What are people doing with their two rebounds?

I’d just reached a ‘fast without being boingy’ for both. Seems like I should be being smarter!

I agree P-Jay, and not because I’m also PJ.

Rossi pushes MM out wide while staring at him, all a bit daft
Rossi stops staring
MM leans into Rossi, ‘overleaning’ for that speed, there can only be contact
MM is crashing already
Rossi shrugs off MM with foot

All looks bad for Rossi because of initial daftness and foot movement.

(all need to see the aerial view video)

I might try a bit less pressure, not quite at the recommended sag. Might take the volume spacer out the lefty too.

My problem is not having enough knowledge of current similar bikes – this bike feels amazing, so how would I know if there’s anything i’m missing setup wise? Potential to unlock etc.

As for comparisons, how do people know unless they’re riding different bikes week in, week out?

had this the other day for the first time!! – it was a 15-20 second loop, repeated about 20 times – would have been more but my plan to annoy the missus was working too well.

Eddiebaby, did I read that you have a trigger AND a Jekyll?!

My cannonade carbon F29 with a lefty was 23lb without pedals, so about 24lbs. Seems to take abuse just fine although I wince when big stuff flicks up and whacks it!

It feels very light and that’s with ‘not great’ wheels.

I agree with others – the pot belly is the most offending part, and just to fit a bottle in!
Mondraker looks OK to me

Thanks Rorschach, doesn’t sound too bad.

Not sure what to do – I weighed the Mavic front wheel and tyre, 200 grams more than my Stans with a cheap high roller on. 400g of rotating weight sounds like a big saving

I have some 650b stans crest wheels I had made up for my old Rush, c’dale lefty front, hope 2 eva back. I can get the spacers to make the rear fit (the trigger) but…

when I put the front wheel in, the disk doesn’t line up with the calliper.

Any standards experts out there? Is it just the shimano ICE being ‘fatter’? Or the calliper mounts?

eddiebaby, I’ve been telling a mate the Jekyll Carbon 2 is a killer deal – he’s a bit less sensible than me, I think it’d suit him. Any idea of the weight?

I tubeless’d up the Mavics last night, went well with a compressor

Taken my carbon 2 for one short ride around the Peak, I’m pretty blown away! It feels light even with heavy wheels. The tyres (mavic crossroad) did’t work very well, spinning on technical climbs – I may try tubeless and dropping pressure.

I was expecting the lefty to be good (i have an f29), but it was really nice having the extra travel – I think I’ll take the volume spacer out as I’m pretty light, this gives a plusher feel.

The elevate / flow modes work really well – in elevate there’s basically no bob, feels very efficient.

Dropper post is a revelation (it’s my first) – positioning the lever is tricky

Carbon cranks have already taken a whack – I bought the little boots for the ends but managed to damage halfway down.

boriselbrus, I spotted the trigger 2 and was keeping quiet while I worked on the missus – then I saw this post!
Panicked… Emptied the ISA… bought. Arrived yesterday.

so (from the top!) it goes through two loose guides then a tighter one on the moto guard.
After this, it snakes back past the exposed stantion / over the top of the rotor to the calliper.
It’s on this ‘s’ bend – as I compress the lefty, it goes past it ‘ok-ish’, but flick/clicks the cable.

Some minor fiddling with the guides further up may help, but hasn’t worked yet.

NB There’s a note mentioning this issue in the box! So ‘dale know about it

Be honest now, Biatelli gets the coffee too hot doesn’t it.

Trigger 2 owners: Anyone having issues with the lefty fouling the brake cable under compression?

anyone else’s carbon 2 triggers turned up, love to see some pics!
and more impressions

delete them, no-one will ever know.

good video!

you need to tap the stem up – careful as the thread comes right to the end (female thread in stem), so whatever you’re tapping up there, if misaligned, can balls up the thread.

I did just that.

TF said it’s too old. recommended graham at paligap.

I’ve found the issue – took the boot off, two of the four bearing races have come off / dropped down. All looks clean though. Might do some more dismantling.

