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

I never rode mine. Ordered in May, not delivered until October (zero comms from them in the interim, I had to chase them every month for an update which was always 'next month' and then it wasn't). They then got lost in the post and when they finally turned up, they arrived in a completely fucked package that wasn't the original box (parcelforce doing parcelforce things) with cosmetic damage to a rim, and Scribe's response was basically a big shrug. Sent them back and fuck buying anything from them again.

Nice. I fucking love my Jeht.

Can't get enough of it, it's bloody brilliant! It's my fifth Cotic now, started on a 26" BFe.

My only complaint is the max insert length for a dropper isn't massive. I've got a 200mm Trans-x +rad shimmed down to 170mm and it's still a bit high at max insertion on a large frame at 5'11. Probably need to try a OneUp and I might be able to get 180/190mm travel. What size frame/dropper are you running?

Still have a 26" bfe as my ratty town bike. Used to hack it around the Peaks but can't see it getting used as a proper mtb ever again tbh.

Running a medium frame with a 160mm dropper in there. What generation Jeht do you have? Mine is 1st gen, and I think they made changes recently that improved the space for bigger droppers. That said, I don't have any issues with the amount of drop I have, it's not like I'm getting super rad or anything.

Jeeez, rightly so. Things must have gone downhill. I've had a couple of wheelsets off them (both a few years ago now) and they used to be great for customer service.

Probably a classic case of a company taking on more customers than it can actually handle. Cheers for the heads up though, will definitely consider other options when the time comes.

Looking back at pictures of it now it looks very short and steep! Was great fun with 160mm 36s though. Found an extra small 26" BFe for my wife recently too, in the same colour as mine from 10 years ago.

Gen1 too, they heavily discounted the last few frames they had left at the end of last year and going for one of them rather than a Gen2 meant I could afford a better shock and fork. 1° change to seat angle and a 5mm lower bb plus an extra brace tube on the Gen2 didn't seem worth the extra cash. Looking at the specs of the OneUp post I might be able to squeeze in 190mm.

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I figured I'd ask this question here, but let me know if it's dealt with in another thread.

So, I'm possibly going to be moving to a flat which is perfect except it has no outside space or garage etc. As most MTB rides (in the UK) need to end with a bike wash, any tips for a magic solution to this conundrum? At the moment all I can think of is stashing my portable jet wash somewhere local before the ride (maybe cable locking it to something) so it's ready when I get back. Or possibly leaving it in the hallway of the flat.

We had a portable jet washer in the cupboard. Bike gets left outside and hosed down.

"Aqua2go PRO portable cordless bike washer"

That's if I can be fucked. Often I'll just wheel it in and leave it. We have a carpet rug thing laid down so it doesn't soak the proper floor.

dunno where you're based but you could find your nearest pressure washer at a petrol station.

Hah, snap. Mine back in its actual MTB days and now in its ratty town bike guise. I'd probably put it back into mtb duties for jokes, but I'd need to spend money getting the fork serviced and converting the tires to tubeless and that seems like a pointless expenditure.

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https://youtu.be/MJ7ifuDVHl0

Am Bristol based, and the Ashton Court bike park is quite close, so could use their pressure washer. I think it's a quid for only 60 seconds though...

Nice, best colourway they did I think! Particularly like the cruiser/town build.