DaveyBoyWonder thats great advise can’t wait to have a play out there now.

Cheers bethbynag that looks a good route im sure the rest of my group cant wait for it on sunday might be best to remeber our lights.

Cheers Brant, once I get my road bike ill have a go on that but would be terrible on my ten ton 456.

Dave boy wounder I have senced after trawling the internet that the fun routes in hebden bridge are a closley garded secret. if i took this http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineBridleway/uploads/Hebden%20Bridge%20MTB%20Route7%20%282%29.pdf as a template would that be a good start for a loop and tie in were i think the special places are.

Cheers

I wound the pins up on mine and I dont feel the axle now, although if they catch your shin they go to the bone.

Nuke proof Electrons, there light cheap as chips, mine are over a year old and still look fantastic despite my best efforts to hit every rock with them.

eyerideit, Im very much from the school of landing with my face first. Black run might not be the cleveriest idea but if its there I might as well give it a whirl, dalbys black isnt that tough anyway.

Cheers Mark Ive got some Knee pads will put them on if I dont fall at least my knees will be warm

Seems like I’ll survive, the black bits at Dalby Forest may be a sharp learning curve though. anybody find that they helped going up hill

Champion seems top tip is nice and loose, I fall alot on flats so I can accept it, just fancied been a bit more connected on pedals going down hill as in this muddy wet weather I feel i slip on flats so cant go as fast.

me and my adjustable spanner will have another crack tonight otherwise pray the bike shop can fix it on sat want to ride this weekend while the ground is nice an hard. One thing though seen how touch the hanger is ive no worries about the rest of the frame.

Cheers everyone, stratman yeh my rear mech has died (thanks sram for making a rear mech you cant take the whole cage off)

yep its a steel frame so it cant be swapped for a shinny new one. will call my LBS in the morning but would have liked to have fixed it my self so I can ride this weekend. Would also like to know if i can fix it in case it has an accident in the alps next year

cheers that’s the problem its in a lovely “s” shape and i know for a fact in its current shape my gears ain’t working.

what would be best a heat gun or blow torch

cheers is it just a case of bend it slowly back into position

love my summer season, she’s very heavy and the rumours of steel been more forgiving seem to be a lie but she’s as hard as nails and will be going to les arcs with me next week. there a bargin and the evo in raw looks amazing

going next week on mi hardtail are there many breaking bumps

seems a common problem, bikes get scratched so not worried about the scratches just ruins momentum up hill and is bloody anoying

its a kmc chain

ill check chain line but seems fine, chain is brand new 9 speed, chain is tight any more links out and it would struggle to get in top cog,

its only loosley sucking then almost just sitting on chain stay

slx that came with new crank, its a double,luke mines a summer season but no idea how it could be frame but one ride on brand new rings and chain im at a loss. only in certain gears up hill

seen this think it will work http://markscyclerepairs.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=136

or ive a chain device im going to alter by having a loop of metal over the roller so the chain cant pull up

i have a new chain cassett and chain rings first ride few puddles but nothing really bad and 30 mins in and chain suck,

cheers ive filed old ones so i can get grips round.
think ill measure them and give ebay a try.

Cheers, think ill take plent of lube to re-apply on my chain as it gets washed off after every puddle.

Never done it in rain so wasn’t sure how it held up to this monsoon were having.

Glad I’ve put new cassette chain and crank on I’m sure they wont get trashed with the grit.

+1 for Lionel from Synergie VTT, used him last year in morzine took us on some cracking stuff that we would never have found.

was going to go for the high roller on rear but wanted to see if there was anything anyone had tried that was better, love the grip on HR so that’s the obvious choice for front.

as in 48 holes for the spokes

interested to hear if you find anything out, I have the solo air but fancy some coil forks so a conversion would be a cracking idea.

I’m off to Les arcs in about 10 weeks on my hard tail and have put some cheap ebay dual ply high rollers 2.5 on as last year on a full sus in morzine I destroyed hundreds of inner tubes. Been a pain testing them here they weigh a ton but will be worth it out there to enjoy the downs.

have the dankie nomad its best bike bag ive ever had stores all ill ever need and i must find a new pocket every ride.

bite vavles good unless your really thirsty though

looks that way, yellow might give me a sunnyer outlook while riding

nothing worse been a contact lenser and mud and bugs trying to remove them from your eyeball,

Interested in fakleys as I always fall off and break them or lenses get scratched by a javelin carrying fly, can you get cheap clear lenses for the Jawbones I’ve only seen the genuine ones and for clear plastic going in a £10 quid frame seems just daft

cheers apart from weight i cant understand how there can be that much diffrence as long as its stiff as my current one flexes and Im sure any big drops and itll snap and that will have face hitting floor writen all over it.

im the opposite to most people every new bit i put on my bike is heavyer,

went from an aluminium frame to steel, swaped light now bent wheels to dh wheels, and chain rings and cassets are heavy steel jobs.

Its a slog taking her up hill but so much more fun on the downs as I don’t worry about anything breaking and me hitting the dirt.

njee20 people may no if that set up would be a struggle to ride up anything steep.

Shoe analogy not incredibly helpful.

I’ve thought about 1×9 recently mainly riding peaks which has some steep bits would a 32 front and 11×34 at back be enough to get me to top and the to bottom,

nukeproof electrons, light and cheap they have good grip in my opinion better than the v12 mags they replaced

cheers, amount of times ive gone down something rough or in the air my foot comes of pedal and then i have my shins stabed by them bloody pins, Ill water proof spray the buggers and hope they can do a weekend of riding in wet beacuse seal skins water proof socks are negativly waterproof

think ill arive to go biking in them and then swap them for some old trainers to ride in.