Thank you everyone, i think i have a good plan to keep the lads interested for the week, assesment day on monday at whinlatter followed by mix of natural and trail centres for the rest of the week, cheers guys.

@ cyclelife, i strangely appreciate your initial concern. I know to well the effects poor leaders/ coaches can have. Only last week whilst leading a group of my own i witnessed a group of school kids and their “coach” bombing down a tricky rock section, before i could stop the stupidity, bang a young girl with a broken collerbone and a very bloody face. “Touch wood” in over 100 logged days i am without incident. I have now set myself up for a nightmare next week lol

you can take comfort in the fact that your taxes are being used to support and promote mountainbiking within the forces and help soldiers return to normality, we also pay each venue visited around £7 per rider which will help to keep the trails in good order, and generate a bit of business for the local economy

@cyclelife if you would like i can send you a copy of my log book for your approval

@cyclelife, i dropped the A bomb so that you wouldnt think i am some random punk with a basic qual i have served my time logged my days and progressed through the system. And yes i do agree that in an ideal world i would be 100% familiar with the routes.

And again i agree, my previous qualification stated that i had to be familiar with the terrain to remain legal. My latest ticket allows me to lead on any terrain including stuff i have never set eyes on. So i am fully within my remit to do as i plan to do.

To everyone else thank you for the input and suggestions

I don’t really see how asking for people to share some decent routes that my group will enjoy and i can research and plan beforehand makes me any less credible as a leader or coach, however i could be completely wrong, care to share your thoughts cyclelife

@cyclelife i’m an army instructor and can lead people on un familiar terrain, i generally lead and guide in my local area so that i have the upper hand in that respect. This trip got dropped on me this afternoon and we are heading there on monday, so i don’t have enough time to head up early and ride the routes beforehand, as much as i would like to.

One of the elements to being a good guide is understanding your group dynamics and risk assessing as you ride, i am merely asking for route suggestions as i know alot of the best routes cant be found by doing a google search

Good shout cheers

M772 is 9spd i believe and all clutch mechs are 10spd, so as above, no

Fair one “thedude” i hadnt even considered the brake mount position, making it seem less viable now

Have fired them an email

Give islabike a phone and they will supply replacements

And i thought i was being posh getting my boy an islabike

I was awarded a gallantry medal during the same tour as the tit above and was part of the same battlegroup. When the allegations first came out, all those awarded medals including myself were deeply scrutinised, he was the only one found at fault as effectively he wrote his own citation, and passed it off as someone else writing about his escapades. Needless to say he was quickly found out, i’m surprised it took soo long for it to come out in the media

Will the 3mm in ERD make any difference

Awesome mate cheers, thats what i estimated it at but just wanted a little confirmation

Mine is quite worn in places as its the non stealth and sometimes the wheel buzzes it on big compressions

Yeah its the park one thank you for the link

J tech £77 and he replaces the hose, never had anything but excellent service from jim

Jack is a world class trials rider, this is a video of him at last years worlds

I got the chainstay pivot upgrade kit, that cured it for a while, what bearings need upgrading, i’m assuming all pivots?

Mine has movement in the rear triangle has returned again, tried everything, different shock as well. Now onto crc for replacrment / refund

Were you not planning on sending it off for tuning? If so they will set the shock up for the bike and rider, so orange may be correct in saying that a standard MM tune will be unsuitable for the single pivot, this doesnt mean that it cant be made to work. I had my debonair on my mega tuned by jtech and it feels much better than my mates mega with factory supplied monarch plus.

Running the debonair on a 2013 mega am first impression is really impressive tracks really well in the rough stuff

Around the £400 mark however that siunds expensive it’s considering everything you get with it. The reason i didnt go down the german route was that aftermarket the shock is only available in a medium tune . And i need a low tune for my mega. Jim at jtech tunes the shock to youand your bike

If it helps i have just bought a monarch plus debonair in 216×63 standard mounting, they are pretty readily available i got mine from jtech

Also you may get a tiny geometry difference (probably unoticable). As the bike will be designed to work with around 30% sag of a shock with a 63mm stroke length. 30 % sag on a 57mm stroke shock will slightly steepen the geo under sag.

Hope this makes sence

You will loose 6mm of shock travel but that translates to around 15mm of wheel travel. unless it’s a special shock for a special price i would just get the correct shock size.

My knocking has returned :( any one else had it return?

I guess also with the sheer amount of these sold, there are bound to be more stories of failure than other brands due to the absolute numbers of them around.

In the interest of bslance lets here from some people who have disliked them then!

Theres always a smart ar%s lol i remember someone telling me the 150mm developed alot more play than normal versions, could anyone confirm / deny

Looking at the 32 series you need 30cc of fox green in each leg

My guys were manning stage 4 as well they probably didnt seem that happy as they only got in off the p#*s about 2 hours before the race began, none of the guys on 4 had any interest in mountan biking they volunteered to help out so that they could have a day of work on friday, i dont think they will volunteer for anything i ask them to again lol

I marshalled the top of stage 2 all day today it was horrible, but had some great banter with the riders, and seen some good riding. Glad i got to ride most of the course on friday while setting it out. Maybe next year i’ll get to ride properly

I have a set not running 650b currently but have tried them with a 650b wheel and the spacer fitted and there is plenty of clearance

Fit one of these Amazon

Mine was fine for 3 months until friday

Mine spat itself into the spokes on friday, it would appear a pin has sheared and it just gave up. I hope its covered under warranty

Just make sure you have a 2×10 mech. 3×10 will foul the swingarm as the cage is longer

The cable outer will run directly to the front mech

Spoke to the guys today and made them aware of their errors, they assured me that it was an oversite and will ensure all bikes leave the shop correct, only time will tell i guess. I think this episode has made me realise they are not as good as i or other believe. The fact is that they are very nice chaps but definitely should know their business alot better