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I put my Neogaurd back on a few weeks ago. I'll need it for my Wales trip in a couple of weeks. I don't use rear mudgaurds.

Sinister bikes have been around for a while. It's an old frame FS on CRC, hence silly cheap price.
 
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I dont like the 5th element shock, its what specilized uses / or used to use. Not a good shock.
But tbh the price is very good.
 
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Agreed, though looking at the description that sinister frame comes with a manitou shock. It's a nice looking frame, but no front derailleur on an xc bike?
 
Going night riding at Afan tonight. First time out with lights, got some Hope 2 LED lights. So gonna see how it goes, shall report back
 
ca9phoenix said:
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
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You were on a path? Hopefully a cyclepath.

Rode my brother in law's old bike to and from the station today, an old non-suspension mountain bike; seriously, how does anyone get anywhere on those tyres? It was so stunningly slow I missed my train.

It's a decent hack bike (it's not worth anything) whilst I get the single speed conversion sorted on my hybrid, but I wouldn't want to cycle it more than a mile on the road. It shocks me that I see folks on there things on the Victoria Embankment every morning and evening; they must be mad.
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;15247919 said:
You were on a path? Hopefully a cyclepath.
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Nothing wrong with cycling on a path. Pavement's unless otherwise marked are illegal for over 14/15 year old's to cycle on. Then there is English rights of access, bridleways etc...


What are "those tyres"? Do you mean knoblies/SS? You get used to them on the road. I commute with my Full sus with 2.4" knoblies so I must be completely bonkers. :p
 
weescott said:
Nothing wrong with cycling on a path. Pavement's unless otherwise marked are illegal for over 14/15 year old's to cycle on. Then there is English rights of access, bridleways etc...


What are "those tyres"? Do you mean knoblies/SS? You get used to them on the road. I commute with my Full sus with 2.4" knoblies so I must be completely bonkers. :p
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I'm aware that there are exceptions and that a path may not be a pavement, but where I come from they amount to the same thing. Also, I'm yet to see anyone show me the passage of law that allows kids of any age to cycle on the pavement.

When I say 'those tyres' I do indeed mean knoblies that appear to be about 2" wide. Baring in mind I'm used to 19 or 23mm slicks I just found them horrible and very very slow.
 
I think you are mistaken DOD. A Path is very different from a footpath.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/path?view=uk

Continual treading can be made by animals. Most likely rabbits.


As for kids on the pavement:

http://www.bikeforall.net/content/cycling_and_the_law.php


Knoblies have thier place...I have commuted on a mix of on and off road. If I was purely on road the indeed pure slicks would be good, apart from in Winter where you are more likely to see a mountain biker on the road than a roadie on slicks.
 
weescott said:
apart from in Winter where you are more likely to see a mountain biker on the road than a roadie on slicks.
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I think that has something to do with how unwise it is to wear lycra in winter? :D

and thanks for clearing up that mech issue weescott, I'd never seen that kind of mech!
 
silly question from a noob,

raised saddle so i have a small bend in my knee at full extension,

how on earth do i raise my A-Head stem bars? the instruction book appears to tell me not to undo the compression bolt?!?
 
There's a couple of things you can do: you can add some spacers between the headset and stem to raise the bars, or get an adjustable stem, or new bars/stem with a greater rise.

You can undo that bolt, it's there to preload the headset compression before you tighten the stem bolts. Just use the correct size hex key to loosen it. Alternatively take it to your local bike store and they can sort it.

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And this is how the compression bolt looks inside the forks:

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weescott said:
I think you are mistaken DOD. A Path is very different from a footpath.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/path?view=uk

Continual treading can be made by animals. Most likely rabbits.


As for kids on the pavement:

http://www.bikeforall.net/content/cycling_and_the_law.php


Knoblies have thier place...I have commuted on a mix of on and off road. If I was purely on road the indeed pure slicks would be good, apart from in Winter where you are more likely to see a mountain biker on the road than a roadie on slicks.
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If you wan to be semanitc about Path and Pavement (I specifically stated that where I come from a path and a pavement are the same thing, it's a colloquialism) then kids cycling on the pavement isn't legal, they just can't be issued an FPN for have crimial charges brought against them.

As for knoblies over slicks in winter, there is no logic for that. I commute all year round on slicks using 23mm in the winter. Any form of grip or pattern on tyres doesn't give additional grip on tarmac, the best tyre you cn use on the road is a slick, in all conditions.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html
 
[DOD]Asprilla;15249970 said:
If you wan to be semanitc about Path and Pavement (I specifically stated that where I come from a path and a pavement are the same thing, it's a colloquialism) then kids cycling on the pavement isn't legal, they just can't be issued an FPN for have crimial charges brought against them.

As for knoblies over slicks in winter, there is no logic for that. I commute all year round on slicks using 23mm in the winter. Any form of grip or pattern on tyres doesn't give additional grip on tarmac, the best tyre you cn use on the road is a slick, in all conditions.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html
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How was anyone to know you were talking colloquialism's before you stated "where I come from"? Hence me being 'semantic'.

There is plenty of logic in tyre choice for winter conditions. That's why people use 3" tyres, studed tyres, knoblies etc. There is no chance I would ride slicks on ice/snow covered roads. I used to use slicks in summer and knoblies in the worst winter conditions for commuting.
 
Possibly because I pointed out it was 'where I came from' before you told me I was wrong and pointed me at a dictionary.

As for tyres, I guess that depends on the commute. In Surrey and London we only get snow and ice covered roads maybe once every few years, the rest of the time it's tarmac.

If you are riding on proper snow and solid sheet ice then yes I'd want studs; but if a slick won't grip on that then neither will a knobly tyre. On compactable snow then a knobly is probably better, but then I could say that you weren't cycling on the road at that point!
 
Hi guys,

I went with some 2.15 Hutchinson Toro XC tyres in the end - gave them a good ride around the soaking wet Mendips last weekend and they held up pretty well, although i think a set of dedicated mud tyres would have been a better bet (well, that or a hovercraft...).

I'm thinking about getting a second set of wheels to use solely for mountain biking, and keeping the specialized wheels and tyres just for road riding/commuting. I assume that the wheels that came with the 09 Rockhopper Comp were pretty cheap, but could anyone recommend a decent second set? I'm not looking to to spend a fortune - around £150, maybe less - depends largely on how good the wheelset is and whether i would be able to use it on a bike in the future. Looking at Merlins cycles, some Shimano hubs (Deore, SLX or XT) with Mavic rims seem quite reasonably priced - anyone have any opinions?
 
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