I concur – wasn’t pleasant this morning. Picked up a bit after the headache subsided but couldn’t engage brain on anything even remotely technical . Bad planning – a big ride after a big night :(

I bought the xt setup from actionsports.de. Their service was great btw.
The 3 x 10 instantly felt much better. I don’t think I’ve used the granny yet and find I’m pulling the big ring much more often. The shifting is amazingly quick as well – I upgraded from an slx 9 speed setup, which I never had issues with to be fair, but the xt 10 speed feels a whole lot slicker all round – I was suprised at the difference tbh.

YG more M!

It’s making me feel old.
Also – did I just see Duran Duran give an award to some homeless people?

Agreed it was a top day out. My brain hasn’t stopped buzzing since. Am constantly thinking of little sections of trails I’ve ridden that I have to go back to, in order to try again and put the skills into practice. Cant beleive how much I’ve taken from it!

@ pieface
Your not entirely wrong! You have cosecha, crianza, reserva and gran reserva/ reserva especial each has more time in oak barrell and bottle. Some are aged in new/young American oak and some in French oak – which is less strong. The young American oak barrels can overpower wines though so often they’ll use a mixture of the two.

Edit- strangely some bodegas lie the oak down, once bought in, outdoors for a few years before they make them into barrels – believing that the oak takes on the flavour of the region. Not sure I’m buying that one myself though!

( I’m going to shut up now!)

As far as Rioja is concerned, the regions biggest seller by far is Crianza. Many people, especially those local to the Rioja region will only buy Crianza on a day to day basis and only buy the reserva/gran reserva on more special occasions. It’s therefore in the bodegas best interests to have a very good crianza that will sell well, so many of them produce reservas and label them as crianzas so they are often far better value for money.

This is always a default cheap option from tescos for a fiver for me. (I’m having some now)
If you have a liking for Rioja though search for an Ontanon Reserva some day. Best Rioja I’ve ever had. Or a bottle of Plot from bodega Urbina, not technically a rioja but its stunning. Nightmare to get hold of though unless you get it direct from them.

Bought some 3mm piping from b&q on the weekend , which fits the new tech m4s perfectly

Filthy with a lovely combination of mud and cow poo but it’ll be clean enough to eat my dinner off again tomorrow. Not that I will eat my dinner off it – that would be weird – I’ll use a plate.

Hmm Swedish you say ? Unlikely to be an option!

Punchbags I understand but what are these weights and cucuits you speak of? (sorry maximum novice)

I can stretch to other outdoor stuff but just things that don’t take as long as a good mtb ride!

Oh – I should add that wrist strenghth is fine and my wife is unlikely to help!

Awesome trail – must get there this year some time

Quite – hardly a shock!
At least thi may stop the usual journos scare mongering about rates going up.

Drowning worms and taking photos of overgrown goldfish

Although mountain biking seems to be completely taking over!

Frank’s tank – Purbecks

There’s a knack fir sure but once you’ve got it they are pretty easy. They get a bit easier the older the chain I always find. One thing that sometimes helps is if you are finding it tough – turn the cranks until the link is on the bottom run of the chain ( by the mech) there’s a bit more give in the chain then.

Just as an update – it seems so far that bleeding them wasn’t necessary . Shortened them as per the hope video and no problems at all. Much tidier :)

Cheers for the advice

Two legs one speed

Faithless – have seen them a number of times but a few years back at Glastonbury they were awesome.
Muse – genuinely blew me away about 3 or 4 years ago at Bournemouth
And recently and most surprisingly – the Pet shop boys , also at Bournemouth, last year. Wasn’t sure before seeing them but what an awesome show – loved every bit.

I’ve been waiting on some brakepads from superstar for two weeks now. And some other bits from eBay sellers for a week. All of which have been posted and are floating around in royal mails system somewhere. It’s not the seller’s fault – they’ve kept their end of the bargain, royal mail however is on it’s knees at the moment.
Its just one of those things really – no point getting worked up over it.

I bought a superlight before Christmas and chatted To the guy at moose – who was indeed helpful , I got it from stif in the end mind as they were the only ones with stock. Not to say that stif weren’t helpful mind but the guy at moose is worth a shout.
For what it’s worth though – you’ll need a large.

Should be ok for a road bike
Had something similar on my old inbred and it was a tad bendy!

Ruta del falcon Ibiza and a totally unsuitable hire bike!

Excellent
Cheers

Fwiw the parcel arrived this morning .

:lol:

Lol Elfinsafety – it even guessed Tony Hibbert!

Did whites and part of skyline at afan sat with some friends ( Inc chojin – hi bud glad you enjoyed it!!)- which was great – been in bed with man flu unable to mtfu since – which is shit

Aye I’m waiting on stuff from crc – posted a couple of weeks ago

Friend of mine is selling these – hardly used
http://www.dorsetroughriders.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2240

Recently bought some tech M4s and they are brilliant – can’t fault them at all. The difference between them and the juicy 7s they replaced is night and day.

I’ve got a trip booked to see Jedi with a few riding buddies next month. Looking forward to being made awesome :)

Parsnip and bacon soup followed by Ostrich steak Au Poivre

(followed by vino tinto, gin and tonic and bubbly :)

Glad you got it sorted mate. Good on primera.
Was a tad muddy wasn’t it

Enjoyed the ride though even though mine turned into a Santa cruz Superheavy!

Apparently the hope ones fit. Same size bolts etc. I’ve a spare I’ll bring along tomorrow so you can check it fits – did the same for Colin the other week.