yeah we have gp’s but they just send you to the hospital

I will be in Italy….only A&E here then they refer you..

MY SO loves it, I can put up with it on sat and sun night….but its the other add programs like strictly it takes two and other bollox thats on every night….driving me insane

Hi Guys…thanks for the heads up.

We actually do a 2/3 centre freeride/shuttle tour using fulvio and Marko in Calizzano, and then over to Nico and Angelo in Nava.

From Nava this links to us in Molini and the last day on the trails in San Remo…..So alp to sea…

We take care of all transfers and your luggage and you arrive at your next destination by bike!!

Our website is being updated at the mo so details should be there early december..

Ciao

as above. the different area areNOT linked by lifts so you will need your own transport. when i went there 3 years ago i want too impressed. bardonecchia has 3 lifts but only opened one per day on rotation, may be better now though.

looking at that photo, the headtube seems ok, its the headset race thats deformed…

I stand to be corrected tho

Hey there..

Did you ride with us in Molini? I remember a mega with a van..

I have been riding mine with a large volume rp23 kashima and an rp2.

The rp2 has a high hi speed compression tune, so on the climbs it nearly rigid and on the descents….better than the monarch but high volume shocks (especially on frames with a yoke) blow their travel too easily, and too much compression starts affecting small bump sensitivity..

I borrowed a small volume float CTD and it was much better mid range, try to get the volume of your float reduced and it will be much better..

Mine will have CCDB coil and a marz 55rc3ti soon….. the best currently out there in suspension…IMO of course

Possibly, or the lower stuff, whats it like down to olivetta san michele?

There is a trail on our alp to sea route that arrives in airole which I havent done yet, take the road to olivetta and follow the trail to calvo and the san bortolomeo…

Nukeproof

dont need it… didnt realise i had it….

you in molini on the 26th? i will probably be scouting routes over in albega and alassio then… daw the alticoop guys with roby vernassa the other day…. i will be doing some routes over from dolceaqua over to lower roya and menton sometime next week if ur around?

also if you go on the french vtt site you can download the maps on the waymarked routes. greg germains books are also good…check out the ig site. akso 1001sentiers.com is worth a look

Cy, why is it Finale you want to stay in? it is hell in July and August,

Further West is better and quieter with hardly anyone riding on the trails.

Jo sent you an email with some ideas but this is the Italian riviera, so wont be cheap..

Also try the german sites as most holiday houses here are owned by the germans..

Where we are based a 3/4 bed house costs about €500 but still a lot to do for the kids and the beaches only 30 mins away.. we have had many families and they all loved it as all the kids in the village all play with each other and being Italy people here look out for other peoples kids too so ou can relax more..

I am a late adopter for pretty much everything but I look forward to the possibility of a lighter, less draggy, less cloggy, more robust and more affordable frame mounted gearbox much more than I look forward to losing my front mech and shifter.

The pinion I would say not too far off..

call the SRAM tech centre in windsor, they may warranty it for you..

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Been in it for 6 years ruuning a holiday co….much more work, much less money, but much happier

The only addition XX1 has over any other clutch mech is that it has a different profile to the teeth on the chainring…….do people really think thats enough to keep you chain on compared to a bog standard chainring?

In most situations a top guide will be fine…but as I found out the chain still came off.

you can of course use the XX1 cranks with a 10spd chain?

had a go on one of the new 2014 spesh enduro’s….

looks effing awful with that big cassette but looked ok on the 29’ers….mech was massive as well..

To ride it felt no different to a normal set up, but it needed a full (up an bottom) chain guide for our trails in Molini, Italy, chain came off even with a top guide..

If the gear ratios on the cassette could be lower and thus a shortcage mech then it would be better……but i will stick with my 36/33 in the marntime as there is nothing my way I cant get up.

i am not 100% but the older bos 140 travel had the same axle to crown length as the 160 version. also travel adjusr always affects suspension performane….hence why u are selling the fox? solo air revs would be better

Hmmm this is an interesting subject, we regularly drop into the trials in Val Roya (Provence)from the Italain border as well as the trails around the Cote d’azur. We have never been approached by the French authorities…

We are based in Italy so not sure how this would work if they decide to have a chat!!!

As for Italy dont worry, they are a long long way off from doing any qualifications. In Molini where we operate the village gets shed loads of money via our guests (bars, hotels etc..)…ultimately money talks…if I did a catered chalet and took all the money then it might be a different matter… could this be why French authorities are clamping down…sharing the wealth and all that?

Building control? in Italy?

che mentale!!!!!

Got the jotul mf3 in the end, €1250 (£1k) inc 6metres of 3mm thick 120mm dia flue….

Absolutely amazing piece of kit…throes out over 6kw and I am now too warm!!!

Installed it myself…took 4 hours!!

its all about economics….its much cheaper to install only leccy windows on a production line, than having to do different things… so a more basic car will cost equivelant or more than a better specced one..

Only case for this is somwhere like china/india where they are all basic….but then to get them to europe they have to pass all sorts of tests, emissions, safety etc… so the cars will be more expensive….

Hey Stu thanks for the write up there…and ta for the kind words guys….been a long season…an lo and behold after it being 16 degrees and sunny on Saturday……snow on Triora this morning!!!

stihl br600….maybe a bit pricy for you though…does a great job of clearing stones, twigs and leaves off our trails

Today one of our guests had the body come off the spindle of her xtr trails at the start of a 10km trail 2000m up in the mountains…..amazingly someone was carrying a spare set of pedals!!!!

