Mountain Biking

cheesyface · 23 Jun 2017 at 18:47

bloodiedathame said:
Nearly went for them, then hound the Deore's I already have for £99 for a full set, then thought, 'I should just really replace the dodgy caliper I have', which is £25.

Was runnning almost 10 year old juicy 3's so thought it was about time for an upgrade. Hope your new caliper does the trick.

rhysduck said:
For not a lot more you could have gone for the M8000 XT's!

Local tail running beautifully after this warm weather! Damn rain tonight tho

Considered that but don't like spending money at the best of times and only do some light xc for which the xt's seemed a bit overkill.

Begbie · 24 Jun 2017 at 16:30

Irish_Tom said:
In Wales this weekend for my stag do.

Just done Cwmcarn and off to Afan tomorrow.

@Begbie how's your wrist now mate?

Feeling a lot better, only twinges now and then. But it doesn't exist on the bike so it's all good. One of the local runs here is 15+ minutes of descent and it was fine!

Your still holding strong?

Cracking stag do! Bikes + Beers

neil_g · 24 Jun 2017 at 21:55

All this talk of replacing brakes, it's nice being able to just slap a new set of pads and disks on the M4 every now and again

Begbie · 25 Jun 2017 at 09:28

neil_g said:
All this talk of replacing brakes, it's nice being able to just slap a new set of pads and disks on the M4 every now and again

Same with my Zees, run a treat. I've not bled them in 2 years. Albiet they could do with it.

Just changing to XTs on one of the bikes. Not sure I want to.

neil_g · 25 Jun 2017 at 09:39

Begbie said:
Same with my Zees, run a treat. I've not bled them in 2 years. Albiet they could do with it.

Just changing to XTs on one of the bikes. Not sure I want to.

yeah man, only time ive bled the hopes in years was lengthening the hoses to go internal routing. totally solid.

Irish_Tom · 25 Jun 2017 at 20:16

Begbie said:
Feeling a lot better, only twinges now and then. But it doesn't exist on the bike so it's all good. One of the local runs here is 15+ minutes of descent and it was fine!

Your still holding strong?

Cracking stag do! Bikes + Beers

Good to hear.

My wrist is fine now, as you say just the odd twing every now and then. Completely fine on the bike (but I am still wearing wrist guards).

Managed 45km on the W2 route at Afan yesterday with 1.1km of elevation gain… then went out in Cardiff. Absolutely knackered now.

Superpatsy · 26 Jun 2017 at 11:13

Had a go on a Specialized Stuntjumper FSR and an Enduro yesterday at the Specialized trail day at Glentress.

Wasn't overly impressed with the Stuntjumper but the Enduro is a cracking piece of kit. Chewed up everything I threw at it and I've never felt more comfortable on a bike! Only gripe is that the Specialized command post that comes with them is absolutely horrible. The speed that thing comes flying up at could seriously blue-ball you if it catches you wrong!

Begbie · 26 Jun 2017 at 18:40

Irish_Tom said:
Good to hear.

My wrist is fine now, as you say just the odd twing every now and then. Completely fine on the bike (but I am still wearing wrist guards).

Managed 45km on the W2 route at Afan yesterday with 1.1km of elevation gain… then went out in Cardiff. Absolutely knackered now.

Good lad

Never bothered with gaurds in the end, and I seem fine. Not fell off too bad yet!

Getting close to +35c here now, motivation to get out on the bike is hard. Though the motivation to get into the pool isn't

PinkFloyd · 28 Jun 2017 at 00:05

Currently in Andorra with singletrack safari for the week. 3 days in of epic riding so far, days 1 and 3 doing some awesome natural trials and then day 2 in valnord - where we put up with really rough weather in the morning and powered through to a stunning afternoon at the top of the mountain hitting the jumps. Think I've lost my nervousness of tabletops after clearing plenty

Feeling like I'm riding far better than ever before and loving every minute of it. Definitely feeling like a new bike is required though, have enjoyed the Boardman until now but the bike park day really started to highlight its limitations. Still great on the singletrack stuff though.

