Ace weekend, and loads of fun. Just wish I hadn’t broken my collarbone so wasn’t racing….good to see my stunt double finishing fifth. I was the bloke wandering round the undergrowth with a camera shouting at people every now and then. Nice to get some smiles and shouts out of you racers….anyone who went past with a frown – shame on you…

A few snaps below, more here: https://www.me.com/gallery/#100139/TRK_3501

Also have loads more which if people fancy I can upload. Let me know.

got one of these…no trouble with last winter on the road….obviously doesn’t take the pasting a mountain bike takes…

as posted here…surely…last one is mine…it happens to be matt black…
but stealthy is belt drive single speed i reckon…
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-us-your-stealthy-bikes

All day I’ve been trying to work out what a void consists of….i’ve given up. Ah well no matter.

oh yes…well made and well acted

None of those are truly stealthy….
District Carbon…belt drive….just wind noise…

You keep having to lull them into a false sense of security….

Just reading the post again and noticed that crashasaurus has a 54 and I have a 56 – and we are roughly the same size. I would defo recommend going and having a sit on one somewhere…I was on a 54 trek madone for years but recently changed to a 56…way more comfy for me, but crashasaurus’s arms/body/legs etc maybe in a different proportion to mine…just a thought.

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Another one here…2011 model, 56cm 5ft9/10ish…brilliant bike, lovely to ride…mildly pimped with mon chasseral wheels

Okay…I may have to go with a home made effort…yikes. Have I found a gap in the market I wonder?

So do those bend down and around to fit 26"?…I did wonder, but no pictures seem to exist…

Mmm…to conclude then. I hope dennis makes a speedy recovery, and gets back on two wheels soon.

Nice edit TJ,

You can’t get away with the fact that you do wear a helmet sometimes…why do you wear one? Not just for fashion, but the fact that there is an element of risk in the activity that you are undertaking – you are chosing to protect your head….

We are in agreement about compulsion though…more cyclists on the street = safer streets for cyclists. Compulsory helmet wear reduces the number of people who want to cycle, increases the danger on our streets, and has a knock on health affect.

ultimatums?

I did, but as your answer just then, and indeed previous posts, seem to demonstrate that you are wearing one out of some desire to fit in with which ever niche you are riding with…I am confused. No helmet – jey core, pisspot – jumping but only to LOOK hardcore – not save your head, and the inbetween time you wear a vented xc lid – why? When you have done some complex risk analysis about the type of trail, and the probility of having an accident…explain…I’m just confused..seriously.

Crikey, funnily enough, whilst I am ‘for’ helmets in this debate, I am against being made to wear one by law…it isn’t good idea when we are trying to increase the number of cyclists on our roads….and that is a fact. As apposed to being a controversal topic of debate among the medical proffession.

So…selective helmet use then. Why use one when out jumping?

Appreciate that crikey, been there before to read up a little on what happen to me.

Not sure which way crikey was aiming that actually

All of them please TJ, it would be good to become as educated as you in these matters.

ohh crossing posts…fine, I will accept that my personal experience is for you anecdotal…and have no doubt that inspite of wanting to help improve helmet manufacturers research I have no desire to try and recreate each accident with and without a helmet…I wouldn’t fancy my chances…

In fact…I tell you what, why don’t you give us the benefit of some of your knowledge about head injuries then…Aside from the helmet debate, let’s leave that alone for a second. What we could talk about is how you can hit your head, appear to be fine and then suffer a huge swelling within your skull which causes a pressure on your brain and then…..why don’t you explain how that works so we can all understand it from your medical standpoint?

How, pray tell, is personal experience an…”old wives tale”?

I have never read such a load of ridiculous rubbish from one man…TJ you really are a prize idiot. I am certainly pleased that I never have to ride with you, as I refuse to ride with anybody who does not wear a helmet. You may well call this bigoted of me, but having made full use of a helmet on three separate occasions I can certainly vouch for their effectiveness. Each time the helmet sustained considerable damage – flattening out and absorbing the impact. Head injuries are terrible things, as has been seen very recently in the news. We should certainly all assess risk, and analyse the potential for various injuries undertaking the sport that we all love. I would posit, as doctors said to me, that I am only able to carry on doing this sport because I was wearing a helmet.

Well I’ve sent the money…lets wait and see…email in two weeks eh…

Very nice plecostomus, looking good, where was that picture taken? Were you out on that at the weekend?

Not yet matt, it’s in the bike stand awaiting donor parts from the P7, sadly work got in the way today otherwise….I’ll post some finished pics when done… All I will say is that it looks really pretty…the ebb is a thing of beauty, and it does have nice lines.

Whoop whoop, if nothing else, this post has taught me i’m in my own niche…..