Fishbulb and doubting Thomas,
Hopefully back second week of Oct all being well, need a week to sort my life I guess then good to go!
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Fishbulb and doubting Thomas,
Hopefully back second week of Oct all being well, need a week to sort my life I guess then good to go!
Excellent news :) So we could go for a ride before I have to go off mid November :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lola
Can I suggest the Peak District as a good, middle of the country location (I am biased of course).
I thought South Wales would be quite a good venue...
That is, if I can join on a cross bike rather than a MTB :o
Or worse: use a geared MTB :o
as in..your already there :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nikalas
until May..i would also have suggested the Peak..however i am now way up north
come and experience some culture, excellent trails, good food and drink....visit Scotland :D:D
I'm sure I read somewhere on the forum that Scotland was being boycotted..........................;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Born Slippery
haven't ridden the Altura Trail at Whinlatter yet... would be fun to do with a group of singlespeeders as opposed to my last trip to Coed-Y-Brenin when I was viewed as a freak!
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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
Only by the raving lunatics from the U. S of Aii
so that will narrow down the tourist hordes by around 80%....Dark days ahead
why not let ali..whats his name out ? i know he was convicted in a court of law....BUT we ALL know that the real bomber is laughing his CIA ass off back in palm springs or some other place in the states
just look into how many people were to board the fateful flight and then changed their minds.....Umm....conspiricy conspiricy
Might be getting slightly away from Singlespeeding now... there's only the beard thing linking the above!
Whinlatter is good for me. I took my lad round one of the trails a month or so ago and it was fun.
Just taken delivery of a new Orange P7 One ss mtb at last!
Can't wait to try it out tomorrow:cool:
'Bout bloody time! :D
When the bike shop rang me to tell me it was ready i was like "What bloody bike, can't remember ordering one of them":DQuote:
Originally Posted by fishbulb
Well Merry, if you don't want it I'm sure I could find a home for it - what size?
No way Mrs. its mine! Haved named her Doris, Doz for short, going to ride her hard at every opportunity;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lola
She's beautiful, i am in love!
Can we have a pic of Doz?
This is she:cool:
Has it got a mono fork and what inch is the gearing?
Luvly.
Rock Shox Tora 302 w/lockout and fork travel adjuster 130mm, not mono.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
18t cog on the back, 32t on the front, not sure how that works out in inches.
21 miles today, mostly off road, loved it, may sneak out on her again tonight when the mrs. is in bed;)
Wow! How is she? And such a lovely colour too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Oops 34t on front! Sez so on the chainring.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Actually she's black, funny colour for an Orange:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
She's fab, just been out again on her with 2 mates on weird, geared bikes and left em behind on climbs:cool:
Cool :)Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Orange is orange, even just by name :)
Black is the new Orange:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Or is orange the new black? :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Whichever way you look at, its all good;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
34x18 is that a puff gear? Fishbulb?
I'm only a rookie;)
Doris, taking a breather yesterday.
Hi mate. 34 x 18 is ok. Just slightly lower than the purists 32 x 16 (ie 2 to 1). It all depends on where/what you are riding (on).
I think I might be wishing I had a slightly lower gear for my little jaunt next w/end... http://www.sip-events.co.uk/kielder-home.html and possibly some decent waterproofs too! :eek:
Anyway, how are you enjoying the new toy? Takes a little while to get 'dialled in' I found. It certainly looks nice.
Lovin' it mate, done 50 odd miles in two days already and left 2 geared mates for dead yesterday! 100 miles:eek: Av a good un! See your in the 3pppcx this year, be good to meet you there;)Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbulb
You've mellowed Fishbulb..... I remember getting stick for saying I was on 32X18.
Good luck at Kielder... was quite tempted by it myself.
32 x 18 is still a puffs gear. ;)
Cheers. I think I will need all the luck I can get with this one! Merry, looking forward to meeting you too, mate. Maybe we'll have a Forumites meet in the pub at Helwith Bridge after the event!
I'm a bigger puff then, and i don't mind dressing up as a girlie:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbulb
I'll be staying for a couple of pints after the event, it'd be rude not too;)
Merry,:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
The bike looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Bit out of touch with bikes these days:
1. Is it aluminium or steel
2. Are the disc brakes cable or 'ydraulic?
3. How much does it weigh?
4. What groupset is it? (Do you still get groupsets? or is it all pick and mix these days?)
5. Finally, the typical Yorkshireman question 'ow much mate?:cool:
Hey up Steampig,Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
1. Its Steel, Reynolds 631
2. Hydraulic discs
3. 28lbs
4. No groupset, its singlespeed, 34t front 18t back.
5. £1099 but i got a discount cos i'm a regular customer.
Its an Orange P7, they do em with gears as well;)
Ta for the reply,
Been fancying a single speed for a while now. Is this bike your 1st go at single speed or did you knock up an old hack bike before you splashed the cash?
I've got an old Kona Lavadome which I tried to convert to single speeed, problem is I can't get the chain tension sorted as it's got vertical dropouts and therefore no adjustment backwards or forwards.:confused:
Would welcome benefit of your experience.
"On yer bike"........
Had a cyclocross singlespeed for over a year now and liked that, you can buy chain tensioners for singlespeed conversions, have a look at this, loads of infoQuote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html
Well, that hurt! It's been a while since I was so wrecked. I managed to finish which I am quite pleased about - I have heard about 68% of the riders didn't. A fantastic, well organised and extremely tough event.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikalas
Steampig - this might be of interest: http://www.singletrackworld.com/foru...ngle-speed-kit
Well done mate, good training for the 3ppp cx;)Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbulb
Can you remember the name of an mtb ride at Holmfirth, you told me about it a couple of years ago, its on next sunday and need to find out about it, cheers:)