jacko198
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Not many places really! Most are an hour + away from me.
Depends what youre after, i go over to Coed Llandegla alot in wrexham, there are 4 different graded trails that are pretty decent.
Then theres places like Grizedale, Whinlatter, Cwm Carn (cant spell) Penmach (still cant spell!)
Or theres smaller places like Delamere etc
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Half Pint
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not the best pic of latest but you get the idea....
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DaveyLC
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That is bizzare! What is it?
Looks like a Jump/4X bike?
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Avey
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Used to go round Haigh hall a fair bit.
Only just getting back into it, so mostly just mooching local roads, fields etc
Gonna try & get a bit more adventurous when the weather starts to improve
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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cannondale?
Only going on the stumpy fork mind
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Half Pint
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cannondale?
Only going on the stumpy fork mind
Yep its a cannondale Jekyll 500.
but i've had the frame resprayed and put all new components on it....
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Corsa Sport Gav
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aint seen a Jekyll for a while. nice bike they are. was just thinking the other day you dont see many of the older canondales with the head shock.
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DaveyLC
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Yep its a cannondale Jekyll 500.
but i've had the frame resprayed and put all new components on it....
How do you find the URT suspension? They make me feel ill when riding 
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Corsa Sport Gav
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picked this up today
2009 Santa Cruz Blur LT
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gavin18787
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om nom nom
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Corsa Sport Gav
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om nom nom
thought you'd like it 
i borrow it from my mates bike shop last weekend and went to Glentress with it..... a week later i bought it  ive only had my Kona Cinder Cone since August 
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Ollie_B
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gavin18787
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quote:
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Originally posted by gavin18787
om nom nom
thought you'd like it
i borrow it from my mates bike shop last weekend and went to Glentress with it..... a week later i bought it ive only had my Kona Cinder Cone since August
Got one in when I used to work in a bike shop. Lovely bits of kit. No need for one round this way though
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Corsa Sport Gav
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
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Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
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Originally posted by gavin18787
om nom nom
thought you'd like it
i borrow it from my mates bike shop last weekend and went to Glentress with it..... a week later i bought it ive only had my Kona Cinder Cone since August
Got one in when I used to work in a bike shop. Lovely bits of kit. No need for one round this way though
weve got quite abit of stuff up here where i can use it, im going to start racing again next year so i'll give it a bash on Blur, probs will be only a few of us on full sus as alot of the XC ppl still race on hardtail
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mantamark
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Just ordered one of these
Think i may have chose the wrong frame size though. looked at a few guides and went for a 19, im 6ft and 33 inside leg. thinking a 17 or 18 would have been a safer bet?
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stu1.2
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i borrow it from my mates bike shop last weekend and went to Glentress with it..... a week later i bought it ive only had my Kona Cinder Cone since August
I was up at Glentress last weekend, for the first time and it's a right laugh! The DH sections are awesome and so are the trails. Same can't be said for my bike a 2003 model Trek 3500, pretty much knakered it after a full days riding.
Also, watch out for the rear mech on that Santa Cruz (if its a Sram one)! One of the lads snapped it off on the freeride park after doing several jumps 
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Corsa Sport Gav
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quote:
Originally posted by stu1.2
i borrow it from my mates bike shop last weekend and went to Glentress with it..... a week later i bought it ive only had my Kona Cinder Cone since August
I was up at Glentress last weekend, for the first time and it's a right laugh! The DH sections are awesome and so are the trails. Same can't be said for my bike a 2003 model Trek 3500, pretty much knakered it after a full days riding.
Also, watch out for the rear mech on that Santa Cruz (if its a Sram one)! One of the lads snapped it off on the freeride park after doing several jumps
yer its a awsome place, i cannot wait to go back, only downer on lastweek end i was i got soaked but its all part of the fun. cheers for the heads up on the mech, the mech im running is a XT one, so hopefully it wont snap off
went out today on the Santa and got carried away and ended up doing 37miles
next time im up glentress i'll drop messgae and see if ur going
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Originally posted by mantamark
Just ordered one of these
Think i may have chose the wrong frame size though. looked at a few guides and went for a 19, im 6ft and 33 inside leg. thinking a 17 or 18 would have been a safer bet?
the 19" shud be fine for you, im 6ft too and ive got a Kona Cinder Cone in a 18" and i sometimes wish id gone for the 19"
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mantamark
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Whats it like for getting the power down?
whats the reason you'd have wanted the bigger frame?
I'm just worried about wrapping my nuts off the frame, i had a very bad experience when i was younger
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Whats it like for getting the power down?
whats the reason you'd have wanted the bigger frame?
I'm just worried about wrapping my nuts off the frame, i had a very bad experience when i was younger
its spot on for getting power down, the reason i wanted summat a little bigger was, when i was going up a well steep hill i was finding it hard to keep to front end down, i managed to solve it abit by changing the bars and stem, but after a bit of research i found it was the frame size.
you'll be fine, i can stand over the cross bar and theres still plenty of room for my nads
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Corsa Sport Gav
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one thing id do is change them pedals to some metal platform ones, summat like DMR V8's will be fine
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mwg
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I need to get some DMR pedals for my bike. I've trashed the hell out of the ones I've got and dont want clipless pedals as I like to bail out quickly in the event of a crash
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mantamark
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I was looking at a set of these, they worth a look?
http://www.sunsetmtb.co.uk/shop/index.php?product_id=315&category_id=37
Got my lid & some gloves, just need a bike rack for the car now.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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yer they are fine, any platforms ones are gonna be better than plastic ones, just on the DMR ones you can replace the pins if you ever loose any
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Corsa Sport Gav
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quote:
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I need to get some DMR pedals for my bike. I've trashed the hell out of the ones I've got and dont want clipless pedals as I like to bail out quickly in the event of a crash
ive got V8's on my kona and V12's on my santa cruz, cannot fault them i was looking for SPD's but i do alot of single track routes with jumps and drops etc and i dont really wanna be attatched to the bike if i need to bail in a hurry
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