MTB - Off to Morzine tomorrow!!!
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MTB - Off to Morzine tomorrow!!!
Woot!
Taking part in the passportes du soleil 70k event on sunday, 3 countries, 11 chairlifts, 1000's of metres of singletrack descents.
Then got a week of guiding riding, culminating in the le tour glacier run next saturday!
Excited???
You bet!
Camera? Check. Body armour? Check. Factor 30? Check. 4-pot 8inch brakes?? Check!
Here's hoping I make it back in one piece!
Taking part in the passportes du soleil 70k event on sunday, 3 countries, 11 chairlifts, 1000's of metres of singletrack descents.
Then got a week of guiding riding, culminating in the le tour glacier run next saturday!
Excited???
You bet!
Camera? Check. Body armour? Check. Factor 30? Check. 4-pot 8inch brakes?? Check!
Here's hoping I make it back in one piece!
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Nice one!
Had a few days there last year - absolutely blinding! Trying to blag a few days at the end of August and we might give Les Gets a go this time? Who are you going with?
Cheers
Kav
Had a few days there last year - absolutely blinding! Trying to blag a few days at the end of August and we might give Les Gets a go this time? Who are you going with?
Cheers
Kav
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Originally Posted by 2000 sport
luck git !!
I used to out on mine all the time, don't seem to able to get out half as much as I would like these days, because of work..
I used to out on mine all the time, don't seem to able to get out half as much as I would like these days, because of work..
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Originally Posted by Mark Miwurdz
Nice one!
Had a few days there last year - absolutely blinding! Trying to blag a few days at the end of August and we might give Les Gets a go this time? Who are you going with?
Cheers
Kav
Had a few days there last year - absolutely blinding! Trying to blag a few days at the end of August and we might give Les Gets a go this time? Who are you going with?
Cheers
Kav
apparently the place we are staying has all kinds of demo bikes tho :d
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That should be a cracking ride. Plenty of spare brake pads packed I hope
I'm hoping to make it out British Columbia (Fernie) next summer. The number of trails is enough to make you drool.
I'm hoping to make it out British Columbia (Fernie) next summer. The number of trails is enough to make you drool.
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similar riding ability but he has a hard tail
I took my S Works hardtail last year and my teeth are still loose. However, my new (used) mount (Turner 5 Spot) arrived yesterday and I can't wait to get all the bits transplated and give her a go.
Enjoy!
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Kav
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5 spot, good choice. What forks?
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
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Originally Posted by Edcase
Woot!
Taking part in the passportes du soleil 70k event on sunday, 3 countries, 11 chairlifts, 1000's of metres of singletrack descents.
Then got a week of guiding riding, culminating in the le tour glacier run next saturday!
Excited???
You bet!
Camera? Check. Body armour? Check. Factor 30? Check. 4-pot 8inch brakes?? Check!
Here's hoping I make it back in one piece!
Taking part in the passportes du soleil 70k event on sunday, 3 countries, 11 chairlifts, 1000's of metres of singletrack descents.
Then got a week of guiding riding, culminating in the le tour glacier run next saturday!
Excited???
You bet!
Camera? Check. Body armour? Check. Factor 30? Check. 4-pot 8inch brakes?? Check!
Here's hoping I make it back in one piece!
I was in Morzine about a month ago - stayed in a friend's chalet and was lucky enough to only have to pay for the flights - £60 with BA (The airline, not the "I pity the fool!" bloke)
Very nice part of the world - take a ride up to Avoriaz if you get the chance - some great places to throw yourself and a bike down if that's your pleasure.
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Originally Posted by Edcase
5 spot, good choice. What forks?
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
I'm going to have to stick with my old Marzocchi Bombers (2002) for the time being. The new Rockshox Seba got a cracking write-up in this month's MBR - a whisker under 300 notes as well.
Any recommendations?
Cheers
Kav
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5 spot, good choice. What forks?
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
Chris, Fernie is definitely on my list of places to ride, hopefully next year!
Even better, friends of my girlfriends sister have a house out there (they are big snow borders) and we have can it for £300 a week. It sleeps 10 and has a hot tub
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give me whistler anyday north shore is awesome
also been looking at www.bikeworld.at the big kona dirtjumps look right up my street
also been looking at www.bikeworld.at the big kona dirtjumps look right up my street
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Originally Posted by Mark Miwurdz
Thanks Mate
I'm going to have to stick with my old Marzocchi Bombers (2002) for the time being. The new Rockshox Seba got a cracking write-up in this month's MBR - a whisker under 300 notes as well.
Any recommendations?
