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The MG-1's are nice and light, but the pins tend to rip out quite easily on rock strikes.
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I hope that thing'll be living inside the house!
Not even taking it home!
Leaving it in a safe spot, as were moving out of the bike graveyard in 2 weeks time
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Not even taking it home!
Leaving it in a safe spot, as were moving out of the bike graveyard in 2 weeks time
Thats good news then. No chance of your 'dodgy' neighbours seeing your new toy then.
Yea - I'm a miserable sod, didn't want to bring joy to the little faces of the kids in my neighborhood, by taking this out the backseat of the car
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Yeah, they're awesome for most riding but magnesium alloys are softer so they bend more easily than an aluminium pedal, and the threads have less integrity. But still, mine have done OK and I rockstrike frequently due to being a clumsy oaf
Yeah, they're awesome for most riding but magnesium alloys are softer so they bend more easily than an aluminium pedal, and the threads have less integrity. But still, mine have done OK and I rockstrike frequently due to being a clumsy oaf
They are also cheap as, so getting a new pair wont break the bank
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I've got wood
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It's an RCS from Mojo. I haven't had time to fit it yet. Did the purple route at Coed Y Brenin twice on Saturday, then the Marin trail today.
Sup3rc0w, I have the Blackspire branded MG-1's on Heckler No 2 1/2. Not as grippy as DMR's but for £35 you can't complain.
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Haven't ridden on dirt for over a month now, so today was another metric on the road in about 4 hours.
We went to glentress today... Got up to the top car park and discovered it had been replaced with an ice rink, but for some reason decided to keep climbing. DId pennel's vennel, which was sketchy as anything, ended up walking a couple of sections and even then fell on my ****. Then, we thought "How bad can it get, let's do spooky woods". So, some climbing. Then some pushing. Then, some carrying About 4 inches of rutted, half-frozen snow on just about everything. I've never been so pleased to see mud in my life. "WOO! Traction! My old friend slippy clay, how I've missed you" Finally found some terrain nevegal 2.35s can't eat up, they absolutely fail at rutted snow/ice, just tramline on everything.
Not exactly a vintage day's riding, but I've never laughed so much on the trails before, it was just ridiculous. Thank **** for flats, I'd have been down about 20 times with clipless.
Luckily, everything from the car park down was rideable pretty much as normal, some ice (always in the corners for some reason) but mostly fine. So we got a nice thrash down on the blues and reds to finish off. Wish I'd had a camera though
About 4 inches of rutted, half-frozen snow on just about everything. I've never been so pleased to see mud in my life. "WOO! Traction! My old friend slippy clay, how I've missed you" Finally found some terrain nevegal 2.35s can't eat up, they absolutely fail at rutted snow/ice, just tramline on everything.Not exactly a vintage day's riding, but I've never laughed so much on the trails before, it was just ridiculous. Thank **** for flats, I'd have been down about 20 times with clipless.
Luckily, everything from the car park down was rideable pretty much as normal, some ice (always in the corners for some reason) but mostly fine. So we got a nice thrash down on the blues and reds to finish off. Wish I'd had a camera though
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Love the Morewood - you'll sure have some fun on that.
Those gold SX Trails also look awesome.
I tested a Specialized S Works Epic today and boy was it rapid climbing. I sprinted past 6 people on a long steep climb like they were standing still. Sadly the bike is all over the place on any thing bumpy so I will defo not be buying one..... unless I start XC Racing.
Those gold SX Trails also look awesome.
I tested a Specialized S Works Epic today and boy was it rapid climbing. I sprinted past 6 people on a long steep climb like they were standing still. Sadly the bike is all over the place on any thing bumpy so I will defo not be buying one..... unless I start XC Racing.
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I replaced my Nevegal 2.35 with a Nevegal 2.1 last week. Much better in snow/ice and mud, and faster rolling...obviously.
Mmm, I prefer the fatter one in mud but I think you're right, the 2.1 would probably have been much better in snow. And I only swapped them last night Last week in the fresh snow I was running the fat one on the rear with a 2.1 Stick-E on the front, no doubt The Internet would sneer at that one but it worked well for climbing and still was plenty grippy for the downs.
Last week in the fresh snow I was running the fat one on the rear with a 2.1 Stick-E on the front, no doubt The Internet would sneer at that one but it worked well for climbing and still was plenty grippy for the downs.
Yea - I'm a miserable sod, didn't want to bring joy to the little faces of the kids in my neighborhood, by taking this out the backseat of the car
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Very nice, Just got back from France and the remedy made mince meat of every thing I chucked it at from the steep drops, endless rocks and it climbs well as to boot
The only scare I had was coming up to bushes with French people sitting in them with rifles sticking out the end .
The remedy is on the list for me as a second bike - for everything else as it were, but it will have to wait for now.
It's a close call though between the remedy and the Morewood Ndiza - which theoretically is a 4x bike
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French people with guns or bears...hmmm
Well I've almost ridden into bears several times, but could you trust an armed Frenchman
Well I've almost ridden into bears several times, but could you trust an armed Frenchman
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Been reading about the bears at whistler in this months mbuk, some really scary stuff! It'd be bad enough running over an irrate rambler, imagine how pee'd off a bear would be
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I've seen plenty of bears local to me while I've been riding and racing, they're just black bears though. Whistler has those and brown (grizzly) to keep you company, see them there every day while riding. The closest I've come is sub 10ft.
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