People seem to buy it purely based on the spec and crow about what a great bike they have because it’s got shiny bits.

I didn’t, I got the cheapest one available at the time. I bought it because it had good reviews and was killer value for money. Isn’t that what most people consider when they’re buying a new bike?

I’m not suggesting the YT is the be-all and end-all cos I’ve not ridden every bike available (and I suspect neither has anyone else on here), however the OP said he had already narrowed it down to the YT and (as an owner of one) I was merely confirming his choice as a good one.

Get the YT, you won’t regret it.

I went from a 26″ Five to the Capra and it is like night and day in comparison.

How old is the car?

I’ve seen this before when the voltage regulator for the dash cluster is failing.

I managed to get 8 of us in for the Sunday, but only after 2 failed attempts to get all the info in within the 12 minute time limit. It was impossible! Got to rider number 6 and it binned me out. Went back in a further two times to add 4 at a time.

I was a plumber/heating engineer for 17 years up to last year and I never used any plastic pipe. The copper just feel more robust. Same theory with bikes I suppose.

I’m not sure many frame builders would agree with your comparison. Not sure how the robustness of a water pipe has any similarities with an MTB frame.

I’ve got the carbon Capra and I had similar concerns about it (the alloy version didn’t exist when I bought it) but they have been proven unfounded really.

The frame has taken some serious rock strikes over the last year and it’s shrugged them off without a problem.

Having said all that, if the Al version had been available I would have got that, not convinced it really makes THAT much difference to the ride.

Not very cool I’ll agree but I’m on my third Ford S-Max and I can’t rate it highly enough for biking purposes.

Easily get three bikes plus people and gear inside with only taking the front wheels out.

I regularly car-camp in it. The seats go flat and it’s long enough to fit a full size air bed plus your bike gear etc.

On a number of occasions I’ve ferried the lads from digs to the pub 6 at a time when we’re on trips away. It’s extremely versatile.

I thought Mark of Zorro was closed due to felling ?

Where did you hear that?

Found the closure info.

Small diversion at start of trail ‘first week Nov’ then more at the end of Nov.

Should get away with it this weekend.

rhid – Member
You will be fine on either. NYA is a great trail.

When are you going as I read somewhere that the Summit trail was closing for a while.

Going this weekend to do the long route. Where did you see that it might be closed?

It was Nant y Arian on the Saturday and then Dyfi on the Sunday.

Think it might be a two bike weekend, Superlight Saturday then Capra Sunday.

I got -7mm, so 435 reach.

Doh!

Should have read post properly…erm thinking now.

It would depend on head angle wouldn’t it?

Item 11?

Have you left out the spacer between the drive side bearing and the freehub body?

It’s only maybe 2mm wide.

I don’t ‘know’ but I doubt it.

Tom Tom’s are sat nav’s not GPSs if you know what I mean.

I know the Tom Tom I have is a fairly basic one and that doesn’t have the facility to do it.

ineedabeer – Member
I know the bloke with the T5 and ridin with him many many times, I dont think he will be too impressed he has had his van with his reg plate splashed all over the net!

Really?

Strikes me he quite likes the idea of people noticing him, otherwise he wouldn’t have the private plate. And I’m sure he wants to be known as an MTBer other wise the plate wouldn’t be an MTB reference.

I’d put money on him loving the attention.

helpful1 – Member
Rothchild is right.
Pinkbike has far more decent riders who actually know what they’re talking about.

:lol:

Cheers jam bo

I’ll turn auto pause off and see how I get on.

It’s turned on but I didn’t see the message saying ‘activated’ or ‘deactivated’ or whatever it is.

Does it make much difference to Strava if it’s turned off?

poah – Member
gorrila tape, some valves and some stans

This.

(plus a compressor!)

:lol:

That’s just it though, it knew I was moving because the course was updating and the elevation was increasing?

If you’re a premium member you can download the GPX and upload it into your GPS.

If you don’t have a GPS you can display it on an app like ‘OS Maps’ on the iPhone, which you can navigate by.

binners – Member
Calling me an a-hole is also a dreadful American affectation too, so could you kindly stop it, and swear properly please? Have some self-respect, for gods sake man!

I used a-hole cos the swear filter would take out the full version, obvs!

Sadly, I fear the only person you are amusing with your Charlie Brooker wannabe style, is yourself!

