I think Pipers gate is more dangerous too, it is easy to go too fast on it and get out of shape. Before you really had to try hard to keep a good pace up over the rocks.

It’s certainly been a year of atrocities for Sheffield Rights of Way Department. I’m beginning to think we would be better off without them. To think they use my tax money for this makes me sick. There are bigger potholes in my road then there are in Houndkirk moor right now.

just round the corner from blacka moor. I heard Lenny Hill was even worse, not been there yet since the work. double :-(

I dont think Pipers Gate ever suffered from motor vehicles (not that I ever saw any there any way. It just got muddy and full off rocks, off camber jumpy droppy rocks. but no more.

nice. what does it weigh?

160mm suspension with 2.5s. it will get you fit !

thats what I keep telling myself anyway, in the end I find I am doing shorter loops as a result so you should probably ignore me

for £500 you could almost get 2 sets of hope hoops on flow and just have a set with mud tyres on or something

oooh. good PSA. Im tempted to remove the nice SLX ones from Mrs Nosdives biks and swap with these. I wonder if she would notice…..

thats one thing i never tried. i’m told the trick with the copper tube and 4 vertical slits works though, did you ever see pictures of such a thing?

http://www.mbr.co.uk/mountain-bike-videos/workshop-video-bodge-your-own-tools-together/

certainly pressing the cups in with a long bolt and some bits of wood and a long spanner works, i did that recently

hope have £12 bearings you can replace in 10 minutes. CK need sending back to CK

hope are great. Why pay £30 more for one that will cut into your steerer tube and need sending back to the US when it needs a new bearing?

and I have had both, the CK was feeling a bit gritty after 3 years or so, so I’m not sold on the whole last for ever thing they go on about

Kore and Easton wheelsets

if you have your seat up your centre of gravity has to move backwards to get lower, it removes weight and grip from the front wheel. It is all so much easier with the seat out of the way.

I love my dropper seatpost. One day I want to change my hardtail for one with a 30.9 seat tube so I can get one on that bike as well.

especially as save40 has stopped working

those kore look like great value, such a shame they aren’t convertable axle standards.

buy 2. use SAVE40

I’ve never felt the need to drop mine EVER yet…

then you probably dont need one

wow. Really ? She leaves a 5 and 2 year old by themselves?!

Kryton is right, its not your business as her manager, but still, could you live with yourself if her kids died in a fire or something?

i used the existing olive. not dead yet

its a shame hope hoops aren’t available with Arch, thats what i would get. If you go for Crest you can get factory built and save a fair bit of cash (20% off at CRC at the moment)

the 9 speed SLX is available in a double and bash (still dont understand why they dont do this in 10 speed)

and killer value:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28019

If I had the money I would buy 3 and get the £40 off. but I dont

i have a set of hope minis now in their 10th year of service, and they work as badly now as the day I got them

i did Cwmcarn first, the FOD, then, Hamsterley.

Hamsterley was a bit of a shock after the first 2 ! I think I need a bigger bike for that one.

Loving the uplift thing though

still annoying though. I would need to vent too

though it does kind of reinforce why I have always avoided wheels with non-standard rotors……..

the brand doesn’t matter, but the size does. I think if you use shimano brakes and adaptors it will want a 180mm disc.

I just got cheap ones of ebay – seem pretty good:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180mm-7-Inch-Disc-Brake-Rotor-for-SHIMANO-6-Bolt-IS-/140897375219?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item20ce2353f3

I’ve got a 5 litre one, its ok. 24 would be ideal if you have the room though.

my money would still be on Merlin first

i’ve got a steel one, and no rust after about 8 months. I’m guessing it is stainless

where is that last ‘discards’ picture from? looks kinda familiar

ok, I admit I am cack handed with a spanner, but i have rounded less bolts since I have had one.

for a bike you need one that takes a 1/4 inch socket and goes down to a minimum of 5nm. I got mine from screwfix but the superstar one looks good value

great pics, especially the last one. well done!

ive regularly had carbon mountain bikes in mine, and they have been fine despite, in one case, specific advice from the manufacturer not to do it. worth some helitape so the finish isn’t rubbed off though.

crest if you are smooth, flow if you are fat (Ive got flow)

i had the same problem. I also took them to a bike shop but at ~ £30 for a rebuild I opted to replace (new pad, new disc, new caliper for £60 it didn’t seem worth trying to fix then).

After a while I realised I was replacing them about every 10 months and they were essentially disposable. Then I replaced them with Shimano and now I am happy.

anyone fancy knocking up a batch of 15mm bulb adaptors ? I would chip in

well done! it’s great to see something so inspirational and great to see you fitting in so much riding in a busy year. It puts me in mind of the sign over the door of a boxing gym I’ve been going to

“If you want to do it you will find a way, if you don’t want to do it you will find an excuse”

looks like you found a way!

the rims are great for light gravity applications. I am 88kg and clumsy and mine are still in good nick after a year or so.

no idea about the hubs

I just replace them as I fear getting stuck somewhere cold and wet and not being able to get the valves open

I managed to get a pack of 10 for about £6 last time I bought some. I can’t find them that cheap any more though, cheapest I can find is £10 for a pack of 10

that will be all those retford smack heads.

OK, its a harsh comment but it gave you a bump.

will keep my eyes open around south yorks

FOD is a great place to start, the uplift is quick and there is nothing on the trails that is too difficult. Start slow, get your eye in and build up speed on successive runs, you’ve got all day after all

I usually try and keep my posts on here calm and balanced, respecting the right for all to have an opinion.

in this case though I will simply say – OP, you are a prat and should not be allowed out in public

it should be fine. you just have to hope your identity isn’t used to assassinate any Hamas members