Jimbothebarbarian
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I'd go with heat exhaustion, we went up the day before Nic and it was fucking awful. We were just fucking about and two lads wiped out big time. That was on the blue as well.
Don't realise how much the heat can affect you.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Had some fun today - was about 26 degrees in the sun and I was riding through some fields, I needed to go up a concrete path to get onto the next trail when my rear tyre exploded! The bead failed and went with an almighty bang. I think what happened is the temperature of the concrete caused the pressure to increase in the tyre loads. I'd only done 17km on this tyre 
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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how far from car?/home?
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Simon_16v
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You've the same shimano brakes as me
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ed
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About 17km from home  Fortunately my friend came to rescue me.
Those brakes suck, they're the only disk brakes that I've come across which don't work in the wet - they need upgrading some time soon!
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Simon_16v
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Luckily I've not used them in the wet yet, thanks for the heads up though!
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ed
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The issue is that they've got resin pads, I can't find replacement sintered ones anywhere. I think that's deliberate though as it would bring the performance up to brakes higher up in the range.
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Cole
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Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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uberbike or superstar will sell them what model shimano are they
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taylorboosh
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For those of you who dont know - i got a gold trophy on strava today - fucking boom, wasnt even trying
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AndyKent
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Cycled to work this morning for the first ever.
18.5 miles, 1hr 6mins moving time according to the garmin. Such a good feeling! Came into the edge of Cambridge grinning that I'd made it :-)
Small achievements and all that!
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
For those of you who dont know - i got a gold trophy on strava today - fucking boom, wasnt even trying
that's on a whole trail as well not just one section so even more impressive
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Cycled to work this morning for the first ever.
18.5 miles, 1hr 6mins moving time according to the garmin. Such a good feeling! Came into the edge of Cambridge grinning that I'd made it :-)
Small achievements and all that!
that is a epic commute, nice!
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Cole
uberbike or superstar will sell them what model shimano are they
They're Shimano BR-M446 - cheers for the heads up, will see if they do something better. I remember back in the day you could get EBC pads for loads of brakes, don't think they do them anymore
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
For those of you who dont know - i got a gold trophy on strava today - fucking boom, wasnt even trying
that's on a whole trail as well not just one section so even more impressive
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taylorboosh
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I rode up every single hill mate - leaf from your book
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Nic Barnes
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definitely a northerner
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Cole
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http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-eastbourne-cyclists-warned-over-deadly-traps-1-6136866
Someone doesnt like us mtbers down here this was on an official dh track built by our local council
[Edited on 23-06-2014 by Cole]
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Nic Barnes
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Do you not mean official flat track?
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taylorboosh
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I took these also
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taylorboosh
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Anyone on here got a fixie?
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Ryan
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Alright chaps.
I'm going to get some kind of mountain bike on c2w. I've never had a mountain bike before, but I do a fair bit of cycling on the road. Bare with me because I know absolutely fuck all, but I guess I will take it up Delemere forest as I live local, also that fast downhill stuff looks fun and I used to race motox so I wouldn't mind a crack at that too.
Obviously budget is 1k as stipulated by c2w, and it needs to be available through Halfords.
So far I've narrowed it down to these two, I am aware that they are completely different bikes.
Voodoo Bizango
Carrera banshee X
Any advice or suggestions?
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Russ
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the bizango gets decent reviews but my mate had one and had his money back because he was having everything go wrong with it.
does it have to be halfords? you sure theres not a lbs you can use?
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Ryan
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As far as I know it has to be Halfords, but they can source almost anything apparently.
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taylorboosh
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No it does not have to be halfords
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taylorboosh
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For sub £1k id be getting a trek hard tail or something
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