PB

thanks, i’ll contact qwerty and ask them

26lb for £1600 seems great for a fatbike.
enjoyed the onone in Canada.

my main issue would be riding with mates on 29erHTs, not sure I’d keep up on short fast rides

The weight puts me off. So I’m curious for this… https://www.canyon.com/en/mountainbikes/series/dude-cf.html

I use Halifax as it lets me deal internationally – done well out of apple over the years

I did a lot of research on this and came up with
http://www.amazon.co.uk/JBL-Charge-Wireless-Bluetooth-Speaker/dp/B00MA4PVYY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418738453&sr=8-2&keywords=jbl+charge+2#customerReviews

best might be the Ultimate Ears one but it’s closer to £200

most reviews of the bose seem to say good but overpriced

worth looking into NudeAudio too – people wax on about the sound of those…

http://www.amazon.co.uk/NudeAudio-Bluetooth-Compatible-Smartphones-Generation/dp/B00N98SWSC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1418729577&sr=1-2&keywords=nudeaudio

they made the interesting point that we’d all have to be artists – they used poetry in the script

recently had one of those ‘weirdly too quick’ deliveries from Superstar! Bought in the afternoon, arrived next morning – and we’re out in the sticks! This was a few weeks back though

11 is great surely?!

So, out of interest, those calling Sue “gash” and “shite”… What are you into?

The speeding up of bikes is a point worth repeating and I imagine many ramblers etc would be interested in.

The coldwell clough descent is now a loose bouldery nightmare, the only way to ride up it is pushing, the only way down is FAST!

If we made these trails MORE technical, with chicanes and steps – we’d slow bikes down. Reducing the speed differential between walkers and riders that share the trail.

That’s the way to ‘sell it in’ to a council. The fact that this would be more challenging and fun for MTBers could be seen as a by product! 😉

As a walker, fell runner and mtber, what I look for to stick my foot or wheel is stability. Bedrock, big slabs and steps are perfect. What I don’t understand is this; where does the idea of covering bedrock with loose stuff come from? Who thinks that’s an improvement?

We’re all used to walking up steps, why remove them?

Makes riding up difficult. Running up or down a ankle turning nightmare.

Makes riding down boring and fast – increasing the speed differential between walkers and riders. That’s nuts.
They should be making it more technical, slow us riders down – they add lumps on roads and take them off ‘natural trails’!

The work carried out on chinley churn was the wall builders (possibly paid for by ‘Rural England’ – I think CPRE)
The wall is nice. The trail is shocking. They dug up the stable almost-bedrock with a digger first, then threw unused stone off the wall down, no resurfacing. The result after a few weeks is stagnant watery mud with loose boulders lying around: almost impassable.

Maybe I have a sensitive nose: I’ve been in fell races where I’ve nearly gagged near the start from plastic top stink runners. I got given a RAB synthetic top which is super light and feels lovely, but it makes me stink in minutes so it stays in the drawer.

Full quote or not, no-one wants… “it soaks up all the sweat”

Unless you’ve invented the spacesuits from Dune that is.

Wick is the trick

Even a cotton T-shirt is better

I’m sorry, but that’s nonsense – cotton is a liability for any amount of activity.

Merino for everything. I can only assume other peoples bodies react differently as too me the advantages are almost universal. You do need the good stuff though and a very thin one for summer. Embers and Howies are good.

I think the wicking is good, but slower than synthetic. You’ll also notice the water moves away from the skin and then sticks to the outside a bit like you’ve been in thick mist – then it blows away… a bit like the stink.

The aldi one’s are terrible and itchy and don’t work

mines 3840 x 2400 – i thought my old laptop was fine, now if i look at it i have a hissyfit – first world problem.

32″ wheels on a hard tail could be interesting. Might have to work hard to get tyres.

Big Wheel Keep On Rollin’ – Walmart Offers 32″ Cruiser Bicycles

My input. Never put a black drop shadow under a black logo, just makes legibility worse.

http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/brant-bounces-back-with-pact-bikes/

Andy L, what’s your thoughts on the Sony? I fancied it based on the steady shot stuff, need it to run with and GoPro looked too shaky.