Had 1s , 5s,7s all , back to bars, back to bars, bleed, bleed week after week…..absolute sh…….te…..IMHO…….sent snotty email to Giant/Avid etc and they sent me new set of Avid 9s and paid my LBS to fit. OK so far but nowhere near my XT s on the Trance

Ordered 2 pairs 2 weeks ago … ti-axles (one in black and gold for my new err did I mention the new bike) they arrived, they are awesome ….. Shock horror!!!!

Cheers mboy I’ve got one on the way 6 weeks wait though….from wiggle.

I’ve got one, awesome piece of kit . Carries my Giant Trance 29er and my mates Anthem 29er, no probs.

Isle of Man sat and sun…… good weather, awesome XC and other trails….. nice to be home

Bonty mud x

Had a £20 900 lumen bar mount torch lights and a £28 1200 lumen lid light since I started MTB 18 months ago…. Both awesome and never missed a beat and I really need good lights as the mince pies are going a bit ( varifocal Oakleys I shit you not)……..get 3-5 hours out of em…. Outlasting all of the crew’s bling lights

Oops ” a ride” not “arise” Sir PIP

I know it’s high time I learned to do more simple tasks but we’ve got arise tomoz am and the Trance has internal routing…. Really want to be there in the morning

Many years ago I bought a little gadget thing that,I think, Navratilova was promoting. It was like a bar with 2 motorbike throttle grips on it turning in opposing directions. You simply held it in both hands and twisted left, right , left right for a few minutes each day. Looked on eBay and can’t find it yet but if I get more info I’ ll let you know.

For anyone whose interested or who is ever going over there I used a guy called “Tuscany MTB guide” and had 2 brilliant days riding in 2 totally different areas/terrains.

For the first, more XC day he brought me a Felt carbon full Suss 29er!!!!!!! Awesome. And for the second he brought me a 150 mm full Suss Mondraker 29er……best tour guide bikes I’ve ever ridden ( well apart from the brand new Trance 29er I got in South Africa)

Recently bought 2 Urge all mountain lids and they’re awesome, great fit and cozy, plenty of ventilation. Maybe less holes but strategically placed for maximum venting

Tried the boots last night after some very wet Manx weather….. Toasty dry feed and the soles stick to pedals as per my impacts/AM 41’s……. Temp hasn’t dropped yet though so I’ll update as and when

Cheers guys
I’m getting it fitted with the Invisiframe kit and it comes with a DT stoneguard ( which might get another fitted over the top). Then it’s getting ridden in accordance with the above advice

Santa Cruz Tallboy on way….carbon full kashima and mavic SLR’s’s + full XTR and reverb……next meal will be 2015

Had Avid’s 3 and 5 on both my 26 and 29 er Anthems……..awful!!!!!!……. every other ride , back to the bars failures on both…….. Sold my 26 in the end but sent a raging email to Giant and Avid, quoting my history and several MBUK,MBR and WMB reviews, all bad.
Surprise!!!!!!
Got an email back next day, apologising and they instructed my LBS to fit a brand new model set of Avid 9 ( bleed problems fixed apparently)………used em lots, not as good as XT’s on my Trance but they’ve never failed.
Goes to to show, that they acknowledge the issues and if pressed will act accordingly.
I’d never buy any though.

Check out previous thread with pics “five ten sloes on Berghaus boots” some pics as well……feetfirst did the job, you buy any arctic boot and send em and they resole with 5:10s

Awesome!!!!

Hope this helps

For cold IOM MTB rides I wear bib shorts and leggings for not quite freezing then Aldi thermal liner tights under Gore thermal Biblongs….. Cozeee!!!!

Condolences

Mud x for me both ends

Cheers Starfangled….. Positano Amalfi is currently 26-28 degrees…. No MTB rides yet but driving up through Umbria tomoz… For a few days then on to Tuscany with one ride booked already in Siena….. Can’t wait now that my IOM e2e assrash has healed

A few of us have had problems with CTD……. Mainly no difference no matter what you’ve selected……. keep reporting this to your LBS or Fox or wherever you bought it and eventually it’ll be changed for the new innards …… It’s a known problem unit at Fox don’t let them get away with selling you a substandard item that they know is dodgy…… I did it with my CTD fork and my Avid 5 brakes , same story for them things …..ie everyone moans about bleed issues then BUYS an upgrade……… I emailed Avid and Giant and got a new set of Avid 9s fitted by my LBS FOC

I’m currently in Italy for 3 weeks so haven’t used them in anger yet. Wish I’d worn them for the IOM end to end last week though as it was quite a mudfest.

They’re more for mid winter/ thermalongs etc really but just for you as soon as I’m back IOM I’ll give them a blast.

2nd hand Solomons + £30 … Can’t go wrong just do it!!!

See previous thread re five tens ………….. essentially get a waterproof winter hiking shoe/boot ring “feet first” and send them up there……. They’ll send you back a pair of five ten soled winter boots

See previous thread re five tens ………….. essentially get a waterproof winter hiking shoe/boot ring “feet first” and send them up there……. They’ll send you back a pair of five ten soled winter boots

Superstar nano’s + 5:10’s =

Many thanks fellas………I wimped at the final hurdle after being heavily advised by my LBS Bikestyle IOM (superb by the way)…..went for Mavic SLR’s in aluminium and weighing 1620g………. Free hub replacement easy and cheap and look pretty bling anyways…….after my first IOM e2e on Sunday on the Giant Trance X29er 0 (with alloy wheels) that got everything thrown at it I dreaded to think how plastic wheels would fair up or more important how I would feel with them under me……so it’s SC Tallboy LT….2014 carbon black…..Fox 34 Kashima both ends….Rockshox reverb….. Full XTR..+ the Mavs….. I’ll post a pic when i get it …………..I’ll be the guy behind it, living in a squat

Ok I guess it’s a no for EH…..so possibly the Roams or has anyone experienced Reynolds????? On this one occasion I have a reasonably good budget….. Just want it light strong and light

Manx end to end again…. 1st go at itAWESOME!!!! Manx mud at its best. ….went for 5 hours.. Did 5.01…. Failure ( chain fell off 1/4 mile from end

Cheers Chris, I’ll contact Rentalbike today
Phil

Don’t know if you misread the thread but these are Berghaus walking boots that have had a five ten sticky sole put on by ” feet first” They are super warm/waterproof and light.

Try that

Ok I’ll try now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/101274024@N03/?saved=1 Well, joined the flickrmebob thing and uploaded my photo, I think !!!!! Please have a look if it works or let me know if it doesn’t . Incidentally I tried them out last night just a little pre ride warm up and they felt “the dogs”

Phil

I’ll give it a go, not too clever on the techy stuff but I’ll try

Casemate tough extreme off amazon 14 quid

Got my Berghaus + five ten soles back from feet first … They look awesome .. Only time will tell… Roll on winter… NOT!!!… how do I put pics on here guys??

I’ve gone for feet first £30. + pp the soles are injected moulded ie solid….. They are happy to take them on and just do the soles not heels etc ( no need)…… If it all works out I’ll have an arctic/ goretex/ waterproof / flat pedal boot …. hmmm if it all works out…. watch this space … Cheers for input/ humour

Phoned feetfirst.resoles.co.uk and they said to send the boots to them for five ten sole to be fitted. Price TBA £30 ish ( sole only, fine by me)apparently + pp. sounds good, I’ll report when I get the boots back and I know exact price.

Cheers Fog….be wary of just using any old goretex boots because the sole tread pattern is the issue ie we don’t want one….. Come on five ten PLEASE make some uk friendly arctic waterproof boots …. “Polar five tan impact boots”
Sound good????