The little pillars that the pads clip on to are bent on mine too after ham fistedly pushing the pistons back in. No problems here, pads are a bit loose but nothing to worry about.

I bought new pistons with the intention of changing them but never got round to it because apparently you need compressed air to blow them out which I don’t have.

prezet – Member
Cars are bigger, less manoeuvrable and cause more damage to things they hit for a start.

Like a cyclist going through a red?

Sorry, I don’t get what you’re implying?

cynic-al – Member
scottidog – Member
What’s the problem with riding though red lights anyway?

Would you say that if cars did it

Cars are bigger, less manoeuvrable and cause more damage to things they hit for a start.

What’s the problem with riding though red lights anyway? People are able to tell when it’s safe to go through so leave them to it. It should at least be legal to turn left through a (edit)red light providing you give way. We should be revoking laws not making more up

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=405290&y=385404&z=120&sv=405290,385404&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=706&ax=405290&ay=385404&lm=0

this is where you start from.

Think this is it here:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=405165&y=386522&z=120&sv=405165,386522&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=706&ax=405165&ay=386522&lm=0

Its a really good fun descent. Start on top of mount famine it’s open loose and very fast (stay off the brakes as long as you dare!)Then you need to fork left, do the very short climb, though a gate and then the swoopy singletrack starts alongside the wall. Very nice indeed. There’s a great sharp right hander which is blind so watch out for walkers.

Enjoy!

very very rarely even drop the seat for mega steep stuff

If you can ride it with your seat right up it’s not mega steep. Mega steep is when you are buzzing your arse on the back tyre to prevent yourself going over the bars, that’s not possible with a foot’s worth of seat post in the way.

I aint seen Chapel Gate yet,but reading on here i wont be going to look at it,as its a waste of a downhill to go and ride that now..

Chapel Gate is now only good as a climb, waste of altitude riding down it. RIP.

That Parkin Clouhg looks sweet though. Off to check it out tonight

Disgusting.

We were up there last weekend and it’s a bloody awesome place. Didn;t do the red route as I was on me big bike but I would say the DH track is fine for anyone of a reasonable standard on a trail bike, you just won;t be going so fast. It’s just a really good fun track and the uplift is brilliant.

Did Glencoe DH the day after and it’s a different kettle of fish, very techy especially in the wet and mud. Still good fun but a lot more challenging to do it with any kind of style.

The guys I was with did a XC ride the day after that which they all absolutely raved about. Think they did the devils staircase and ciran path which was apparently better than the DH tracks of the previous two days. Unfortunately I buggered my leg cartwheeling down Glencoe on my head the day before and didn’t go on that ride.

I’ve been looking at this recently and can’t believe there aren’t more short travel bikes out there with 67 deg or less HA.

Knolly Endophin was about the best I found, very expensive though. Also there is the Banshee (Mythic) Spitfire that is worth looking at.

I love the fork oil spraying up into his face in the shot, great timing by the photographer

A DH Race on a DH Bike though, it shouldn’t happen.

If you will put your forks on upside down though….

You can cut a larger piece of sidewall from an old tyre and superglue it to the inside of your worn one as a patch. Worked for me before

As above with your outside pedal down with most of your weight on it and lean in. I like to stick my inside knee out moto stylee and the outside knee hugs the frame, seems to make it all feel a bit more balanced.

Absolutely.

RE the paint falling off… that happens on all painted pedals doesn’t it?

Never seen any of lord of the rings or harry potter and never will

Martyn S you are a man of style.

Kick off their wing mirrors. That’ll learn ’em.

May not be trendy or niche or british but the Marin Rocky Ridge is an excellent bike, perfect geo and very well spec’d for the cash.

http://www.moosecycles.com/products.php?plid=m3b1s2p1153&rs=gb

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/mountain/product/review-marin-rocky-ridge-08-28788/

I also ride the Peaks and had the prowler MXs as they came as OEM on my bike. Thought they were awesome, nice and round, tons of grip. Did get a couple of pinch flats though when running < 35 psi in the back, so ghettoed them and didn’t have any further problems.

Would have bought them again but I was attracted to the colossal girth of the 2.4 rubber queen which I still have on the front now. Gonna give Specialized Clutch SX a go next I reckon.

Are they lazer disc trails or XC? If they’re the xc model maybe the rims are a bit too skinny for the tyre?

I;ve got the trails and even 2.4 rubber queens are not that tight

Seatpost it is from now on then!

Why aren’t you allowed to put the frame in the workstand clamp?

Weird, I’ve never had a problem with these rims, even managed to ghetto them with maxxus, conti and wtb tyres. As above just pump them up super hard till they pop on.

