I’m not sure. Will report back when they arrive if you’re interested.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2014-newest-full-carbon-mtb-fork_1538866825.html

I’ve bought one. £110 with an axle and delivery.
It’s in customs at the moment. Probably £35 for that.
So, around £150 all in.

Been following this on DMs FB page! Nice to see that it’s going to get used properly

…apart from the fact that I placed an order with them and was lied to continuously about what’s happening and then over charged when the GF went to pick it up. Not happy.

Pop to Banjo Cycles up the road- Mark is an ace guy and HONEST.
http://www.banjocycles.com/

Re Home him/her!
http://www.symphony-rats.co.uk/
My friends fanatical about rats and she’ll rescue any. She’s collected many from a variety of people. She’s lovely and will look after them all. Give her a call if your down South. She often travels and could probably collect. 😀

I’ve got a ’13 Explosif 650b for sale in 17”. Looking for £700.

Kona Explosif or Kingdom Brigante.. depends what you’re after.
I love them both.

Exact same thing happening to me. Spent the last 3 months on a road bike or steel commuter with heavy panniers. Recently got the mtb out again and the wide bars feel ridiculous! I couldn’t believe how different it felt. Lower hearing was also weird but big discs made stopping interesting. All in a bit of a series experience.. Can’t wait to get out on the mtb again though!

@potdog and Matther- it’s the kingdom Brigante prototype. The lines are a bit different on the production version.

Just finished- rubbish picture in the hallway last night.
Probably see some of you at the UK Gravity Enduro.

There’s a road (newly resurfaced) in the next village which goes from a long straight 60mph road (1.2 miles+) into a 30mph and immediately past a school. I’ve seen clips and heard of people bragging that they’ve hit over 110mph into the village. When people leave the village they plant their foot too so they’ve hit about 60mph+ before leaving the 30mph.

School/MPs/residents have all complained for years and still nothing.

Consider yourself lucky! less unfortunate.

Kingdom Brigante: 130-160mm forks.
A rather nice bike.

Jupiter, I’m the same height as you. This is what I was told..

The size will be perfect for you, I’m 5’11 and run mine with 70mm stem and 730 bars. Get yourself set up with a 50 or 40mm and it’ll be great.

I love this! Fantastic entry level spec. with lovely geometry.

Well done Brant!

I found the suede finish very ‘sticky’ for about 600-700 miles, after which it was a bit more polished. Kept catching my shorts on it. Always used a leather spoon before this.

you have really pissed me off with that comment.

+1. No way will I be going through Silverfish. How unprofessional!

Exploring the Ridgeway is always nice. You can yourself lost for hours, it’s lovely! Some of the paths are pretty weatherproof. I went out from Compton recently for a 20 miler and saw about 2 puddles.

I commute everday by bike. I have no car and the bus service is a joke. Not really a choice, not that I’m complaining. Between 9-10 mile round trip a day. Only been caught out by the rain a handful of times this winter! Glad to be in the driest part of the UK. Shorts all year round with shimano AM41 shoes- pretty much waterproof and warm. Really want a car to get to wales/scotland/europe but then it’ll just sit idle for weeks at a time.

As a kid(about 6yr old)I played hide and seek on my bike. Decided it was a good idea to sit between the BMW and the Merc on my bike. I tried to ride out and scrapped both cars (about 10cm) with my bar ends. I just left the scene. Cue angry neighbours a couple ours later speaking to my mum.

Also, riding down my road (on a hill) and I was looking at the ground. Hit the back of a parked Disco 2 doing about 15mph. Spalttered across the back of the car. Picked myself up and inspected the car. No damage to the car at all!! Just a tyre mark on the muddy bumper. I was in a bad state mind.

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Love this. Another thread here too… http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/singular-rooster

Will you be offering it as frame/fork/wheelset? At least for the kickstarter maybe?!

5 yrs old……..should I send em back under warrenty?

🙄

Very nice! Would love to have a go on a 29er+

I get a discount through work. I think I’d have to purchase it though, not sure how it works. Will have a rea.
Have you got an email address?

I’ve got one!
When I first received it, there were issues with the setup- gears not indexed properly and cables not routed correctly, there were also scratches on the rims and handlebars. Evans didn’t offer me anything apart from getting the gears and cable routing sorted.

Anyway, the bike itself is fantastic. I’ve never had a CX bike but I’ve had a race HT and various road bikes. I would say that it’s a brilliant road bike- little draggy with the stock tyres but great clearance for guards, plus lots of rack options. Feels much better than my winter road bike (which it replaced). Happily done 50+ miles in a day.

