Fan-bloody-tastic!!! enjoyed it immensely (the downhills anyway, dont think ive ever hit some of those descents quicker :D)

A big fat tyre really does help alot, tubeless is even better so you can run it at silly low pressures.

I dont think theyre too bad, not compared to some of my friends Chameleons, those things are solid. The stiffest bike i’ve ever ridden is my Orange Msisle, so very, VERY stiff!!

Meh? you got angry, big deal. At least he drove off and didnt kick your head in ;)

I’m looking at about 5 or 6 hours, Pour moi :D

I’ll be taking three tubes.

I’m riding :D I’ll be on a pink cove stiffee. Rode the course yesterday and ripped a hole in a tubeless high roller (wasnt best pleased, its only had a weeks use :() everythings riding really nicely at the mo, lets hope the weather stays good.

ON YOUR LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aye, dk reed would be who i was talking about, it didnt sound pleasant, i have ridden most of the dyfi descents and if they were dh routes i’d pad up and full face helmet, but as its on a XC course, i wont be.

Same as Chuck, but yeah, i know someone who properly mangled their knee.

without anyone willing to do anything about it the UK is turning into a fascist state

Too true, some of the legislations that the government have brought in are ludicrous, taking away our liberties much?

The descents are AMAZING! fast and rocky, some have a nice covering of mud over the top to make things interesting :D I plan on riding like a complete idiot on the downhills.

Full sus if youre gay, hardtail if youre cool, like me.

The 2.35 lust high rollers are listed as being 42a, but theyre not, theyre 60a. I have both the supertacky “silkworm” highrollers and the lust highrollers and there is a massive difference in the compounds.

Looks good dude, alot smoother than i thought it would be, i miss nant :(

Its a medium, so 19 inch seat tube. Unfortunately, its disc only :( so wont be of much use to you?

Could do alot worse than a Giant XTC hardtail, theyre damn good frames. Just so happens i have one for sale ;)

Did you ride at the weekend Smee?? if so, what time did you get?

Split up with the gf last night, off out for a ride in a bit. Bikes and friends, the best things for me.

well, ive never heard of that happening!! and i can tell you that the guys i ride with definitely arent mincers!!

I know two people with push’d pikes, and more 4 or 5 without. They all seem happy with them, but the ones who are push’d seem very vocal about it. If i buy them from TF it’ll cost £40 to get them pushed straight away.

Thanks guys, I think im just gonna suck it up and buy some new pikes (despite the RIDICULOUS price rises)

Free bump for this.

Climachx is mint! I’m the one in the vid that Chvck is following. the climbs arent too bad, and its worth it for the final descent. oh, and all those who say you cant spend a weekend there dont have the local knowledge ;) the Dyfi forest has some fantastic natural stuff, but its VERY easy to get disoriented in there, i’m lucky that some of the people i ride with know the place quite well.

the tool pictured is a crank puller, you need to get the nut off before you use that!! just find a thin walled socket somewhere.

eurgh! was meant to be getting the train to machynlleth (from aberysywth) and then ride back, no trains though :( and they couldnt fit us on the coach. GASH.

Manualling is rad to the power of sick.

Ok then miketually, last weekend i was at nant yr arian, on the last descent back to the visitor centre (high as a kite) I came round a blind corner at a not inconsiderable speed to find three people in the middle of the trail. No accident happened because i reacted quick enough, the trail had a very obvious sign at the entrance saying it was a mtb trail. Would i have been to blame for a collision?? or them??

BUT if there are signs advising people it is a bike trail they cant complain if they do get hit ;)

going down a steep greasy trail, two wheel drift into a tree, bike stopped dead, i got impaled on the stem. that one hurt :(

yeah, it’ll be fine.

Climachx + extras :D was mint.

g spot would have been slightly more embarassing

Petrol too, works best if you smoke at the same time.

it’ll do the job.

The cafes know mtber’s are muddy. thats why they have floors that are easy to clean!!

genius. looks like i’ll be spending a good few hours in the garage soon.

does it end like some kind of mouse

with a tail yeah?

Glentress Hotel. 30 second ride to the hub :D

Pity youre not gonna be playing bike, lots of good riding to be had round here!