I use Cressi Antifog, or any other divers /swimming mask antifog stuff, spray on then rinse off and buff, no probs, been using it on my Oakley splits and works for me, used to get my glasses steaming up a lot, especially in winter, now happens very rarely.
I buy from Amazon its about £5 inc p&p.

Great forks still have a pair going strong on my wifes bikeregular servicing they last for ever.

sorry edit that was only the front adaptor, the rear was out of stock, that was with a £10 discount for liking them on facebook – they give you a free £10 voucher.
so worked out
front brake £33.15
rear brake £38.25
front adaptor £4.16
postage £7.60
total £83.16
voucher redeemed £10
total inc shipping £73.16. (although paypal worked out at £76)

not bad i reckon i can find an adaptor in my tool box, or if anyone has one fro a rear is to 160pm then let me know

all ordered £76 from rose bikes with adaptors, bit of a bargain, worth the hassle of changing them over, with adaptors from Merlin was £100, thanks for the input was much appreciated.

Fantastic cheers guys Deore brakes all the way I feel.

No problems at all, ordered stuff on saturday turned up on wednesday excellent service.

I would say he is very fast, really nicely shot video as well.

sadly will be at the mother in laws birthday so will not be joining you all.
have fun.
wca will drop that tyre round when i remember!

do you have a pic of the lockring? i have just removed an old bb from an old bike which had a lockring on it, if it is the same i’ll pop it in the post for you.
if you can wait till i get home i’ll take a pic for you.

Gravy, Coogan, yes completely agree about riding to know if you like it, but how do you know which bikes to go test ride?
Do you just walk into the local shop and demo what they have or do you do a load of internet/magazine research to find out what may suit you or the riding that you do?
If you do the former do you essentially test blind based on what you think you would like or if the latter what are the things that interest you in reviews that you read to make a decision about what you would go and test?

So in areview information about the rider, set up – reasons for choices in spec beit money, choice, what was available maybe. Trails, area ridden, raced maybe.
Then info about the bike, new, secondhand, why you bought it, other bikes you considered, why you made that choice.
How itrides over your trails, changes to set up you have made through trial and , may be changes you make depending on conditions as well.
Tyre choice 😉 pressures if you wanted to go into serious detail, maybe fork and shock set-ups too? I realise some people are technophobes and some love the tech.
Then how about changes you have made over time, changes from original spec, why you have made those changes.
Have your opinions of the bike changed over time, do you like it more or less than when you got it, made you ride more etc

I think more riderreviews withi some good reasoning behind them and I would be interested in what people have to say.

I likeit on here when people ask kit or bike questions and people give well thought out answers and opinions, I think thats one of thestregths of thisforum and thewealth of expierience. Maybe we should share more?

Whilst I think that riding the bike is the ultimate decider on weather or not it suits you and your terrain you ride regularly, the only way to do that is through demo days not always on youre doorstep, which is a bit of a phaff, especially with high end bikes which local shops may not be a ble to get a demo bike of.
Or by riding friends bikes on your local terrain.

So on a forum style rider based review if you knew the person, there level of riding you would be more interested in/ put faith in what they had to say and use it to maybe mAke a more informed decision.

Or what if the demo could come to you? Would you review a bike that you got toride fora day on your local routes, given a template, that could be posted up on a website/blog for others to read?

Mrmo I agree, mistakes I have made may be correct for somone else,

say if I had reviewed tho and in my initial review had stated where I ride, what type of terrain, what kind of rider I am, prob with a pic of me and my bike, a few vital stats, height, age that kind of thing, allow people to put it into context,
Do you think that would help?

I agree that nothing compares to riding the bike yourself, so maybe a review could include a section at the end where you had someone else, friend any other person ride it, to give an alternative view on the same bike, same area but different mindset tho?

I agree with all the points above, one of my personel hates is that few reviews tell you where they reviewed it, as I think that can have a big impact on wheather or not the bike is suited to that area, so therfore makes the review come out worse.

If you had the opportunity to submit a review of your bike to a website would you be impartial or would you lie about it because you would not like to admit you were wrong?
Personally I have made mistakes about kit so would say so in my review so others may not make the same mistakes.

Would a forum based rider reviewed site be interesting, where you got to review your own bike and submit changes to your initial review as time went on?

Thanks for the informative answer, I was more interested in what you would write if given the chance to review for example: your bike, as an independent review.

Or the things you find most useful when you read reviews or other peoples opinions

If its for the 26 end I can bring both round before our ride this evening if you need, have a ralph and a spare innertiubre let me know

nixie, no worries, i leave around 6.30, so if it is after that then they are on the drive behind the bins, help yourself.
if they are not what you are after then just leave them, not a problem.

see you there

That is incrediable, good find, will definitely keep an eye out for the book, shou.d be an intresting read.

the big jump at the bottom could be the “Leap of Paloma Faith”

Should make it lovely out tonight!

I’ll be there, ride past pump track so may do a few laps before 7 as a warm up!

the man himself WCA showing the kids how it is done 😉

here is a couple more shots and a link to the album, it was good to see a nice mix of people helping, stopping to ask what was going on, donating money, riding.

here is a link to some more pics
http://s895.photobucket.com/albums/ac160/richen987/southampton%20bike%20track/

some younger riders

some older riders

some even older riders…..(caution some awesome may be leaking out)

Have fun today was looking and riding great when I left yesterday will post up some pics in a bit and ill send you a link nic. Keep at it a brilliant thing for the area. 🙂

Have fun today will see you there tomorrow.

try any optician that deals with Oakley Rx (the prescription lenses) they should be able to do them.
I use Iris Opticians in London, they do reglazes and replacement lenses for Oakleys so may be able to help.

should be there to slow you all down as usual.

i’ll be there

see you there

Maybe there, get into soton at 6.10 will hopefully make it.

bmx track in eastleigh behind asda has one i think

as above ‘might be there’ but i think work is going to get in the way.
if i am not there by 7, will not be there.
have a good ride

I have got some of these and yes they are super stiff, as well as being nice and light, the pickup is really quick and they do seem to make your bike want to go.
they were also very easy to put tubeless tyres on, no struggle sat all.
the wheels seem to be very strong, i have had no problems with them despite knocking them around a lot, have dented the rim on a nasty tree stump incident, but the wheel remained less than 1mm out, so pretty tuff i would say.
As OP says above the spoke replacing can be a pain as they need a special key for the nipples which is specific to the wheel, they will either send them back to madison for sorting but fortunately my lbs has a key so all good.
the one annoying point with them is that the 15mm thru axle pair you will need a different lockring for centrelock rotors – one of the ones that does up with a bb tool as oppossed to a cassette tool one. this is because the cups are not removable like the Hope ones.
In summary a decent wheelset which is tough, stiff and light, the freehub seems more robust than the hope free hub as well, if you can get them in a sale as i did then i think they are pretty decent.
and they look nice too!

ps. as comparison my 3 previous sets of wheels have all been hope wheels. personally i find these a lot better.

i am running 2.35in panaracers on mine

yes i will be there

Sorry work says no, will be around next week tho, have a good one, nice evening for it

That is a very nice bike! Enjoy

cheers rich for seeing us out the woods, sorry to have held up the ride with my crappy not removable rear wheel!

I will potentially be there, but we have the boiler being fixed, if i am not there by 7 don’t wait and i’ll see you next week.

ciderinsport – my guess is a Sanderson Life or a Pipedream

Nice, I have a sanderson and its a great bike, I am sure that will bring you many miles of happiness enjoy