Offft. 10 years. I’ve not even thought about going that far. I’m just just to paying 2%, and that was with a 80% LTV, we’re now at 60%, I suspect in five years that’ll be 50% LTV, maybe less. Which could mean a decent rate could be available. Or, rates could still be high – the BoE base rate is only one factor in mortgage rates, even if it’s low, banks could still keep the rates high to offset the lack of movement in the market as everyone is poorer.

I quite like my ep8 rattle now.

In a Hope / CK hub kind of way? When I replaced my Pro2 hubs for DT 240s I really didn’t like it, it felt like I was riding chainless and couldn’t judge my speed as well!

There is no ‘fix’ because it’s not broken.

Hmm. I’d argue anything that’s rattling is broken. It may be designed like that, but that’s a broken design.

Considering we do things like put chainslap protection on, and foam on the inside of tubes for internal cables, and cable clips to stop rattles – it’s a pretty stupid design to build IN a rattle.

Saw this ‘Price: £13.250’.

Spat my coffee.

Said out loud to myself “**** off!”.

And yes, I’m essentially a dentist and this is a bike aimed at me.

Are bikes going to become an unsustainable business model if they don’t get a handle on the prices? Will people just suck it up, and switch to PCP style deals?

I cannnot see myself spending more than £5k on a bike, and I’m someone who used to swap bikes every 12 – 18 months, buying £3k+ frames and parts.

Hope F20s can be grippy, but you need the hollow pins, and you need to not install all of them.

If you use the standard pins, they lack anything for rubber soles to grip to as they’re rounded.

And if you install all of the pins they have a flat profile. Just removing two pins from each pedal can make them feel concave.

Doing both makes them perfectly fine.

They’re still never going to be as grippy as a DMR Vault or Burgtec Penthouse though. But, if you like the colours and the bearings – then put the effect in to make them as good as they can be before giving up.

DAAAMMMMMIITTTTT!!!!! Too late by a week!

I find it hard to believe that a bike who’s 3rd top reason for being amazing is ‘Its not too heavy’ will be considered the ‘bike of the decade’.

It’s just a slightly better bike than some other bikes. Just like another bike in a couple of weeks will be.

Those reach numbers on an XC bike… Phew! The first XC bike I would be more than happy on a medium. Crazy times.

Are the calipers called c42 because they’re aimed at the middle-ager, circa-42 years old, who’s gonna spend £1k on brakes, thinking it’ll make their riding skill better?

hint: I’m 41 this year.

Ritchie Rude laughs in the face of your recommendations.

And then goes on to win every race he enters on a bike ‘too small’ for him.

How much was entry for ews100 this year?

To be fair, 24 hour “racing” did suck 99% of the time.

And you’d only ever remember the 1%, so a week later you’d be signing up to the next 24 hour event in the middle of nowhere, during winter, with gaurenteed rain and Somme-like mud.

Pressure Release Valves. How has it taken Rockshox this long to get them on their forks? We’ve all been shoving cable ties down own wiper seals for a decade.

Welcome change, but it would be nice if they were more reactive to the real changes we need, rather than all the see-sawing changes we saw through the how Charger2 damper era (too soft, too hard, too soft, too hard, not enough adjustment ad finitum).

Yeah, I feel like I should have kept my Flux – but it’s rose tinted specs. It was 26, short, steep, slack seat angle. A new version would be amazing.

DHR II x DHF anyone? L shaped side knobs, oblong center siped knobs. With the Rubber Queen’s asymetrical staggering of the side knobs – which is a bad idea, it means they don’t hook up predictably when leant over.

Swing and a miss for me.

I wish he’d go back to making DW-Link bikes, getting rid of the awful bushing system that adding friction at the start of riding, and then adding play when it had ‘bedded-in’. It was like an advocado, and most of the time I missed the ripeness period!

Make a new 5-Spot and a Flux!

£169 for DMR Vaults?! And just with a special colour?! Holy hell. They’re optimistic.

That being said my view is don’t be a dick and it’s better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.

This doesn’t make sense. If you do something that requires forgiveness, then you’re likely being a dick. If you’re not being a dick then it’s better to seek permission to do something than ask for forgiveness.

If you asked to walk through our land, I’d be cool with it. If you appeared in my land randomly, I’d not be impressed.

Still much better money than some for a frame only option .. Trek slash at 4k .Yeti .Evil

Nope, it’s still poor value compared to the competition. You can buy an full Orbea Rallon SLX build for £3875.

MegaTower frame only £3,699. Evil Wreckonling frame only £3,285.

Trek have always been poor value for frame onlys, and Yeti is another price bracket up.

You can only run an internal lower cup with a non-tapered fork

I assume Ben means zero-stack bottom cups, of so, then yep they do exist. You can get zero stack lower cups for tapered forks, lots of folk make them – Hope, Nukeproof, Cane Creek etc. ZS-55/56 etc….

