XC in Cornwall - any willing volunteers ?

allthegearnoidea

just back from the walk to pre-school and back, the path down through the woods and to the church is very wet! mahoosive puddle on it which were great fun for littlun in her welly's and puddle suit loL! but giving me a hint that tehidy may be a smidge slippy slidy tomorow! :twisted:

KernowCB

Timmo - How hard is the cardinham ride likely to be on Sunday mate? I've been out for a couple of months now with an old whiplash injury but hoping to get back on the bike this weekend.

Hope all is well with everyone.

allthegearnoidea

it'll be a good ride fella, from what i remember you'll be fine, a complete mixture of types but nothing too testing!!

am going to try and make it if i can, will see how i get on tomorow!!!

hagace

KernowCB wrote:

Timmo - How hard is the cardinham ride likely to be on Sunday mate? I've been out for a couple of months now with an old whiplash injury but hoping to get back on the bike this weekend.

Hope all is well with everyone.

hi
The ride is mainly singletrack with nothing to nasty. May be a bit muddy with recent rain. meet at the Gul wetsuits carpark just past asda bodmin

cu there!!

steve

allthegearnoidea

unfortunately wont be able to make cardinham this sunday as my headset top bearing collapsed on thursday and havent sorted a replacement in time!
most annoyed with my self more than anything!!

But incase anyones in the area, the clubs Very own Si Mosely is playing at the pub at the end of my road tonight, should be a good one!
Big rich and i are going and welcome anyone else that fancies a jar!! (the robarts arms, Illogan for anyone that wants to know!)

hagace

hi mark
new section in dunmere woods OS map ref sx 052 688

cheers steve

Surf-Matt

Stonking ride around the South Hams (nr Plymouth) with Mrs Matt in Saturday -deep mud (thick red Devon stuff), rocky stream beds, fields and all sorts - didn't do much mileage (15 miles, but took two hours!) but lots of walking (deep mud, boulders, etc), skidding around, etc.

First real mud test of the Sauserwinds - they really are very good in mud, on the road, everywhere.

Timmo - the bike shop in Helston swapped my dead headset the same day. In fact it took them 20 mins - Cycle Logic.

allthegearnoidea

sounds a good ride matt! nice and challenging!
sorted the headset out now and test ridden! all is good again!! a bit of confusion from me tyhough as turns out he bike has a Semi integrated headset, but when i got the frame it had the Cups in it and i assumed you had to get a headset to fit them! - lack of knowledge see!! common occurance in the life of Timmo! hahaha! so i popped in looking for a bearing to fit after i knocked it out the frame and the guys said thats actually part of the headset! Result for me! so new fsa orbit z purchased and installed and silky smooth!

had a great blast out around tehidy this avo, not as wet as i thought it would have been form the weekends dampness, but instead nice and grippy! lots of fun! could have done with knocking a few psi out the forks though as was playing on the weekend with them! so was a bit hard ont he arms hahah!

but bikje all washed down, me all washed down and gear in the machine ready to be done when the elecy trips into Cheap mode haha!

allthegearnoidea

St Austell ride this weekend for any interested??
meet at homebase carpark for ride at 09:30, will be in and around kings woods, bit of fun, bit of mud maybe etc.!
i will be there! gives an excuse to kip at pops and mooch over int he morning!!!!

orena45

I'm hoping to be there Sunday! Am also hoping my bruised thigh will be better too!...went for a solo evening ride on Monday up over Carn Brea and ended up doing my best gymnast impression by somersaulting over the bars heading down the Tregajorran side. Was partly my fault (didn't pull up on the bars enough on a drop off) but mainly the fact that my brake pads failed yet again, so was forced to use the front brake more than necessary - nose dive and front brake = FAIL!...I'm now a firm believer that SSC pads are indeed, sh1te! :evil:

allthegearnoidea

oooh no! that doesnt sound so good!!!
got a good few rides coming up on the sheet at the mo, looking good through into december, a good mix of all types too!

i'm running some 'Carbon Lorraine' pads at the mo, cant remember the brand of them but they were ina blue pack!! Very good! great power and longevity!
know that the matereal is being used in track pads for Cars and is Very good at that so figured cant be too bad! got them at a silly price too!
if i really pulled my finger out i'd sort my self out with some new disc's to replace my lightly warped ones! but other bits catch my eye instead! hahahah!

allthegearnoidea

Had a Cracking ride in St.A today, some real good track up and about, many havent changed that much in the years since i used them but Soi much better on a decent bike!!!
a lot of fun and some Great ST!!
however, all was not quite so Rosey! took one jump too many and have Broken the Carbon bike!! gutted! especially as its one of the alloy drop outs not the frame itself!!
have stripped it down and started building up the old full susser ready but ran out of patience and willingness to carry on! but hoping to get it sorted for next week!

have the pics up on FB but will get them of the phone and then get them up on here!!

have a plan to try and trace the places that make the frames on ebay that are the same (china and taiwan) and see if they are willing to send the droupouts for the frame, think it may be a lot of hard work and may be cost prohibitive but gotta be worth a shot! Love that bike!

allthegearnoidea

right, some pics!
How it Should Look!!


how it does!




give an idea of where it Should be!


this isnt going to help either!!


ho humm! hoping to get the other bike finished this week!!

