Cheers Lowey and mike
will have a play later

in the mean time here is a pic from 2 years ago of fremmington edge

Cheers Mike I am fairly familiar with the area and also was curious if we were going on different trails to ones I have allready rode.

Lowey not got MM but got Tracklogs is there a way to convert it
or will it load into a mm demo .

Yep sure will have a light or 2 with me They like being stroked :lol:

Deejay please where can I see the route you have planned for this expedition . due to my fatness levels and fitness levels being out of sync I just want to check on the bailout options for when my legs give out.

MMM theres nothing like the jelly leg feeling of out the car into a big climb .
Good idea for the parking if you can swing it Stu .

on a side who gets the biggest bit of cake for the furthest traveled to get there.

What we need is a STW ride flag to stick up.

Great this sounds like good idea

meet in the carpark in Reeth get togged up and freewheel down the road
to fremmington for the first rest of the day Coffee and Cake .
Thats the first mile done :D
Then a quick spin up the Edge to bask in the glorious morning sunshine to take in the view .
a bit of a nice cruise to the quarry decent which IIRC comes out at a pub which also does nice coffee .

not sure where Deejays planning to go next but it must be up :lol:

Carl your light is 99% done and here is a beam shot on low

Hi was too much for the camera a bit like pointing it at the sun

Cheers Carl you wont be disapointed I am sure.

Schweiz Yes I must get the rest of that done and update the site , I have gone from being unemployed in jan and feb when most of the site got done
and then just as the housings and lights took off work in my day job of fitting flooring just went mad and time was in very short supply . so it just got left on the back burner ..

Then this weekend all of a sudden I have orders for 2 in OZ 2 in the USA
and 1 for Carl in cornwall So it is a sunny day spent in the Shed.
No sod it off out on the Bike then an evening in the shed

Cheers Smudge , Dont forget they still need leccy from your ace batteries to work.

Complete kit to build your own £145 plus pp
built up light head ready to connect to battery £ 165 plus pp

I have got some and to be honest I think they are the dogs do das
1100 lumens and mated to one of smudges packs beat most shop bought lights easily.

I only have one anodised left and 5 plain ali though I may send them to be anodised .

Got up had breakie then moved furniture for 18 year old daughter who moved out today :cry: to a rented house with boy friend.
then some spring gardening followed by a walk with said daughters new dog which is supposed to move out with her but for some strange reason is still here.
then a curry and a couple of bottles of dog to wash it down .

I am full of admiration for all you SS guys tackling Fremmington edge
I too will be singlespeeding up there 34/11 then walking when the peddling fails

Taka hell its only 1.5 hours to reeth tops You could come with us if you want Im Silsden with a van and 3 spare seats ..

OK count me in unless it is horizontal hail stones as I have been on top of fremmington edge with them and it was not fun .

Ton not bothered about being at the back ( i have got used to that now ) just dont want to hold the group up too much .

Is the proposed pace of this ride suitable for a fat knacker just getting back on the bike after a lay off ,
And can also offer a lift from the skipton area if it is not a race round

Cheers Mark I got the beer last night then some wine , now got the headache .

Excelent idea there Junkyard :D

What is the Charity that this bike is going too.

I will donate a little light for the bars of said northern bike
no battery I am afraid

CHB
wow lots of questions

Battery required is 14.4 volt
connector can be any as it is primerily a diy and I do the odd build up to help out.
can be 5 levels of brightness or Hi Lo on off strobe
beam pattern again can by wide / medium / or spot
or a mix of all 3

Hi Richard
Yes i will get some piccys up on my site soon
some here though http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa46/amticoman/XPE%20LIGHT/

Gary Thanks yep I am well pleased with them
Yes sure I will save an anodised one for you
No news on the R3s yet but probably the day after you order the R2s

Mboy
Yes it is 6 cree XPE R2 leds approx 1100 lumens at full whack
Plain cnc ed ones £165 + pp
anodised add £5
a few more pics here http://www.troutie.com

:lol:@ dave_aber I never noticed the beer in the pic .

Joe1983
I have a couple of plain aluminium ones left
also am having 10 anodised gun metal grey .

Anyone of the impression this collapse was done on purpose by the US to slow down the Chinese global domination a bit .

It just seemed to happen way too fast

I Had a lad come round and wash my van and the wifes car every sunday
untill he saved enough for his new bike
Then never saw him after that cept on his bike

Well that question was a right show stopper :roll:

Question then now that is sorted out

who has donated and what % of the items cost is deemed reasonable

Ok So when all the LBS`s have gone cos numptys who cant diy wont pay
How you gonna get it fixed then .

Another update for all who wanted a housing

A bit of a limited website with some info and more soon

http://www.troutie.com

gymaint

Sounds about right and there will be a howto going up very soon.

Bar mount no problem you can have a M5 threaded hole for a lumi mount or the electron mount from chainreaction .and the housing comes with the bolt also .
mail me for more details.

gymaint
no I am having extra housings made so still available

batteries you could mail smudgemtbuk at aol dot com
or use Turboferrets li ion holder and 4 li ion rechargerables

WCA are you safe with powertools
is that light for the bamboo bike some one posted on the old forum.

Hi Update to all you guys who have ordered one of these housings from me.

I just had this email from Deesta the guy who is CNCing them

Hi Chris,

I’ve had to order extra material due to the number you want of the XPE’s. I’m doing my casings today and tomorrow so should hopefuly get those out over the weekend :) Due to the time I need to do your csing, I’m not going to be able to do them until the middle of next week :(. We’ve got an urgent job that needs to be done but yours will be next. I’ll be able to do one with the modifications on for you to play with though, so will get that to you as soon as.

Hope that’s ok?

Cheers, Steve

Also no news on dispatch on the stuff from cutters yet
I dont know if these fires are affecting them .

Thanks for being patient

Rudeboy
Ha HA nope heat has a direct thermal path to the stem and bars which keep it pretty cold

hairychested
sure email me . it is on the picture of the light .or in my profile.

By the way how do I get my email into my name

Just to update all who have said they want a housing
I am up to 25 confirmed from on here and MTBR so I am going to ask Steve to do me 30 housings for a few spare and one for me

I hope to know when they will be done very soon and will let everyone know when I know.

Thanks for all the interest.

It looks a lot like this .
but this is the only pic of it I have

Steve you need to open a photobucket account or similar
and put your pics there .

As I said before this is not about having the lumen war winner
this is about quality of light
and running 16 emitters at low current is more efficient lumen wise
than 4 emitters at full chat.

and a pic to back up how nice it is this is at very low power

It will probably not ever get used on full
but the quality of trail ilumination is fantastic at low currents
it is a bit like a gang of little thugs overpowering 4 very strong thugs

And then we have a very limited edition of 1 only
4 mce 3200 lumen snow melter

I think he is meaning this or one like it
I would never make owt as ugly as that one with the bulbous end

And Racing ralph if you are who i think you are
You pointed me to the cutter MR11 kit right at the very beginning

Richcc
I am waiting untill Steve the CNC man says he can do the run of housings
I am hoping for next week
so will keep it open untill sunday
I will then probably want a few spares so will round it up to the nearest good looking number which will be there till they are gone.