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

Sad times.

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It will be dry they said

LFGSS Bikepacking, the Peak District edition. Come along and enjoy* the fine trails, gnar, beautiful scenery, and excellent weather**.

https://www.lfgss.com/events/4566/

*Or call the route planner a sadistic arsehole...
**Subject to availability

Ti forks on the Singular didn't kill me. Couldn't tell if they were mad flexy, or whether I was just crap/had the wrong tyres on though.

Are you still complaining about mud?

Peaslake cheese and onion pasty tasting sesh today. With some riding inbetween. No pics of said pasty sadly. Muy bien

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Event now posted up:

South Wales MTB off piste weekend -

https://www.lfgss.com/events/4568/#comment14583768

50to01 crew shredding everything in sight in Malaga:

https://youtu.be/GC-821wAE-E

Any takers for Bike Park Wales and Afan 14th and 15th February? Could book some nicer accommodation, if sharing.

rockshox sid world cup £225
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RockShox-SID-World-Cup-Tapered-Bike-Carbon-Fork-27-5-100mm-SOLO-Air-650b/183609962835?hash=item2ac001b153:g:JY8AAOSwUlFcJ0RQ:rk:42:pf:0

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Don't know if thats good or not, I'm not buying

There's a reason racey cross country forks for 27.5 wheels are cheap and difficult to shift.

Look cool though. Carbon steerer etc

Yeah I know. If I was a racing midget who couldn't rock 29" wheels but needed a super light and super unforgiving fork it would be for me.

Would normally have jiggled a day off to join you but already off Mon/Tue that week so no can do.

Post when you’re heading to BPW though as it’s always good to ride with new folk.

Having raced (very uncompetitively) on both 29er and 650b I can confirm i noticed very little difference. I was slow on both, but obviously a 650b wheel is lighter and stiffer.

Nino famously felt the same

Interesting. Probably one of the very few areas in which I am similar to Nino.

That said I own a 650b bike and wish I still had my old 29er.

You gonna do Afan trail centre or the off piste stuff nearby?

Scott built him a 29er he uses now because selling bikes...

*Used the marketing of this bike using big wheels won him the olympics which he couldnt do without

I think, if you are suggesting that 'normally' proportioned people could / should ride 27.5" bikes as XC race rigs, it's kinda a moot point because the industry has decided that they shouldn't and limited frame options to that effect. There's some esoteric stuff out there, sure, but not nearly enough to mean 27.5" SIDs will be a mass market fork. It's like niche in a niche.

You could extend the travel to 120mm and chuck it on a trail bike, I'm not sure it would be any fun though, unless the idea of fun is the lightest trail bike imaginable.

I'm not suggesting anyone should ride 27.5" for xc, i just personally found it made very little difference and wouldn't be rushing to change my bike purely to keep up with the trend.

That all said, when I'm in the market for a new bike, it'll be a 29er, probably a giant anthem.

Hopefully some off piste if you're about and willing still!

Alas! Next time