Spot the cotic

Thanks, I’ve been googling away and it looks like best bet will be the road bike. Was hoping there maybe some green lanes to take the cross bike but they are pretty thin and far between also.

mmmm, Interesting. Looks like its worth popping it back for a once over by LBS.

Thanks for the feedback.

thanks,.

The hardtail is already 650b, so easier to move all that stuff over really.

Thanks for recommendations, will take a look.

Did you have any luck with this ?

Its OK, we stuck to the footpaths around the Peak to be safe.

ahh, should have searched first…
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/chapel-gate-its-lethal

yes, OS maps are different and can’t move.

will try that, cheers

Thanks for offer stealthcat, its on my way to work so had a look on Monday, but a whole dry weekend had past so I guess some lucky sausage found it Thursday morning.

My GPS needs to make contact with me !

Cheers Rik. Nice tip for the future.

thanks chaps.

It rained ! Hornsby and Manley trails closed. Australian customs cleaned my shoes on the way in, 3 months of britsh mud on them, nice and shiney now.

Now im in NZ, think I’ve got time for Woodhill before flying home.

Cheers.

thanks for the info Chaps, thanks for the bike offer !

Medium will be a bit big for my little legs, I’ll drop you an email though. Manly Dam looked good.

Cheers,

Simon.

NZcol, looks like no time to ride in NZ now :-(

Hi caffeine, Old mans valley looks spot on, easy access. I should be there to ride either Friday 13th or Sat 14th June or maybe both at moment. Many thanks for bike offer, I’ve also found a place Re-zycle that appear to hire.

Any MTB Guides work in the area ?

thanks, B2B (good club btw !) refering to woodhill as Sandy, is the rain an issue for trails at this time of year ?

Cheers for the offer, thats really good of you, looks like I’m not going to Brisbane now :-(

Cheers. Looks like Brisbane is now off so only options will be Sydney or Auckland.

I’ll be there, racing in vets also, and sponsoring the Elite prize :-)

EDIT:- could be dry…. don’t think that means I’ll be fast….

Lots of snow on Snowdon last weekend. Didnt even attempt to ride up.

We were there at weekend and asked same questions. Road works make the switch backs un-ridable…. not to mention a mass of snow up there still yesterday :-)

Hi, if anyone is intrested, Loco “Machined” my bits (!) to lower my 26″ Pikes to 140mm. 2 months in, all is good, a ride a week sometimes more in the Peaks etc.

PM / email me if anyone as questions about it.

Always been great for me.

My daughter attempted the same stiltortoise, and I recall they said someone elses tried.

I guess these thread are a bit like trip advisor, we brits don’t go reaching for the keyboard when we have a good experience with a shop / company / day out etc. But a slightly bad one and we hit the review button.

Best thing they ever did for me had ZERO money in it for them. I built up and refurbed an Isla bike, bought off here for my daughter. To make it a “special” experience for her I wanted her to goto a shop to buy her first pedal bike. 18 Gladly let me plant the bike there the day before, we turned up and Isla hunted down her dream pink bike with tassles on the bars in the shop. she was so made up, thanks chaps :-)

take the knob off the thermostat, hide it and go to the pub as I have done

Have I just made this a three way battle?

Have I just made this a three way battle?

I’ve done both, in fact three. Learnt a lot from both Jedi did have good coffee.
In the end some coaches you connect with, and that’s an entirely personal thing. The coach I’ve been back to twice, and about to book again is John Paul or Aline in Sheffield. Just connect really well with him, and I’ve got consistently faster and happier on the bike since doing some days with JP

I used the “Wider” AM rims

I built a pair about six months ago.
26″, “wider Rim” 24 hole front, 28 hole rear. They have done about 500 miles on my Blur TRc up here in the Peak, survived fine with a couple of scrapes. I had a job getting them to go up tubeless and had to use The Bonty rubber rim/valve thing to get them to.

However, I honestly find them to harsh/stiff and prefer an Allu rim.
So, I’m having my wheels re-built. Anyone interested in the rims can have them for £100 posted, just not the hole count on the rims.

Cheers.

Dan it was heavy, but just reduced the amount I lost with front mech etc.
It didnt eat away my free hub body and worse than normal shimano does on hope hubs.

I’ve used one from Ebay for about 9 months on a 29er, was about £35 imported, Didn’t ride it as much as main bike, maybe 300/400miles. It worked well, the world didn’t end, it didn’t bend, jumps between sprockets were ok, it didn’t wear much in that time and I ride in the Peak.

I liked having that extra bail out gear here in the Peak.

Stayed at the Druid Inn, Llanferres[/url], abosulty spot on, food great, staff amazing, beer good, prices good. Highly recommended.
Even offered to let us back into the room after riding to shower.

Top place.

Actually the head of the East Midlands FC is a keen MTBer. Allegedly. not sure he’d know a good trail if he faceplanted into it.

Hehe

Does sound waste full though. All that money wiped off the landscape, I guess it was unavoidable. That said, there are two distinct parts to the FE- Recreation and Forestry – from my experience they don’t fully co-operate, Forestry being the dominant force obviously.

Then when its sunny and TDF comes through Europe next year, go back !

The honeymoon is over..the dust of the Olympics…TDF settles..come back to the fold, come back..you were lost for a while, but never outcast.

I’ve got a front double from a T5.1 going free to whoever collects.

To this,

Soon to go further.