Yep, heading up there for midday so after the main crowd head off.

It’s just the blue grade trail that’s open, the red stuff is strictly off-limits for a while longer yet.

Info here

Right, I’m getting me one of them shocks then, still 295 units in stock at the moment though so unless some entrepreneur bags the lot of them, there should be plenty to go around!

Should’ve waited til tomorrow, the shock will be another £30 cheaper!

I emailed CRC a few days and the 190 x 50mm shock is med/med tune with 200 BV. The other one is low/low, 175 BV.

Felcham – in what way was it worse? Was it the same tune as the one you replaced it with?

Got my eye on a Fox RP23 Adaptalogic for my Five. Bargain price ATM but waiting for the extra discount drop over the next couple of days before I decide!

I mean the initial round-robin stage during the Olympic tournament before the knockout rounds.

They got a win and missed out on beating Spain, the world no. 2, by a tiny margin. A few years back, GB weren’t even good enough to qualify for top end Euro tournaments, but with the help of London 2012 funding, they qualified to compete on the Olympic stage with the likes of the US, Spain etc.

Loved my MmmBop when I had it (took over over from my Trek Fuel EX as my number 1 bike at the time), but after a while I missed the comfort and bumpy-climb-pedalling-traction (technical term) of riding full suss, although still wanted something playful with the same sort of angles…

…so got an Orange Five and never regretted it!

Good news for sure :-)

Got an Altura long sleeve baselayer which was one of the first bits of clothing I bought when I started biking in 2003. Gets worn most winter rides every year and is still in great condition.

I’m 5’8 with a 32″ inseam also and bought a CdF just before Xmas. 54 is perfect for me, with a 90mm stem.

Orange Five
Genesis CdF

#allyouneed
#keepingitbritish(ish)

Ms orena45 and I watched the film ‘Melancholia’ last week, not really knowing what it was about. Most depressing film ever…and this news comes along 8O

Depending on your height and budget, this sounds a bargain… provided the seller is legit.

What’s the fastest thing under water?

A motor pike

1633 miles

897 miles commuting
633 miles mtb
103 miles road/cx

Aiming for 2000 miles this year

Spending money on improving cycle links to remote, rural communities, improving cycle access to public transport links so reducing need for people to drive to towns, and investment in cycling at schools, all seem logical to me.

Not saying the big cities don’t need infrastructure improvements but rural areas do to.

+1 @ Del

Like little arrows/triangles? If so, it’s just showing that data is transferring

Thanks OP…SLX 10 spd cassette ordered, to go together with my bargain CRC shifters from a few weeks back for my budget 1×10 conversion :-)

Fingers crossed it works!

There is only one G.O.A.T in my mind…

Michael Jordan

Dominated his sport winning pretty much everything available both individually and as part of a team, retired on top of his game then came back and did it all again!

It WON’T take off

Croix de Fer is available as a frameset as above, the CdF is only available as a complete bike.

unklehomered – Member

But what’s the salary level to start paying it back? 22-25k

I chuffing wish, 15 K,for me, and not going up with inflation , so dropping every year in real terms- I pay 9%. And I graduated in 2002. For those my generation does anyone know if it expires at all like the newer ones or am I stuck with this shit for the rest of my life? Cos I’m yet to earn enough to even reduce it, I’m just paying the interest. I used to work in consumer finance, if this was FSA regulated I’m pretty sure it would be illegal.

Similar situation for me – graduated in 2003, been paying back something every month pretty much since I left uni, and literally still owe as much as I left uni with. As far as I know, it stays until paid off or death – whichever comes first! :(

Edit – until retirement makes more sense

Thanks OP. Can’t really afford it due to just buying a new bike and still yet to buy any Xmas presents, but that’s a damn good price for whenever I go 10spd, so order placed!

Had mine for nearly 3 months and no problems at all – as good as they day I bought it.

Get one, they’re worth it!

+1 gaffney

Aldo, Road/fixie bullhorn bars are too wide a diameter for MTB brake levers and shifters. The one ‘MTB’ diameter bullhorn bar I found was the On One Bingo bar.

However, whilst I could fit a pair of shifter and brake levers on, it was too cramped to use comfortably so I went back to flat bars on my commuter.

I still have the bars, so if you want to try them out you can have them for the cost of postage.

Got a pair of Muxu jeans and love them. Really comfy with a nice bit of stretch for on and off the bike and some neat little features like an offset rear phone/mp3 pocket and reflective ‘X’ on the inside of the driveside leg which becomes visible when you roll the leg up.

Got mine a couple of months ago and ridden a fair few times to work and back in them and no issues so far. Not ridden them in the rain, as they’re still denim at the end of the day!

The general advice on these jeans is to get a waist size down from your normal sizing – was spot on for me as well. Got mine from Always Riding and they were really quick to deliver.

Check out Muxu too. Their cycling jeans are awesomely nice.

I had similar happen to mine. I filed/Dremeled a square(er) edge. Doesn’t look pretty as such but it worked!

Hopefully this helps…

Tracy Moseley (@tracy_moseley) tweeted at 11:51 AM on Sun, Oct 28, 2012:
Results from today’s Mondraker Enduro Final in La Fenasosa, Spain. Nice return to racing for @cedricgracia http://t.co/bi4QvV73

Whoop!

@moonsaballon – no they didn’t, went AWOL.

But, 140mm front, 100mm rear, like what the Ragley 10-4 was supposed to have, would be awesome.

Endomondo is good

I use it as a biking blog kinda thing. Much prefer it to Twitter for posting content as people actually respond to your posts whereas Twitter just feels like that message for aliens on the Voyager spacecraft – sending out a message into a massive void in the hope someone might see it!

Buzz – here’s one that’s sums it up pretty nicely on Wideopenmag

Cool dropoff, just been through 200-ish photos from the Shred link on their Flikr page and of the 3 riders in our group, only one photo of one of us!

My email is orena45ATgmailDOTcom

Thanks very much :-)

Great photos :-)

No idea about hosting, but if you have any of me (rider 192), let me know!

Results are up on the Shred site. Stage 2 results have been discounted for everyone due a timing problem, as not everyone’s got recorded apparently.

Aye, that was one of the best biking event weekends I’ve had, if not the best!

I’ll definitely be back next year if it’s on :D

Only on-person coins in your nominated currency transporter count towards the challenge.

But shop monkeys, by all means take a look in the till, but it’s not valid that’s all.