Mountain Biking

I'm a massive ****** and I managed all the reds fine at BPW, even some of the lower blacks are just fine.

They both have 'tests' at the top to give you that confidence before the rest of the trail.


So a mate messaged us last night, saying we should go on a biking holiday. I'm looking at Morzine (seems the obvious choice,) but is it very DH oriented? Am I going to be out of my depth? Also any recommendations on where to stay? I see you can buy multiple lift passes for a few resorts too, which could be handy?

Just need to see if I can fly to Geneva now..
 
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Survived BPW. Did all the reds and a couple of the black further down the mountain. Great fun despite a big off on the a470 jumps. Cuts/grazes/bruises all over my back, sides, arms and legs. Pics to potentially follow! :p

Think I'll be investing in some pads!
 
Anyone used stendec for shock service? His site claims that he can service my 98 rock shox coupe deluxe!
Saves me buying something new. Just want to know if his work is rated..
 
Nice one PF, we need pics :)

Today was excellent, was raining most of it, but didn;t seem to affect the ground at all, which is a rarity for Aston Hill, loving the reign and not missing the DH bike at all

 
Just got home and looked in the mirror. Even worse than I thought :o I look like a walking advert for wearing motorcycle leathers when mountain biking. Will try and get a picture that shows it well, but will likely have to wait for the ones my mate took.
 
Is aston hill in the surrey hills? Id love to ride there one day, most of the trails look really fast and flowy. How steep do they get there? Most round here in north wales are just ridiculously steep.
 
kaotikuk said:
Is aston hill in the surrey hills? Id love to ride there one day, most of the trails look really fast and flowy. How steep do they get there? Most round here in north wales are just ridiculously steep.
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North west of London where Surrey Hills is south west. You'd not do them on the same day but they aren't that far apart, an hour and a half in the car maybe?
 
Begbie said:
Nice vid SC, looks quick! How you getting along for the Fox shock?
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Thanks, was such a fun day I'm buzzing!
To say I'm loving it, is a big understatement.

I've gone a complete 180 degrees...from a Fox hater, to complete fanboy. They just hit the nail on the head this year.
 
Thanks guys, though I suspect the video is flattering too, for a change.

Think I've managed to crack the issue where all POV footage, makes you look slow as hell. Using GoPro studio, when you import the video:
1: Set to Highest Quality
2: Select: Remove fisheye
3: Once you've put all your clips on the timeline, then select the GoPro preset "4x3 to wide"

Once you export your video (exported to the native FPS its taken in), it really does seem like that awful "awww crap, look how slow that looks on camera" look is gone :D

4: Bonus point: Buy a Giant Reign with Fox suspension, that helps too it seems :D
 
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Is it possible to buy single cleat screws? Had a little incident where I couldn't unclip tonight... one of the screws had disappeared and the shoe was just twisting on the pedal! Luckily managed to stop, lie down and remove my foot from the shoe without injury but I'm now missing a cleat screw.
 
MrKnifey said:
You riding at all this week in the eves Rhys?
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Hopefully the end of the week, I'm away with work till Wednesday!

Drop me an email / text if you're out Thursday.

Starting to love this Shan even more!!


Quality is terrible, mate took it on his iPotato
 
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So I have an X-Fusion Velvet fork, and sometime over the weekend I lost the little bolt that holds the Lockout switch in place. I wondered if anyone has any idea at all where I could find a spare? It's just the bolt i need :|
 
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