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Ske

Ske

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There is literally dozens of tracks up there.. if you two fancy hitting up some good trails let me know, if you like steep stuff I know for some more close by as well ;)

Will definitely take you up on that. I've only recently attempted Stage 4 and Six Feet Under (both on Y Wal and are Enduro stages) and I'm liking them. They're both pretty steep. Tempted to pop back over there this Sunday.
 
Soldato
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Nelson, South Wales
Damn that's beautiful.

How does it climb? I'd love to try one.

Surprisingly well considering its a 170mm plough bike.. Dont get me wrong, its not as easy was the Slash or NS Snabb was, but managed 3000ft of climbing in 2 hours Tuesday even and felt ok.. Ill let you know how a 40+ mile 5000ft day goes Sunday...

As for a mini meet/ride around South Wales.. whos free and what dates?
 
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If anyone from the Midlands ever fancies a blast round Sherwood Pines or something (not particularly exciting I admit) then give me a shout.

I collect my new Boardman MTR 8.9 tomorrow. Managed to get it to cost me the equivalent of £1157. Which is kinda brilliant!
 
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Bargain price on that Boardman :) Hope it servers you as well as my 2014 version has for the last few years!

Yeah I hope so. I've had a Boardman Pro 29er hard tail for about 3 years and other than a creaky Bb30 bottom bracket it's been a good bike.

Looking forward to getting new one and adding a dropper post. Upgrading brakes will be the next plan I think.

It's a good looking bike for price. Not as well specced as the Pro Fs they are clearing but it's a more modern geometry and I figured I'd give it a go :).
 
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Collected the Boardman today. Its stunning in the flesh. I'm very impressed. I ordered a Reverb 150mm dropper too but I now I'm home and thinking about it I think I need to get the 170mm one instead.

cant wait to get out on it.

Edit : swapped to the 170mm drop cos I'm a lanky dude :)
 
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