I ran one for a week while waiting the next day delivery of a 10-speed. Not the slickest shifting but was able to engage the full range of a 2×10 set up and I`m still here to tell the tale.

Buy both, build one, save the the other until “the right moment”

Not all parts are available here. Some retailers say “in stock” but the reality is somewhat different.I sent mine back via Royal Mail. It was away(posted, fixed, returned) in 8 days… Great service from them…direct!

Trek Remedy is hardly rocket science..if you have a basic grasp of engineering….

Not wishing to spoil things…..A trailcentre, on a Bank holiday weekend,what could go wrong?

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It`s mostly quiet tarmac backroads with spells of landrover track and field edge thrown in.Sign posting includes, stickers on grit bins,and on overgrown fence posts.Full suss would be overkill.
It passes our road end.Good Luck 😀

Ha ha ha ^ ^ ^ There are starva 😀 traces all over up on that hill.

The carriageway up at Gimmerknowe’s utterly beautiful but fairy unexciting technically.

But if you venture away from the obvious, you may just find something that is a bit more interesting. PUBLIC FORUM
I can’t see this because there’s a hill in the way… but Tuesday is still free 😉

There’s some built trails in the woods above Great Tosson

Im pretty local so should be able to get an idea of conditions too

Ahem, the Forestry Commission harvested in “that area” and pretty much mashed everything.
The footpaths look to be getting reinstated at the moment but will take a while to settle.
I can view this from my window 😉 Just saying..

Bikes on the Simonside ridge between Saturday morning and Sunday tea time is pretty much frowned upon as it is a public footpath. NNP rangers are aware that it is now a stravafest and are doing their utmost to prevent this. Apart from a Wednesday (local walking group) its not too bad to ride.
Rothbury does have more than its fair share of cheeky trails but as you’d expect, cheeky and public internet, don`t go together 😉
A week on Tuesday if you fancy 🙂
Oh Hepple Whitefield, if you “ride” it it is brilliant,if you bimble its boring, but there are quite a few locals that do ride up it so be careful.

It passes the end of our lane, the sign posting is somewhat random to put it mildly, stickers on grit bins being a very popular one. Why have they not used something a bit more permanent and obvious?

Happy with Bontrager XR4s sorry they arent endurellow, and you dont have to buy a set of wheels either they are available seperately..

There`s a short loop from near Belford in the “Derek Purdy Northumberland MTB” guide nothing too technical, mostly fireroad/bridleway tracks. Weather can make it interesting 😉
Oh and BAMBURGH 😉

Time to buy shares in Osymetric….

Whats exciting about the map of Otterburn range roads… unless you are a fan of road riding its 95%tarmac 😀
Picture 1 is now a scar track that is “quadbike wide, tarmac smooth”
Picture 5 is now an ex-harvesting area. It is passable with care but still a useable trail
Try Derek Purdeys Northumberland MTB guide. A few good ideas, a cheap book and itll make you keep coming back…

Every year there is a sportif(mass road ride without clocks…) that passes the bottom of our garden. EVERYONE of the attendees thinks they have the use of the entire width of the road…ITS NOT CLOSED, you have to obey the traffic laws that exist every other day of the year you ignorant ****!

There was a kid took a steerer to his nether regions yesterday, spent a few hours in hospital as the result, you might want want to chop a bit off that unless you enjoy hospital food…

T-Mars/Icelift have a piss poor lever to pull the cable. GD have a better thought out system that works well and won`t fail when attached correctly 😉
I`ve run a 31.6 shim on a 27.2 post for 2 years now, without any problems.

Depending on how you use it a bulkhead can be an added bonus. My Transporter came with one and it has been well worth having,the main being overnight security when sleeping in it.Also keeps the contents more hidden from prying eyes

I know somebody who ran 26″ wheels with mud tyres as there was a dearth of suitable rubber in the larger size. Worked perfectly well as was required.

I take it all thes new forks are coil and oil and not pressurised objects…. 😀

If it had been realsteel, it would have been springy enough to absorb that…

Cool Tool and a generic “bike shop” freebee.

Ben Cathro is selling his XL V10 here:
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“potter” does not compute 😉 Its very relaxed to ride either flat out or not so flat out… Came with a 80mm stem but changed to a 50 and a bar with a slight rise rather than the flat. Love it…..

Parcel2go are Hermes aren`t they? 😉

Yes, lovely… The trails come alive, no really they do. I`m loving it, 4 weeks in.Replaced a 26″ Remedy.

George! 36T and 32-11 is a struggle around our doors….. Granny is there just incase ;)Clutched mech and front derailleur keep the chain in place. Why tamper with the unbroken?

Madison?

Tweeks have advertised stuff they do not currently have in stock on more than one occasion….just saying 😉

7 minutes by bike to quality singletrack or 12 minutes to the local “trail centre”. Yes life does suck sometimes….

MAX power 2.5W and beam has to be visible at 90degrees to direction of travel… I was told as a small boy

A few folks are mentioning Simonside.Its footpath or fire road, and the FC are planning major havesting due to start imminently,which will affect the fire roads….Yes I am local and yes I do get grief for riding the footpaths :-O
Look elsewhere for singletrack fun 😉

What is a ridged fork? Ridged:what that means
As ever, I fear grammar fails so may people who are given a keyboard to play with. Perhaps you mean RIGID?the word for which you seek?
Come on kids learn the language!

It says only 2 images and animations

If thats because its been programmed, then surely someone will develop a hack for it…..

Pay for strava! Why not pay to put the trails right its spoilt?

Winner of the Trans-Provence 2009 rode one to destroy everybody else…with a coil/oil rear shock 😮

Probably rides like an PATRIOT

There fixed that for you 😉

IMO a slightly heavier version(and better 🙂 )
crazy horses 1983ish