I am an art teacher and artist.. I like very much some of the braver colour schemes and graphics I am seeing on modern bikes. Many wasted opportunities though! For example, some of these recent lime green offerings could have been made somwhat madder with red graphics! Look at a pair of trainers for inspiration or a t-shirt/polo shirt, ..

I recently did my Ragley mmmbop in lime green, black, but with splashes of brown and gold..

A little bit of colour theory wouldn’t go amiss!

I’d like to see a move away from too many black parts…. too easy, too safe, too boring.

DX bike light? You mean dealextreme? That’s just magicshine and similar isn’t it? I personally think the bike ray stuff is better quality.

XPG is hardly 2009, I mean, what has replaced it? MTBR is raving about the bike ray 3 and 4.

I am pretty certain CRC has been in new hands for a few months.

NHS direct… now there’s a braindead solution for a braindead populace if ever there was one…

flu propaganda…. be afraid of everything.

I thought I’d add to this thread rather than create a new one…

I weigh between 14 and 15st. I train with weights and can parallel squat 140kg fairly easily, and have cycled and weight trained for 20 years. I am now on my first ever full suss. I ride it hard, but I don’t jump much. The wilderness near me just aint jumpy enough. I do plough through roots, pine cones, the occasional stump I haven’t seen, and down the odd set of stairs. I have destroyed lightweight XC rims. I used to put a regular little wiggle in the front and rear Mavic 591 (480g) on my hardtail from regular XC use. The Pitch is capable of riding over what my hardtail couldn’t.. though generally I am going slower on the flat and uphills and faster on the downhills…

I was thinking either EN521 (540g) front and rear (cheapest option), or Sun EQ29 (520g) front and rear, or even Sun Ringle EQ 27 (482g) front and Sun Ringle EQ29 (520g) rear, or even Sun Ringle EQ29 (520g) front and Sun Ringle EQ31 (546g) rear. What say you?

Doesn’t work anymore. Shame cos I was about to spend £500 at least. Now I will wait.

CRC has gone downhill (!) since it was taken over. It’s special deals nowadays are about as special as Wiggle’s i.e. not special at all.

It’s a recession. I don’t have to spend my hard-earned with CRC. If you want it CRC, you need to work harder for it.