Also sat on the next table along from the Syndicate Santa Cruz guys in a restaurant this evening which was pretty cool

Noakesy85 · 28 Jun 2017 at 09:23

Begbie said:
Getting close to +35c here now, motivation to get out on the bike is hard. Though the motivation to get into the pool isn't

Amen to that, I've pretty much been given the 'All Clear' from the Physio for my back issue

I do my best to get back out on the bike as often as possible (early morning / late evening ) when its cooler. Went out at 8.30 am on Sunday and it was ridiculously hot then too which made for an interesting ride lol. Safe to say jumping in the pool when I got home was the best part of my day

steve45 · 28 Jun 2017 at 22:25

So it appears 26 may not be dead afterall...

http://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Ma...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spotlight

robj20 · 29 Jun 2017 at 07:32

steve45 said:
So it appears 26 may not be dead afterall...
http://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Ma...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spotlight

Give it a few more years when 99% of all bikes are 27.5 and 29 and 26 will make a come back and people will lap it up. Its put me off upgrading my Nomad because i want to keep my forks and wheels.

mattyfez · 29 Jun 2017 at 09:11

Wouldn't supprise me if it does make a comeback as above, call me a cynic but the market wants to keep selling bikes to punters so once everyone is on 29 and 27.5 they'll need a new way to shift new bikes.

It's not often frames break, so people are more likely to upgrade thier group sets and just replace worn damaged parts given the option.

I don't think wheel size makes that much difference anyway unless you are at the top of your game. My 26er wheels are only a tiny bit smaller circumference with 2.3 tyres compared to my mates 27.5 on 2.1 tyres.

steve45 · 1 Jul 2017 at 21:32

Time to give the Gambler a bit of loving, Bike is a bit neglected at the moment, lots of knocking coming from worn bearings etc, and drivetrain is so on its **** that the chainring has hooks not teeth...
So I've just ordered new an entire rear service kit (Bearings & Hardware), new rear axle (Threads were dangerously worn) some tyres to replace the angry looking mary up front and another HD, and finally an entire new drivetrain(except cranks), need to get the bike running good for August when we do a tour of Scotland.
Might look at how funds are towards the end of the month and see if i can spare enough pennies to send the forks and shock of for a full overhaul.

...this biking malarkey is going to ******* bankrupt me!

neil_g · 2 Jul 2017 at 11:54

Tyre lever recommendations for super gravity casing? Snapped both my plastic xtools ones yesterday trying to unseat a MM.

Superpatsy · 2 Jul 2017 at 12:28

neil_g said:
Tyre lever recommendations for super gravity casing? Snapped both my plastic xtools ones yesterday trying to unseat a MM.

I've been using the Schwalbe levers and they worked a treat getting an MM on and off.

neil_g · 2 Jul 2017 at 13:29

Superpatsy said:
I've been using the Schwalbe levers and they worked a treat getting an MM on and off.

the little blue jobbies?

Superpatsy · 2 Jul 2017 at 14:29

neil_g said:
the little blue jobbies?

That's the ones.

Begbie · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:08

steve45 said:
Time to give the Gambler a bit of loving, Bike is a bit neglected at the moment, lots of knocking coming from worn bearings etc, and drivetrain is so on its **** that the chainring has hooks not teeth...
So I've just ordered new an entire rear service kit (Bearings & Hardware), new rear axle (Threads were dangerously worn) some tyres to replace the angry looking mary up front and another HD, and finally an entire new drivetrain(except cranks), need to get the bike running good for August when we do a tour of Scotland.
Might look at how funds are towards the end of the month and see if i can spare enough pennies to send the forks and shock of for a full overhaul.

...this biking malarkey is going to ******* bankrupt me!

know the feeling, fork service, new drivetrain + brakes, new tyres and I've found out I've lost the reverb bar mount bolt which is impossible to find without the whole kit (£38!!!!). That and with hardly time off at the moment, 36-38c during the day it's bloody hard to get riding the thing

But that race, best of the season! My heart was racing on all the top 5 guys.

steve45 · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:48

Begbie said:
But that race, best of the season! My heart was racing on all the top 5 guys.

Wasn't it just!!! Danny's run had me jumping out my seat, those lines! On and over the limit!