ive just ordered one of those ebay helmet cams so ill bring it along if i can make the next one.

as an aside, my posts keep disappearing from this thread. weird!

what owenfackrell said, though it might move the lever a little but not much. adjust the free stroke grub screw then use the barrel adjuster to get the lever position where you want it.

a pic with big bouncy forks and big leg eating pedals. and some sex wee on the floor.

narrow ones. they do em on crc etc, in pretty colours too

just got one :-)

are these the ones you bought from me? if so, maybe you could paypal me and i could order them for you?

nice one, cheers. ill go grab a beer…

400!

didnt want to get stuck behind you hora…

you coy nichemongers you, just get on with it! they ride like shite so you may as well post pics of them instead.

i havent ever ridden one, but of course i know this to be true

grimy you got a link? ill take a punt at that price

nice one chris.

wish i had got my camera out at some point now, too bloody cold though!

avoid walkers? they are part of the terrain! knock 1 second of your time for a yell of fear, 3 for a leap for safety and 5 for actual contact.

add 5 secs on for a wave or saying hello

gnnnnnaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

cheers for keeping this thread on the front page, ill prob head there this week with my posse of 30 now you have reminded me..

dh race on jacobs tba this summer :P

i was glad i went 1st down jacobs, no one saw my otb to 360 pirouette on the snow just after the gate into the deep snowy bit. scariest bit of the descent!

yeah going full xx would be daft on a bike for abusing, i would quite like to go 10sp just because i run a single ring up front and would like the 36 rear sprocket. Is it cross compatible in any way?

aka gilo, i found my saints an arse to bleed, look on the park website, there way worked for me. mister p from these parts also recommended winding the free stroke screw all the way out beforehand too and he should know.

brant, my saints have banjo's, i thought all shimanos did. glad i went for them now!

nice bike fella, well thought out sensible build. nothing too flash, too heavy, too fashion over function, just a good bike.

why not nicks?

i dont look good in lycra either…

dont pump it up too hard, say 20psi, put the whol at the bottom and let the latex seal it, top up the air/latex as necessary. it should seal but half an inch is quite a big cut so it may just take overnight. put it by the radiator too.

id go xl if you want to run a short stem and inline post. im 6ft and ran a large like this but it was a teeny bit cramped

i find it really hard to get excited about road biking. i think if i lived somewhere hillier then maybe, but then thinking about it id prob want to go offroad then too. i just cant get my head around choosing pedalling over scaring myself silly.

lol, cant believe it took 5 posts before someone commented on my 'mess'

ive got a black atlas on my fs, its a nice bar but the burgtec just feels nicer. still plenty wide at 750mm. im not doing lairy on this build…not yet

sorry if this has been asked before but can you run a standard mech with a xx cassette and roadie flat bar shifter?

click on your profile and scroll back through the threads you commented on? email the guy you bought it from?

oh, i put the silver stickers on it too

not really, the asr sl is a proper xc race bike, light, steep and a bit flexy in the rough stuff. the asr 5 is more of a trail bike, kind of a slimmed down 575.

yeah a bit slacker but it wasnt mega slack with the pikes, about 68 HA so more like 66.5 with the lyriks. pretty similar to my 5 really.

i like the mission control so far but ive only had one ride on it. cos im at the, ahem, upper limit of the standard spring i put quite a lot of low speed compression damping on, middle high speed and about 2/3rds rebound damping. felt good!

i need to get some pics 'in the wild' i reckon

update:

now with coil lyriks, penthouse flats and a dual ply big betty out back.
rides surprisingly well at 160mm on the along stuff, obviously a hoot on the downs. pooks peak pootle was a good bedding in ride i reckon

sambob, loosen the allen key under your seat right off, adjust the angle then hold it in place while you tighten it back up.

simples!

my new bike now looks quite shabby :P

thanks again chris, any links to the videos?

if its a quill stem your only concern will be if its 1 inch or 1 1/8th i would have thought. dont think you get many os bar clamps on quill stems. should make it handle a bit less twitchy/bit slower but it should be ok. give it a bash!

i didnt see anyone chicken out. that was the best bit of the ride!

smudge, winstaleys didnt have stock when i ordered but i still had em within the week.

if you go for the standard ones it works out at £235 a pair i think

Mister P – you must have missed the one I repaired in the car park

and my broken seatclamp!

cheers for the lift mr p, and for the cupcakes pook/ ms pook

lol tfg, comedy moment! better than chris' crash in the car park imo

great day out, not a bad ride considering all the snow. decent bunch of people to ride with too, even horas not all bad. i was dead impressed with how far people got up some of the snowy climbs!

any pics anyone?

lol at least ive got an excuse, pedals and forks arrived today. fitted a dual ply rear too, i always pinch flat!

dont forget me mister p!

ime still building my bike up…

ive just sold a set of pushed pikes which i thought were great but fancied something bigger for my ht.

i recently sold my talas 36 off my 5 to put 2010 revs on the front. they are the 150 maxle ones but motion control rather than black box. i love em! so impressed, weigh 3.8lbs with steerer cut to 200mm and work absolutely great. ill get them pushed at their 1st service or possibly upgrade to the new black box stuff if thts possible but for now they are great. im not gentle with them and they feel plenty stiff.

one of the many incarnations of my old 4x