Discs took a while to bed in but are lovely in winter- quieter than rim brakes and more consistent/reliable. Full carbon fork feels very stiff compared to others I’ve had in the past.

Not given it proper abuse offroad yet but seems to do the trick on footpaths, etc. I can’t wait for summer!

Should add, when I bought it I got £140 worth of free kit- so got shoes, shorts, top and other bits.

It feels like the wheels may be fairly weighty, potential for future upgrade there but the rest of the kit is lovely. Still not convinced by the frog leg brake leavers, they may have to go. Best value CX bike out there in my opinion.

Edit: I’m 5’8” with the same inseam and find the 54cm size perfect with 10mm spacers below the stem and about 12-17cm of post showing.

Had a twitter argument/troll with Mikill Pane.. 😕

Really like these! Exactly what I’m after.
I’m just struggling with the price.. I can get a spec/kona/giant/etc. for the same price and spec. I thought Nukeproof was meant to be good value?

Is this doable on a Long travel HT?
Very tempted. Looks like a great event.

Germany forums are talking about a something Carbon 😉

I’ve got a Hilo I’d sell. 31.6mm & 100mm drop with remote leaver.
Can do it for £95 posted. Only upgrading to reverb to match my new forks.

For something a bit special- The Pandora Inn and sit outside on the pontoon for a while.

Pub grub- Jacobs Ladder has a fantastic cook. Homemade pizza is amazing!

It’s got to be N+1.. How could you just have one?

For me..
1. Salsa Beargrease Carbon with XX1 and carbon rims
2. Santa Cruz Bronsons top spec
3. That Shand bike from the front page
4. Evil Carbon DH bike
5. That super light Niner that some one on the forum has
6. Spec S-works epic 29er
7. Kingdom Brigante with xx1

I’ve got two of their HTs. Love them!
Very light, strong, great geometry and Chris is an ace guy.
Would love to try one of these. Only heard great things!

I love the new range they have. Look well designed with a good spec BUT the FS bikes are to expensive. Charging more than kona/Giant/Spec for the same spec. It’s a shame as I was looking at the Ariel.

I went to boarding school. Left in ’09 and fair to say the school turned me around.

I used to go to state school until half way through year 10. I was awful. The school had rubbish sport facilities, disinterested teachers and some rough peers that could make life living hell. I was failing all my GCSE related studies and only had sights on joining the Marines.

I was sent to boarding school as my parent relocated to Germany and the company offered to pay fees as I was mid GCSEs. I hated the idea of going to some posh school. I grudgingly agreed to go and I’m so happy that I did. I was in a boarding house of 50 people and it was like a family. A tough few weeks at the beginning but made friends quickly. Teachers and housemaster were unbelievably supportive. I never experienced anything like it. I even started enjoying classes. Small classes and the quality of teaching was like night and day. The fact that no one (really) misbehaved themselves made a huge difference too.
Extracurricular activities were incredible. Any sport you wanted to do was possible.

Living at school made me grow up a huge amount as well. I got so much freedom. I used to go on huge cycles after school and the teachers encouraged it! There was no big ugly fence around the whole school with gates and concrete everywhere and that made a big difference. We had a pub at school for sixth formers so you could drink from 16 onwards- that made a difference to how people treated booze too.

Those saying ‘its a bubble and not the real world’, wrong! I did 10 times more real life related things there. We did factory visits, work placements and more. Plus we had to manage our own pocket money at the tuck shop/pub/visits. We had to sort/wash our own clothes. When you go to uni, you can really tell who went to boarding school. They are much more mature and handle themselves better.

Looking back at it, it was an amazing and life changing journey for me. I’ve now ended up doing a BSc and an MSc at a Russell group universities and got a graduate job at the end of it. It was all down to the boarding school. The state school gave me absolutely nothing.

Probably sounds soppy but it’s my experience. It’s the number one thing I want for my kid (if I ever have one).

Edit: the state school was/still is classed as the best in the county.

Get the Works N/W. Cheapest (not sure how?), works well and produced in the UK. Also super fast postage and a nice chap behind the company.
Mine has lasted fine in the 7+ months that I’ve had it.

Pinnacle Arkrose 3 +1.
Mine is fantastic. Really understated look with great kit and lots of rack/guard options. Full carbon fork too!

Terrible news but keep your head up and stay positive for yourself and the family! You can beat it.

Same thing is happening to some one in my immediate family.

Nice bit of advertising..