Cole
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ive ridden the on-one fatty in a singlespeed set up fucking awesome fun downhill but I needed gears for the up hill but considering the size of the tyres 4" wide and the same size as a 29er overall, it rides really well
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Nic Barnes
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http://www.summiteer.co.uk/May11/Long%20Side13/P1020167.jpg
can't do image tags as i broke my keyboard, but I'm off up and down the lovely ullock pike tonight. lovely views, I've only ridden it once before so I'm hoping I'm a bit more skilled and manage to ride most of it tonight.
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Cole
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beautiful view how high up is that the ridge line looks quite fun. Have you got that new bike yet
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Cole
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Pop
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Cole - that's good to hear. Sometimes things turn out to be not as entertaining as they look. The On One Fatty now comes with two chainrings up front.
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Cole
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It always has the one i rode was a custom build drilled rims etc only runs 8psi in the tyres aswell riding it in the wet is like riding a normal bike in the summer dry months and feels like a 100mm travel full.suss
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Rick Draper
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Smashed a KOM earlier on Strava. Been after it for a while but though it was unattainable but I've slowly been getting faster and faster on it.
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Nic Barnes
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well unlock at sunset was good. still a few bits i haven't got the balls to ride, but overall good fun. forgot how shit of a climb up it is though. made a shit go pro video will edit it up later tomorrow if i get time.
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Nic Barnes
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http://youtu.be/Z99iP8D6rcM
Last nights ullock pike
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Cole
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nailed my first proper gap jump tonight getting the hang of this jumping malarky now
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Rick Draper
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Pictures or it did not happen!
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Cole
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New wheels arrived today and theyve sent me the wrong rear hub ffs
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Jimbothebarbarian
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Had a new experience today. My brakes sort of didn't come up to scratch. So whats the cheapest way of increasing brakes performance? I've got XT 180mm front and back (I think) fancy going up to 203mm at the front. Centerlock rotors if that matters.
Discuss... 
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gavin18787
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Fat bikes... Have you seen one in the flesh? Had a go on one?
I don't know what it is about them but they look quite entertaining.
my friend has just added one to the range of ti frames he makes. Said I can have a shot of it at some point. Il report back 
Yeah report back once you've had a go! Out of interest, which company is it?
traversbikes
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Pop
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Cheers for the name of the company.
A few of us met at Swinley tonight after work for a loop of the red and the second half of the blue. It's really dry at the moment so it's a bit skittish! Good fun as always though.
I had an off tonight which is my first in a while. I showed total commitment to the berm, sadly my bike didn't. Only a little scrape to the shin and randomly a cut inside my mouth 
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Rick Draper
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Anyone going to watch the tour? I'm in Kazakstan, if I was home I'd be going to watch it.
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Nic Barnes
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My uncle and cousin are off to watch it, nearly went with them but decided 7am was too early.
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Cole
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Been out with warreng and smcgsi16v(stu) today down my local think weve found someone to challenge barnes on being a monster at climbing in warreng
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smcGSI16V
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It was a great ride, cheers Nick.
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Matt L
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In the world of mountain bikes what benefit does a 29er give if any over one with say 26" wheels?
looking for a cheapish knocking about mountain bike which may potentially be used at the likes of Cannock chase but very rarely.
a 29er is coming out cheapest and in nicer colours.
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smcGSI16V
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650b
+ colour isn't everything.
Personally I would have a 26 over 29 every time, but a 650b feels better in every way over a 26.
[Edited on 06-07-2014 by smcGSI16V]
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
In the world of mountain bikes what benefit does a 29er give if any over one with say 26" wheels?
looking for a cheapish knocking about mountain bike which may potentially be used at the likes of Cannock chase but very rarely.
a 29er is coming out cheapest and in nicer colours.
29ers are huge - prefer my 26 downhill but ling distance the 29er is 10x better
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Dr Pepper
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Tour De France was awesome this weekend - Yorkshire and especially Bolton abbey did a great job organising it, atmosphere was brilliant,food and drink was a reasonable price and even the weather was epic ... Great weekend!
couple of vids on my blog
http://claridgecyclingtocurecancer.com/2014/07/06/tour-de-yorkshire-stages-pelaton-videos/
photos too
http://claridgecyclingtocurecancer.com/2014/07/06/tour-de-yorkshire-stage-1-and-2-photos/
[Edited on 06-07-2014 by Dr Pepper]
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Simon
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Heading to Morzine in couple of weeks, just put my bike back together after having sent shock and fork away for services and replacing bottom bracket and bearings. Decided to mess around with a little app I got on my phone whilst putting it back together!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03fvh4UXM2s
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mikenoncorsa
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Right then, I posted recently regarding a road bike, had a change of mind where budget is concerned and I'm gonna go new upto £600ish. Got these 3 in mind, what do people think?
www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Allez-2014-Road-Bike_64997.htm
http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Scott-Speedster-60-Compact-2014-Road-Bike_66995.htm
http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-Defy-4-2014-Road-Bike_66439.htm
Also, what people recommend as a decent set of pedals? Does anybody know of someone who could get me a deal on a bike? Needs to be west kids or free shipping.
Cheers
[Edited on 09-07-2014 by mikenoncorsa]
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