thanks found something else now , nice steel single speed CX bike that will do me nicely as a training machine ! thanks for the offer though

Seeking : Cheep CX bike around 53cm £300 ish just something for training on when i cant be bothered to put my xc bike in the car and ride to the mountains... as lots of little bridle ways to link up with road closer to home ...

i use to do allot of hiking when i was much younger ( did things like the WHW and wesix ridge way when like 10-14 with my parents) but then got in to mountain bikeing seperatly and later on at about 15 then rode down hill and free ride for years aswell as xc racing. after breaking too many bones dow...

a few piks of that mini loop in case you were interested : https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11825823_10153338672242034_1953015403707149058_n.jpg?oh=e7dcee228258b5d8297c2b0a03036334&oe=56412713 ooo look tussoks ... https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0...

I think there's something to be said for sub 100 mile "trails" as a stepping stone to the full blown ITTs, at 100Km it seems about right. You get the opportunity to see how your setup will handle and to fine tune your systems but there isn't that huge mileage weighing on your mind. yea we...

have a look at the Sand Stone way ... haven't done it yet but looks a good weekend route only like 120 miles, has a map available from the web site and a few route options on the way for easy or hard sections... i think im gona do it this weekend or next weekend so can tell you what it was like then...

yea the pinnacle frames are ok ( use to work at Evans part time when at 6th form and uni ), would want better forks especially if go in use it on trail centers etc as well as bike packing. if just bike packing on easy terrain may be go ridged on it as would be better (less flex) than cheep sus forks...

if you do look in to a pick and mix order would defiantly be up for a medium jersey :D

i ride like this with y bike laden hahahaha

ye could be interesting .... tussoc racing sounds .... fun ?

i have a slightly heavier gortex bivi bag that i have sewn a midge net in to and also some tabs for hooking to my bike to hold it open ( its got a large opening and im pretty short) this can turn it in to more like a bivi shelter but that works ok if its damp: this is the only photo i hav of it set ...

would be interested in one if you got more in :)

would be kind of cool , a few jersey designs would be more interesting maybe ?

i have these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/pola ... prod112022
have been really good on recent bike packing trips and XC events.
paired with some Paceline Chamois Butt'r has been good

I would be quite interested in seeing some photos of this route too as looks kind of interesting as something to do in the next few weekends...

if it looks wet i jut bring my bigger gortex bag as its really vaguely exciting in a down poor! heavy and bulky compared to a light weight bag but at least its all ways been dry even in really awefull weather !

i shall try and remember to check after work. think its the 2.2 icon and the 2.25 Ardent . so might not be as useful a comparison as you might like for the set up you are going for

http://reviews.mtbr.com/video-worlds-fu ... -a-fatbike

this looks a laugh haha 24" wheel fatty jump bike pretty much looks a good laugh to smash about on , or for smaller riders

i have ardent front icon rear its very good , i did have a aspen rear but i split the side wall ( running tubeless) during an endurance xc race. so replaced it with the icon as it has a bit more grip. was really good pairing on the west highland way at the weekend, fast rolling but grippe and comfy ...

my only advise when it comes to gear on the bike is to protect the frame where the bags are going to rub a bit of insulation tape, especially on the front under where the bar bag harness will rub on the frame/ cables. other than that just see how it all works you will end up moving stuff around and ...

ye was so much worse than i thought it was going to be that bit, but so good after that

went ok ! , did west highland way SST style , though due to bad weather torrential rain and high winds Sunday morning i finished at Fort William and didn't keep going up the great glen. so just did the WHW too 33 hours and was 95miles , took a few of the easier route options along the way where ther...

Fully ridge SS 29er... best bike i have had great on trail centers even jumps ok , bike packing or just xc days out and endurance races.. have had all sorts of things from big top end DH bikes to normal FS etc but this is the most fun one so far https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1...

all packed and ready to go after work, should get going at like 8 anyway... lets see if i make it to invernes...

i don't think i did either ... ? and did want one ... :D so if i didn't could you send me an email to ? :)