And there’s a word for people who ‘amuse’ themselves, it begins with a ‘w’ and rhymes with ‘yanker’.

binners – Member
Binners would. Apparently, he’d rather have an argument to prop up his fragile ego than extend basic human courtesy.
Well, you see now you’re just generalising. I’m not an animal. If you asked while the blood from the recently hacked off stumps, where your hands used to be, splashed on to the slate floor by the bar, then I would. Possibly. If you asked nicely.

If you still had your own hands, then I wouldn’t. Or if your hands had been removed in some unspeakably barbaric act involving some farm machinery, maybe a bailing machine, but you were wearing Sky team kit. I wouldn’t then either.

Has that cleared that up?

Ooh, all becomes clear now, I feel so stupid!

Your objectionable rantings were just a (not so) clever ‘joke’?

You were trying to be amusing and not a-hole all along.

Yawn.

Is this one still running??

How did the original story migrate into this,

Maybe you should try it, then see how you’d feel about some lycra clad cockwomble (possibly disabled) handing you 4 water bottles to fill, while they sat drinking pints and eating crisps

and this…

It’s not like there’s anything on here relating to Singletrack topics, just landed gentry and their carbon road bikes and narrow minded views on the lower classes tending to their needs. It’s come to something when a rider can’t conduct the most basic of tasks himself.

??

I thought the issue was that they’d asked for water, not that they’d insisted the staff fill the bottles? The article didn’t say the staff had suggested they fill them themselves but the cyclists insisted the staff do it while they sit around doing nothing?

Surely no normal person would refuse someone water if they needed it, just to prove some twisted point of principle that (in their view) they should have been more prepared and self-sufficient?

I’m mean, come on, how fk’d up is that??

I sense there’s more to certain contributors’ comments than an issue of filling up water bottles. Perhaps there’s a few chips on shoulders?

Calling the fuzz was equally OTT though.

oh and Gina at the Garden Rooms relies on the passing trade, and I am a regular, God forbid they should EVER charge you for water I mean it’s not like they or any other cafe are in business to make money they are there solely at the behest of those unfortunate enough to think that they are the single most important life form and others should make them feel important by running round filling up your water bottles. How important you all must be “Only in your own head”

Erm…I only said she gave me a glass of water?!

I never said I expected it or indeed even needed it. I was simply making a contrasting comparison with the OPs story.

Chill out fella!

Oh and the next time you’re in there can you put out a sign or something, then I’ll know keep on going, wouldn’t want my day ruining by meeting you, even accidentally.

It’s not a warranty issue if you’ve broken them and they’re really old, but they might do a ‘crash replacement’ thing.

By way of contrast, quick shout out for The Garden Room Cafe in Braithwell near Rotherham.

They had a glass of iced water on the counter for me before I’d even got through the door.

They didn’t know me or anything, the girl just said it was hot outside so I must be thirsty!

A few years back I snapped the arm off a pair of M Frames (the non hinged version).

I tried gluing it, which failed, then tried clipping some of the plastic of the ends of the arms and melting it with a soldering iron all around the break. This lasted for a little while but ultimately failed.

After all this faffing and butchering I rang Oakley UK and explained what I had done. I was originally inquiring whether I could just buy the frame but they said to send it back and they would provide a ‘crash replacement’ for £10. This is despite the mess I had made trying to repair them. All I needed was the original receipt, which thankfully I had.

It’s worth asking them for a replacement?

kerley – Member
You are off to a good start in not using Continental tyres.
Just put a new one on last night so will no doubt have to re-inflate for the next 3 weeks before all the holes are sealed up.
(put some Geax TNT on in the summer and went up and stayed up so tyres can be made like that – if Continental are listening)

I converted some Trail Kings and it’s true they did take a fair bit of sealant, but after a good amount of sloshing about they stayed up on the second attempt.

BTW, don’t trust anyone who says going tubeless is easy, cos it isn’t. As said elsewhere, the rim/tyre combination plays a significant part in success and it can often be a hugely frustrating process.

Here’s my 2-penneth.

Agree with Gorilla tape, excellent alternative with even just one wrap of the rim. I’d recommend getting a 2″ reel and slitting it down the middle. I’ve managed to do about 10 rims so far and there’s still plenty left.