Cheers
Kav
I'm going to have to stick with my old Marzocchi Bombers (2002) for the time being. The new Rockshox Seba got a cracking write-up in this month's MBR - a whisker under 300 notes as well.
Any recommendations?
Cheers
Kav
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I have just got a new ride too.
Yeti 575 on Fox Talas RLC forks. Full XTR, King, Thompson, Hope etc. BLING
Second ride on it last week, arm ripped off bars by a tree sent me flying!
One very bent hanger and huge graze and cuts on my elbow! Ouch
Still, all good fun
Phil
Yeti 575 on Fox Talas RLC forks. Full XTR, King, Thompson, Hope etc. BLING
Second ride on it last week, arm ripped off bars by a tree sent me flying!
One very bent hanger and huge graze and cuts on my elbow! Ouch
Still, all good fun
Phil
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Flippin' heck Mr. Moose, another stead? Wouldn't just a new brake lever have been cheaper?
On that basis, I need another bike, hence a Nicolai Argon ROCC is on order. Spec to be fully decided, but Rohloff hub gears are a certainty. The frame is going to be a custom one (long travel geometry, clearance for 2.6" tyres), hence a 3-month wait.
Just got to work out what brakes/rims/front hub/bars/stem to go for, then I should have a bombproof winter bike with gears that work in all conditions.
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Chris,
The chain on the bike I had last weekend snapped yesterday under very light load Looks like it was taken off for the service and then put back on using the same pin
Hows the nettle stings? My legs are still tingling
The chain on the bike I had last weekend snapped yesterday under very light load Looks like it was taken off for the service and then put back on using the same pin
Hows the nettle stings? My legs are still tingling
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sounds like an intresting 'break' as long as theres as many downhills as up........
le tour glacier.............is that what it sounds like????
le tour glacier.............is that what it sounds like????
I ended up bying a downhill bike for the holiday (I was going to use my Trek Liquid) as the group I was with was mainly into downhilling but don't let that put you off, our guide was going as fast as the rest of us on an XC bike!
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Originally Posted by the moose
On that basis, I need another bike, hence a Nicolai Argon ROCC is on order. Spec to be fully decided, but Rohloff hub gears are a certainty. The frame is going to be a custom one (long travel geometry, clearance for 2.6" tyres), hence a 3-month wait.
And theres me debating whether to spend ~£600 on my 2000 Marin Mt Vision for disc brakes (+wheels) and some new forks (Manitou MarsC don't seem to be working very well anymore but I've never liked them that much). Insignifcant amount of cash compared to your new rig.
Not sure whether to splash the cash or save up and buy a new bike
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TBH it's not going to be too awful, price-wise. Frame will come in at under £1k, I've already got some Manitou Sherman bolt-through forks spare, so all I really need are wheels, brakes, and the Rohloff hub. I've got sufficient finishing kit hanging around (bars, crank, BB, stem, saddle) to not need to buy anything else.
Total build cost will be sub £2.5k unless I decide to get silly on componentry, and I'm trying to restrain myself, so things like carbon bars are definitely out.
Total build cost will be sub £2.5k unless I decide to get silly on componentry, and I'm trying to restrain myself, so things like carbon bars are definitely out.
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Originally Posted by ChrisB
Is it your letter in MBR this month Ed?
Its also me on the inside front cover pic, 2nd from right with the yellow helmet, with the dentes du midi in the background.
Here are some pics:
http://edbartlett6649.fotopic.net/
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Originally Posted by WagonWheel
I was out there for the last 2 weeks of July. First time out to Morzine in the summer and I am going back next year - absolutly awesome place to ride with courses to suit everybody.
I ended up bying a downhill bike for the holiday (I was going to use my Trek Liquid) as the group I was with was mainly into downhilling but don't let that put you off, our guide was going as fast as the rest of us on an XC bike!
I ended up bying a downhill bike for the holiday (I was going to use my Trek Liquid) as the group I was with was mainly into downhilling but don't let that put you off, our guide was going as fast as the rest of us on an XC bike!
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Originally Posted by the moose
TBH it's not going to be too awful, price-wise. Frame will come in at under £1k, I've already got some Manitou Sherman bolt-through forks spare, so all I really need are wheels, brakes, and the Rohloff hub. I've got sufficient finishing kit hanging around (bars, crank, BB, stem, saddle) to not need to buy anything else.
Total build cost will be sub £2.5k unless I decide to get silly on componentry, and I'm trying to restrain myself, so things like carbon bars are definitely out.
Total build cost will be sub £2.5k unless I decide to get silly on componentry, and I'm trying to restrain myself, so things like carbon bars are definitely out.
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