The extra part they give you is what is removed from a standard mech to allow it to fit to a direct mount frame I think.

Is it not a direct mount to the frame ?

I did tha massif.it was my first time doing an event like this I found the mud at the beginning hard work and nearly quit at the point where the 2 routes split but kept going and really enjoyed it after that.the route was good I thought the section through the woods after the last feed station a pain in the @r$e too muddy for my tired legs and the last climb into the forest was a killer for me but on the whole a good day on the bike.the organisation was great and the feed stations were a godsend plenty of food and drink kept me going big thanks to everyone involved.I’ll be doing more of these in the future but am going to have to train a bit more and maybe try a different bike to make it a bit easier on myself was ok on my 5010 but think it would have been much easier on a xc 29er or cx bike.legs are aching a bit which is why I’m up at 3:25 in the morning writing this

Definitely going to demo both if I can.i think alpine bikes at glentress might be getting some fuels in as part of their hire fleet soon it would be nice to try one there too.

Cheers rsvktm I’ll be taking both for a demo as soon as I can.was up at big bear bikes in Pickering yesterday really great service from David they let me try a fuel ex 9.8 29 and a remedy 7 back to back in there car park for over an hour switching bikes over and over.decided I prefer the fuel over the remedy the 29 fuel felt pretty spot on and if the 27.5 felt anywhere near as fast as the 29 that would be great.

Trek remedy frame with the re aktiv shock for £1300 seems a good buy.

Price match at go outdoors.you can get a 3+ black for £234 if you price match against the crc price.

Taylor swift and paramore.i have the music taste of a teenage girl .

£72 after 10% off for price match at go outdoors.

Bike scene had some frames going cheap

I’ve just bought one.i got the 2012 29er comp after demoing there carbon stumpy.went to have a look at it on Saturday and it looks great.they have loads of other models too epics,camber and stumps in carbon or ally.

Bike scene have a 23 inch sworks hard tail frame on there site

Go outdoors will price match and beat best price by 10%

I’ve had a bones for a few years now and use a bar on my full Suss,it’s been spot on even over rough ground think mine was about 15 quid from halfords

Have a look on the mtbg forum always lots of people happy to give you route advice or show you the “cheeky” hidden bits.or pop into bike scene they’ll sort you out

Go outdoors are doing a folder for £100 from 18/3/13 not great but it does the job.

Si69jc thanks for pic.got a demo booked for march on t129s

Always wanted a bontrager or a funk

Bikescene are doing a stumpjumper evo frame in small for 699.99 I replaced my five frame with one of these and it’s great.

Thought it would be ok but just wanted to check.thanks for replies

Tara llanes,just awesome
John Tomac
Greg lemond

Thanks for all the replies.

It’s a pf bb30

Do the black,red is very dull in places a lot of effort with very little reward.the black is great though make sure you do transmission/accelerator/nitrous section 3fast flowing fun bits of trail straight after each other worth going just for this bit.

I’m going next year and thinking about the vortex trail at the Santos trail system.loads of video on YouTube or info at omba.org

+1 rosss i picked up a 2011 stumpy elite in November to replace my blur lt
And I couldn’t be happier got mine from bikescene as well great service as always from them.test rode a fuel ex as well which was ok but I prefer the stumpy.

5’6 and 16″ was spot on.bike scene in Guisborough are doing 14″ frame for £799.99 might be worth a look.

Bike scene in guisbrough great shop and staff are knowledgable,proffesional but still friendly. never had a bad experience in over 15 years.Just got a great deal on a stumpy elite from them (cheers andy). Also jay at westbrooks in stokesley is always great to deal with , top bloke.