Right lads, I’m going to start a new religion. We are going to ban beer,bacon and scantily clad ladies.
Any takers?
How the **** did it get so popular?

because its ok to blow shit up apparently :?

fashion a presta to shraeder adapter, stick wheels, tyres an stans in car, drive to petrol station, use air hose to seat tyres in seconds.

I cannot work out how to get the rear wheel of, of my Canyon Nerve Al

of what? :P

Had an invasion last year, two days before we were due to move out of the place we were staying, didn’t get much packing done that evening!

i’m sure there’s been a few ebay add’s posted on here with forks on backwards, seemed that nobody died 8O

The Foriegn Office is advising travelling is Ok.

Is that BoJo’s own personal assessment?

somebody’s stuck fox stickers on that pike up top :?

yeah, i’ve seen that, that’s the one with the bit of string (or whatever it is), I would like to see it just with accelerometers.

80mm 8O I thought those died out with the dinosaurs!

I’m still surprised nobody has developed a bluetooth accelerometer based system, one on one end of the shock/fork, one on the other, work out the differences in acceleration to see how much travel your using, etc. I had dreams of doing something like that with my bike setup app, never had the time, money, or knowledge to take it that far though.

gonna be a boring one, I predict, gwin goes fastest, then it’ll be slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, slower, gwin wins

I recommend you go ride Rupert, my favourite squamish trail just now, cool features without the life ending consequences.

maybe they’ll start making us ‘ex-pats’ pay uk tax to boost their budget! goes to find citizenship form!

Ouch indeed, but i’m slowly recovering, you’ve focused on the details of the image rather than the thing as a whole. I like both the photos because the rider doesn’t stand out, think singletrack cover v MBR cover, part of the enjoyment of biking is being in a big forest and these capture some of that for me at least, and both did what I wanted. Its more than just shadows this, blah that, zoom, crop, etc.

here’s two pics, both from instagram which may drop quality a little, one with RX100M2, one with iPhone 6S+… both decent… which is which though…

I had the S120 for biking duties, was reasonable in good light, not so good in the trees, replaced it with a RX100M2 which is much better, still use the iphone quite often, results vary depending on light (obviously)

ah! good memories of my old Alpine, don’t think I could go back to it for my every day trail bike, my back took a bit of a kicking on it!

trying the am7 next.

:lol:

shimano shoes are on a par with vxi’s in terms of durability.

I went from original impacts which last many years to the shimano flats, last maybe two seasons, vxi’s lasted about 18 months, just picked up a pair of sam hill’s but they feel too heavy, considering keeping them for winter and getting some specialized for the summer.

doesn’t the L stand for lockout? I have an RT, threshold rather than lockout which I rarely use. Its a good shock.

that on-one looks great!

For short rides close to home, a phone (with credit card and driving license under the case), keys, small snack like cliff bar or energy chew things, water bottle, I also have the ridiculously expensive specialized swat cage with multi-tool. Longer rides, a pack with all the other usual stuff.

I use a spreadsheet with all my regular expenses allocated for every day, which is easier to update if you sit at a desk all day, I update it every few days, which is as simple as updating current balance, adjusting if I need to pay off the credit card, etc. then delete the rows above, example below, numbers changed to protect the innocent! There are some more linked columns off to the side with balances for savings, cards and line of credit, so I can project how long it’ll take to pay them off and how much I will allocate from each pay.

I have it with a sony 4k tv, its good, but the tv does a pretty great job with regular HD content, that the difference isn’t massive, i’m happy paying the few $$ more to know i’m getting the best out of the tv. It doesn’t blow my mind like some of the youtube 4k stuff though.

https://www.imba.com/resources

I have one, a 2014 carbon, so a bit shorter than the 2016, it’s a great bike, handles whistler bike park breaking bumps better than a 200mm flatline, pedals up hill great with the suspension open, let me know if you have any questions.

I just took a look at my old one bed flat in a not super high demand area but still half way between Glentress and Edinburgh, bought for 78k in 2004, sold for 115k in Nov 2007, its been on the market for around a year or so now, currently at offers over 97k, ooof! not sure what the point was… but I guess that place after 9 years is still very much in a dip.

I had a m4/3 system camera with stock lens and a couple of pancakes, it was still a pain to carry the extra lenses, whether on a trip or biking, swapped it for the RX100 which still works almost as good capturing bike shots in the trees and is much easier to take with you. I wouldn’t go back.

I like this one, it relates to what I do

yes, put some clothes on FFS!

I’d say the 350 is closer, at a push 500.

leave the flash off, select shutter priority, adjust shutter speed, you can leave it open longer if people are still and smiling for the camera, if you’re trying to catch people moving/kids running about, you’ll need to go for a faster shutter, If I can capture fast moving bikes in a forest this way, some people at the dinner table should be doable.

If I can have a poo and eat 33 malteasers and still be 100g lighter, its a win win win! I have sixc carbon bars for no other reason than I wanted them, not even sure I notice a difference, but I do eat a lot more malteasers on every ride now.

I had the original shimano flats, they were great in the wet, reasonable grip, but as above fell apart quickly, tried on the new AM7 the other day, but didn’t like the double flap thing and it seemed too small when I actually put my foot in, only the edge of the velcro catching. My last shoes were the vxi’s, good grip, reasonably shower proof, still had days where my feet would be saturated, the sole fell apart in about 18 months, just bought the sam hill’s, haven’t worn them yet, they look massive compared to what I remember, having a pair of the old impact sponges, they also seem really heavy, but I remember them having great grip, we will see…

I have a sneaky suspicion that it’s not the 1.25 Studio

:cry: aw! are you telling me he chipped it?

mostly boring, best bit was the drag race, watching a fiesta beat all those super cars!

just seen the finale, spoiler alert! utter pish!

Devinci Troy, not sure what they cost over there but I paid $3400 CAD for my carbon 2014 model.

What they all said, we had some fun with this recently, wife looking for a new car but not looking to buy right away (didn’t tell them that), we were literally just looking but wanted an idea of deals, its amazing what they will do when you keep saying no.

but just like 27.5 wheels being faster, its only an advantage until everyone is doing it, then its irrelevant again.

less likelihood of going over the bars if the bike is more in front of you was my understanding, sure I read Gee Atherton saying something like that about the new Fury at the time. There are definitely times on my relatively short Troy that I feel too far over the front, usually steeper, slow speed stuff where you get hung up on a root or something.