You can also get fully integrated, but you’re looking at the cups being part of the frame. And that’s extremely unlikely with a steel frame!

The all new Atlas Pedal features a sleek new body design

That looks exactly like the old one, just hope the bearing sealing is improved so they don’t last a couple of hours of riding!

The head angle is 66°. This number is steep for a trail bike

I’m sorry – what? When did 66 degrees become steep for a trail bike? Sure, an enduro bike. But a trail bike? That’s plently slack for a trail bike.

The V2 Edit was raw stays – looked awesome! Agree the black stays look very 2010.

Lots of vents on a shoe in the UK = a bad decision. There’s probbaly 10 days a year that you won’t welcome an unwanted water host into your lovely dry toe people. But, that won’t stop some folk spending ten times what they spent on the pair of worn out Vans or DCs they’ve had for half their own lifetime, held together with dirt and gaffa tape, pressing the metal pedal on their 1 litre Fiat Panda with rubber bands for tyres.

But still, you’ll look good on your gravel bike. Well, not that anyone can see your shoes because they’re usually covered in the UK’s finest dirt particles.

But still, you’ll feel special.

If this was a Orange launch we’d be all saying “It’s the same filing cabinet from ten years ago”.

The new Trance looks identical to the Giant Reign I bought back in 2010.

So you’re saving £40 for a pair of tyres if you go Schwable over Maxxis at RRP. Schwalbe used to be the expensive choice. Glad I stocked up on Shorty 2.4s a while back for £30 each!

They’re Dash 8’s

I enjoy how everyone ignored how you destroyed the heart of this thread 🤣🤣

I love that the downtube on Orbea’s eBikes are thinner than Santa Cruz’s non-eBikes :)

2022 – helmets still with loads of exposed EPS.

I will add to this conversation is that you need to do what is right for the dog first and foremost.

For new owners the first 6 months are the hardest, you’re setting ground rules and boundaries. You’re making sure the dog is exposed to as many experiences as possible to avoid becoming worried around something new. Simple things depending where you live, like walking close to horses, sheep, or cars and buses.

The next 6 months is reinforcing all the hard work you put in at the start.

Get that right, and your life becomes a lot easier – as the dog knows boundaries and rules.

The question from me is – can you give your time and attention to someone that isn’t you for 12 months? If no, then you shouldn’t have a dog.

Every single dog deserves a healthy environment, with love, care and attention.

So people actually use drive through car washes? The scratching to the paint work is not worth saving 45 minutes with two buckets and some wash mitts.

But yes I disobeyed a sign, and rode at my own risk.

Until you have an accident and you need air lifted out because there are no vehicle access for emergency services or mountain rescue.

Before you poo-poo this, I’ve had a few friends needing this exact thing in the past 12 months in the valley.

Please obey signs. The TVTA have, and continue to work hard on relations with FCS and the locals. Ignoring the signs entrenches the view that we’re entitled and arrogant.

They’ll pay you what the Loss Adjuster says it’s worth. They’ll look at the condition (excluding the accident damage), mileage, and the price of similar vehicles in the area.

If it’s worth £7k, then the loss adjuster will recommend that. But if you’re saying a similar car will be £3k – they’ll pay that. I’m at odds to understand why it would be worth more than double what you consider the market value to be – even if it’s in good condition.

The easiest way to get an idea of what they’ll pay is to look on auto trader, eBay and Facebook for other vehicles in the condition yours was before the accident.

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I actually preferred the live action to the anime. The story makes a lot more sense and actually flows well. The anime has this weird relationship and tension between Vicious and Spike that doesn’t quite make sense – and the army on Titan thing just feels like a throwaway story.

Theme music – amazing.

I think it’s time we blow this scene.
Get everybody and the stuff together.
Okay three, two, one, let’s jam!

Ba da baa da ba da ba da baaaaaaa.

A £184 Le Crueset deep pot.

I’m so Singletrackworld it hurts.

Managed to get a couple of small coach bolts through and pull both handles together.

There was much swearing involved.

Only another 10 doors in the house left to go 😬

FINALLY! They’ve gone back to the correct amount of travel 150/140.

Who the hell needs a 170/170 29er in the UK?

The Five29 and the Stage5 were perfect, and then they messed with the travel making it both not enough and too much!

Whoop!

Odd choice to use RAW, when I saw this I immediately thought that RAAW had a new hardtail out.

A bit like Patrol bikes, but this is a bit closer to the brand – especially the all-caps for RAW.

For the same spec Orbea Oiz M10 – it’s £4,500 vs. £7,000 for the Anthem. The only differece is the carbon rims on the Anthem – however the DT Swiss rims on the Oiz will be pretty much as light, and more durable.

Plus, the Oiz looks way nicer.

Giant is a mass-produced bike – it should be cheaper than a more boutique brand.

That’s a hard pass at £7k for an XT build.