What’s the deal with suspension fork warranty if you buy from them? Is it return to Germany or send to Uk service centre eg Fishers?

Awesome loco I should have time to strip them tonight or tomorrow then I’ll be in touch.

Oh I was gong to measure the amount of oil that comes out of each leg when I drop the lowers.

I’ve done a full strip before. – but only to clean when everything was working….

I presuming it’s just the O ring in the bottom of the cartridge if it’s phishing oil into the lower leg. But TF will sell me a kit which is more than what I need?

While Loco might be able to sell me just the o ring…….if so cool and huge thanks if that’s the case.

Am I on the right lines for the route cause then?

Few for the moment then…..cheers Matt

I know they have done the bit going up hill from the lodge lane car park, and the bit from the byway to the middle of lodge lane and the first bit from rivelin reservoir.

Is there more? They have not connected the bits in-between have they?

Hardknott and the like are hard steep climbs – but I don’t see why its faster on a compact. Steep climbs like that you would not want to ride in the saddle – so out of the saddle why is a compact faster??

Doable – of course it’s doable as for many years you didn’t have any choice.

Oh – 72 fixed used to be standard fair too in winter and you still got up and over every hill

All this talk of ‘I’ve live in an area with proper hills’ therefore I need a compact. You don’t need a compact, you WANT a compact to make it easier. Which is fine.

But compacts have not been around for that long, wide ratio cassette didn’t used to be common place either and the hills in the UK have not got any harder or steeper. 39/25 used to be a winter or touring gear now its 34/29 or even 30/29 on a triple.

If you want a compact that’s fine – but please don’t talk about needing one!

Greg – did you get the chorizo and black pud back safe.

Missing El Bar already!

Got to concur with Greg, one of the best weeks holiday me and Adele have ever had. Everything was top draw stuff. Perfect riding, accom and food. Oh the food…Alice is a star!! Pete and Mark I take my hat off to you both.

I’ll def be back…..

You and Dez are top blokes and will def be up to Scotland as soon as we can.

Just packed for the coast 2 coast – will get the photos on cd for you as soon as we are back!

CC? Which bike shop is that then

I’m sure FMJ cables are good but cost a fortune, I use mine with well greased gear cable outer and it really firms up the feel at a fraction of the cost of the avid cables.

Pook – fair enough

Slowrider – it’s difficult I know. As a local rider you try your best even if that means that you are confined to half the number of trails during the winter. But were locals you cant expect the same from people who don’t know the area or don’t care. I was very dissapoint when the mk2 vertebrae graphics Dark Peak guide came out that it was exactly the same routes – it’s got to be the most popular guide which tourists use – the trail on the whole have degraded so so much since the first guide, why not publish other routes to try and inform people of routes other than the honeypot sites?

No matter how good you are – you still leave a trace when you try and ride up a trail covered in deep mud in the middle of winter when there are mud free/less trails a couple of miles away where you can ride and have prob more fun.

Its all about self-regulation rather than bans IMO

I think a lot of people choose not to ride certain areas when they are in a wet and muddy condition. Others don’t.

Just because you can ride the ‘rocks’ and others cant and choose to go round them doesn’t really matter.

The route of the problem is that a lot of areas of the Peak District are very susceptible to damage during the winter months so riding there exaggerates it (so does heavy use by walkers and horse for that matter).

Like a say a lot of people choose to self-regulate and not go to these areas during certain months as there are plenty of other areas.

I remember Pook saying to you on planning to take one of your Pootles – so maybe 20 people across Cut Throat Bridge in the middle of a wet winter period – that a better route could be considered due to the damage you would cause.

To be met with the response – ‘I stick to the main path, rather than going round the rocks, so its fine’ even though that main path in the middle of winter is thick and deep mud.

Cut Throat Bridge used to self-repair itself in the summer, but it’s been getting worse (wider and deeper and more rutted) now for the past 3 years, as people choose to ride there when the potential for erosion is at its highest.

I would never even consider this for mountain biking, but for road, rough roads, green laning to get between the road and touring etc look good.

But bb height would be a lot higher than a road bike and much lower than a mountain bike?

Is a 1.8 inch mountain bike tyre really the same size as a 45c road tyre?

It works out to be that, but would a 1.8 treaded/knobbly tyre be significantly taller?

Does anybody not think that BB height could be a bit of a compromise on these types of bike?

Shame it ticks all boxes on the barf-o-meter for looks. Goes off to find sick bag.

This on the other hand:
http://blackmountaincycles.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-like-church-but-better.html

Is lovely.

Steve Potts certainly can weld!

Bump for the day crowd

Inspired by the Steve Potts – Do it all/versatile bike
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/nice-do-it-all-bike-steve-potts-content

That looks lovely and very similar concept to something that will be appearing from my garage in the not too distant future.

Elfin – even better if you can find the upper cups too

Elfin – if you can find them that would be great. I already have a nice 1 1/8 headset and I don’t mind the extra stack as it will slacken if off slightly.

Okay cool I’ll have to have a look at the frame and the insertion depth to see if there’s a rim or ridge to stop it going in.

Didn’t realise the headtube is not exactly 1.5 inch.

Plus it’s designed for drop bars too – shorter top tube

Midges are great esp with campag ergo due to the hidden cables

Gryphon – rigid only

I have one for sale over on the classifieds if your interested urbanhiker

Bugger- just noticed it didn’t sell!!!!

Pete – any chance of looking up the top tube length (effective and actual if poss) and the head and seat angle of a large (19??) alloy Cannondale Rush please Pref with a normal fork rather than a short lefty.

Huge thanks if you could. As I noticed yesterday the geometries disappeared.

Really good to know about the great customer service, from a fellow Ti456 owner.

Cheers – will do

I know, I have a sub 4lb steel Chromag, it’s got modern angles, ride superb and plenty strong enough.

Ison are out of stock – they stopped making them over a year ago

They were vert light for a steel frame. Ox tubeset is the USA equivalent of 853 but they use it for the stays as well. I think it was back before tange got taken over too.

Just had a response from activesport – no 55cm in stock

Anybody else got any ideas?

TJ – thought your tent was 2.6 not 3. You haven’t cottoned to the idea of the bivi,ordering goretex. Useless idea. Sinylon is where it’s at. You can lose the book too :o)

Charlie – would love the Ti version of the la cluz but want the discs as I already have them and he Ti is canti only.

Vaya – just not the same as the la cluz, I already have a lightweight platinum ox frame and love it he Vaya seems a little heavy and generic tubing to be the same

Bump

I found the activesport one a while ago, I have emailed them but I think they order from the importers once the order is recieved, and ison don’t have any as is an old product.

Seen the eBay one too but alas it’s too small.

Don’t mind a second hand at all if I can find one in a 55cm

Not cleaned Lactic Ladder – you need to try harder.

Tried twice, cleaned twice. Just to show it was not a fluke. Was the only one out of ten though