There is more to the tweed valley than the golfie.  I’d check out the off-piste stuff at GT first and pay a visit to cademuir or Yair.  Cademuir doesn’t take much climbing.

£580 too expensive

They went from making nice stuff at a reasonable price to crap coatings and  stupid prices.

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oh do shut up.  You put a seatbelt on in a car and you make sure a ladder is safe to use before going up.

even though helmets reduce injuries and you’re an idiot for not wearing one the choice should be yours to do so.

Got one of these on the road bike

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what’s  it called?

Really only watch two now

https://www.youtube.com/@streetpigeonmtb

https://www.youtube.com/@McTrailRider

Sometimes watch this one https://www.youtube.com/@MTBScotland

neither – Noah & Theo in all my brakes.

rotate the bars round slightly.

been using Noah and Theo brake pads for a while now in ceramic flavour.

if you fancy a longer reach and shorter stem then the Prime bars should be an option.  I’m running their lightweight bars.  Don’t recommend them if you use the drops though as there isn’t very much.

Those ABB bars are taking the piss at  €1700

Get a demo ride. Don’t buy a bike on theory.

you mean hypothesis.

Did I read that right.  Someone left their bike outside on a bike rack at night?

yes you will regret it.

no riding for me as I hurt my ankle sleeping but Lewis pinched my bike this afternoon

My 530 started do it recently.  Wonder if it was the update I did recently.  Wondered what had happened when I heard beeping.  Wasn’t as if I was braking hard either.

have two Leyzne rear lights.  Strip pro300 and a Zecto max 250.  The zecto clips onto my saddle bag.

along with the double the price tax because of the name.

Part of me thinks the brands you’ve mentioned, half the price label is the name itself

https://www.elvesbikes.co.uk/

Vitus bikes

I really fancy one of these

https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road-bikes/endurance-bikes/endurace/cf-slx/endurace-cf-slx-8-di2/2739.html

or

https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road-bikes/endurance-bikes/endurace/cf-slx/endurace-cf-slx-8-di2-aero/2740.html

@mdavids  wahoo X provides free stuff including the fitness tests.  You also get a two week trial without putting credit card details in.

yeah but it it has an external headset at the bottom as well

I put an external headset (purple) on the bike.

@trickydisco I got them from starbike and they are tapered with boost spacing.

not very fun to watch with it either TBF.

watched MVP crash and pidcock cross the line.

well MVP crashed out on the start loop lol

any so long as you get a rescue dog.  puppies are a pain in the arse for one.

my zwift set up is not to use zwift but wahoo X and have my bike in front of my computer in the kitchen.

Post from Jolanda Neff

“Jolanda Neff has also added to the official statement, pointing out that she believes the UCI has not fairly applied this late addition to the rules as Kata Blanka Vas (who is ranked inside the top 10 in the world for cyclocross) had to start 47th on the gird in the U23 Women’s race and finished in 5th. “

any proof that they didn’t get permission to charge or get the land access changed?

have they charged for access before 2001 and each year after that for at least 90 days for that particular area?

I’ve got a 70mm on mine with a positive angle stem at the top of the spacers.  x-small Id have been hunched over too much.    I would set your saddle position then look to the bars height and angle along with the hood position.  This is my first road bike and it took me a while to get to a good position.

best thing that happened in the whole race

you can’t send GPX to a garmin using the phone.  Need to hook it up to a computer.  Unless that has changed with the newest versions.

none – I just want to ride my bikes.  Now places to ride would be a different matter.

I’d do Hermitage hill or drive up to pitlochry

@5lab  first short one was a 75mm KS lev then replaced it with a 100mm brand X

sophie has had her Laufey 20 since she was six (now 8).  She is a a small kid.

Thread here  https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-bike-day-sophie-age-6/

only recently put on a longer dropper and bigger pedals.