Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Running is part of cyclocross, an off road discipline. But if I catch him in a pair of speedos, I won’t be held accountable for my actions. Bring a shovel.

anyone want to ride this saturday?

if I catch him in a pair of speedos

Oh no, I'm going to have that nightmare again...

There was chat of a trip to Surrey Hills on Sunday

:( will be 2 hungover for skidz :(

Your hangovers can't be that bad yet. You're only about 18.

Wait until you reach @youramericanlover 's age.

I wish

Ouch. But not as 'ouch' as the morning after having three pints!

Last minute Swinley ride tomorrow. @Howard is coming out from London, about a half 10 start time I think.

I'll be out there with a mate from about 9am, will keep an eye out for ye, will be looping the unmarked trails for most of the morning

I’ll probably swing by for a couple of hours after my morning swim.

my morning swim.

Oh no... another slevless in the making :'(

Slevless?

Also Swinley was mad busy today, get there early if you can.

Slevless = triathlete

OH haha. Nah, don’t worry Pete.. I wouldn't be seen dead in lycra kit.

GTFO.

Roadies hate the slevless.

Still wearing lycra though, on a road bike.

That's not a road bike.

And no sleeves. spits.

See the ankle tag?

That’s because slevless is a crime.

Haha, I’m not going slevless! I don’t intend to do triathlon! Strictly mountain bikes guys, strictly mountain bikes..

Went out with my local MTB club today. Great fun and amazingly clement weather for Jan. Managed to keep up despite feeling a bit out of place amongst the full-sussers and flat pedals. Definitely stuff I would have bottled on my own.

Now a bit worried the Genesis Vagabond I'm planning/bulding won't be versatile enough for some of the stuff we tackled today, then again I could just keep the 26er too and swap parts on to something a bit less XC orientated, figure I could probably pick up an old Cotic Soul frame with the straight headtube and have change for a dropper (current frame is 26.8 ST so no chance there)

https://www.strava.com/activities/1356611629

Who wants to ride next Saturday 27th? Epping, Downs, canals, anywhere - I just need to get out a bit.

Did a 20ish mile loop earlier and now my brand new ks dropper doesn't work anymore.

It's one of the 27.2 crotch grab ones.

Any tips for this dropper noob?

Was loving this new tech till I got home after not needing to drop for about 8 miles and now it's not an option.

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Strip it down and give everything a good clean and grease for starters! Most droppers do benefit from regular maintenance!