john, i#ll take you up on that…see you in an hour son!

I’m only getting it really cos I negotiated a 25% discount for 12 months of my SKYWORLD HD pack….so its free really innit?

too right I will, wife and kids can watch sexfactor elsewhere and leave me to beer boxing and a curry, £14.95 for a peaceful… night is well worth it.

No such thing as a perfect bike, or we would all be riding Raliegh Choppers…

and his son Tall boy..

yes, the maxle lite is hollow, it doesn’t have the end adjuster cap that previous maxle’s had. Its a small 2mm allen grub screw under the lever. Mine is also a bit tighter on new Sektors than I have had before on Pikes/Revs/Lyriks etc…

lots of riding and armwork, plus, we have a big bridge at work, I do a lot of bridgework. its tough and some people dont like it, but I find it ‘fun’

clipless might be a bit sort of modern for ss? How about toeclips or powerstraps?

the muscles pushed the hair out…..

actually, you can only have legs massaged during a race if they are clean, I had them massaged as I had some cramp going on and a big race the week after.

elite STW racer…

http://www.snakebite.fotopic.net/p10897196.html

Not really, its the climbing and flat where you make your time up, more tech riders can grab a bit on the upper and lower cliffe sections, but most elite riders nowadys can hold their own on that type of stuff. And it was 23 minutes for the record.

Barbel….nuff said.

s’okay, its my playbike now!

I was just about to press the button on 10speed, however, as it appears to be a beta group at the moment, i’ll stick with tried and trusted…

Mine was 27lbs with 150mm black box Team Revs, King wheels etc, easily rideable all day. Now has coil Lyriks and King Earl wheelset and is a much more respectable 32lbs….

How tall are? I have a medium and I’m 5’11. Based in Staffs though.

Better than any I have used for power.

my finned ones lasted a ride….Shimano have them at the moment 😯

rrp is 29.99 for the standard XTR pads, the finned ones hadn’t arrived on Friday when I called in for some-and they wont fit older XTR brakes..

The brakes do look nice and they are amazingly powerful. I’m probably gonna stick with the 10 speed XT chainset/mech though…

Brakes are in…. as are mechs, cassettes, chainsets pedals at my LBS

5 ’11 and a bit here too. 32 leg. had a large Soul for 18 months and then switched to a medium Soda, same geometry etc…. much preferred the medium, Thomson inline post and 70mm stem.

just fitted some Coil Sektor RLs, the new dual air Revs popped again last night….ending a wet muddy ride earlier than anticipated….

Gonna give them a blast at Llangdegly tomorrow!

I always get the feeling TQ’s are a bit like joggers, they do what they do, but never look too happy doing it.

I notice he’s riding around a field on a niche looking steel ss…. 🙂

Real STW jerseys…

http://www.snakebite.fotopic.net/p10897196.html

he hasn’t got Tibet on his base map…

from an email extract…

“So, funny commute home yesterday. Sat in the office at 4pm listening to the wind and rain and thinking f*ck. By 5 it was worse. Waterproof top, but not bottom. Stayed til 5.30 and the rain eased a bit but the wind was proper Autumnal… had lights, figured the canal would be swamp city so set off up past the old hotel to Barlaston downs. Not a soul about, rain probably stopped, just the tree droplets getting blown about so quite OK. Got to the top of the Downs, and it was fantastic, a reet proper good night, windy as FK, great visibility, trees nearly blowing over and a tail wind wherever I went. Ended up doing a full loop and triple climb in what turned out to be an exhilarating ride rather than a sodden commute!

Came in via the canal today, it was a mess, as was I. Luckily, I had muddy socks and wet pants when I rolled in…..”

So, yes, I too was out last night.

Do you want my Saturday slayer route? courtesy of help from SFB and linked to other stuff in around Grizedale, Claife, Parkamoor etc? can ping a mmo file over if so.

Saw him race that bike XC at Plymouth way back. He was a style king and would glady cross up, throw whips off anything.

I also had a Tioga disc drive. It was awful, forever out of true despite hamfisted tweaks. Sold it to a German via one of the mags…took 3 months of mags to sell though…..

Yes. Its now bloody clicking. Last time it happened the Doc said ‘no real point plastering it up- it’ll hinder you more, just take it easy’.

So yesterday I went and picked up a new fridge freezer and unloaded/dragged it into the house

I bet you shave with a Bowie knife…

Going next weekend with laddo and a mate who is just getting into riding, ride-eat-ride pub after. sorted.

One set of brakes left, not many places have them yet, at least for another three weeks…drop me a pm if you want the last set .

Cheadle, land of the double thumbs and single eyebrows….edge of the Moorlands. Cannock is 20 miles, Dark Peak/Hope about the same. As fatlad says, locals for Cannock and theres loads of routes for the Hope/Ladybower regions on the net, easy to follow with a map or GPS. HANCHURCH IS A BOG ME DUCK AT THE MOMENT

Check the full hose length and threads, make sure you don’t have a leak.

Something sudden usually means you have somehow got air in the system somehow

I have XT’s on one bike, older XTRs on another and SLX on another. The XTR’s have been faultless and feel similar to the XT’s. The SLX’s have been OK, but i had a thin rotor on which didnt help lever feel . The new XTR’s that went on yesterday are considerably better in feel and performance over one ride…..but they are fookin dear!

Wait til you try new XTR…… 😈

I thought all helmets came with a lanyard hook inside them, tucked away under a little flap specifically to fit U.S.E helmet lights?

Didzy, drop me a mail, i’ll sort you out an XTR deal if you wish 8)

Thats really funny, its made my day. 🙂