I ride with sounds or not, 50/50.

When I have my sounds plugged in, I listen to…

Trivium
Morbid Angel
Nile
Prostitute Disfigurement
Death
Emperor
My Dying Bride

If I’m feeling a little more mellow…

Rage Against the Machine
Slayer
Metallica

Even some hip hop sometimes.

I think that if the speed of the music is right, it can help somewhat & of course, music is sometimes a very emotional things so angry music is sometimes great.

Each to their own, eh?

at the start of the post, pics of trainspotting were on… I’ve got off at that very train station a few times. Across Ranock moore, up stob ban, booketive mor, anoch beag, aoch mor etc… doing the ridge to big Ben Nevis. Lush place everyone! It sould be a target for those who aint done it yet.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes this time around, couldn’t be bothered to search the correct spelling for all those foreign mountains. Ye ken worra meen, ay?

I think that I have the best of bothworld being in the north east, don’t think it’s $&I*^(* being Scottish but it may be better being English if you come from where I do. 😉

performance, has been said already is just a longevity thing for most. And me.

I never see any one riding 5k bikes where I live to be honest & I’ve never been to a ‘trail centre’… I have been riding off road since mid 90’s though.

I expect that all types of people buy bikes, simple as…

Aren’t Ardents huge though? sure you can get Minions in 2.75 too, this may be better to match up???

Mine have been worth every penny, so far. No service in 18 months, still very good in operation & I’m sure it’s all because of Enduros’ great product.

Anyone starting from the beginning for the first time should be putting a little bit of grease on before inserting it. Mind, Hope usually do this for you…

It is only there to help with installation as it expands when you tighten up.

That’s what I read anyway.

If it works in fine order then it’s a belter of a bargain, I’m gonna ask some questions about it though…

Yep, silence is the mainstay of stealth, nightvision too?

works for me too… that web page makes me feel sad. 😥

Ironhorse was not as big as GT, was it?

trying for the first time to upload a pic…

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Aye, I never really think about the law when I’m protecting my own. Maybe I’ll just hand it all over… & my son too!

Kick em all awa instead, they’ll not come back if you hit em hard enough. 😉

Aye, he was a good’n. I used to ride with him & his brother in the early 90’s, up the BMX track near the metro centre… Haven’t been there in years but feel like I want to go back there now. 🙁

God, Dirt too… I remember that all right! Was riding a purple & green Trek 7000 then.

If you have wall to climb over, simply use carpet grippers (long strips of wood with carpet nails in)& mount them 1 inch below the inside of said wall, F&%K em right up when they go to climb over in the usual fashion… 😉

I use those rape alarms & have already kicked some scumbag down my street for the potential offence of getting away with my bikes… They do work!!!

I just bought an Intense Tracer 29er frame. I’m picking all the parts now… which wheels please?

Note: not exploding ones!

well my hard-tail is a tricked out Maxlight Pha5e but I have no idea how to post photos… 😳

Mint Sauce beer mats… used every weekend & I do love Mint Sauce!

Shame on me, eh? 😳

thanks you lot… had a look at them all & raise another question. Should I go for large volume tyres for speed? these should in effect make the diameter larger & therfore the whole bike ven faster, right?

Hope you heal quick buddy.

That rotor looks a state, eh?

I was once all Lyrca’d up on my Trek y22 (years ago). I was clipped in & saw a crowd, wheelied & slap – straigh back on my ass…

That did hurt! 😳

Njee: check my post up top – I clearly states ‘other than going tubeless’.

Thanks for the info on it though… 😉

think I’ll try Conti’ Supesonics then… cheers Dan.

Thanks for the replies & was about to consider tubeless until Danw & Munqe pitched in their worth… hmm, will have a think.

I ride 26ers myself (so far)but having seen them left behind in a video on this vet forum by 29ers, I think that I’m gonna try them myself. They look the future of speed in the xc type race environment.

After seeing that video I want to try one. That showed the lot of them, eh? Well done… 😉

cree torch (300 Lume)zip tied to helmet.

what Munqe said. Get a Patriot, sounds like you could use it.

Can 29ers be hammered though? I just imagine the wheels to twang on corners… I’ve no experience at all though. Genuine question. 😕

I remember 30 years ago, when I was young, my dad said ‘no one will ever buy water in a bottle, you get it free out of the tap’ 😆

Aye, JMC came from up north, my village. I used to ride with him & his (bro – Justin) when (he) worked at Halfords… still miss him. 🙁

maybe it’ll be on Virgin catch up, 4od isn’t working for me… just stops a minute in. 🙄

Doesn’t sound like many of you would nod at me…

Overtake me? 😉

What’s a ‘Yorkshire way of doing things’? 😕

I hope you’re right Pedalhead, would hate to think there’s a real devide.

Haze: Understand it’s not your personal point. Hmm, pretty sure my bike & I could be equal to most others on the road though…

Is it because there’s a genuine devide between those who pedal different types of bikes?

file or shim the mount as appropriate. That should work to bring it up or down 5mm. Good luck mate.

I’m always worried about losing valuable pounds when I buy new light weight kit. 😯

+1 to ferrit32. I love Hope stuff & I always try to buy from home.

you must be in the minority then Shorty!

+1 to MuppetWrangler.

If only more felt this way… 🙄