FSR_XC

sorry about the bike Timmo - it looks really bad.

Do you know exactly how it happened?

Don't suppose this is a good time to mention that I know where an FSR XC is available?

allthegearnoidea

mark, twas due to me doing One too many enthusiastic jumps of a little lump in kings woods!! the force of me landing on the back wheel just caused it to fail!
in fairness it wast designed to do what i was doing really!

i'd love an fsr but alas no funds!!

Surf-Matt

Oh bu66er x 1000000 that looks terminal.

Mark - getting the Rush then?

How's the kit car going? Sounds like a lot of work. And how is work going? Sounding very positive.

orena45

Oh no, that's really unfortunate Timmo, hope you get something sorted soon!

Unfortunately due to not being able to sleep until 5am Sunday morning for some reason, I wasn't in the mood to get up early and drive up to Snozzle for the ride so didn't make it. Shame though as I was looking forward to it and sounds like it was a good ride!

FSR_XC

Surf-Matt wrote:

Oh bu66er x 1000000 that looks terminal.

Mark - getting the Rush then?

How's the kit car going? Sounds like a lot of work. And how is work going? Sounding very positive.

Work is great - lovin the diversity of companies / projects we're working on & the fact that we really are making a difference.

As we are just about to register for cycle to work, I'm looking for an upgrade. I'll only get the Rush if I can get the 09 model as the new one is over £2k. I've also been looking at the Focus First, an orange frame & an Epic. I'm open to other suggestions as long as they offer a decent upgrade over the FSR. Focus looks ideal - carbon frame, good groupset & light weight.

Kit is getting tested on Wednesday. I fookin hope it passes!

allthegearnoidea

good luck for wednesday matey!! hope it goes through for yoU!

have you looked at the zesty?? more trail bike than xc but a belter of a bike from the reviews?? although, pricey!
the rush looks a cracker though!!!

cor, everyone upgrading! and i'm going backwards hahah! sounds about right!
just wondering if i can sell the contents of the shed to replace the carbon ht! (just over £200 from china at the mo!!) hmmmn, somehow, i doubt it lol! shed may be full but sadly, its mostly full of Cr4p! hahahah!

FSR_XC

Anyone looking for some pads?

Superstar components are selling 4 sets on disc pads for £15 this week only!

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... ucts_id=29

BTW, Kit car passed today. Hopefully have it registered for road use in the next week or so.

allthegearnoidea

great news on the Kit car mark! job well done!! all those grazed knuckles worth it!!

i saw the disc pads offer on the web blast that came through, Very good deal!!

got the bouncer all built and sorted now so hoping for a test ride tomorow!!

Surf-Matt

Nice one Mark - pics will be needed!

Recently got some Superstar kevlar pads (not used yet) but not sure if the sintereds might last longer?

Bought a kick ass pressure washer today - mostly because my car wheels are a bu66er to clean/keep clean (about a million spokes) but also for when the bike are foul - and no I will NOT blast the BB, headset, pedal bodies or hubs! Wheels now take 5 mins instead of almost half an hour - woo hoo!

Timmo - glad you've managed to "bounce back"

Coat on and I have left the building...

allthegearnoidea

haha! nice matt!

pressure washers rock!! might want to look out for some Wheel sealant! it'll make it a LOT easier witht he washer!!
multi spoke wheels look the nuts but are Such a swine to clean!!!

FSR_XC

Matt
The sintered ones do last a lot longer and offer good performance. That is what I use (& I'm heavy on brakes)

These on offer are great on a budget.

I will have some pics of the kit when I've tidied it up a bit. I haven't done the bodywork yet - but that doen't stop me driving it!

Surf-Matt

Wheels are sealed - using Poor boys sealant. Took ages but it smells nice! And it's nice and pink!

allthegearnoidea

good man matt! poorboys stuff does smell nice generally! 8)

dont blame you mark, if i'd spent a while building a car i'd want to be out driving it toooo!

hoping to get out on the bouncer today! but will see how i am after the preschool stroll!

allthegearnoidea

ladies (if there are any viewing) and Gentlmen, may i introduce you to Bob!
Bob has been so named as he does like to Bob quite a lot!!


certainly some different to the old carbon HT! hit a bump in the path and it no longer feels like some one has Punched you in the Bum!!!
think i may keep an eye out for an air can with some fancy bits to reduce the bob somewhat but otherwise is a good ride! better than i remembered! but that may be as hard to believe as it is, the ridings improved somewhat since i last rode it 2 years ago!!

so all shook down an donly isue was a loose seat clamp, otherwise all good!!!
roll on sunday!

(oh, saddle angle has been sorted since the pic was taken! )

allthegearnoidea

Dont forget Clocks go Back tonight!!!!
other wise could be a few peeps waiting an hour longer for their morning rides!!!

FSR_XC

Thinking of buying a HA-III SSC P7-C - Magicshine LED light . . . . .

Might have to wait for the new bike - Cycle scheme won't be sorted until new year (but MD wants to have a chat about me wanting a bike . . . )

allthegearnoidea

mark, have you seen dazza's thread re the Troutie light?? (in general)