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Here's a cool story bro!
Bit of a result yesterday on a Camelbak. Halfords had a 2L pack with 22l cargo capacity reduced to £30 but stocks were scarce. I managed to find one in a nearby store which had a little grease mark on it (now removed) so managed to get it reduced to £25 (with £1.20 quidco) making it £23.80. Before i went i realised i had a set of spark plugs that i bought from them in 2003 which i had all but written off as i had lost the receipt and it had been 7 years since buying them but i decided to try my luck. I got £20.49 back for the spark plugs so paid a net total of £3.51 for the Camelbak!! Result!! :) Tried it out on a 20 mile ride today (with pub breaks) and it's really comfortable.
 
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Supercow said:
You didn't get your answer here? :D

http://www.southerndownhill.com/forum/index.php/topic,225698.0.html

Simple answer to your sizing question is - Go sit on one ... and a Heckler is crap! :D
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Not that simple an answer :rolleyes: As you can see above I have tried some, but not all, getting out and finding shops with stock is difficult when you are working all day just about all week (didn't get home till ten tonight) and I also have two boys and my partner is having our baby girl on Monday.

Hence me asking here if anyone has been on small and medium Faiths and SX's or have any experience with these sizes?

Anyone know of any shop within Edinburgh where I can go and compare small and medium Faiths and small and Medium SX trails this weekend? I don't have a car nor the time to travel around............ NO???? ..... Didn't think so so guess questioning and hoping for experienced opinion is stil an option.

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A BOSS Stealth where it belongs :)
 
touch said:
To refil the camelbak? :p
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Now there's an idea :D I ended up with over a litre of water and ice left in the bladder pack, much more than i expected. The ride was lovely actually. We started off in Uxbridge town centre and then onto the canal toepath, through Denham country park then in search of pubs. It was like entering the countryside as soon as we left the roads; cyclists, ramblers, barge owners were so friendly. The ducks were pretty cool too! We didn't want to leave to be honest. Definitely going to be a regular ride.

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I love the fact that it's pub breaks :D
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Only two to be fair but i'd like to start off in the morning with a group of us and make it more into a pub crawl. I'll probably end up in the canal if i do that though as i've got this silly game i play with myself where i ride along the path and see how far i dare ride with my eyes shut :D
 
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hk3948 said:
Finally made a decision, picked up new bike today!! Cnt wait to get down to Cwmcarn on the weekend!!

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Cheers for any advice i was given before buying guys;)
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Nice! If you dont mind me asking, how much did that set you back?

I'll be in the market for a full susser shortly :)
 
sastusbulbas said:
Not that simple an answer :rolleyes: As you can see above I have tried some, but not all, getting out and finding shops with stock is difficult when you are working all day just about all week (didn't get home till ten tonight) and I also have two boys and my partner is having our baby girl on Monday.

Hence me asking here if anyone has been on small and medium Faiths and SX's or have any experience with these sizes?

Anyone know of any shop within Edinburgh where I can go and compare small and medium Faiths and small and Medium SX trails this weekend? I don't have a car nor the time to travel around............ NO???? ..... Didn't think so so guess questioning and hoping for experienced opinion is stil an option.

;)
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That time of month, are you cramping and feeling bloated?
I was being playful... but thanks for telling me your life story.
 
getting my bike back tomorrow after 5 weeks of being repaired!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
Quite amazing that changing the pedals actually changes the feel of the bike. Gone from Wellgo v8 copys to proper DMR V8's and the difference is quite big, actually feel like my feet stick to the DMRs rather than slip on the Wellgo's, plus i can easily grease the DMR's for once :).....Also still got an annoying creak and crack sound on the front end, despite my headset been re-installed today, so me and the lbs are totally stumped where thats coming from.
 
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