After 6pm every trail is available to bikers

Before 6pm caution is to be advised

Restraint is to be observed in sensitve areas eg. National Parks

Restraint is not to be observed in areas that no one else ever uses eg. ugly countryside

Skids are for kids

If the trail has no classification but walkers have been seen on it then it’s fair game

Mind the English daffodills and bluebells (only wreck the Spanish ones)

When encountering walkers behave like we are meant to do on bridleways (but seldom do) ie. stop and yield trail unless they’re the landowner in which case you flee asap

If you continue to encounter walkers reconsider the value of the said cheeky trail and when best to do it if at all

The closer the cheeky trails are to civilisation the more acceptable it is to ride them

The fewer the amount of bridleways an area has the more right we have to get cheeky wid it

Alarmingly garish clothing is to be discouraged

Squealing brakes are not allowed

Do not ride where and/or when your presence will be easily detected

At no time should the cheeky percentage of your total ride total more than 50%

Do not hang around on the cheeky trails

Do not race on cheeky trails, just pause and enjoy the cheek instead

Stop looking so guilty!

Ride with a confident smile knowing that what you are doing is not wrong

If someone says “bikes are not allowed on here” reply with “yes, I know, silly isn’t it?”

taken from http://www.cheekytrails.co.uk/ All you need to know.

Haven’t been for a couple of years but as far as I can remember it’s all rollable but it can get a bit steep in places.

Depends on what kind of stuff your kids are used to I suppose, do bear in mind they are DH tracks and maybe not the best place to be mincing around when folks want to come flying down at mach 10.

Well, it was everything I’d hoped for and more…. like Cut Gate’s angry big brother.

I took the bridleway from Hayfield up to mount famine and got distracted by what looked like some promising singletrack down dimpus clough. It just turned out to be a grassy descent with no particularly interesting features and was not worth the loss in altitude or time but you have to try these things.

So then it was back up Oaken Clough to Edale Cross and then left along Kinder Low, this is where the fun began, loads of big rocks and boulders to pop up onto and off, think Derwent Edge or the top of Cut Gate but bigger and better… millions of line choices and trials type riding to be done, it would be worth spending a day up there just playing around and it seems to go on for miles.

After getting carried away on the rocks up to what I think was Kinder downfall instead of staying on the ridge I somehow ended up in the huge labrinyth of bog which is a bloody scary place to be on your own as the light is starting to fade. I was wondering around for ages trying to follow footprints in the sand but they all seemed to go nowhere. This is when I also realised I’d left my phone in the car. The best way out was to climb to the top of one mound of peat, look for the edge and take a crow’s route out of there. This lost me loads of time and the last of the light but it was good to be back on track. Some more rocks and a bit of climbing led finally to William’s Clough.

I can’t find where it started on the map but the first section is a rocky path and is STEEP for a good while, really quite scary in the dark and right on the limit of what I would consider a ridable gradient given that it is sustained for a good 30-40 meters. It then eases up a bit before heading into the Clough proper which must be a stunning place in the light, it’s really tight with a nice little stream below the trail. It then gets steep rocky and techy, and sorry to let you down Mr Rockcliffe but it was far from a clean run! In the main it is a good long techy and rocky singletrack descent but thrown in for good measure there are some sizable drops with very awkward landings and a couple of other very tight tricky sections which I definitely didn’t want to try on my own, in the dark, with no mobile (poor excuse I know!). I do reckon most of it is rideable but it would take some sessioning to get the right lines. It was a great feeling just to have made it down in one piece and be cruising alongside the reservoir back to Hayfield.

Looking forward to heading back up there again soon. It’s easily the most challenging trail I have ridden in the Peaks and with the rocks along the ridge also one of the most fun, and is far to good to be left to the ramblers!

I’m hoping it’s a craggy, rocky, techy wonderland. Heading over this eveing so hopefully crowds shouldn’t be an issue, wouldn’t fancy it during the daytime

Two of my mates were arguing shouting at each other in the street, I was shouting at them to calm down but they wouldn’t listen. I saw a house brick on the floor and decided to throw it though a car window in order to get their attention. Chucked it and by some freakish miracle it just bounced right back off the window. So surreal that everyone stopped shouting in amazement and we went on our way.

Well most musicians produce their best music when they are poor so I like to help them out by pirating away. AHOY me hearties!

What and where to you ride Tomlevell? And is it the RR’s or NN’s that you like?

I ride mostly in the peaks and lakes.

Thanks for the input guys

Weight wise it’s 795g vs 745g as I’m going UST- I’ve been ripping sidewalls running ghetto tubeless lately so looking for the extra protection. And the bike is already a bit of a porker anyway.

Tempted by the 2.4s to be honest. My girlfriend has the 2.1 fire xc’s on her bike and they look a bit puney.

I think a back protector and ff are the only really important bits of protection you need- if those bits get hurt you’re in trouble. Surprised no one has mentioned the core saver yet? I wear knee pads too to stop the minor injuries.

I can’t see that full upper body armour actually saves you anything other than maybe a few grazes at the price of being hot and restricted.- like someone above says it’s not gonna stop you breaking an arm or popping a shoulder. I suppose if it provides a confidence boost it might be worth it.

Cheers buddy!

Just started to listen to Gill Scott Heron this week, I know it’s pretty old but really good stuff!

OK fair enough, NWA certainly grab your attention far more than Arcade Fire ever could!

Lifer I reckon Funeral should be on spotify, or youtube or somewhere- give it a shot!

dare i say Radiohead? or have they been around longer than 20 years? Or maybe not obscure enough form this thread?

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