H1m

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• Winter and Cyclocross tyres / tires

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 5 months

  

  You say the Land Cruiser is hard centre - living in sunny Manchester the most important factor for me is grip in the wet! How do they perform?

• Cotic X as a tourer

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 5 months

  

  Has anyone used the X for touring? Had a quick spin around the block and it felt like my 456: slowly carves around corners but surprisingly easy to manual/hop. i.e. not at all like a road bike!

  I'm guessing this is what makes it confidence-inspiring on the wee tempting singletracks that my alu roadie won't entertain though so hope to persuade Cotic to let me borrow one for an afternoon in the Peaks to experience hills and rough tracks. Seems pretty similar numbers-wise to other touring frames though and I intend to do some camping adventures with it as well as it being the only roadie in my life.

  The guts of the query is: do its unusual strengths make up for its lack of nippy-feeling handling on the road/will I learn to enjoy tight corners and inner-city riding?

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• Rides out of Manchester

  in Manchester • 11 years, 5 months

  

  if you like sustained pain:

  Manc
  Northenden
  Styal
  Wilmslow
  Pott Shrigley (so far so flat)
  Goyt Valley
  Cat and Fiddle (earned a lovely Robinsons ale by now)
  Macc Forest
  Sutton
  Alderley Edge
  Wilmslow
  Styal
  Northenden
  home

  Think that's about 40 miles, Salman and Drew might know better...

• Northwest Marketplace

  in Manchester • 11 years, 5 months

  

  Emyr - you life saver! Too many standards=not standard enough.

  Erm, not sure how the etiquette works in this situation... Andy - are you happy with a tenner for both stem and bars? I'm happy to make transactional music with Ribblekid otherwise...

  Muito obrigado!

  Also looking out for a saddle, nice road one for around a tenner though would consider paying more if reeeeelly nice. Mostly do quite long hilly rides so something appropriate please.

• Northwest Marketplace

  in Manchester • 11 years, 5 months

  

  *can't PM as born-again member.

• Northwest Marketplace

  in Manchester • 11 years, 5 months

  

  Andy! I want bars! can you bring them to polo tomoz? Excuse my ignorance but I take it I can't bodge 26mm into my 25.4mm stem? I ideally want anatomic drops and they look a nice depth. Have you a stem I could get with them? I'll deal with the older ones if not. Cheers, Nate

• Northwest Marketplace

  in Manchester • 11 years, 5 months

  

  Taba - Are those bars still for grabs? I needs bars, any bars that don't flex and creak alarmingly. 25.4mm I think, is 26 compatible?