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Bought a new Trek Madone 4.5 at the weekend :) Couldn't stretch to a 5 series, but very happy with this one.

Build quality is great and the 105 group set is silky smooth. Feels so light and fast compared to the 80's Vitus I was riding (now to be used as a crap weather and turbo bike) but the old steel frame has the edge on ride quality . Glad I didn't go aluminium.

Will post pics when I get some good ones but it's this bike and colour scheme:

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Final day of the DH season at my local ski resort today before they switch to winter operations. Hoping to do a full weekend at another resort next weekend.

I had a :cool: day.

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just bought myself a claud butler urban 600, bargain at £530.... not as hard core as some of the bike son here but a good place to start i think!
 
janesssssy said:
Please could anyone give me adive on a new tyre, This is for the rear as I have been borrowing a Spesh tyre and I keep getting pinch flats even when fully inflated.

its running on my hardtail Onone summer season with a Maxxis Larsen TTxc up front. which I love to bits. I could get another for the rear but wanted opinions. 2.0 - 2.2 please.
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I'm in the same situation as you although I need a new front and rear. Check out the Kenda Excavator, seems like a pretty new tyre and it gets very good reviews, 2.1 in the back :)
 
Cheers for the clothing advice fellas :)

I'm a bit annoyed as the 19" Specialized bike they suggested I'd need was far too small, so luckily they have 9 of the 21" frames in the warehouse and it is being shipped out this week. I might have chance on Thursday to have a look but I was looking forward to cycling home on my new steed!
 
Sagalout said:
Bought a new Trek Madone 4.5 at the weekend :) Couldn't stretch to a 5 series, but very happy with this one.

Build quality is great and the 105 group set is silky smooth. Feels so light and fast compared to the 80's Vitus I was riding (now to be used as a crap weather and turbo bike) but the old steel frame has the edge on ride quality . Glad I didn't go aluminium.

Will post pics when I get some good ones but it's this bike and colour scheme:
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Strange that - I nearly bought one today as well. 2009 model in the blue and white. It was really well built, nice and light and I liked the mix of 105 & ultegra. Great wheels as well.

If I can persuade the missus tonight I'll go for it. Just need to flog my Scott Speedster S40 as well. Only had it a couple of months, but I really want carbon!
 
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Nice bikes those. I like the urban range(well the 300 upwards) but I wish the 600 had a similar colour scheme to the 500.
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i'm quite happy with the grey and orange and by god it's fast on the flat.

having spent all my spare cash on the bike i haven't been able to afford a helmet yet so am trying to stay off the main roads,

had an incident with me doing about 25mph down a path and a blind lady with a guide dog (no joke) appearing out of no where!

hydraulic disk breaks are immense!!!!

and the 1:1 ratio crawler gear makes even steep hills feel like i'm going along the flat.

only done 3 miles on it so far but i'm just starting to get my fitness back!
 
Can anyone give me any advice on winter legwear/footwear for XC riding? Went on a ride on Sunday with my normal shorts on and regretted it afterwards when I had soaking wet feet, legs and arse. Not good!

I've been considering getting some overshoes and overtrousers to keep me dry, and then maybe some tights as a base layer (which my friend recommended). I currently have Shimano MT60s, which are excellent shoes (and are Gore-Tex), but don't have a very high cut, so aren't great at keeping the water out (hence overshoes).

I'm also tempted to get front/rear mudguards as I ended up with a soaking wet saddle and shorts and mud all over my backpack, top, and arms after riding through lots of puddles (unsurprisingly I guess). Are they worth it?
 
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Just a get a crud catcher for the front - and make an inner tube thingy on the forks (Neoguard) - dont get the gay guards! front & back
 
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What's the point in Neoguards? How can mud spraying through the front of the fork hit you? The majority comes from the back wheel for me – completely soaked me around the saddle area.
 
ca9phoenix said:
i'm quite happy with the grey and orange and by god it's fast on the flat.

having spent all my spare cash on the bike i haven't been able to afford a helmet yet so am trying to stay off the main roads,

had an incident with me doing about 25mph down a path and a blind lady with a guide dog (no joke) appearing out of no where!

hydraulic disk breaks are immense!!!!

and the 1:1 ratio crawler gear makes even steep hills feel like i'm going along the flat.

only done 3 miles on it so far but i'm just starting to get my fitness back!
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Try to stay of the pavement then :P Riding on the road is easy once you can keep a good pace and learn the road. Yould should be pushing 20mph easy on the flats on that I would imagine. I sort of wish I had disc brakes after my Vees decided they would just not work on a wet ride home!
 
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