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In the end, despite the cost and weight advantage of the hardtail, give both the Canyon and Boardman a try, and just go for the one you liked the handling of.

If we can't go to swinley shall we try elsewhere?

Try Wales.

cheers timmy

but not for a few hours

Yes, yes and yes. This is what I have always thought. However the Canyon Nerve XC and Boardman Team FS have been getting great reviews. And I'm coming round to the conclusion that I won't be improving much as a mountain biker any more, so it might be time to go with fun/comfort.

Dunno really though. Where I ride a lot is steeply up and down. With the emphasis on up. So maybe back to the plan of building up a Ragley Piglet frame.

More mulling required.

Eh? So if you're doing lots of climbing then surely a heavy steel frame with a ridiculously slack head tube is your last choice? Like wise all the pedal bob from a budget FS will be a nightmare when climbing. Would have though the carbon On One would be right up you street?

Gabe is right.

If your bike proirity is to climb start looking at XC frames with a steeper head angles and a longer stem.

If my emphasis was on up then I would absolutely be looking at the crabon On-One.

If my emphasis was on up then I would absolutely be looking at the crabon On-One.

But instead you prefer to go down like the offspring of a sack of spuds and a cheap crackwhore.

In the true spirit of Brokeback Mountain Biking.

For up have a look at the focus mtbs, I love my black forest, if you can get one they are superb value for money, fox forks an xtr for under a grand last time I looked

Got rid of the old Pikes recently and have gone back to Fox.
A snap from a recent welsh outing:

Damn, I wants me a new hardtail:

Dialed bikes have always hit the right spots with me and they've made a Ti prototype of the long travel hardtail Alpine and I wants one!

i have an unbuilt love hate frame under the stairs gathering dust :-(
i even have a new brakeset and some forks buried somewhere too.

bike rich/time poor.

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Have I just gone back to 2007? Will the next posters on this thread be Jason and Sexpest?

do it for toilet duck!

if you said 4 years ago that we (those ex-chocolate foot above) were going to a gay roadie clothing brand cyclocross race to drink cappuccinos i doubt anyone would have believed it.

Solomanda, CF's own edscoble will be along any minute with some fascinating MTB facts.

you know will (willH) and dan (danW) are in Grupetto?

Oh how times are a changing.

And we're all decidedly middle aged.

except ratboy.

so, who wants to get muddy this weekend?

Does anyone commute on their MTB thorughout the winter?
Ive just started a new job that is going to require travelling around Birmingham on and off the canals/greenways, so any advice on a decent set of tires that would suit both terrains would be really handy. Thanks a million

^ Yes, I have converted SS MTB that I use for my winter comuting jaunts and I have a pair of tyres that are perfect for it, pretty much flat on the top but with good tread/nodules on the side for grip in slushy icy conditions. Going from full on MTB tyres to these saved my legs quite a lot and made a huge difference to the parts that where dry / flat. Will Look for them and let you know.

Look for something with a fairly consistent central tread and good block grip on the shoulders.

These I think

And they have some puncture protection I think, been good for me for 2 years of snow and slush

Thanks guys,thats ace.

Webof, you and I are singing from the same sheet. Those are what I had in mind while posting but couldn't sort out a link because I was on my iPhone.

These are also quite good:
http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/mtb/hurricane/