In my experience a compressor is a massive benefit, as is a ‘coke bottle’ reservoir. With all of the rim/tyre combinations I’ve used (and there have been numerous), a track pump was not sufficient on its own. Especially if the tyre was not officially tubeless ready. You can always charge the reservoir with a track pump, it’s just easier with a compressor.

Also, always remove the valve core when doing the first inflation to seat the tyre, I’ve never bothered with a dry run either, do it with the sealant in from the get go. If you can manage to disconnect the hose from the valve stem and refit the valve core before the tyre fully deflates its a bonus. To do this use a rubber hose (like a section of track pump hose) and just push it over the valve stem without a screw fitting. Obviously the hose needs to be a tight fit or it’ll just blow off. Quickly yank the tube of the valve stem and put your finger over the hole, then quickly put the core back in. Works for me anyway.

TOTALLY disagree with the ‘add more rim tape’ idea. That will not be sufficient in all cases. In some instances you’ll need to add about 15 wraps of the wheel to build it up enough to get a tight seal. One option is to use thicker self adhesive foam strip (like a draft excluder) underneath the Gorilla tape. However, this is not required if you have a compressor and not really ideal.

I’ve tried the Ghetto split inner tube version with the valve integral to the strip, however the Gorilla tape option has always proven more reliable and easier in the long run.

One thing I found useful was to make sure the bead has plenty of sealant on it, this seems to reach a permanent seal much quicker. I found this more effective than soapy water at getting the tyre to seat.

philxx1975 – Member
Keeper of the Peak offers a free service updating folks on trail conditions
Which is awesome if your such a dumb ass you cant actually decide if its banging it down, has been banging it down, or Noahs ark is in attendance due to floods, that it might be stupid to go out on a bike in the peak

If you feel so strongly why does KOTP and PDMTB not just put some charity donation buckets on some posts up in the peak for the feel better crowd to throw a few quid in?

Honestly it doesn’t need organising to ride a bike just common sense amongst users.

Not sure why this has turned into a critique of KOTP but I have to say the above is a little harsh. I’m hoping it’s for comedic effect rather than just being moronic.

I often use @KOTP to get and give updates on trail conditions and I’ve been riding in the Peak for 20 years. The trails in the Peak can be unpredictable, some, even after heavy rain can still be ridable, whereas others take a while to dry out (Cut Gate for example). It’s always worth knowing what others have experienced.
Additionally, KOTP has connections, useful ones for MTBers. For example, I reported a tree down across one of the faster bits of the screaming mile, within the hour KOTP had passed it on to a contact at Severn Trent who were going to get up there to remove it. What’s not to like about that?

and the trails I’ve been riding are mostly man-made with a stony surface so more likely to create buzz than natural trails)

Cannock by any chance?

3, people really should look into understand the legalities of riding on footpaths before complaining that you cant

What do you mean by this?

That it’s not really that ‘illegal’ and we should ride them anyway (which I do, frequently)?

Or

It’s a bad thing and we shouldn’t do it?

This has needed to be said for a while now….riders turn up at man made trail centres, contribute nothing it terms of payment to ride them…do all they can to avoid carpark charges and then ride smugly away on a bike costing several thousand pounds.

Let’s face it, a lot of the new skool MTBers are just tossers really.

Oooh. Could we also get a little paper disc to stick on our handlebars so when ramblers get arsey we can say we’ve paid for the path they’re walking on?

If you’ve paid for the trail to be built you can tell them to get the **** off and on to one of the thousands of footpaths they have exclusive use of!!

Pook – Member
Ah right. Having cleared out drainage ditches on ‘natural’ trails they were the tools we used so I just read it that way

That’s very commendable however I really doubt that’s what they meant.

Even if they did, I’d much rather have access to all trails than just better drained versions of the ones we have already.

The Capra is meant to be one hell of a bike, but it is primarily an All Mountain / Enduro focused bike, might it not be a little too much for trail centres?

Agreed.

Given you can ride 99% of trail centres at a decent lick on a hardtail, a Capra is definitely overkill.

I don’t think it says anything about funding man made trails does it?

I assumed that’s what they were talking about given they said the money would buy a lot of “spades and wheelbarrows”??

I’ve got a Capra and it is definitely the best bike I’ve ever owned.

Not sure its necessarily the best bike for just trail centres and Long Mynd etc though. You really wouldn’t be doing it justice.

Something around the 140mm travel mark would be more appropriate for that surely?