Did you get my last couple of emails Dave?

Link to the £17 ones……

And that too :)

There’s stuff that goes on in the back ground that no one sees, but all of the original organisers are still going to be around it’s just we can’t all commit to every race like we used to be able to. In the three years we’ve been running Brownback’s our families have got bigger and indeed some of us have left the area (or are about to). So although new people will be asked to do things we’ll all still be there or there abouts to help out, just not all the time.

We’d need people to commit to race day, but also to help out with the back office stuff like press releases, helping to talk and approach sponsors and give input on what brownbacks should be and do in the future.

Nice :)

This weekend people! :)

Good man :)

Will do Steve

I frick’in love d&b, that is all :)

We’ll have to chat more via email Steve, lots of questions such as would that be a stand alone week? Would I need to get a group together? etc. I think me and bland are looking for a multi-day type of thing that will have some pedaling in too, love the idea of never riding the same trail twice and staying in refuses though :)

Done

Yep mud-x, as an alrounnder they’re outstanding. Swampthings are better as a pure mud tyre but far slower and heavier.

Steve! We had a days guiding with you (me and Bland). We should talk about something like this for next year.

There are no ski-lifts and its not as tourist-y as the French ski resorts. Van uplifts and a bit of pedalling are the order of the day, but its all worth it!

Liking the sound of this…

I’ve been like that for weeks, went to Gisburn the other week and felt even worse. Spain in November?! ha ha

I hate it when people ask a question with a budgetary limit and then someone suggests something over budget, but, I’m going to do it ;)

I’ve had some of the Superstar/Stan’s Crest wheelsets for a while and they seem to be good so far, decent weight too at 1605g

a few of my mates are in UK tv soaps/shows.

House parties used to be pretty decent

Go on……………

A few friends have been away with Joyriders and rave about them, more xc biased but I think they adapt holidays to suit

I need to test ride a Tallboy LTc

Jesus, the OP is just giving his OPINION. Totally fair enough, people can either take it on board or not but if people are going to form a firm view based on one review they’re idiots. This is what forums are for…. :roll:

Is there any flooding oop there,

Seems as if there are no trains on a Sunday to there either,

Is the visitor centre open, and the uplift,in October,

will those big fans on the hill be switched off to make it less windy,

are there soft bits to fall on, in case of an off,

The above questions need to be answered,

Finally great course,scenery,people,marshalls and most importantly great value.

Not that I know of

No

Don’t know

Very few

Thank you, we try our best :)

Ah OK good shout then, i’ll keep an eye out

Is this a common problem?

I did Mountain Mayhem on a Scott Ransom with coil Lyrics and 2.4″ tyres :) Was alright actually although that was dry year……

Having said all that I’ve gone for a more sensible 140mm bike now

Policeman was a bell end. Knew he was in the wrong instantly, fair play to the cyclist for asking for the badge number.

#face #palm :roll:

It’s all a learning curve ;)

If you’ve ridden a few trail centers and aren’t fazed by some tech stuff you’ll be fine. Have-a-go-heroes is for people who haven’t raced before and are pretty new to riding full stop, its a category used to introduce people into the sport more than anything else.

Good man!

Look, we’re getting off topic here as the OP has highlighted but I think the point is that top tube maybe important but its far from the dominant factor. The top tube on my SC LTc is shorter than I would like (ideally) but didn’t stop my buying it

Think SC UK are selling off some of their demo bikes too

Cheapest isn’t easiest. Best compromise is tunnel

Speaking from experience, this ^

Without even riding one? Seriously?

I think it will come down to what you prefer the ride of and the look of. I’m not a fan of the look of the enduro, although I’m sure it rides really well (any frame of that expense will ride well). When I bought my Blur LTc I test rode a few, including a Mojo and 5 Spot but just preferred the size, shape and ride of the SC.

How do they come up in size? Are they like the rubber queens ie a 2.2 is actually 2.2, not 2.0 as with schwalbes?

I’m interested in this as well, also, whats the best deal anyones seen on black chilli ones?

I’ve just got some BC RQ 2.2’s for £29 each from bike discount.de :)

If I was interested in a carbon frame to run 650b wheels I would probably wait a year or so for the geometry to settle down.

^ this, wouldn’t want to spend £2k plus on a frame that wasn’t designed for them. Just my opinion of course ;)

Also I can quit saving for a bigger house and spend more money on bikes and cars, grow a beard and drink beer in my pants, which is quite appealing

This is pretty much what I have done, she never let me grow a beard so its some thing I now enjoy doing on an irregular basis ;)

All the best kid, genuinely

weight wise there’s almost nothing between the Carbon Blur and Nomad though, although they do ride quite differently. Blur feels a bit faster, stiffer (we’re talking fine margins here) but the Nomad does feel a nit plusher. FWIW I love my Blur LTc though.

Anyway back to the question, You would be fine with 34’s, in fact that’s probably what I would spec as they’re a good compromise between stiffness and weight. £^’s are amazing, but a bit overkill for a trail bike IMO. Wouldn’t worry about the stiffness of 15mm axles, mine has it and I don’t notice any flex and I’ve just come back from 8 days riding in the French Alps.

know where near to the same extent as the op, but, a similar thing happened to me two years ago. I’d been with a girl five years, happy, never argued just as you two. Then, after a drunken argument, all my fault I’ll admit it I was a dick, she came out with she wasn’t happy and that she didn’t want to be together anymore. Like you the world fell out from underneath me. I was happy, I loved her and more to the point I loved our life.

This all came out on the Saturday night, but wasn’t definite. By Monday I pushed for an answer, she couldn’t give one. That was enough for me. She left that day saying she was staying at a mates for a few days. That night I went into our bedroom after having a shower and she’d left a partly packed bag, an over night bag if you like. I was having friends on at me saying “their must be someone else” etc so I looked in the bag. There was a flat let prospectus from two weeks previous, so she was well down the line by the time we’d had the drunken argument that Saturday night. So I guess my point is this, by the time she’d said something she was already well down the line both emotionally and practically.

I feel for you lad, I really do. But all the old cliche’s probably apply. It probably is for the best, it will get worse then it’ll get better.

I never really went on here when I was going through my break up, but I can see why some do. I’ll leave this post saying, use your friends, don’t hold things in. I have a top best mate who I couldn’t have been without during my break up, in fact i’e a couple of mates that really kept me on the straight and narrow and gave me crucial advice and support when I needed it most.

Maxxis do an EVO casing in an advantage, but i’m not sure what sizes, I had a 2.4″ front, that was good.

FWIW I’ve now moved onto Rubber Queen 2.2 Protections, first proper ride out in the Peaks tomorrow so I’ll post a quick report about how I get on as a comparison if you like?