Gutted that I missed that Evans code!!!

Condolences, that yeti is certainly a unique colourway. Will keep an eye out on the web been looking for a Five frame so if I see anything I’ll get in touch. Again the orange with the gold stickers seems fairly unique.

Looks fun. Shindiggy – cheers, it’s just that I’ll be driving over and didn’t know if the car park had restrictions. I rode local this morning Kinver as I was unsure. I’ll get myself over very soon for what looks like some flat out fun.

Interesting…I like the high end reviews, today’s £3500 bikes will be 2015’s second hand bargains, £1200 or so often under used by people with so much money they upgrade evey year (and fair play if they work hard to earn it). I’ll be looking back at the achieve to decide which bargain to pick up.

As for spend I’ve probably spent £1400 or so over a period of four or 5 years building two very nicely speced bikes, including a mint set of 2010 36 floats i paid £250 for, I checked reviews before buying…when reviewed they were circa £650!!

Currently looking for a 16″/17″ FS frame for trail riding, 2010 Orange 5, Blood, ST4 or Specialized Pitch, not overly fussed but reckon if I’m patient could pick one up for £3-400. Of course these bikes were all expensive new so old reviews are very useful.

Wow that’s very nice looking, to much travel for my ridding though

Deffo, along with a big STW pumptrack sess.

Is it open from early? Might be tempted to pop over but I’m only free till 10.

+1 for Baz at two wheels, excellent wheel builder in my experience. Very good value aswell.

I saw a frame on here 2 months ago, just missed out to some guy who appears to have ‘pimped’ it up and is trying to sell it for a over inflated price, the guy in question is now looking to split and ‘open’ to offers, I have offered what he paid for the frame but he has not come back to me…

Sometime there are some crazy bargains to be had but I think there are lots of people who buy and sell to make a few quid.

Another example is when I saw a very nice BFE, hardly used with revs hope tech 2 brakes etc, £650 the guy sold it for (just missed out again) next thing it was on here and PB for £1000 ono. I put an ad spoiler but got warned by a mod !!

Crazy in my opinion but surely just a slight magnification of lots of mountain bike kit….something’s value is what someone is willing to pay.

Some on here happily drop over £3k on a push bike and past a point there are most certainly diminishing returns…but who cares, I know people who piss thousands up the wall, spend it on what makes you happy!

With a £10 discount for liking Rose Bike on Facebook I got front & rear XTs (no discs) posted for £115 so didn’t even think about it…that said the deores on there are even cheaper!

I use both but PB is much better for clear ads, my ads on STW normally give brief details before a link as I still haven’t worked out how to get pics up on here !!!! doh!!!

Also you can quickly repost and people can search for you goods much easier on PB.

I’ve only just got used to big wheels (26″) after coming from BMX I certainly ain’t ever gona go any bigger!!!

Start small…build up, as and when you are confident just try different things, trial & error, it’s kind of instinctive really, I had a play the week end mid 18 mile XC loop…check it out…

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/308698/

P.S Sandwell council claim to be spending £135k ?

Not to far from me, look forward to checking it out, might be a couple of laps needed mind. Pumptracks are my thing to so will defiantly go even if just to check that out!

Warm up ride to regain some of the fitness lost over winter, 18 mile loop with some playtime in the middle.

Made a tiny vid during playtime….enjoy….

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/308698/

Case 1: as most above have stated report to the Police…however often others do things that may upset us (in fact it happens all the time) but you need to learn to respond better, you need to understand anger fuels anger…he made you anger so you became the aggressor (yes hurling abuse and obscenities is aggressive) what were you expecting ??? The guy to come over and apologise ???

In future either bite your tongue or realise an aggressive act will lead others to retaliate with further aggression…not saying for a minute the guy is in the right or was not in the wrong for pulling out on you but YOU could have avoided the confrontation situation!

Not sure if Rose still offer £10 off if you like them on Facebook but I got XT for £115 both ends!

It worked out £15 more, so shifted SLX and got XT, no difference really, performance is identical, XT couple grams lighter, Allen bolt instead of hair clip holding in the pads and bite point adjust (which I don’t use).

