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bails87
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Very nice. When you say you've BEEN up, testing them, what friggin country/hemisphere are you in?0
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Morning fweaks
Today is a good day for me
Last day of placement today.
Freedom (as of 5pm) until October when I head back to uni.
Wheels and a few drivetrain components ordered for the 456 last night, just need cranks, seat post, clamp and saddle.
Dad wasn't made redundant either yesterday which was good, and it looks like he may possibly be getting promoted.
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A day of more carb laoding, doing nothing physical, packing for the race over the weekend and finishing the bike off.
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Morning happy friday people.
Today i am happy it is friday, it feels like it has been a good 10 days since the last weekend?
got a few bits to do around the office, but nothing too stressfull then a weekend of BBQing and Racing 8)
Angry Bird
What size seat post? i have a spare Superstar one in Red 27.2 layback flavour.
Sheepsteeth Good work. I look forward to next weekend when i can practice my poor drinking skills with the annual summer pub crawl.0 -
Morning Maggots,
Well at last Friday is upon us. My mate Ray (seriously that's his name) arrived from Bristol last night, so tomorrow we're off to Cannock
Even though I've rented him a bike from Chase Cycles, he brought his bike with. I now have four MTB's in my study.
Anyway I am working from home today, looks like the weather will be overcast today with a predicted high of 20ºC. Hmm, so I guess I've my official 3 days of summer then.. </fml>0 -
VWsurfbum cheers but I'm not sure how the anodised red will go with the red of te frame. In the meantime I'm just going to chuck the post and saddle from the orange on it seeing as I can only ride one at once 0
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No worries, Redy-pink is not everyones colour!Angry Bird wrote:VWsurfbum cheers but I'm not sure how the anodised red will go with the red of te frame. In the meantime I'm just going to chuck the post and saddle from the orange on it seeing as I can only ride one at once 0 -
Morning all! Another day of doing nothing at work today....6 and a half hours to waste til I can go home.............this is truly soul destroying!
I am not hungover, as due to my fatigued state last night, I elected to stay off the cocktails and stick to diet coke.
Tonight I have a business meeting, but party times tomorrow at this wedding thingy I have to go to
I am currently contemplating what to cook for dinner for the potter on Monday night when he returns from his show so I can go shopping at lunch. Any ideas?Ride it like you stole it!0 -
Morning Nancys!
I'm supposed to be off work next week for a week of riding (road, I'm afraid), but the weather looks pants, so thinking of cancelling and having the following week off instead. Dilemma! :?0 -
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went out last night on the specialized after spending time to set the suspension properlyn as my weight has changed and the sag wasnt right and my nephew had messed around with it, as he is 6 blue anodized dials intrigue him which lead to
"Alex, what does this one do?"
"dont turn that one..........ahhhh" at this dont he had already changed the entire fork setup without me noticing!
The bike felt faster with the rear a little firmer but the rebound wasnt right, thats to be changed this weekend i think. The front is running sweet though, want to get up to cannock or somewhere a bit different for a ride at some point, doesnt look like its going to happen!Angry Bird wrote:Dad wasn't made redundant either yesterday which was good, and it looks like he may possibly be getting promoted.
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Give what any man wants..............Steak and silence.MissBint37 wrote:dinner for the potter on Monday night when he returns from his show so I can go shopping at lunch. Any ideas?
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morning life forms.
Yesterday's trip to look at a camper was a success, however yesterdays global stockmarket crash leaves me in two minds as to whether buying it is a good idea.
Work will be meh of the highest order today, I have to explain to my boss that in order to do part of the work he wants us to do (that we have to do anyway) we need to have a member of staff doing it. For such a simple fact, it takes some explaining.Visit Clacton during the School holidays - it's like a never ending freak show.
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VWsurfbum wrote:
Give what any man wants..............Steak and silence.MissBint37 wrote:dinner for the potter on Monday night when he returns from his show so I can go shopping at lunch. Any ideas?
I thought about steak, but I think he would prefer other stuff he has never seemed that bothered about me buying a steak. He has told me he wants trifle for afters, made with proper custard, so at least I got dessert sorted I guess.
The silence, I imagine, shall come pre dinner, he will have been away for a week!Ride it like you stole it!0 -
bails87 wrote:And what am I doing up at this early hour I hear you ask....
I've been testing out this little thing:
The rest of the Whyte test fleet for the 'exclusive' demo ride:
Full sus is good fun, but £5k's worth of good fun, with crap brakes? Not sure
you barsteward!!!!! :evil: im actually well peeve off whyte have gone and done exactly to the 146 several months after purchasing my mojo, the 146 x looks perfect
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Mornin' clumpets.
