you heard correctly wwaswas. need to rep the brand n’ all!

Lidl actually. And its not sponsorship, it was a ‘prize’

in the wrong un

binners – Member
Have you bought them to match your pants? Is you, like… all co-ordinated, ‘n shit?

close, he’s an uncoordinated shit.

:wink:

Pfft, not even a nibble!

to this discussion i would just like to add:

‘those that can’t, teach.’

cheers!

TandemJeremy – Member
Still Leonard Cheshire.

Not one person on this thread to touch him

Leonard Cheshire’s missus.

just to prove the above statement wrong

charlie thanks for that, made me proper lol

34.9 outer diameter on a BR IIRC

would look better in blue!

let me know if you want a team james blunt sticker mod :wink:

Ridonkulous!

Kayak +1

36lbs is fine with a single ring here, up down and along. Granny ring just prolongs the suffering

Just gone back to 711 from 780

780 was wicked fun for dh madness but for all round trail, dirt jump, larking about goodness 710-720 seems poifikt

I’ve just taken delivery of some white rims. The urge to doodle on them with marker pens is strong. I’m thinking four letter expletives…

Watching the tyre try and twist off the rim as Jedi lands a massive hip is pretty scary!

Stand inside it and get Elfin to throw rocks at it I reckon. I’m sure he would find it very therapeutic! (I would)

Half a basic jump bike.

I sit close enough to the radio to turn it down between good choons

Keep up the good work Nige, looking forward to seeing this develop :D

I’ve had a couple of sessions; a public and a 2-1. I was at a point where I was happy with how fast I could ride but wanted to improve confidence on bigger jumps and drops. Within about an hour Tony had shown me I could be even faster for less effort and we were on to the airborne stuff!

I’m a slow learner and slip quickly back in to bad habits so previous skills courses hadn’t made much difference, partly because bits of them didn’t seem to make sense and partly because there was so much to remember. This time around it was simple and made perfect sense. My 2-1 day was such a significant turning point in my riding; my technique improved massively during the day itself but since then it’s just got better and better. I’ve still a long way to go and I still slip back to bad habits when I’m tired but being given the tools to progress so rapidly has really lit a fire under my enthusiasm for riding again. I’m out at my local spot or back to herts shore as often as possible just chipping away
at that progress and enjoying every minute of it. I feel like I learn something new evey time I’m on my bike.

My 2-1 session was with my brother as I wanted him to have a go after my public session and I’ve boughht my old man a 1-1 for Xmas. I suggest it to all my riding buddy’s too but I still think there’s a negative perception of needing coaching in some bikers.

I cant recommend Tony enough. There really is a massive difference between his coaching and the coaches who teach from their handbook. Look on their websites before booking a session; if there’s pictures of riders leaning back or looking down then avoid. Or just save yourself the trouble and waste of money and go straight to Jedi. You won’t regret it. FACT.

Yeah it felt wicked, we both buzzing all the way home!

Cheers for a good session dude, have fun tonight! Hope you appreciated Owens birthday crash

I was quite good at dirt jumping ten years ago and would huck pretty much anything up to about 15ft to flat. It wasn’t pretty though.

Nowadays I’m definitely quicker downhill and have better flow through jumps though less tricks in the bag. No more hucks to flat anymore either!

hora its your first ride on it of course you like it. give it 5 more and youll want to sell it.

sambob, were you dodging invisible bullets? lots of ducking and diving going on!

blur 4x was a fantastic bike when they brought it out, i certainly attribute a lot of my confidence to spending time on that bike.

it really isnt anything that unusual anymore though. geometry has improved almost across the board as well as tweaks like offset bushings and headsets. it would be easy to improve on the 4x by using it as a reference point on a lighter/longer/better pedalling/more travel/etc frame.

Brilliant. Good work guys

I’ve got a u turn lyrik with a medium spring and a non u turn firm spring. Just looking to put the two together! Sounds a bit more expensive than I’d hoped though…

Anyone?

Ive never ridden a pitch or a blood. I’ve recently bought a bottlerocket as my only bike though.

The geometry is ace, low bb and short stays lie you mention above. Tiny standover means you need a long seatpost but gives enormous standover. I’ve owned loads of fs bikes and this is the only one I’ve really enjoyed dirt jumping on.

It’s not a 4 bar but with a coil shock it rides ace. You will never break it or even feel it flex. Ever.

It’s heavy but IMO has pretty much perfect trail geo. if I were building a trail frame I would steal the geometry but shave a lot of weight!

I’m in notts if you want a go

Yeah Sam, we should all stop with our face like you :P

I used up a set of brake pads too!

Just been down the dirt jumps for a couple of hours and got caught in a hail storm again! Bloody December, anyone would think it was winter…

My mrs has just made some cheese and chilli scones after I raved about yours graeme!

Great ride folks! Great food graeme! Great route pook! Great willpower Hora!

(there were some caged sheep and hora was definitely thinking depraved thoughts)

Podges back end is brimming with confidence, he just needs help balancing it out

hora. never EVER sit down in technical stuff. please. at least save it for when im not there, i would hate to have a ride interrupted by the need for an air ambulance.

ream it! im sure Graeme will understand and give you a new one if it goes wrong (maybe in your ‘decorators radio’ paintjob too :wink: )

Haha Gary, trying to avoid that!

Cheers all, using the correct tools but as said above, they don’t help much. Takisawa, the hammer and punch sounds worth a try

Cheers jock,

Cruzheckler bit drastic that!