Epping Forest Autumn Radness!

I won't be including those faster, open descents this time, if that helps?

You're just contemplating doing it for the skids really, aren't you :-)

No! (yes)

For anybody who was there on Saturday, this Friday will be an almost entirely different selection of trails.

I won't be including those faster, open descents this time, if that helps?

OH YES YOU WILL

I shall stay SS then :)

Bring the cross bike, any decent in Epping feels fast and uncontrollable at the moment.

Nah.... anything less than the Stanton would be madness!

In fact, you should buy a Cannondale Trigger, just for this ride.

Fuck that - getting lefty sorted out has descended in to omnishambles

Oh dear :-(

You'd think that, in an effort to get the owner back on the bike, a warranty repair would be a straight fork swap, but apparently not - TF do a full tear down, decided it needs a new lower, ordered the lower, waited for the lower, received the wrong lower, have asked for the right lower, but now can't get in contact with CSG Germany, with whom they deal with, not CSG UK, to obtain this lower, which will probably take a couple of weeks to deliver.

In the interests of getting me back on the bike, I asked them would it not be quicker and less pain to just ship me a new fork, and TF's response was that it doesn't cost THEM anything to do a rebuild. Neglecting the cost of keeping me off the bike for weeks and missing the races I wanted to do on it. Let's just sweep that aside.

So fail of TF, fail of CSG.

Yeah I know.

Think I'll get a kona process instead

I would ( if I had somewhere to ride it ).

It's orange, I like orange bikes.

Buy one

Now

Tentatively in for Friday. If my partner finishes her work Thurs I'll be riding with her Friday, if not, with you lot... we'll see.

Quick bump for tomorrow. Hoping to make the most of my final visit to the forest this year :-)

Friday 13th ride list - 11am at Chingford Train Station

1-BN
2-dicki
3-Howard
4-Indra
5-yal
6-Ramseye
7-crosskitty

I Will be there on the silly bike.

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There are bigger bikes than yours being unloaded in the car park on a Sunday morning ;-)

I would like to be there but I have sleep to be done. Hope you all have a good one and take rope for rescuing anyone who might get swallowed hole by the lightning sand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Fsyld7YD0

I don't understand any of this mtb chat. Back in my day it hard tail only, you were lucky to get 2inch of travel on stock forks, we had to make our own winter tyres and people who rode Downhill (ie took the ski lift to the top) were looked at like a combination electronic-shifting-for-my-commuter and untrustworthy punkass slvlss types.

I hope you people show me How Times Have Changed.

I'm gonna be on my 2" travel Hardtail bike

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=6&topicdays=0&start=1400&sid=7cfa3eb2989dc3e1580f265a73988ccb