Today, I shall be trying to get "clumpet" accepted as not only an insult, but a term of endearment also.
Apart from that, I shall be riding. Possibly to the beach.0 -
8)MissBint37 wrote:The silence, I imagine, shall come pre dinner, he will have been away for a week!0 -
Mornin all!
Sh1t nights sleep for me. Was so hot, kept wakin up for a couple of hours, then at 4:45 a helicopter overhead woke me up. It was hovering just above the house for about 15 minutes :evil: not a happy chappy.
Today, a relatively quiet day, I shall be purchasing my Tattoo Jam ticket I think, as I fancy popping along to that, and I need to sort out my car insurance. I haven't had any documents, and I think I renewed it 2 weeks ago :?
LatersIt takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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Mornng, leaving Brussels in a bit, off to Rotterdam today, or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome etc etc. Hopefully less French people in the Netherlands though smoking pain au chocolate and sweating Nice sancerre.
Although today's entry in inappropriate foreign names or products
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Mornin'
Bacons consumed and now a day of blah ahead...Home & car insurance to sort.
My boss wants an updated business plan for the 2nd half of the year - I'm tempted just to change the date on the one for the 1st half of the year and send it to her again as I doubt she even reads it...
Wifes out tonight so a wee blast on the bike followed by chicken kebabage for dinner...When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.0 -
crazy88 wrote:I want a kebab!!!! I might have to try persuade the wife to get one tonight. mmmmmmmm
stop creating a fictional wife !!!!
you mean you'll go on just-eat.co.uk and order one?0 -
yeehaamcgee
It was a night test, finished riding just after 11, home for midnight. So I was still up, rather than having got up early.
Overall.....
Nuff respeck to Neil at Whyte, a decent bloke and a stupendously fit/technically skilled rider. He was on his own 146X, I grabbed one of the other 2 that were in the demo fleet. Then there were some lower specced 146's, a 29er and a Whyte team XC race bike that apparently weighed 18.1lbs. I picked it up and almost hit myself in the face because it was so light.
Just in case Whyte are watching, the guy riding that definitely wasn't throwing it about and launching it off stuff more than the people on 146's, oh no, definitely not.... :shock:
It was a very good ride at the Wyre Forest, I've only been there once, and this was on an unfamiliar bike, in the dark, with only a single light on my bars...... which made it interesting on the really techy stuff like the 'helicopter drop' (apparently the locals call it that because if you get it wrong there's only one way you're getting out of the forest!)
It's a big drop (~5 feet), onto a very loose, steep slope, probably 12-15 feet in total, until you level out on the fire road. So I rode up to it, and all of a sudden the light disappeared as the ground dropped away and I had to chance it and drop off into a pitch black abyss :shock: But I made it, don't think I'd be typing if I hadn't Would I have made it on the 456, rather than the £5000 Whyte? I did it on my Boardman in the day, so I'd like to think so, but I'm sure having a squishy back end didn't hurt.
Speaking of the squishy back end......it felt, compared to the 456, like the chain was made of elastic. It wasn't as 'direct' as I'd hoped, but maybe that was poor set up(?). It wasn't that it bobbed particularly, I couldn't really put my finger on it, but it felt like when you tried to get a burst of speed half your effort was disappearing somewhere. The XX brakes were pretty disappointing too, I'd rather carry a few extra grams but have rbakes I can trust. They made a horrible 'gobbling turkey' noise and were very on/off, the shallow tread on the tyres didn't help with that though.
On the positive side of things, you could just point it downhill, lean back and let it rip, it gathered and held speed brilliantly. The only problem with that was the sketchy tyres, you build up a load of speed, then reach a corner and have to lose a load of it to get round the corner in one peice. Which wasn't easy given the brakes.....
But the Fox (Kashima FIT) fork was great, the drivetrain had just about enough range for the steep stuff in both directions, XTR shifting was quick and quiet. The Reverb was a good choice, nice width bars, carbon wheels, decent chainguide setup on the front.
Overall, I wouldn't say no if any of you good folk want to buy me one.....anyone?0 -
bails87 wrote:yeehaamcgee
It was a night test, finished riding just after 11, home for midnight. So I was still up, rather than having got up early.
Overall.....
