used a zip tie to join a snapped chain -got me home (15 miles)

I personally HATE diamond frame bikes, look too plain and old fashioned, and just boring…

This is what i used to love… (back in the day) 😉

form over function mind

had them on my DH bike for a while, now on my AM bike, albeit with smaller rotors (big rotors on small bike meant i nearly went over the bars on a few occasions when not paying attention to the trail and panic braking)

great brakes

if you pee sitting down you dont empty your bladder completely

summer map

some blue bits on this one…

think the ratio is something like 'for every tooth lost at the front, is the equivalent of 3 at the rear'

try evan via compare the market, got a quote for my 120cdi vito of less than £500 fully comp. less than half anyone else.

if i went direct to evan, however, i couldn't replicate it…

sentenced to life
fly bikes – uno
superheros 3
kranked 5 – search for the holy trail

I use 661 kyle straits for knees and then some lizard skin shins (old school, available on crc) – the two interface superbly

warps around for the occasionaly rear strike, nettle interface and the shins can be removed for a long climb

There are loads of other trails 🙂

'The Reservoir Trail' is not reservoir dogs

so called cos when we built it, it was xmas and there was snow on the ground 😉

smooth here – apart from my crash (which still hurts 🙁 )

giant trance x – or the advanced if you have the budget

pre 1998 – some random unknowns
1988 – Peugoet Ranger x2 (snapped the first)
1989 – Emmelle Dolomite
1991 – Saracen Trekker Competition Hydrotech (e-stay maguras)
1993 – Kona Kilauea
1994 – Mountain Cycle San Andreas (silver) (disc brakes – before v-brakes were available)
1996 – Mountain Cycle San Andreas (red) (with silly stuff like zyzzyx forks and spin wheels)
1997 – Mountain Cycle Moho (still have – hanging on wall)
1998 – Mountain Cycle San Andreas (black) (killed this by putting mr dirt forks on it – hehe)
2000 – Mountain Cycle Shockwave (still have with the mr dirts) (the original one – not the newer shape)
2001 – Mountain Cycle Moho (nicked)
2005 – Devinci Johnson (still have – but for sale shortly)
2007 – Giant Reign (still have)
2010 – Giant Faith (new shape)

Everything gets upgraded as far as it'll go and either snaps or with the devinci (doubt i'd ever be able to break that) fancy something lighter – hence the faith (only an inch less travel but a full 10 lbs lighter)

It wasn’t me 😉