very easy to criticise this one, yes :D

i don’t think he’s dodgy, i think he’s mental. what possesses a guy to say “i’m going to build a really orange bike – yea no the orang-est bike you’ve ever seen – ride it once and then put it on ebay”. it’s not something you can do in one drunk evening, that shit takes planning :D
or maybe it sells and we really have a great business idea here.

it’s fun and games up until the point where you’re no longer going forwards. then the spikes come out.

yeah a slidey tyre on back can be great fun. front, not so much.

had never heard of Slant Six

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/tyres/mountain/product/review-kenda-slant-six-tyre-11-45116

looks a bit like rocket ron?

i hated Sb8, was rubbish in dry, then sidewall ripped on first ride on flint. love the Nevegal though :)

“BOTTLE CAGE: Carbon but is for display only if used the paint will scrach and look like a masive bunch of pants (sprayed to mach).”

“just the 3mile test ride (on road) i took it on “

wat. reminds me of those old tango adverts, and not in a good way,

also it’s a home made frame right? dunno about this guy, but would you ride that? imho quite useless except for orange parts..

maybe i’m missing the point. at least it is orange, i keep clicking threads that say Orange and the bike is often white, or green, or.. :P

you can’t put white forks on that bike. but you seem to know so we’ll let you off.

yeah i ride uphill better on EG than my TopFuel (both speed and can clear more stuff, pedal strikes allowing).. but sounds like blob is more a DH man, and i’m not a good enough rider there to really say. i hear it’s very capable, “pocket DH bike” whatever that means. honestly if you’re mostly down with bit of up, EG is probably not your bike, it’s more a great XC/trail bike?
Mega was probably right first time.
test rides are pretty hard for both unfortunately..

thanks man used it for a waterproof jacket.
missed the code t’other day.. only 3 of them left too :)
not sure if code re-usable or not.

can’t say how the mega ride compares to the guapo but i can say you won’t find better after-sales than from on-one.

remember also the full RockShox setup on the EG is all user serviceable, if this is important to you (is to me, considering long term costs and turnaround times).
edit: the pre-built EG only comes with CCDB though? which needs to go back.. i’d ask Brant about a Monarch version for £1800 ish personally, because CCDB isn’t ideal up or down, or you can put a coil shock on it for DH, check threads on mtbr.

Guapo 2013 is more like 67deg HA, longer TT and a low BB.
it goes uphill like you wouldn’t believe from a long travel bike.

double buttered

brant have you held a tape measure to the bb of a 26″ gaupo yet? :)

yeah i’ve got to be honest, (part of the reason i find it so amazing is) it is very dangerous.
otoh.. it’s kinda fantastic that this exists, and no **** in a suit has shut it down. riders know the risks presumably?

hmm. is this like the huck-it thing in the 90s where it can’t get any bigger (i.e. it’s stupid, people are dying) and it has to stop and restart?

so this is like the anti-29″er? and you all run rigid? i want one just from reading this thread.

i ticked tubeless then got a bit lost at Q7

yeah ride it. not sure if you have taper steerer, but there are headsets up to about 20mm i think. sag and compression on fork also makes a difference.

we’re not cats.
physics says higher you are, harder you fall*
*faster, terminal velocity something like 12 seconds of freefall?

but yeah these guys are damn good at crashing. there’s a skill to that too.

only when you see the headcam view do you realise it’s all just “nope, nope, no. ****. way. no. helicopter please!” all the way down for most people.

Can’t speak for Fox, but Revelations don’t feel low or noodly to me, the bike just has a very low bb. like 12.6″, about 1″ lower than spec apparently (waiting for brant to confirm what it should be!). i doubt a 160mm fox will raise the bb by more than a couple of mm over a 150mm rev, if you think about it (say fork is 8mm higher a2c, less for vertical height, and bb will be raised even less as you’re not raising backend). long discusion on mtbr about this.

there seems to be a big gap in market between rev for £280 from merlin and 160mm forks for god knows how much. do you want to pay £600 to raise your bb by 3 or 4mm? i’d take the shorter cranks/thin pedals route and your old fork first!

tl;dr buy a bigger fork if you really want a bigger fork (big rider doing DH?), not just to raise your bb.

hi, i have a Rev 150mm on mine, and it’s a very good climbing bike! the Fox has a lower A2C, so you may find it too low, but you probably still won’t find it too steep, steering wise. So i’d recommend fitting the highest lower headset cup you can (info on mtbr forum) and seeing how you go first. headset cups are only about £25 vs £500+ for a 160mm fork afaik.

decent track pump. i’ve tried everything, the track pump (Lezzynne Dirt) is by far most useful, and if you can’t get a tyre up with it, you’re doing something wrong.
my spelling is doing something wrong, but whatever, everyone needs a good track pump.

