South Downs way, end-to-end, TBC

Is buying second hand MTB kit really analogous to simply setting fire to money?

Depends very much who you buy it from. I look after my stuff, and don't sell it if it's knackered.

Sadly, I have nothing to sell you.

I don't think the source of the kit really matters- mountain biking generally is akin to setting fire to money.

Personally I'd have a look at Scott xc full sussers- supposed to be excellent, and start around £1500. Can probably get some good deals by now.

I bet @coldharbour could sort you out with something suitable

I think some dickhead put him off building any more mtbs

I don't think he'd have the tooling to build a full sus anyway

He does have a distinct shortage of mills

Full sus is definitely not needed anyway, unless you're a bit soft :-)

Anything's got to be more comfortable than an old Klein, with tiny wheels and high pressure tyres.

We made it to Brighton via the flat bits and collapsed

We good. ADVENTURE

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Brighton > Eastbourne

No > fuck you

Where is Mel!?

Still going, probably in Kent by now?

I meant of places to end a ride Brighton is greater as in better than Eastbourne.

But yeah something something sausages

Stating the obvious but obviously you don't need to spend £4k to have a useable mtb. 1x11 XT hard tail 29er with a 100mm fork, tubeless and modern geo will be half that and still very fun.

Ps I have your inner tube still.

Ahhhh

Anyone got a GPX for this route? Regretting not coming along now. Where did you guys camp?

Fomo Sparky

It’s signposted all the bloody way...

To be fair it’s best to avoid the first sign that points you along the river

That’s one of the finest trout streams in england...

From a purely logistical perspective - if you want to catch lunch there I’d be cool with that

@Dammit - what's really needed here, is a new current projects thread.

and some scales....

Just got home.
Lovely to meet you fellas, a most enjoyable outing, just got a bit confused with everyone’s accommodation arrangements so I decided to head out on my own from my B&B this morning.
I may be wrong but I thought you guys would probably have a reasonably leisurely starting time and I needed to be at the end before 15:00.
Thank you everyone, I loved it.

you can see the trout swimming under the pub