Rich990

Damn that is looooooooooooooooooong!

HI Cois, all the best for the treatment. I'm praying for you mate.

What bike is this!!? Hawt!

So while getting my bike ready this evening I realized I forgot to collect my race number. Anyone know if you can collect in the morning? I mailed Ilse and tried to call but no answer to my call. Really hope I don't miss the race coz of that!

EL batch with a 45.8 index. Pretty sure i'm gonna get dropped badly!! super unfit this year

Ouch!!!!

The Exo isnt as thin as a WTB light or Spaz Control casing. Its not bad, I have one on the back of the ragley - and got a puncture at hakahana :/ but i think thats more down to my lack of line choice. I have a spare aggressor at my place if you want to swing past to check out the casing.

Pics when it's done!!!!

Thanks! I rode my buds deedar in the pic and it is just sublime!! Hence the interest in perhaps building the rag over onto one. Bit pricey tho:/

Speaking of which, I don't think I've posted my Ragley in here:

Thanks mate. Well the price is back up to GBP 194 for the L in either pearl white or flat black. And GBP 165 to get it here. Think i'll pass, and deal with the battering that you get on an ally frame.

Yep i think its the actual white one - which I only saw now for the first time on their site. They've also put the pricing back up on the large ones :/

Awesome, I've been wondering what the pearl white actually looks like - like is it a white frame, or is it the gunmetal one with the orange stickers, that looks like it has a white pearl coat over the black undercoat? Like this: OR is it this one????

Damn these Commencals are HAWT

Thanks Balt. I'm thinking it would work on my Ragley - which says max rear tyre size 2.4, but guys have squeezed a nobby nic 2.8 on them before. I'll be running a foamo in the rear so hopefully that would help. But first i need QR end caps for my wider wheel - currently running a spare 19mm internal wheel at the back :<

Anyone run a WTB Convict / Breakout 2.5 combo? I'm thinking of running that on my hardtail, that big 2.5 on the rear will add some comfort. Just not sure how they'll work on 24mm internal rims paired with a non boost revelation

650b pike dual position RC 120 psi 5 clicks LSC 2 clicks slower than middle rebound 1 token 100kg geared up 2014 trance, 66* HA @160mm

This all worked out very well for me, your pike was one hell of an upgrade from my fox32 ctd evo ... and the wheels from 19mm internal XC wheels on the trance. Chucked a volume spacer in the air spring, dropped the pressure from 125 psi suggested for my weight to 95 psi and added 5 clicks LSC and it's awesome. Soaks up the bumps and I think I've only bottomed it once. Then again coming from a 140mm fox32 evo maybe my baseline experience was low haha.

What an awesome race today! My second long distance race, did 3:28 which for me is awesome coming from a 6:20 94.7 nightmare a few months ago.

I got maxxis Aggressors front and back on my hardtail. I dig em!

It's Darwinism in action. A helmet saved me from serious serious injury on two occasions last year - the last one left me siezuring and in hospital for 5 nights. I shudder to think what would have happened if I had faceplanted that rock without a helmet!

My wife almost rode into a puffy on the trails near Kynsna on the weekend. Heard her scream, saw her hightail it outta there! Instant technical skills boost, lol. When I went past the same spot, it had moved off.

First one done and dusted! 6:20 for me from a 9:32 start, 5:19 for my wife, same start. I was cramping like mad and visited every massage station from Killarney bend on the M1 to the finish! Ha-ha I'm never gonna hear the end of this from wifey

That excitement vs talent level thing gets me all the time! Landed me in hospital twice this year.

Picked this up from Amazon. Came in at about 3k. That's a win in my book