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thisisnotaspoon have you got an email address for simonlovesrocks please?

Brant: i’m desperate to get hold of one, if you’ve got any clues as to where I might be able to get a 16inch version of the current model from please drop me a line.

robin arnold at hotmail dot com

Many thanks

Mud X is a wise choice, trails are sh1tty and more rain forecast later in the week. There are also some rocky descents on the course so something with a bit of protection would be handy.

Fancy a swap? My cold for a fresh pair of legs?

Thanks for the input folks, sounds like a 15.5 EX frame would suit her right and probably the 42 Zesty. We’re coming over to the Lakes in October so perhaps we’ll try and get to a well equipped shop and see what demos they have available.

Cheers

Thanks for the advice boys and girls, some good recommendations for me to look in to there. GC: cheers for the offer but the missus’s parents are going to buy it for her birthday so we’ll more than likely go for a new one

Do yourself a favour and upgrade to Shimano. Buy well. Buy once

Cheers for the input folks, i’ll try bleeding with the adjuster right out then Amos’s idea next. Done something similar on my hydraulic clutch on my trials bike and seemed to work

+1 for the Reba Team. Shame, as i’ve just sold mine on here for a song

bikevillage.co.uk

I’ve done winter seasons with Crystal and Skiworld then had the misfortune to go on an alpine elements winter trip last season. It went along with the bulk of people on here unfortunately….piss poor reps, chalet staff, organisation and levels of professionalism, service and hygeine. If i’d have been managing the staff we came across with my experience from previous seasons, i’d have sacked the lot of them on the spot.

HORRENDOUS

They’re the future I tell thee. I’ve got a common or garden 206 which is crap on snow and ice but I can get that puppy anywhere with the chains on. When the roads start to get cleared it means you can avoid the knob heads driving at 15mph on gritted main roads and go on the back roads which are still covered in snow and ice. Everybody sticks to the cleared roads so you’ve got a clear run.

I’ve worked in the alps for a number of winter seasons so i’m pretty well practised at getting them on and off, takes me about three minutes plus an extra few moments to re-tighten them once i’ve driven a couple of hundred yards and they’ve settled in to the tread of the tyre. I keep mine out of the box and ready to sling on in the boot through the winter (good to keep them untangled too – getting them untangled is a bitch, especially with cold hands in the dark).

I’d also recommend keeping a headtorch, some waterproof trousers and jacket, a cardboard box to kneel on and gardening gloves in the boot. The cardboard box doubles as an overnight windscreen protector to stop it getting frosted up when it’s chilly.

Do it

Go with the Flows. I bought a Pro2/Flow wheelset for my Remedy this year and they were bombproof. I also ran them on my P7 hardtail for a couple of blasts round trail centres in August and it was incredible how much difference they made to the bike (after having come staright from Sleepless with my race wheelset on). Run with a 2.3/2.4 tyre on, the Flows make for a very comfortable and confidence inspiring ride

+1 on Handyman. Pro 2/819 with nipple and spoke upgrade for me. Bought in Jan, been ridden hard all year and haven’t touched them. Still tight and true

Police are questioning the naked man

Could they at least not give him a dressing gown?!?!

What is the steam venting for?

It was taken at about 4pm. Time for Earl Grey and Battenburg

I’m a big Orange fan

But that’s gopping

I had the same problem. The newer models with Blackbox damping take 125cc instead of 110. Try taking out the damping cartridge and measururing it with a tape measure from the base of the threads to the bottom of the unit. Then use the same measurement from the oil level to the top of the stanchion. The oil level should just touch the bottom of the damping cartridge

New health agreement signed between the IOM and UK yesterday morning, as Stevio said, come over and share a crash with us. I've spent loads of time in Noble's hospital in the last few years, I recommend the cream of mushroom soup and the home made hob nobs (but not together) :-)

You'll be fine. The road section will be the biggest pain….after that you'll be walking up Ballacobb and most of Slieau Whallian, but a lot of people outside of the top 30 do that anyway.

Pray for a tail wind!

Mollyiom: is that you or your mate in the photo?

Are they naked from the waist down apart from shoes and socks? :-)

Elixirs are the successor to the Juicy (although they're still selling Juicys in some incarnations). You get a hell of a lot of Elixirs on new bikes from the big bike companies as they are cheap to them and are considered a high quality component (mostly due to their extortionate rrp).