I have a set of the xt ones and havent yet had problems…..my old dx’s are 5 years old and had an incredible amount of use!!

70k per month….yep i can see it

German/swiis/austrian clients we have all read it and love it as their own mags are abit crap, and the photos are great, covers all disciplines that the young are into.

IGN do make digi maps…but NOT their italian ones that they make around their border….. I have asked them directly..

So i have scanned their paper maps and now need to upload it.. i have tried mappyx but it wont accept the top and bottom corner coordinates!!

nasher » i have some french and italian maps that i have scanned,

With permission of the copyright holder?

No! why? its for my own personal use, I am not going to make and sell maps etc…

Basically there are no digital italian maps and the french IGN over the border do not come in digital….hence my post

i have some french and italian maps that i have scanned, and i want to upload these..calibrate them and then use with gps.

I have installed mapyx.quo but it asks for WGS84 coorinates for upper left and bottom right, typed in what was on the maps and it says out of range!!!

Roadwarrior

from your last post and my review in dirt… i rate the mega very very highly….VFM and performance is impossible to beat unless you are an internet only brand.

Nukeproof are CRC’s own brand…..technically its therefore the biggest brand in the world….BUT…with the flexibilty and forward hinking and dvelopment of a smaller company….

I cannot wait for my 2013 mega…..

get a discounted 2012 pro…amazing piece of kit..or wait until jan for the 2013

EDIT# oh and the mega has PROPER mavic UST and maxxis hi roller UST tyres, 1X10, the only thing that will need an upgrade will be the shock to a monarch plus if you start to do racing or big alpine stuff……sorted.

2013 mega will have the monarch plus, as well as the hollow X0 cassette….but will be about £200 more than 2012 list….again great value

one of our shuttle buses….35,000km and still going strong..

how can carbonated water be bad for your teeth? its just water and co2

Prices are slightly up, but not much and you get a lighter frame, better shock “monarch plus” plus reverb stealth etc.. on the pro..

getting mine in november!! cant wait

£500 cash or a £500 purchase? If it’s the former then they probably also have your pin number, so nowt to do with CRC

It was a £498 purchase in Germany…. like i said i have only used CRC online…. but it could be anything i suppose just sprung to a comclusion as CRC/Wiggle have had these problems before

Do you use the same card for other purchases (non-online), like petrol or the corner shop??

No, only about 3 or 4 legit companies that i have used for business and those i have used for years and by phone…unless they have been compromised..

I use CRC occasionally for stuff i need quick, and this is the only time online..

I heard of the petrol station thing (was it esso?) and dodgy corner shops.. so i use only cash for these.

On the roaad bike 102.8 km/h down col de braus in Provence, France.

52mph down butser hill near QE park in hampshire….basically a long grassy ski slope…great fun, i reckon could have gone evenfaster if i didnt slow down too much going through the gate third of the way down…a good un for strava?

Hey Ewan…swapped the cruz for a mega?

My mega with…

Float 36 kashima front and rear
mavic sx with 2.35 maxxis single ply
1 x 10
no dropperpost
XTR brakes
nukeproof finishing kit is about 30.5 – 31 pounds (me and bike on bathroom scales) so some margin of error there..

The new 2013 mega is about a pound lighter so that will be interesting to see.

Hi Guys

That was me who did the test for dirt….

to the OP I would suggest you go for the Remedy its an excellent and well proven bike.

The slash9 is a good bike dont got me wrong, its just mainly down to the spec choice, and the suspension that let it down to what could be an excellent alp eater..

The DRCV is the biggest culprit.. it seems its a shock that tries to mimic a coil again IMO a frame should be designed around the characteristics of an air can, otherwise stick on a coil.. It lacked mid range support that when ridden hard into corners the “second chamber” would open giving the feeling that a tyre has just popped off the rim, people have often experienced similar things with a large volume can…just that this is worse!!! I did try a fuel with a DRCV and it was great, so maybe some tweaking to give better mid travel support may be the answer!!

biggest gripe is that you can only use a DRCV unit with this bike as BOS told me (was going to get Bossed up) only rockshox do a unit to fit, as lo and behold Ross Schnell their top enduro rider doesnt use the DRCV!! funny that.

The talas 36 is all over the net as to why its not the best fork….swap the internals for float and that problem will be fixed easily enough… I ran mine with a 180 float wound down to 170…worked great..

As for cable routing full outers inside means rattling and noise in the frame, We dont get mud much here in Italy so no issue for me…. the stealth reverb is ace tho..

XO i like just wished they got it enduro ready with 1×10 and use the money saved for a XX or X0 casette…I guess with SRAM’s new 1×11 I would expect to see that on a 2013 model.

I can see why Trek went for that spec, as lets face it the market is much bigger in the US and very different to Europe, and I do ride bikes to extremes, and the slash did survive….nothing broke except the tyres..

I enjoyed my time on it like a mistress….but it was my nukeproof mega i always ran back home to…

I could go on for ages with pro’s and cons but drop me a line if you want any info…address in my profile.

Matt

Will give you a call tomorrow dude, text me your number as I have a new phone….. Jo had it and you do recover…but it will take a while..

A

EDIT// just realised you had it over a month ago.. how u feeling?