Nuff respeck to Neil at Whyte, a decent bloke and a stupendously fit/technically skilled rider. He was on his own 146X, I grabbed one of the other 2 that were in the demo fleet. Then there were some lower specced 146's, a 29er and a Whyte team XC race bike that apparently weighed 18.1lbs. I picked it up and almost hit myself in the face because it was so light.
Just in case Whyte are watching, the guy riding that definitely wasn't throwing it about and launching it off stuff more than the people on 146's, oh no, definitely not.... :shock:
It was a very good ride at the Wyre Forest, I've only been there once, and this was on an unfamiliar bike, in the dark, with only a single light on my bars...... which made it interesting on the really techy stuff like the 'helicopter drop' (apparently the locals call it that because if you get it wrong there's only one way you're getting out of the forest!)
It's a big drop (~5 feet), onto a very loose, steep slope, probably 12-15 feet in total, until you level out on the fire road. So I rode up to it, and all of a sudden the light disappeared as the ground dropped away and I had to chance it and drop off into a pitch black abyss :shock: But I made it, don't think I'd be typing if I hadn't Would I have made it on the 456, rather than the £5000 Whyte? I did it on my Boardman in the day, so I'd like to think so, but I'm sure having a squishy back end didn't hurt.
Speaking of the squishy back end......it felt, compared to the 456, like the chain was made of elastic. It wasn't as 'direct' as I'd hoped, but maybe that was poor set up(?). It wasn't that it bobbed particularly, I couldn't really put my finger on it, but it felt like when you tried to get a burst of speed half your effort was disappearing somewhere. The XX brakes were pretty disappointing too, I'd rather carry a few extra grams but have rbakes I can trust. They made a horrible 'gobbling turkey' noise and were very on/off, the shallow tread on the tyres didn't help with that though.
On the positive side of things, you could just point it downhill, lean back and let it rip, it gathered and held speed brilliantly. The only problem with that was the sketchy tyres, you build up a load of speed, then reach a corner and have to lose a load of it to get round the corner in one peice. Which wasn't easy given the brakes.....
But the Fox (Kashima FIT) fork was great, the drivetrain had just about enough range for the steep stuff in both directions, XTR shifting was quick and quiet. The Reverb was a good choice, nice width bars, carbon wheels, decent chainguide setup on the front.
Overall, I wouldn't say no if any of you good folk want to buy me one.....anyone?
from the initial impressions of my mojo, which would you say you prefer? im considering a possible swap at some point, not gonna lie 0 -
To be fair, this was a 3 hour ride on some properly technical stuff, I've only ridden the Mojo round a car park......
But I'd say the Mojo felt like pedalling actually pushed you forwards. no idea how that copes with the bumps though.
The demo fleet is doing the rounds now (although we were apparently the first people after the media to ride them) so you should be able to find somewhere to get a test ride.0 -
Curious, Bails.
My wolf ridge, which in principle is a very similar suspension setup reacts nice and solidly in the middle ring, but when I'm hammering the granny (oo-er), there is a strange sensation that there is too much anti-squat. It doesn;t manifest itself as kickback, more a kind of strange rocking - and although your rubber band analogy doesn't quite match, I think I know exactly what you're trying to describe.
On mine it only happens in the granny though, and the bike has been optimised around a roughly middl-ish sized ring (the newer hammerschmidt attack trail had the links reworked to optimise for that smaller chainring).
Maybe the action on the 146 has been optimised for a different sized chainring to mine.
Anyway, long term, the granny ring feeling hasn't proven to be a problem at all, and on loose trails it actually feels like the rear wheel is actively burying or planting itself into the ground.0 -
morning all,
day off for me today, i'm just off up to the forest of dean for a blast around their new loop
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Feeling good this morning after my ride last night, well impressed with the new Whyte 19 steel hardtail, who would have thought it would have been so much fun.
work BBQ tonight so see how that goes, we have been given our token so as we can have 1 sausage, 1 burger and three items of salad.. pushing the boat out again I see.
so while the MD is living in the UAE on business expense, flying business class, staying in £350 a night boutique hotels.. he's told everyone else that we are on an efficiency drive and have to basically justify our positions in the business, nice guy that he is!!
MissBint37
simplicity is the key.. Two chicken breast, skin on, fry each side for two to three mins in olive oil with chopped Garlic and mixed herbs, Place in an oven dish, pour over the juice, bang in the oven for 20 mins on 180c (fan oven), serve with new potatoes and Green beans.. it's a cracking meal.0 -
Saw this, and thought of youMissBint37 wrote:I am currently contemplating what to cook for dinner for the potter on Monday night when he returns from his show so I can go shopping at lunch. Any ideas?
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