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

Yeah, it's really very good. Both clamps dismount instantly and easily, one can be mounted either inline or at right angles to the other so you have options for how what you mount it on and the clamps are extremely strong and can be wound up to an impressive amount of clamping force. I'm extremely happy that I had it with me - made the job much easier than it would otherwise have been, and the only thing that took any time was wandering round the room looking for something sturdy to clamp it too.

That’s a lot of bike for Ketam! It was a few years back when I went but a hired BSO was basically fine… Watch out for pigs!

Yeah, it’s all XC in SG from what I can see.

Morning here now:

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I decided to run errands instead- the rain is both heavy and relentless

Cycling has become intersectional

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/matej-mohoric-considering-using-a-dropper-seatpost-for-strade-bianche

If anyone’s looking for some cheap suspension for their MTB then it might be worth taking a look at the Bird warehouse sale on eBay. Yari forks for £250 and Domains for £285 amongst other things.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/birdcycleworks?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mdghf1i6twi&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=9cZAVmsbR2K&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Spotted Cy from Cotic out on the Devil’s Elbow this morning, on what looked like a possible prototype ebike

Get him started on Tamiya RC

Was it disguised with dazzle paint?

This one? Or something else? They've been really screwed over with the delays to receiving motors, must be tough to run a small business with problems like that

Something else, steel framed thing. Have seen it pop up on instagram in the past.

Altho now I think on it, it’s possibly it was just a regular mtb with all the telemetry stuff strapped to it. The way Cy leisurely crested the climb up from Piper House Gate made me assume it was e-assist, but it’s likely he’s just way way fitter than I am.

I should have mugged him, really, but I was having a snack.

His regular steed is a silver Rocket Max.

Most important thing when mtbing nowadays is quick spotting if people have help getting uphill.

I have help going downhill, and that's sadly getting easier to spot

This thing was more like a grey / beige type of look.

The pair of Kona Mahunas I ordered in mid-december finally arrived at the weekend, yay!
They are quite nice things, good to ride and with a lifetime frame warranty too. Take that BMC!

Not sure about the mile-wide handlebars though. Why is that a thing?

As long as you're faster downhill than uphill all is good in my view.

Not sure about the mile-wide handlebars though. Why is that a thing?

How wide are they? Quite a lot change since I last bought a new MTB back in 2000.

Apparently my 780mm aren't even that wide and if you ride Enduro or DH you need bars that put your hands behind your back or you won't be any good...

#chopallbarstohandwidthfordagaps

760mm apparently.

Jesus they keep getting wider!

I'm still grappling with the massive changes in the 15 year hiatus I took from mtb. My 'all mountain' 2002 5 inch full suss had a 12cm long stem, back then we lol'd at the comedy width of the stock bars so I cut down my Easton Monkeylite's to 580mm back then.

I recently bought a old 2008 hardtail mtb, still old school 26er with a triple crank, and bars on that are 680mm. I've ridden this for a month now and am convinced these are already too wide. They also barely get in the doors of the flat as it is, and I'd still like to be able to do some filtering riding around town, rather than being condemned to sit in traffic as I'm as wide as a rikshaw!

I recently got some bars with more rise on them, and these are 740mm wide, thankfully with handy markers to cut them down as that already seems ridic, and now they're at 780 and beyond....wtf...going to need arm extension implants soon to be able to reach the end of the fuckers the rate they're going.

Apart from the doors issue which is real, wide is fun. 800 in my case.

The next obvious mtb is craze is going to be double dropper handlebars that retract in 4 inches each side so you can get your bike in your house.

I'm not having it, I'm not going beyond 660.

Many Enduro racers are cutting theirs down to 720-740 to help through the twisty bits.

Within reason, wide is good. More control. It's definitely not a fashion thing.

I'm running 800mm with the grips slightly overhanging, so maybe 810? Wider bars help lessen the angle on your wrist when leaning the bike over too. I've been told I will regret bars that wide at Inners when I go next month, so might put some 780mm ones back on

But the right width (for you) also depends on your arm length, shoulder width and probably torso height as well. Not to mention what you are riding and riding style/preference.