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

Was up there yesterday and was a little gutted they had to stop the uplifts for 90min then run a reduced service for about an hour

Weeks ago. Still fixing the damage!

Fair do’s

20wt fork oil. who is good?

new ritchey ultra looks sweet

@7Üp ^ Pinecones... your favourite!

pinecones are enduro

i hate pinecones they all must be smooshed

Not enjoying the Timberwolf as much as I'd hoped. Which is a shame as I really want to love it. Slack seat tube and short reach make it a pig to climb on. Am I asking too much with a 140mm fork up front?

two links to enjoy:
https://www.instagram.com/rsfarchive/
http://www.pedalnorth.com/content/mtb-routes-quick-links#overlay-context=content/yorkshire-dales-mtb-routes

Excellent

Just discovered this dropper through an eBay alert. Terrifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyfAAX0S0A

(sound on for max effect)

£40 and 27.2 though... appeals to me as a #cheapskate for gravel bike lols

@mmccarthy had one like that...

Makes me chuckle every time I watch it!

Reminds me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvnRFIHk6o

Yup!

Great for launching multi-tools during tea stops.

And yes, it did release spontaneously on a few occasions. Nowhere near as painful as I feared thankfully.

Now got a nice smooth KSLev one, though I remember being pretty frustrated at how slow it was to rise vs the TMARS one.

Still would recommend picking one up if you're on a budget or fancy dipping your toe in the world of dropper posts without committing £100+.

Replacing the cable was a pain as far as I recall though. They're don't take regular gear/brake cable ends, so I'd have to take a road brake cable and file down the end until it was small enough to fit in the release mechanism.

Still would recommend picking one up if you're on a budget or fancy dipping your toe in the world of dropper posts without committing £100+.

I actually already have a cheap dropper post* on my MTB (it's the Brandx one, think I got it for £50 or something) but have an eBay alert in case there's an ultra-cheap 27.2 mm one so that I can try it on a gravel bike to annoy everyone in that thread.

* to my shame, I bought it about 6 months ago and so far I've only ridden it on commutes

I think I want an MTB again.

I want something that I can ride up hills as well as down and generally have fun on, so thinking a "trail" bike of some-sort.

Full suspension as I fancy being able have fun on some of the trail centres - Forest of Dean and BPW probably.

Do I want 27.5 or 29 though? I am more inclined to 29 - I am 185cm tall, not sure if that is a valid reason for one over the other though.

Things that have caught my eye so far around the £2000 mark: YT Jeffsy AL, Nukeproof Mega 290, Commencal Meta TR

have you looked at rose bikes?
you get a lot for your ££ https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-root-miller-2-2671327

No, I hadn't - I like the sound of that.

I think it looks very good in black, and the parts spec is excellent.

I went the other way, dremmel'd the wedge part to fit a normal gear cable end.

Need new rail clamps though, the bottom one's gone a bit banana.

https://m.pinkbike.com/u/cotic-bikes/blog/cotic-launch-limited-edition-sodamax-titanium-hardtail.html
Hot! Wonder how much waltly will charge for a clone.

Want

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Can anyone recommend a good skills day for jumping? Something near London would be ideal but i sometimes head west so could probably get to BPW or FOD if they're any good.

Has anyone tried any of the skills sessions at Olympic park?