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VW T4 with 300,000 miles, original engine and g'box, current clutch over 100,000 miles, new laminate floor and a slight oil leak.

Up for anything really, have got a dog who runs with the bike and a gf who I can't keep up with, am in the process of house viewing at mo so a bit erratic, but will give you a yell on here if I'm heading out.

posting it today seems a bit late too

In in Exeter and I'm less of a ranty twat IRL, give me a shout if you're out sometime. Woodbury?

The image of the fatbike rider about to faceplant in his fucking chinos a few posts above is a nice example. What sort of cunt told him "Yeah, you hit that sizeable double, it'll be rad" or maybe he is the prime example of the kind of silly sausage who does believe the marketing hype.

Does mountainbiking have a bad image? People on bikes in the countryside at the weekend is better than people in cars in the city. Whether you're on a secondhand hardtail, a carbon gnarwizard or your mum's shopper you're probably having a laugh and that's what biking as a leisure activity is about for the majority of us.

I can't remember the last time someone moaned IRL about me being a mountain-biker, but I've had a handful of ruddy faced walkers give me a 'Go on my son' or a 'Bloody hell, it's a lass' as the GF and I've slogged our way up a particularly foolish climb in the pissing rain.

The industry loves gnarly shit, winning stuff and awesome photos, but just because that Formula 1 car runs on Pedigree Chum doesn't make me think I'm Martina Navratilova, and it'd be a fool who does.

MTBing is still niche as fuck, it's cold, wet, muddy and hurty. Most MTBers only do it a few days per month, many travel a 100 mile round trip to get to a good venue and there's plenty who've spent £2000 on a bike they can't ride for toffee, which may explain the increase in road riders (who similarly can't ride for toffee)

I reckon most of the general public have no concept of MTBing at all, most think of biking as lycra clad goons on road bikes, holding them up in their last minute dash to Argos to get some nice seat covers for their fucking Astra.

Black and Tan maybe?

I know, but remember that polycarbonate is the cheapest and shittiest lens material, it's poor optically and prone to scratching due to its soft surface. Poly is used for safety specs, riot shields and motorbike visors due to its impact resistance but it's uv protection is a handy secondary bonus. Oh, and it's renamed by Oakley to plutonite so punters think they've got something special.

They haven't.

It's the same material used in a pair of £5 beach sunglasses and incidentally, the fake oakleys which also offer 100% uv protection.

Still, you won't get a tan in a riot.

Moody lenses? So what are they made of? What's their uv protection? What are the effects of excess uv exposure? Almost always irreparable? Under which circumstances are they repairable?

I sell Oakley glasses.

They are made in China and arrive in bags with Chinese writing on, despite being distributed via an Italian company. The 'Made in USA' stamp baffles me, maybe assembled there, probably by min wage earning Mexicans.

The £5 fake ones on ebay are identical frames (I bought some old Jawbones)and I suspect they are seconds as they tend to be less well finished, though the lenses are immediately identifiable as very poor quality (faux iridium mirror finish scratches very easily) though the non-mirror lenses are fine.

Even the cheapest sunglasses are likely to be 100% UV protective as the cheapest lens material (polycarbonate) happens to be uv blocking.

Head angle looks pretty steep on that unknown full sus, if you can built it up without any real expense then it might make a decent project, but wouldn't spend any cash on it.

Why not just stick it in lowest gear? You'll never be able to make any meaningful pedal input and it's no hass.

It's fine dude, no worries

Doesn't look like it's got much Padding-ton

Someone's ursine up all the good jokes

Hope the bike's Goldilocked up properly

As it gets sat on maybe it's a Kermode Bear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermode_bear

Kelly Mcgarry RIP

Ah that makes sense, hope you're still getting on well with it

@BareNecessities

Just spotted from your geo pic, on your 29er the head angle is steeper than the seat tube angle, I'm not too down with 29" geo trends, but isn't it usually the other way round?

@lae

Are you in mean mode?

Just out of interest, what bike will you be riding at Aston hill? I've forgotten what you've got, is it orange?

I've a vote for the Gerber Suspension, neat and tidy, plenty of tools, locking.

I know you did this some time ago DJ, here's another recommendation for Tom

I'd just get whatever comes up at a good price, I've got 150mm revs and they're fine on my big bike, but I do only weight 10stone