Guilty as charged I broke the rules and rode hard :-/

A bouncy castle at the end would have been ace!

Been flat out since we came back, great trail, thanks for the heads up. Myself and the wife parked the car in Samoens and rode back to Morzine over the Col de Joux Plan on our CX bikes, then the next day took the lifts up from Les Gets and rode to the lac then onto the cross before heading down into Samoens to get the car and some nice lunch :-)

Thanks for the feedback guys. For the price I’ve got to pay for one its worth the risk I think.

Oooooooooooo bugger, hope you’re ok, should have said you were heading down, was there this am, could have shown you some special stuff :-) next time eh?

Thanks Legend, yeah I’m looking to buy one for a new bike that should be here in December. I get fantastic discount on CB stuff and an get one for the price of a good quality regular post.

My wife runs a Reba 29er with her 650b and it doesn’t effect her. I’ve not ridden her bike at far and it feels ok

Medium and not sure on price, need to have a look about and see what they’re worth? Will come with spare rear shock, front mech and 2 week old Campagnolo headset. I’ve got to service the forks and shock before she goes too.

My Durance is OK with a Command Post. PS It’ll be for sale soon! The frame and fork that is!

Cheers Jambalaya, she’s up for it!

Er yes thanks

Hijack.

Thanks for sharing that Jambalaya, how would you grade it compared with other stuff out there? I’m thinking about dumping my car in Sameons and riding back up the Col de Joux Plane on my road bike then riding that route off road the following day. However the wife will be with me. She’s a good rider but last year she crashed in Italy and broke her elbow so is a little nervous and I don’t want to scare her. Also we’re going to Bike Verbier the week after Morzine so it’ll be good if she stays on this year!

Thanks

I’m over there next week too and will be searching out the same sort of thing. Will be taking the lifts up then riding from there looking for off the beaten track stuff like Col de Coux etc. don’t mind a bit of climbing to get to the good stuff.
The only difference my wife will be with me riding so we can spend the day chilling on the mountain looking at maps and trails.
Will also have the cx bike with us so we’ll get our climbing fix too!

Enjoy!

Torico[/url]know their stuff and should be able to give you an idea of where to ride but if you just head up Super Morzine and follow your nose you’ll not have a bad day out.

Good luck to Mike, my team mate and friend Marco ‘Yoda’ Nicoletti is also riding, I think he’ll do OK too. I take my hat off to anyone that attempts this event, awesome…

So you’re talking about an event like last year near Stourbridge? UMSSC (Unofficial Midlands Singlespeed Champs) as SSUK got cancelled there was an event that wasn’t an event ran by someone that opened their front door to anyone with a SS bike and in the know. Trouble with doing stuff like this if you advertise an event that isn’t an event and/or you lead or make a course you are liable for everyones safety, thus insurance is required, then with insurance comes RA H&S etc along with land owners permissions etc as you’re not allowed to race on public rights of way. Organising a proper event takes months and months of work and a heap of time and cost more than you may think.

Last time I looked into this the Chris King don’t do one to fit the Maverick.
Iirc Cane Creek and FSA do the Campag fit headsets. There’s 2 types of integrated, standard and campag fit, Maverick use the 45°x45° Campag.

Today CX localish stuff
Tomorrow FOD new trails
Monday FOD something differnet!
Tuesday Local
Wednesday Road
Thurs OFF
Friday heading to Netherlands for Dutch SS Champs :-)

Matt, stick me down for a tenner. Good luck mate.

I’m using it now, so far its OK but got Stans in a few other bikes so we’ll see as time goes on

I was riding some of the trails on Tuesday night with 35mm Conti CX tyres on, it was fast and dusty! But looking outside now its raining and forecast for more :-)

Im off to Catalonia for SSEC so I dont give a flying ************ enjoy the trails ;-)

Sorry I should have been clearer, I’m after the Garmin maps to download. Thanks for the info though!

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Love the colour! Did you get it sprayed purple yourself? If so where? ta

No, it came like that, it’s a Merlin Steel one not a Taiwanese jobbie.

Oh Biff don’t be shy ;-)

I thought that bike was staying for life Stu?

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Purple steel diamond with Vicious Cycles fat fork. Love riding it!

If its no bother that would be great thanks, my email is in the profile.

Cheers guys, I’ve now got something to do of an evening!! Strava only lets you download gpx now if you’re a premium member but I can look at the maps and make my own rides up from there, thanks again

I’ve got both CX and road wheels with me so either and or is good for me. I’m staying out Holyrood Park way I think. If you could mail me over some from your Strava account that would be cool I could always crop them if time doesnt allow. thanks

The Kendas I put Stans in all failed within a day or two of putting the stuff in, all delaminated/melted the inner layer. Just concerned before I write off another £££ load of tyres

Urggggghhhhhhhhh and I wasn’t drinking I-(

A day out in the Swiss Alps with MrsTollah
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Must get out more next year, I’ve been a bit lazy this year :-/

Sure am Taz! Great track eh Firestarter! Been waiting to use it for a while.

Thanks, we had a good time :-) its a Mukluk

Giles not a video calendar but there’s a 2013 calendar and I’ve a couple left.

Psling, we called it Stans as there’s No Trail there :-)

Oh yeah, looking forward to tomorrow now, haven’t been able to muster up any excitement for a month or two now but I think I may be back :-)

I have a few of these left, that’s Gab344

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I’ve got Maverick sc32 in the front of mine and the wife runs Reba 29er forks. Iirc Rockshox are bringing out 650b and so is a couple of others.

Running a 26inch wheeled bike with 650bs isn’t a great idea. The bb is taller they’d the standover. I’ve got a 650b specific frame which is great and I put done 660b wheels in my 26er, it just felt wrong, it felt high and didn’t handle at all well.

There’s a bigger tyre choice now than ever before and more tyres on the way.

I tend to ride with either a 400d or a 30d but this can happen when it goes slightly wrong! I do have a compact as well.

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Didn’t say I was going IHN :-)