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

Well that's no reason not to upgrade now, is it?

upgrade

New biek time?

Is that Wellington Hill in the background?

Must be. Not big enough to be Claypit

Apologies for the spam but I'm on the hunt for some parts for an 29" ss build - details here https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/332293/

thank you!

Early doors at Swinley

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https://www.planetx.co.uk/news/products/q/date/2019/04/01/bootzipper-29

New Bootzipper 29er from on one, I assume the production forks will be 15mm

Looks very Stanton Sherpa-esque with those gussets.

Saw a Pole Machine being built up at the bike park. It's the longest bike I've ever seen by a huge margin. Mental looking things!

Got a few MTB bits for sale. Including a practically new Reba RL fork going cheap (open to offers)
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/332333/newest/

New bike below.. in process of moving to Fox suspension. Have some 34s Performance Elites on the front now and a Evol Performance Elite shock (matchy matchy!) with remote lockout on the way over from France.
Said farewell to my Yeti and CAAD 12 recently. Now a one bike man.

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hey after some advice on bike parks around London. Looking to take friends one weekend to a bike park so they can rent MTBs and have some good times on green/blue/(even red?!) trails.
Should we get to Swinley as early as possible to avoid crowds?
Would prefer trains (and a short ride on city bikes to rental is ok), but could look into car rental. Ta

How bad of an idea is getting second hand squishy forks? Which brands are reasonably serviceable for the endeavoring home mechanic on a budget if an overhaul would be necessary?

Apparently a bad idea. I bought some manitous and didn't die

How bad of an idea is getting second hand squishy forks?

Ask @Howard

Wait, I mean don't ask Howard

Swinley is your best bet, I think. Other bike parks exist a reasonably short drive from London but they tend to be more technical and on the gnar side.

The Queen Elizabeth Country Park on the South Downs is worth a look if it hasn't been raining. It has a chalk base so is skaty/slidy/icerinkydeath after rain.

have rockshox sid 120 29er forks I'm looking to shift - thru axle, non-boost. 200 quid.
recently serviced, work nicely, not impossible to work on yaself

It’s generally a bad idea - people don’t really follow the service intervals or have a clue about how they work so the chances of the condition being known let alone being described accurately is pretty slim.

I went through technically three forks in quick succession doing nothing hardcore, before giving in and sticking the rigids on the Acid. Would not recommend secondhand unless you know history.

Cheers. I heard some mixed feedback about Swinley blue trail - rocky, sudden sharp rises. But as you say it’s our best bet so will try it out.

You could ride the marked trails at swinley on a cx bike if you had to. There's nothing too gnarly there.

swinley red is good, don't bother with the blue it's so fucking boring

The Labyrinth at Swinley is the best thing. I really miss riding that.

Ending of Blue is the best bit at Swinley IMO

The green is full on gnar though.