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

I don't have an opinion

Internet fail

Aww yisss

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Can anyone recommend a solid mtb carbon front fork? 15mm thru axle, 51mm offset, inch and eight to inch and half taper.
Thanks!
To put on this bad boy

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Y tho?

People ride mtbs without sus sometimes, Howard

Get over it ;-)

It's obviously a road bike anyway, look how clean it is.

Niner RDO is probably the best, if you can deal with 6mm less offset (all the cool kids are doing it)

People ride mtbs without sus

Hell is other people I suppose

Trek Bowie is what it should be, I think? They turn up from time to time.... and they are excellent!

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I feel like something along those lines would be amazing for bikepacking/touring. Jumbo slicks, big range, not massive on weight (compared to sus), and go-anywhere.

Hell is other people I suppose

Nah, hell is Cannondale's European warranty department

Kind of resembles a bike now

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Wheels look a bit skinny...

Don’t know why I bother

They’re 2.25! Frame only takes 2.3! What do you want me to do man?!

Oh the wheels. Yeah they’re skinny

I’ll rebuild the hopes on to something else once I’ve eventually decided whether I even like mtbing

@maynardeames you’re an SJS guy iirc.
Can you check on these for me when you’re working next?
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/hope-pro-2-evopro-4-rear-thro-conversion-kit-x12-hub242/
They say back in stock tomorrow. Will order if that’s true

Looking good. Have you totted up total spend? Or is that private?

Also sort the little green bits on the saddle?

Marvel-ous

Please email Ryan@sjscycles.com otherwise I WILL forget...!

Thanks!
Yeah fresh out the box in this pic.
And @Howard lots of flat but very muddy riding near where I live means no sus for winter so my forks still work by summer time 😄

in stock!

Excellent thanks

Just ordered one of these from Wiggle - absolute steal at 429:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/vitus-nucleus-275-vr-mountain-bike-2019/

Question is - is it worth spending 150 extra and getting the VRX version (1x, slightly better brakes and fork)? Could use my new platinum 20% discount from ordering the one above to get a bit extra off the VRX then return the VR. Or does it just look better because of slightly better paint and an all black fork? Would spending more for a dropper in the cheaper model be a better investment? Will my chain always be falling off on the 2x (don’t remember dropping chains much back in the day)? Enlighten me.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/vitus-nucleus-275-vrx-mountain-bike-2019/

Haven’t MTB’d since I was about 16, v v excited.

Some more info:

https://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/article/vitus-nucleus-27-vrx-first-look-53180/

https://www.mbr.co.uk/reviews/27-5-hardtail-bikes/vitus-nucleus-275-vr

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1x10, better fork, better tyres, looks well worth it to me.

Colour's nicer too ;)