients thrash out deals at the weekend while trying to do a ton. 5 years ago they talked golf before meetings now it’s di2. But it’s all money going into cycling which is all good imo.

Anything with a triple ring looks really dated these days. Still I like 30 gears and the chain never fell off that much any way if I’m honest….

Lots

Turner burner (yellow)
5 spot
SC blur
SC vp free (stupid high bb but would still love one)
Iron horse Sunday
SC bullit (polished with 5th element shock)

Got mine from wiggle for 160 minus a few vouchers I had. I see the prices have all gone up a bit since the clocks changed.

Best set up to a punchline ever

No carbon five now ….

The new five is stunning. You really need to see one in the flesh

Like a globe viewed directly at the pacific…

Always meant to fit and destroy my way through my tire pile. 10m drifts on Tarmac, why not?

Got my gear box fixed, 2 gears and a new clutch and it was £700 all in. After a bit of research this was about the right price (not at a dealer)

Spokes, wheels, mechs/hangers, pedals, myself. Standard

White stripes on radio 2 today. Bieber on 1. I felt old today.

Someone commutes to work near me on a yellow mantra. They do look awesome even today.

For me it was a nickel p7 and an SC Bullit, silver with yellow psylos. Wish I has bought and owned both now. It’s funny that most dream bikes retain their status.

After a bit of research this could be expensive or cheap if I want to charge the batteries in a tin at the bottom of the garden. Are there any good, powerful, safe and cheap lights around?

Interesting thought on the nomad/ capra. However I bet you could keep a nomad running for waaay longer with parts and spares than a capra, which makes the value considerably lower

Sstu- I had those lights, those batteries used to weigh as much as the bike. Think I will get some cheapish lights and see what works for me. Interesting no one seems to need the 3.5k lumens they seem to be able to do these days

Marzocchi and hypergraphics. What could have been…

I feel sorry for the younger ones in our office. The lunchtime drinking and hangover recovery sessions used to be legendary. ‘Twas the recession that screwed it up. Everyone we have taken on recently remembers not having a job so they all work far too hard and tend to go running at lunchtime rather than drinking. Tedious for all involved really, the the drinking/ recovering where always good sport for the others.

Wheels too big to reach a decent amount of travel without hitting seat tube/saddle/plums

Interested to see the older lower link, because that looks like a maintenance nightmare. You would need to be very handy at cleaning and using the grease gun.

Lavazza +1. Also use whole milk, it’s where most of the taste comes from…

The old nomad v bronson will be interesting. Bronson 10mm longer with -1 HA and -10 travel scarcely differentiates them unless the suspension is doing something different.

Count the pivots between the bb and wheel. It’s a single pivot, a lot are these days, it’s how the shock is actuated and the pivot placement that’s important…