I bought some speedplay frogs off here & I’m in love.

I would buy that instantly if I had the money. I’ve always[/i] wanted that exact design (perhaps in a different colour). Makes me sad thinking about it.

Most definitely not. Not till it’s wirelesss, self-charging and contained within a decent 11-14 speed hub gear.

Till it’s wireless I really don’t see the point. Cables are light, strong, simple and work very well. Solution in search of problem, again.

the braking bumps were not too bad – if you really go at it and use the very top 2″ of the berm it’s not too bad. The bit that nearly got me was a bit further up that section where you hit a big rock garden at speed. I hit the first rock and about every 5th after that, the rest of the time I was airborne. Not much time for corrections!

I have the 8 speed. Best thing I’ve used when it comes to gears

I have some triple-butted P2’s that are disc only. Light, strong, cheap.

wtb greaseguard.

Have a few from cycling, sailing and skiing, highlights include;

one from left elbow to shoulder where a brake lever unzipped my arm
left knee to ankle after a nasty crash on granite, through body armor
right knee to right ankle calf from chainring.
Hole in right leg from snapped chainstay
Several round right eye from high-speed crash in Pyrenees
Collarbone shattered and a dropped right shoulder
both ring and little fingers
both elbows no longer straighten after crash damage
scars on both shoulders from trees/traffic
inside right elbow where I caught the end of a branch and ended up suspended
pedal rash scars on shins
broken/cracked/floating ribs
scar across right palm from ropeburn
broken metatarsals and meta carpels
chipped teeth etc.

quite lucky really not to have broken anything really major yet.

Worked there for a while. Don’t go. Get out now.

used to race a few friends round the streets and lanes of brighton at 2am

lovely pics – It was awesome over there. Perrin was behaving himself and we both had a ball – even after the massive OTB next to a load of DofE stompers.

Same again this weekend anyone?

It’s funny but every now and again there’s a “singletrack has lost it’s way vibe”.
The magazine has always had a top-end element to it, just look at the bike pictures that get posted and the people buying a set of tyres just to give them 1% more on a social ride round a trail-centre.

I have to say though that for the first time I sort-of agree with the sentiment, that said it’ll roll round again soon enough.

Lucky man – I love mine to bits! I have the non-carbon stay model and it’s quick as lightning

My wife and I have rings made from what is essentially hardened, Surgical grade stainless. They’re perfectly round still and mine has only the lightest of scratches despite being worn continuously for 5 years.
In that 5 years it has experienced major acids/alkalis, scrambling and climbing on granite, mtb etc.

could be a RSP carbon…

What about crank bros or speedplay?

I’ve used CB for a while (also knee issues)

I ride mostly alone, it’s nice to be social sometimes but big groups are invariably a faffathon.
The best is probably riding with one or two like-minded people, who “get” that you don’t have to talk all the time.

I cut a really fast corner on dartmoor once chasing sharki down.

Perfect granite wheel trap hidden in the grass stopped me dead in my tracks, had perfect handlebar bruise across my chest and ended up in a bush on the other side of the trial.

I have never had so many OTB crashes anywhere, as I have riding dartmoor. If it’s not a granite lump it’s a bog or as it was yesterday: an innocent looking patch of mud, just like the others I’d ridden through, but Hub-deep as it turned out.

have a very nice parker fountain pen that I use all day every day. like it a lot

Happy birthday! I saw you ride past I think & you were certainly having fun. I was out with a Black lab on a voodoo croosbike in case it rings a bell.

Still on? what time at Haldon? & Yarner?

I can highly reccomend the Terra-nova Voyager XL. it’s very light and HUGE!

On Amazon…

what about the Bikamper?

Seems cheap and as it uses the bike as a frame, it’s only 1.65 kg.. Even comes with a bar-bag.

Anyone tried one?

dibs if all the above don’t want it

even in the air – once you’ve jumped with it a few times it takes hardly any adjustment to correct the balance.

I’d love to have a spin on that ormondroyd if we ever meet in the flesh – sounds like a 29er I could love!

All other things being equal, I guess they would be, but as I said above my 29er runs with a much shorter stem…

that’ll be it then. you can build any bike to be twitchy but a larger wheel will – everything else being equal – be less twitchy. I have a 36inch wheeld unicycle that I used for a number of years and it just isn’t as nimble as the 29er unicycle I used (unicyclists got to 29ers first by years btw) which in turn wasn’t as nimble as the 24×3.

I’m not trying to argue that they’re no good. Just not suited for the sort of riding that floats my boat and so not the future for me.
I have a cyclocross bike for riding the sort of stuff that I’d ride on a 29er and that really shifts!

i think there may be a ride going on – am sure you can join the fun.

If you like open riding then 29 makes sense but for twisty, technical rooty stuff the smaller wheel seems to be more nimble.
Waiting to see a 29er fatbike…

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I have one. It’s the dogs bollocks

For the love of anything, stay in Brighton or go to Lewis. My wife lived there for years, her folks still live there and they’re twitchers. Nuff said.
No good pubs.
One good Thai place
Jeremy’s at bored hill gardens ( :wink:) is superb.
No good local trails.

Thanks chaps – am working through the suggestions – some real gems!

Chain alignment thing?

will be there too if I can.

They came out really well, cheers

I did think I was going to take you out for one short moment, as I hit the slippy stuff…

Beautiful conditions on Dartmoor. Inch or so of slippery mud which made cornering at speed exciting to say the least.

most of this thread reads as;

lalalalalalala I’m not listening, I’m right, I’m right, I’m right, lalalalalalala I’m not listening

glad your buddy is ok.

great ride today, many thanks shinythings! roll on the next one.

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cool, see you at Yarner about 10:45 then. white bike, black lab :)