Running mine separate to grips but on top as yours is. I’m happy with the position but I am having problems with it working. Can you retrofit the remotes from other brands? Are any better. Mine’s on an old KS seatpost not a LEV and it’s basically just a stop gap until I can afford a Reverb next year

Cheers for the advice guys.

Tom KP

Enthral so some really soft compound grips. I has the Kevlar lock on and I find it comfy but others have ridden my bike and say the grips feel pretty hard.
You could also try some lock on grips with only 1 clamp. The wife’s Transition grips are very soft and comfy while being quite slim

My Lezyne Steel Floor pump is well built and works well. It’s available in low pressure high volume or the skinnier high pressure one for road bikes.

Panoramic for sure. Can hit it up at any doped fast of slow.

Minion DHF

My Alpine 160 is silent now I’ve fitted a new X9 Type 2 mech. I know people believe that all Orane’s sound like a bag of spanners but the Alpine doesn’t have the massive down tube or swing arm that other models have. The only noise now is the Hope Hub when freewheeling.
One of the quietest bike on les agents Main Red Run this week.

But then I do spend quite a bit of time sortin out any creaks, speaks and noises as they p##s me off no end.

Cheers for the snow updates guys.
Just for the record I finally managed to track down Sauze D’Oulx lift dates.
Open Sat and Sun from 29th and then 7 days a week from July 14th.
Looks good so we’re gonna head Les 2 Alps for thurs and fri then Sauze D’Oulx for weekend b4 looping back to Morzine.
Alpi is only 2 hours past Les 2 Alps (not far over the Italian border from Briancon). So wod be rude not to.

Tom KP

5:10 Greg Minnaars allow you to get the cleats pretty far back. But with the GF’s DX shoes had to be modded slightly with a Stanley knife and drill. Was pretty easy to do.

Tom Kp

The original carbon Fury was ‘over built’ to increase strength. This was because they didnt want it breaking and carbon DH bikes getting a rep for being weak. After all it was one of the first mass produced carbon DH bikes (excluding some boutique brands). And they admitted at the time that weight loss wasn’t their goal.

Rode one a few years ago and even though it has ‘out dated’ geometry it was brilliant for a lot of UK tracks that non-pros ride (Triscombe, FOD, Cwmcarn, etc) my only complaint was the TT was to short for my liking as I’ve always preferred a longer bike. Most people don’t need a super slack HA and in actual fact I think it can be a hinderance when the track isn’t super steep, open or fast.

Tom KP

The GF got fed up with hers and wishes she’d got the more adjustable one.

Would it not be cheaper to get different tyres instead of build new wheels?

Make sure the wheels are off the ground (I often pick the forks up from under the crown) and then carefully tighten the top bolt. Then (as said above) align and tighten stem bolts. You’re not the only person to do it wrong.

Middleburn for the win.

Yes, they are great.

While out in the Alps last year I had a spin on a Large Wicked 160 Ltd. really liked it and it handled The trails from Avoriaz to Linderets really well and took it for a bit of an uphill road ride back to Avoriaz (via some sneaky footpath/off piste DH) and it pedalled a by better than my 18″ Alpine.
I’m 5’11 with a 32″ inside leg and felt the Large was perfect for me.

Tom KP

Fairy liquid

I’ve got 2×9 on my Alpine (32 on the front and 11-32 on the rear) and I find I’m under geared a lot. Mainly on the flat and downhill. I find I’m nearly always in the smaller sprockets on the cassette and its showing as they wear much quicker due to smaller.
Will be switching it up to a 34 or 36 on the front this week so hopefully I’ll use the full range of the cassette.

32×32 is not to bad for riding up most things, but the granny run is pretty good for slogging up alpine climbs for an hour or more.

Tom kp

The Lark tools one is really good. Much better than the Juice Lubes one I was given. It lasted about 8 years before brushes wore out

About 4lbs more than most people on here’s scales would weigh it as

Tom KP

Don’t fix bikes in the garden. It’s a bugger to find washers, nuts and bolts in the grass without a magnet

Tom KP

I’ve got some Greg Minnar SPD shoes and rode them without cleats on flat pedals at Triscombe for an uplift day as someone borrowed my Impacts. Didn’t have a single problem with them all day. That’s over 15 DH runs down very battered tracks and included jumps and drops.
Think they’re basically the same as HellCats.
If I give up on clips I’ll be just as happy running them on flats instead

Tom KP

Ps I didn’t bother replacing the blanks, just removed the cleats. No bother. Took about 30 seconds

Easton have just produced some designed specifically to be safe with Carbon bars as some people accidently damage carbon bars by over tightening them. The Easton grips have a layer of plastic between the bar and the metal ring

Glue. Or lock Ons

Lots of stuff to ride like that in the PDS, panoramic down into Chatel is one example. There are jumps but you can blast down them quite happily without your wheels touching the ground.

Commencal Supreme/Mini DH. The 2007 ones pedalled really well (for a 160-180 bike)and could handle DH, jumping and be built up fairly light for a bike at that time. Can pick one up for about £600 complete

I often feel “over bikes” on many trails (Alpine 160). But I need to consolidate my XC and DH bikes into one and I’d rather be over bikes sometimes than under bikes most of the time. Unfortunately not all of us are able to own 2 + bikes any more

Def go for an Alpine over the 5AM. It feels and rides much better. I’m 5’11 with a 32″ inside leg and have the 18″ frame. It fits perfectly. Lots of stand over and long enough TT.

Don’t buy one. They ride nice, handle big stuff well, are fairly light and strong, track the ground well and can handle DH really well with good geometry. They are low maintenance and perfect for a lot of the DH trails in the UK while still being able to handle trips to Spain and the Alps.

Wy would you want something like that? It may be cheaper to buy from YT or Canyon, but there seem to be quite a few people on here complaining about waiting times and customer service, warranty, etc. Where as Orange have great customer service and are always happy to give advice (in my experience).

Why would you want any of that?

It’s not about the frames, it’s about the lenses. Fake lenses can be harmful to your sight if they don’t protect from UVA and UVB as the darker lenses make your pupils dilate letting in more harmful rays. There was an article on it in the BMJ many years ago that sighted decent data and studies (can’t remember where exactly it was as I came across it while researching something else).

There’s lots of awesome single track descents and climbs in the Briancon and Embrun areas of the French Alps, buy a map and explore.