Extra tenner get XT extra £50 get SLX.

Do it all 29er….can’t imagine DJ, 4X or Slopestyle would be much fun on it !! 😉

This ^^^

I came from a BMX background…didn’t get the whole suspension thing, first bike (Giant XTC) was a tentative entry into mtb, it came with darts and they were clunky and horrible, they dont give much then all of a sudden dive. When I decided i loved mtb (6 mths later) I changed frame and fork (to a pike) and I stopped noticing I even had suspension as they were so super smooth by comparison. I managed to sell my Darts for close on £100 on eBay and picked the Pikes up new for £275, the Pikes are now on Mrs bike and I have Fox 36’s.

Can’t see your email in profile (mines not either), my contact email address is nwill1 at ymail dot com BUT THIS IS NOT MY PAYPAL ADDRESS (it was set up under an old email).

Alternatively you can contact me on my Pinkbike account if your on there:

http://www.pinkbike.com/u/Will4X/

Once I’ve got your contact email I’ll send some pics and provide PayPal account details. But in answer to your question it is the red & black front & rear inc Ganster Pad.

Regards

N.

I replied to one of these only 24 hours ago, have a brand new one for sale going in classified tomorrow, save me retyping it please see link:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/urge-replacement-pads

Can’t see the point in splitting really & wouldn’t think Urge sell them separate.

PS if interested can send photos, never even tried it on….I have a tiny head…my 661 is XS.

There is the red bit at the back & black t shaped gangster pad at the front with the pretty little rubber badge saying urge gangster pad on it.

No worries, if you change your mind feel free to contact me. In light of this info I’ll probably pop it on the classified.

I’m pretty sure I have a brand new one, there were two included, I’ve got a small head so used the according one, if you need the one for the larger head I’ll post it for £10, I think that’s reasonable given they’re £11.99 on CRC and there may be none in the UK.

Hell…maybe not…but karma might bite you in the butt one day!

Mines in a well maintained state all except needing new jocky wheels in my rear XT mech but I keep holding off replacing them (for £10) in a bid to convince myself £100 plus is worth it to go 10 speed with a Zee clutch mech! Oh….and my brakes are squeaking just s little.

I’m a purest I just did photographic although I take my hat off to graphic designers, something I can’t do.

True, if you like them though the price is very good 🙂 I suppose they are more graphic than photographic & I’m an old skool purest.

Don’t want to be a hater but….they make a poor to average photo look half decent. They’re also a bit of a gimmick the kind of thing that looks good now but in a year or so you’ll think they oks ghastly!

GrahamS & Kato, be my guest carry on calling 999 and dismiss this but its something to consider and there is obviously a reason we were explicitly told that its better than 999 for pin pointing location.

I’ll stick with 112 god forbid I ever need it for either myself or somebody else.

Didn’t watch the vid but (and this needs verifying)…

Apparently (was informed on a Red Cross First Aid Course) the benefit of 112 in the UK from a mobile is that it is quicker & easier to trace the call and pinpoint location! If your out in the hills and have an off this could be of paramount importance.

Had both, other than differences already stated and the bolt instead of hair type clip holding the pads in there is no difference however from Rose there is almost no difference in price (about £10-£20) so may as go XT or whichever you think looks better.

Thought Yeah I’ll go for that, have done similar deals in the past, then read the small print….minimum subscription term 12 months…£10 per 3 months, think I’ll pass.

High climber, how much?
I’ve missed out….again!

Avoided riding in the monsoon season (christmas break) but went out today and was amazing, perfect temperature and the ground was tacky but fairly fast. (Midlands Based)

I don’t want to ride a 29er, I came from 20″ and 26″ still seems big!

I ride a bit of everything and get the benefits of 29″ on XC and trail, yes you can jump on 29″ you can jump on whatever if your good but can’t see DJ riders and 4X riders going 29″ anytime soon.

I was out over Kinver DH/Freeride today, as well as the 10 riders riding there there were about 20 XC guys come through, all on 26″ the only exception was one guy riding solo on a CX bike.

26″ Dying…maybe magazine coverage is dwindling but not in the real world!