my mate fitted a pair of u-turn ones on his new bike and second ride out they made a huge snapping noise (sounded like the frame had gone.) and they now stop dead after about 20mm of travel! this and the sh!te reviews the lyriks have been getting I reckon they have a dodge batch out this year like fox did a few years back.

cough nudge cough sorry all!!

Niiiicccccceeeee keep em coming please!! noidea very smart mate!!

The lbs near me is a spesh dealer and they are just great mate I'd go else where!

Good old george W!!!

Blimey!!! Well here is my brain dump on the topic!

What I like is the hit and miss nature of the magazine? I like the randomness of the mag in a way, I also like dirt for the same reasons really. Let me explain sort of…….

Ie MBR MBUK and WMB are quite simlar and if you read the december 08 issue it will have the same info as the 09 07 and I'm sure 2010 issues!

ST however has a huge mix of stuff each month, I dont like the bivving stuff at all, and TBH thought I cant be arsed to read this bit. But I really like the Ferrento, single page artices and the adventure stuff there was a bit a while back on a race in the himalays brilliant, man and boy brilliant jen hopkins brilliant I like the mosley interview. The training stuff is really good I think. The £100 weekend was a good read. and there is lots more as well.

I think its a thankless task some of you love the bivvy bits and hate the bits I like, we cant even agree on whats a good tyre FFS!! How will they Chaps write a mag thats seen as great by all cover to cover each time!!

The pics are good I just like the proper riding in the UK feel of the mag, and the fact is a bit off the mainstream and commerical track in the same way dirt is I see it a a bit more specialist to a more cowabunga MBUK. (I also think its Sh*te that WMB and MBUK share articles thats just poor I know Brant worked for future so no offence mate but you pay nearly a fiver and get the same article twice)

I like the writing style too and I couldnt care about spelling or the grammar its readable and is IMO a thing to be enjoyed not marked like an exam paper!

Either way keep it up chaps!! I'm in for the forseable future!! (apart form the cross bike reviews and bivving thats just tosh :wink:)

Hi mate in another life worked on yachts and lived in mine for about two years and they were faultless!! It was the 17 days in them solid that finished them off!! so I'd go for it!

just looked at the cotic web page its defo the first way…….just looked at the BFE again hmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm sure CY will sort you out

running it across the other way looks right to me, where is it rubbing on the frame? will the whole thing not unscrew and then you turn it around and it stops the rubbing? :?:

Got one called floyd cos its so fast you'd think its on drugs but its not!!! My Wife calls it that F**king bike (had a few warrenty issue with some parts you see!!) does that count!?!

And one called belina after a fit bird at uni also from halifax!!!

I love the way people get so un tight about bike names and stuff its all a laugh eh??

Black justice is well funny though!!!! :lol:

**** no!! But some one will for sure mate!!!!

Ibis mojo……. :D 27lbs with skill compensation for the last few hours!!!!

Wow!! amazing trailer!! guess wont be out till the summer over here?

Quite happy with it TBH now my naff pc well thats another matter!!

TBH mate I rate the spesh bikes always have, intrested for it to get a poor review in MBr and a other mag wondering if the mag demo bike is a bit naff fancy one you see….or a alpine 160…. :twisted:

Got one of these and its been faultless for three years now inc 400+ mile trips with three 140mm bike on no issues woulld get it again mate.

What I like good for the trail really…..oh sorry….. 8)

Hello mate I like it looks fast I think the paint looks nice in the pics good buy a reckon!! Big fan of Spesh bikes wish I'd held on to my stumpy FSr really.
…….best pic up the garden chair eh…… :wink:

dude he is a small legend!! my oldest is working on the like-a-bike and the youngest is working on this whole walking thing!!! but looking forward to the day you've just had!

That Bloody john wayne film in ireland "top of the morning to ya" No one says it in ireland no one…yet its the first greeting you get!!!

Asda Pizza every time mate just lush and made fresh never had a bad one!

Right it says, (as I have a blessing!!)

I knew I was crap when Mike from that other company came ripping past, the guy was just 2 Kool for school. I'm so cut up about it that i took to the drink, but that led to tears. If i was a real man we could fight and the loser has to move on! Maybe i should stick to the xc or rodie stuff. trouble is i love the dh and up lift too much. and who'd have thought that after providing the service for 8 years all year round I'd still love it! miust be the mix of great beers. **** it i'll do a cheap deal for our uplift and dh packages 495 euros for the week. that other company charge a wopping 695 euross. but as i said he is hevey cool.

right thtas it word for word!!!! seem its eather a piss rip or a dig eather way I'd go with either of them!!

LOve thoose mate and the 456 the black fr is lush!

Its on page 100, is it ok mod wist to up it up basically being a free ad and all? Cant face a ban!!!!!!!

Logged in to MTBR but still cant see!!! :roll:

yes yes yes mate worth every penny aleway come back with bits to work on and a few weeks months down the line when the new stuff is habit you'll always be a bit better more confident well I am any way! :wink:

6" is more like 150mm mate!!127mm is about 5" :wink:

I agree that angles make a big difference my five rides different to my mojo, to my mates zesty all 140mm bikes. I noticed the differnce going from my 120mm stumpy to my five on the downs, no massive difference in climbing for me anyway (still a slow chat while going up hill!! :D )

you'll get a lot of this but test a few or borrow a mates and see on your trails I dont feel over biked on mine TBH riding on the downs to the lakes and trail centre stuff. For me I wouldnt go bigger 1400 is enough for my nerve so far any way!!

Not a Sc fan but that is proper lush love the gold black combo just needs some crank Bro's black gold cobalts now :wink:

mint sauce rides a cotic soul. they only mag article on Jo burt I saw he rode a kona. Best bit of MBUK by far mint I think!!! :D

DOnt know whay but it messes with my head the upside down pics!!!

Its a different weave I think plus the paint is a rubberised finish unlike the standard if you you think smartie then you wont go far wrong!! How much is it ie is it still a lot or worth a flyer?

Hi mate might sound daft but how fast are you? My reasoning is, if your in the first 100 or so the trail is usually good you can find grip with faster rolling tyres cross marks etc .you get in the middle and back and its a bog and something like fire xc pros com into their own as a intermedate tyre as the trail is well chewed up by the time you get there and you make up time in the single track bits etc. IMHO of course

PS am a fire xc near the middle type of guy!! :P

HI mate I have had a "crack" in the frame appear they took it back ( had to post it to the states mind!) And sent a new one, crack was in paint see stw review for more info on this happening to theirs and the sl may not have this issue. Been excellent to deal with and bike is amazine I have it quite light and its the right side of sporty so not concintrate or die!. Lovely bike I love the look of it.

The MBTR fourm has a huge Ibis section which is worth a look mate.

a five or a mojo!

LOL thanks mate!!

Bloody hell SFB can take a picture love that mate love it!!

:D yes mate FF only!!

yeah thanks chaps am in the I dont think they can do any harm/ why not camp but will keep looking into it!

I'd like to do this but planning to do tw this year so need to see how that goes training wise! before putting in another big challenge!

I have erogon grips on mine and you can get erogon plugs for carbon and light ali bars worth a look mate.