some cheap ones i got on ebay that are bright yellow (only colour left wonder why!) and never feel wet even straight from washing machine.
Sealskinz, yuck no, once filled are horrible. and expensive.

yeah i’ve never watched slopestyle before so nothing to compare to. yes with terrain like that they could get rid of all the wood stuff and just make it all natural, that and some better close up coverage, maybe splitscreen with live helmet cam footage (can this be done yet?) and you’d have just about my perfect spectator sport :) but to actually be there.. see where some of those spectators were standing?! would that even be allowed here (if we had terrain like that..).

ah ok. i thought it was the way the gnar connects with the rad connects with shred with <insert synonym here>.
which would be fair too tbh.

also anyone still watching on PC you have to get this thing set up on your TV, i use a cheap old Xbox, 3 hrs on PC would give me backache. yeah not very gnarr i know.

what actually happened to fairclough, he was at bottom of table with no score :/

did he just say “matrix of gnarr” 8O

astonishing. pulling tricks in places i’d hardly walk. also the bikes are just about 100% reliable for that stuff.

amazing. where was fairclough?

shame all the heli-shots compress the height ya know. needs more head-cam and fixed camera action.

enjoyed the bike stuck in top of tree moment.

gotta see if i can get this working in 15 mins

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/eden/plugin.video.redbull_tv/

to watch on big screen..

edit: holy crap seems to work, xbox users see here
http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=44

niiiice, set bitrate max to about 2000 so it’s smooth..

yes, eating way less and exercising the rest of you at the gym? bad luck, biggest problem you’ll probably have is being depressed, i know i would be.. which tends to encourage eating i guess.

oh yes wearing lycra is asking for it.. wait this is dangerously close to the ‘women deserve to be raped for dressing that way’ argument no?

(put’s flame suit on).

anyway, no arses were harmed by the sound of it.

on the arse!

sorry, the offence is dangerous driving, the arse thing is speculation?

if hand had met arse, then add that to the bill.

i’d be more worried about that hand pushing me off, than copping a feel.

yep, i changed to steel before fitting my wheel, obvious from stories of cassette damage it’s just a weight saving thing and not up to job. i don’t really blame Hope so much as the weight obsessives for this.. i guess they should make the alloy one less crackable, if they’re going to sell wheels with it.

just be happy you have an arse worth pinching and be on your way? i’m assuming youre a bloke, which means MTFU ;)
if car is going fast and swerving into you, then report.

another reason why changing to steel freehub body is the way to go? i’m assuming these are gold alloy ones cracking.

first berm (short concave one) before biggie you can pull some massive Gs and get horizontal. if any of those is wrong, i’d say it’s the 2nd in the 3, the right hander, never felt flowy, it’s too high up the hill or something? anyway gotta go back to the park now :)

we did some work on steps today, whoever rides there next, let us know if better/worse/point missed cheers :)

huge amount of rain last night and sunny with midges out today, def. winter tyres (yes that’s a crossmark Jamie :D )

they’ll probably do another public voucher soon if you’re not in a hurry, there was a dry spell over summer but before that it was £10 off pretty much £75 all the time.

clutch mechs: idea is mech cage goes back quickly to take up slack, but forward only slowly, keeping the chain return tight on rough ground. quieter and sometimes removes need for lower chain device. one of the first real improvements in dérailleur (oooh accent) systems in a while imho, but shame they only make it on 10speed..

about electronic suspension control, i don’t want it either, but i think it’s inevitable and may be something we grow to like. i don’t really like reaching down to constantly adjust shocks with knobs, and i don’t really want a bar covered in levers either. some sort of kinetic charging system (could you use shock energy to charge it?), reliable servos, good software, and it could make mtbs more fun to ride which is what it’s all about right :)

ssparks good thinking my man.
i’d get the tallest upper headset you can (lower too if you want slacker). then realise it looks crazy and cut 20mm off.

my joplin failed, but it does that every year.

erm.. start of electronic shock control? (See Lapierre 2013 i think?) cheap 26″ FS frames as 29″ took off? availability of clutch rear mechs (maybe last year?). air shocks in DH?

you leave your signature on the door for them to copy?
our postie just opens the door and shoves things in. good thinking mr postman :)

the green chalk is an algae, and yes it’ll have you skidding along using your chin as a brake* before you even knew you were coming off..
*possibly just me?
the good thing about this is its so slippery you take a while to come to a stop, and don’t get too scratched, just winded/broken ribs.

usually only a problem on less ridden areas, main trail should stay clear of green?
need to get the rangers up there with some WetNForget (patio cleaning fluid) :p