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niterider

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  1. What chainring is that?
  2. My baby... http://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/14213/setup_checks/20605/photos/23480/s1600_Photo_23_04_14_14_31_28.jpg?1398220523
  3. Nothing wrong with Elixir 3's as far as power goes. If they're not working for you make sure they are bled properly, or if they really are too weak for you maybe get a bigger rotor up front.
  4. 203mm rear?!! Do you weigh like 200kg??
  5. No problems when I ordered them (about a year ago). They took about 3 weeks to arrive. One customisation I did request was an extra wrap of carbon for the rear rim. So the front was about 385g and the rear 415g, IIRC.
  6. 1600km of abuse and they're going strong. And they have not been babied at all. In fact I'm heading to the bike park again this weekend.
  7. From here - www.bike-components.de/
  8. Some new boing-boing for the Stumpy (Pike 140mm)
  9. That's what I got when I bought my stumpy - dropper and a tubeless conversion. You need to negotiate harder
  10. Get them to throw in the dropper post and tubeless conversion for nothing. Apart from that there's nothing that would require an immediate upgrade. Then of course you want shoes, helmet, some baggy shorts, gloves, a hydration pack, a multitool, some spare brake pads, a small pump to fit in your pack, a big pump for the garage at home. Save your leftover money to replace whatever you break or wear out first on your bike. After riding it for a while you'll also figure where you might want to spend any upgrade money.
  11. Magic Mary's available here - https://www.bike-com...odell-2014.html. That's the snakeskin trailstar version. The supergravity is also there somewhere.
  12. Just pulled the trigger on this and this
  13. I think he means the Fox Evolution forks.
  14. The only "servicing" your bike will likely need is fork and rear shock at 50 hours (approx). And that would be the same for any bike. Everything else is basic maintenance or replacement due to damage. If you buy the aluminium comp version, get them to throw in a dropper post and a tubeless conversion as part of the deal. Phone around the various Specialized dealers, some of them are hungrier for business than others. Buy yourself your next chain and cassette on the internet, as well as some spare brake pads. The only tools you'll need are a cassette lockring remover and a chainwhip. Also get a spoke key if you want to save yourself a trip to the shop every time a wheel goes out of true. An allen key set and a couple of Torx keys and you're all set for a year of riding.
  15. Only some of these would fit into your budget, and availability is always an issue, but here's a few other bikes in the category (120-140mm 29ers) that you're looking at... * Ibis Ripley * Yeti SB-95 * Niner WFO or RIP-9 * Cannondale Trigger * Rocky Mountain Instinct And you should probably try out some 650b bikes if you can find any to test ride, eg. * Giant Trance * Trek Remedy * Ibis Mojo HDR
  16. Or a longboard. That's what I used to save me a 20min walk to the bus stop.
  17. +1 for Fox Dirtpaws, although all models of the Fox gloves I've ever owned have lasted ages. I won't buy any other brand.
  18. Having just ridden there for a day, I am contemplating which organs to sell so that I can buy a holiday house there. The trails are unbelievable. Comparing to what I know from Jonkershoek and Tokai, I'd say combine the best of those, and then multiply it by 20. It is insane. So no, he is not being an arse. Sorry
  19. Nigel, not sure who supplied them, but they used tags that we attached to a finger. At the start and end of each stage we had to stick it into a little gadget. Quite finicky and I think I prefer the trailtag system.
  20. These guys do orange rims as a custom colour - http://www.project321.com/products_bike-stans-rims.php Also Crank Bros used to make some orange wheels.
  21. Enduro on a tandem? The Nicolai Tanderminator: http://nicolai-uk.com/wp/wp/uploads/tandem.jpeg
  22. You're missing the point. If they don't do it they won't sell anything... No demand because the consumer isn't aware of the product -> Retailer won't stock it because consumer isn't asking for it -> No sales. Chicken and egg. Direct sales is the obvious way to make the consumer aware and make it easier to eventually get the product into retail. Perhaps you went to a different kind of business school than i did.
  23. @jimivaughn your argument is silly. MANY manufacturers sell their products directly off their own websites as well as through retailers. And why wouldn't they? Obviously they don't undercut their retailers.
  24. Unfortunately my 80% is about walking-pace. And I still crash, but at least the injuries are less serious.
  25. Only if you didn't want to dehydrate and die on the mountainside. It was rather warm.
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