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

Spent three hours driving in it today - but just errands on (mainly) motorway.

It's very comfortable, I like the driving position, miss the noise and shove of the E63.

But that's all pretty meaningless really - important part is how everything in the back performs, and all I can say at the moment is that it's promising.

I'll take some photographs as I learn how best to use it.

Yeah perminent full face is no good. Sod that for 6 hours.

Just want a split so I can put it on sometimes. I should really wear knee and elbow pads more too.
@Stoo61 , noted don't get bell

In other news I'm about done with xtr. I broke my 5th shifter yesterday. Shimano always said to me, hmm never seen that before. But mbr forum is full of same shit.

done with xtr

Dibs.

It's broke!

Apparently they've replaced the part with something that won't brake all the time, we will see.

I'd get (and have)a well ventilated lightweight carbon fullface.

With a convertible you won't be bothered to keep swapping out the chin bar. You'll tell yourself "it'll be fine" and that will be the trail you smash your face into a rock.

When it's very hot pedalling in the mountains with a full face, I ride up with it on my back and then put it on for the descent. Zero temptation to leave it attached to my bag. It's also light and well enough ventilated for me to leave it on for smaller linking climbs without it bothering me at all.

New Spesh Gambit looks perfect.

You've got a point. I should also put my knee and elbow protectors on too.
I guess really I need both. But my use was more riding to the trails then hitting a few trails then riding around a but. So I don't want to not rear a helmet for all the riding, nor do I want to wear a full face all the time.

What's the view on those really enclosed open face ones, like the FOX one that covers the ears as well?

Imo, just fashion really. How much more protection do they offer over a std mtb lid but without offering and protection for the face?

Well, that's what I'm asking really. Speculation here ... The peak on those is pretty solid as well and could aid in protecting the face somewhat ... Not sure. Would be interested in some more views on it.

Having been the guy who smashed a tooth out wearing a conventional helmet on a trail I have ridden many times before the ventilated full face helmet seems to be a no brainier. I had the full face one in my car!

Which one are you using - I got the TLD stage one.

A 2017 Dissident Carbon which replaced a 2014 version I broke in Spain

Gave in and bought a MTB.

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Were you at dogging and someone offered you a ride?

This is fun. Lost my mojo a bit with cunts on the road.

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That looks 1,000,000 times better than dodging traffic

Lovely day in Surrey today. Hardly anyone there, yet still congestion on some of the trails.
I also got horrifically lost, and noticed that whilst there are a million signs at every turn saying "PRIVATE LAND, FUCK OFF YOU PLEB" there seems to only ever be one 3x3" sign saying "Hello friend, the public path is this way"

Just a thought, if you changed that ratio of signs, you'd have lot less people accidentally stumbling onto your land

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Ah, the lovely Winterfold landowner.

Though to be fair, he'd be less pissed off if people hadn't been digging some pretty big jumps and berms over the years

Oh, of course. I had no intention of being on private land, I've only ridden here a handful of times and got lost/took a wrong turn. Soon as I realised, I made every effort to get off there using bridles or footpaths. Was just an observation, and it might help avoid some conflict. I imagine this has all been discussed endless times over the last decade or more with the Hurtwood groups

Anyway, was a nice day, I didn't crash like last time, and I had a Bakewell tart

Noice

Absolutely, I wasn't having a dig (geddit??). Pretty confusing out there!

Warm glow of fitting a tubeless tyre for the first time.. what a faff.. ghetto airshot did the job.

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fitting a tubeless tyre for the first time

Congratulations. Now you can smugly tell other people how easy it is when they don't succeed!

I had to fit a tube to get the tyre to bead. Now that is easy. Then remove said tube and pour sealant in, push the tyre back on, inflate.. inflate again. Leave for a couple of hours and rotate then inflate again!

Saying that it's a walk in the park compared with fitting a KS Lev dropper after youngest broke the cable. Why did they put the end piece from the cable in the shifter?

Ahem clears throat....never once had an issue with a track pump. Cheers.