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SDK^ said:
Riding at Flyup 417 today : A Superhot 34c in the shade. I imagine this is what it feels like riding DH in Egypt :cry:
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No thank you, it's warm enough just sat around.
I drank 5 litres yesterday riding 4 hours at Gisburn and it was no where near this hot.
Doing DH with all the extra gear doesn't sound nice.

Did you have fun though?
 
My son riding the top of the GBU track at Forest of Dean on Thursday


robj20 said:
No thank you, it's warm enough just sat around.
I drank 5 litres yesterday riding 4 hours at Gisburn and it was no where near this hot.
Doing DH with all the extra gear doesn't sound nice.

Did you have fun though?
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Yep, it was still worth the trip despite the super hot temp. Our target was to complete the Superfly track but it was too hot to take in. A couple of riders were ripping down it on Saracen DH bikes, which helped show us the lines to take for next time.
 
SDK^ said:
My son riding the top of the GBU track at Forest of Dean on Thursday



Yep, it was still worth the trip despite the super hot temp. Our target was to complete the Superfly track but it was too hot to take in. A couple of riders were ripping down it on Saracen DH bikes, which helped show us the lines to take for next time.
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Absolutely ripping now isn’t he! Feeling old yet? :cry:
 
Andrew Moore said:
Absolutely ripping now isn’t he! Feeling old yet? :cry:
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For sure :cry:
It’s been a super interesting journey. We started MTB’ing 6 years ago, where I was following his wheel with him getting more confident.
Sometime early last year that changed and I was struggling to keep up. Now he’s gone and on the short FoD tracks he’s counting 15 seconds at the bottom before I arrive.
 
Riding DH in that heat with full gear sounds brutal. Still, following quicker riders to pick up the lines for next time is a decent silver lining.
 
Another trip to Bike Park Wales Yesterday - making the most of the dry conditions and riding the Boomslang black track x2, which is usually very wet

A couple of photos
My son jumping for the camera on the blue Sixtapod track

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Me on the Double Barrel blue track

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I am looking for some 29 x 2.6 tyres for a mixture of trails and cross country riding so a 50/50 type tyre for my hardtail emtb, I was thinking of getting some Continental Magnatols what do you guys think?
 
ended up getting a pair of Specialised purgatory grid t7 trail 29x2.6 mtb tyres, so far they feel decent, slower than my dubnitals but not a huge amount, Dubnitals are definately faster and probably better for jumps but these will be better for wet conditions and rough trails

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looking forward to trying Dalby and Gisburn on them but ill have to cycle 12 miles from the nearest train station and conserve battery life, might see if I can book a hotel and charge overnight
 
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Any one got a Voodoo bizango or something with similar geometry and can offer a bit of size advice.

Brother wants to get one, he is 183cm with an 87cm inside leg (floor to crotch to be clear). That's either large or XL according to Voodoo's site. He tried a large (no xl to try anywhere) in halfords, said it felt fine, similar to his current bike in terms reach I guess (current bike is an old brand x ht01, 443 reach with a 70mm stem. L Voodoo is 475 reach with a 45mm stem). Only concern was the seattube, I know you don't size off them, but the trend of low seattube means at correct height there is only 13cm in the tube. That's still more than minimum insertion though. XL is barely any bigger, another 15mm on reach and 15mm on tube (for that concern).

I suspect either will be fine and it will be rider preference, but I'm shorter and still on 27.5, so can't help.

So anyone got one (or a similar frame) who is a similar height? What did you go for? https://voodoocycles.com/collections/spirits/products/bizango-2025-new

Thanks.
 
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Armadillo said:
Any one got a Voodoo bizango or something with similar geometry and can offer a bit of size advice.

Brother wants to get one, he is 183cm with an 87cm inside leg (floor to crotch to be clear). That's either large or XL according to Voodoo's site. He tried a large (no xl to try anywhere) in halfords, said it felt fine, similar to his current bike in terms reach I guess (current bike is an old brand x ht01, 443 reach with a 70mm stem. L Voodoo is 475 reach with a 45mm stem). Only concern was the seattube, I know you don't size off them, but the trend of low seattube means at correct height there is only 13cm in the tube. That's still more than minimum insertion though. XL is barely any bigger, another 15mm on reach and 15mm on tube (for that concern).

I suspect either will be fine and it will be rider preference, but I'm shorter and still on 27.5, so can't help.

So anyone got one (or a similar frame) who is a similar height? What did you go for? https://voodoocycles.com/collections/spirits/products/bizango-2025-new

Thanks.
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At 6ft I'd get the large.
 
A mega day for us at Bike Park Wales today, doing both the day & evening sessions
- 9 hours of riding
- 13 descents : 3,500 meters
- Just a few tracks :p


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thewanted said:
That is a ridiculous amount of runs! I get so knackered mentally after about 8.

Just about to book a trip there in early August which I can't wait for. Haven't been for 2 years.
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It was one of those rare days where our energy wasn't running out. Surprising given it was 26c+ and even hotter in the uplift buses.
 
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