Mountain Biking

Yeah got to echo what Begbie said. I've got that one, had it a few years now and its still going strong. Its cheap, and you can tell by the quality and construction of it, but it works, not sure i'd buy it again, think i'd stump up the extra for a decent quality one if i had the spare cash.
 
The Vitus would probably have gotten my money if they had it on interest free. Luckily / unluckily for me they have no finance options so I can resist a bit longer.
 
Managed to get out for an hour to explore some local bridleways and woods, unfortunately nothing decent there so will be heading north onto the Kent Downs to gain some elevation.

 
Vitus is definitely tempting if it is still on offer when work finally sort out c2w.

Otherwise still looking at new Bossnut, Boardman MTR or Jamis Dakar.


I've got the Aldi bike stand, bought it when the offers had moved on and they had a few reduced. IIRC I paid £17.99, well worth it.
 
The deal ends at the end of the day tomorrow so you'll be out of luck I'm afraid, unless your work are quick.

My 2.5WT minion DHF was delivered today, just waiting on deliveries of rim tap and tubeless valves then I'll swap the 2.3DHF to the rear and put the 2.5 up front and convert to tubeless. Fingers crossed they'll be here by the weekend! Looks proper decent weather! :cool:
 
I need to get out to the Surrey hills at some point, not quite yet though! I know there's some official trails there (barry knows best, telegraph) but more unmarked trails. I've done swinley, need to go a few more times on my own bike and get my skill level up a little more.
 
Well, my first attempt at going tubeless this evening and...


No issues at all, both tyres seated first time. :D

Nice 2.5WT Minion DHF on the front and a 2.3 Minion DHF at the rear.


Oh and a new toy :D


Sick of using my phone for strava, it crashing mid-ride, or forgetting to start it, and so-on. The auto strava upload is mega quick, it's done before I walk in the door!!
 
rhysduck said:
Wheres the rubber from? why didn't you go dhr on the rear?

What toy is it?
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The bike came with a minion DHF 2.3 on the front and a minion SS on the rear in the double down casing, so not only did it have no grip in mud it also weighed loads! Got the 2.5 DHF from biketart, put that on the front and the 2.3 DHF on the rear. When the rear wears out I'll replace it with a 2.5WT DHR II or a High roller.

The 'toy' is a Wahoo elemt bolt GPS computer, cracking bit of kit.

Did just under 19 miles around Bluebell hill/Boxley today, found some cracking singletrack and also some brutal climbs! That's my longest ride by far, had plenty of rest stops but happy I managed that far.




 
So, I self-medicated with beer and wine, and whipped out the credit card and said "fck it'

Pic from the advert, still en route to my sweaty paws. I was in between another Reign again and a Patrol. Given that the Reign is a tampon bike, especially here in Australia, I went for the Tranny instead :) Got the frame and fork for a bit of a bargain too - stoked :)

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Supercow said:
So, I self-medicated with beer and wine, and whipped out the credit card and said "fck it'

Pic from the advert, still en route to my sweaty paws. I was in between another Reign again and a Patrol. Given that the Reign is a tampon bike, especially here in Australia, I went for the Tranny instead :) Got the frame and fork for a bit of a bargain too - stoked :)
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Can't see the photo at work. But those Patrols look nice!

Good trails around your area?

Should never had sold your Reign ;)

How long till you have a coil and fox 36s on there :p
 
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Got a 50km~ race coming up this weekend. Circa 2000m of elevation, thankfully mostly down.

So just blasting down dusty fire roads for 2 hours :D
 
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