I have Elixir CRs on my Remedy and I can safely say that they're the most powerful best feeling brake i've ever used. HOWEVER…..i'm forever realigning the calipers to stop them binding and I even went down the road of buying Hope rotors as the originals were made of cheese. The clearance between pads and rotor is laughably small. They are very maintenance heavy….fine if you're prepared to put in the work. I have a pair of Hope Tech X2s on my hardtail, they have the same amount of adjustment, look great but unfortunately lack the power of the Avids. They have never been bled and are showing no signs of needing to. They have loads of space inside the caliper and never bind.

I'd go for the Hopes if I were you, or stick with the Formulas. I rode a Lapierre Spicy with the RX model on and they were ace

Same problem here. There is a hole in the frame above the drop out bolts. Drill the both the gear hanger and disc mount sides in the correct position and put a nut and bolt through it. That will hold it. You can also try centre-punching the shiny surface of the drop out to roughen it up and create a bit of friction if you're not able to drill/anchor it by the above means.

I love my P7 to bits but when I snap or get bored of this one I won't be getting another unfortunately

The cheeky stuff is far better than any of the waymarked trails, other than heading off over fields with bulls in you can pretty much go anywhere you like. But don't tell anyone I said so :D

Group rides meet at south barrule plantation car park (just south west of foxdale, signs marked 'mtb trails' lead you there) on a tuesday night at 6.30pm. This group often spilts in to two as there is often 20+ riders turning up. On a thursday night there are two rides. A slower ride goes from the car park at the north east corner of archallagan plantation(just south west of Crosby) and a fast paced ride leaves the car park of sulby reservoir. Both are half six departure. Bring lights and cake.

There are also club rides going out on a sunday, meeting times and places vary, go to http://www.manxmtb.com/forum/ for more info

They're

I just had this on my Remedy. I cut up a coke can and used it to shim the seat tube by .2 of a mm. It's discreet and works like a dream

It will pull off when you pull the freehub off. Take the cassette off then reinstall the three/four largest rings (however many there are on the spider and the lock ring. That will give you enough leverage to pull the whole lot off at once. Mind the pawls and springs don't go down the sink or something though

As you cant seem to get pro2 on stans flow

Mine arrived this morning, they're lovely

I found Conti Non-UST tyres to be very flimsy when run tubeless, the sidewalls seemed to be more porous than most. That was a race king anyway, perhaps something like a Rubber Queen 2.4 would be more durable.

In my experience even running 'tubeless ready' tyres from the likes of Bonty and Spesh don't really cut it, I simply find them too fragile. Now i've gone over to Schwalbe USTs i've never looked back [scrabbles round for the closest piece of wood to touch]

Thanks for the advice boys and girls

mk1fan: because it's a saturday

If it's bothering you that much then find something to jam in there to replace it….allen key, screwdriver head, party sausage etc.

There should be about 2mm gap between the outer cage and the big chain ring, the springs aren't that strong, if all else fails, use your fingers.

Oh, and man the **** up

…not to mention the thoroughly decent chaps at your lbs for getting your brakes sorted, those jaffa cakes didn't last long in Lee and Alex's hands :wink:

Like the green fox decals though

I did for 10 years then did the sensible thing and had laser surgery. Best thing i've ever done

It's called a Langster and they're available in the UK

Now I do like that

Blimey…etc

I think they're 58-63cm off the top of my head (no pun intended) – I work at a Spesh dealer. They're just an enlarged Align lid, i'm surprised how many fellas have to take the Max actually, anybody with an even slightly larger than average head goes for one.

Good lids, can't go wrong at £29.99

The new Spicys look mint. If they're a patch on this years' models then they'll be one hell of a bike

If it's the 2.4 version you're running, ensure you've got plenty of clearance in your frame…they're MASSIVE.

I've used them on a Lapierre Spicy and the grip was good, they're very slow rolling though

Something I didn't see on the video I used: to get the olives back on you have to trim back the plastic coating at the end by about 6 or 7mm. You then have to get a flat bladed screwdriver in to the gap in the olive and open it right up to get it over the braiding (they're designed to just go over the non-braided version, which are significantly narrower).

Not doing the above will cause a lot of swearing and fluid loss…..from you and the brake :wink: