My dad wants to replace all of his alloy frames with steel ones, and his cross bike is next.
It needs to be about a 58cm frame with canti bosses, something like a first gen kaffeback or a cotic X.
What have you got?

That takes some balls, good work!
Looks really well finished and the decals look like they were there from new.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just me then.

Yup.

10,000mvp, nope nope nope.
Looks pretty well executed otherwise, much better than I was expecting to be honest.

I'd like it, but it seems I'm not at the front of the que. Definitely want it though.

Also registering interest, dependent on pictures, possibly without the fork if you'd be willing to do that?

Mike wrote:Get rid fella. Spend ya money on a great little zebra light. No need for all that gadgetry anyhow u never have your phone on. My zebra got me through the bb200 on one battery n still has juice in her. I just carry a spare in case. Nowt to go wrong n cheaper

Which zebralight are you using?

Anyone know if it would be possible to replace the head tube on a steel frame with a larger diameter one? My Karate Monkey has a 1 1/8" head tube and I'd like to replace it with one that will take a tapered steerer. If it's possible, would it be expensive?

I fell run nowhere near as much as I should, but I love it. I find it makes hike a bike a lot more tolerable and faster. Agree with IanFitz about running up hills, my best results have come from walking faster up hills than others could run purely because it's so much more efficient on steep gradien...

Any chance there's BB200 'results' in the pipeline? I'm only slightly desperate
(Realised that sounds really rude, obviously it really doesn't matter when, I'm just being an impatient teenager.)

Hasn't arrived but I ordered some BB7 callipers and rotors off eBay (£57, bargain) for my surly, the ease of setup is drawing me away from my TRP Spykes.

Richard G wrote:It's strange, I can never really remember more than flashes of the rides. Certainly not enough to write them up.

Glad it's not just me

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the gates this year, most of them opened and closed without a 20 minute fight!

I might just be weird, lucky, or just young and resilient , but don't get all thus weird expensive bike packing bars stuff... I have never got any particular hand pain and I have rigged forks. The bars I use are just normal but super wide like 800 haha , flat aluminum bars , with quite fat lock on ...

I found that my rear mech got very crapped up on the BB200 this year, no problem with shifting though.
Mines an XT m8000 rear mech on a Surly Km with 2.4 ardents.

The milk bottle piss bottle protectors are niche, limited edition, custom made products that really set the bike off Thing is they look crap... but they weigh nowt, they cost nowt and they flipping work :-bd https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8728/29944075370_06d6bc9398_b.jpg Aerodynamic nightmare thoug...

I find sealskins socks to be warmest as they act like a wetsuit holding moisture against your feet and allowing it to warm up. I have some of their extra thick merino blend ones too which are really really warm.

Ian wrote:The consensus between Stu Cowp, Ian Fitz, Lee Craigee and myself was that next year's version should pass through here at around 130km

+1 to that!

Seems my strategy is now basically set given that I've left home. My plan is to go for the best time I can, given the amount of riding I've done recently this year seems like as good a shot as I'll ever get so I'm going for it. In my dream world I'd like a time which starts with a 1 (19h 59.59 will ...

What are people's plans for the BB200 this weekend?
Ride through or stop and sleep? Slow and steady or going for a record time?
I'm trying to decide how to ride it so thought I'd see what the general consensus is. (That and we obviously don't have enough bb200 threads already )

I know this has been asked before, but what does a SOL emergency bivi thing count as? Can it be a bivi, a sleeping bag, neither or both?
Thanks
Ben

ScotRoutes wrote:The Proteans were updated recently. I've used mine on half a dozen occasions so far with no problems.

Any idea if these are the recently updated ones?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311656554529

So I know that they are incredibly strict on bike rules, but I'm wondering if you could get away with something such as a salsa Cutthroat with less flared drops (cowbells etc)? Seems it could possibly make the descents easier and thereby faster?
Never done the race but I'm certainly interested.

Think Stu recommended Tenns before (check the reviews). Pretty cheap. I picked up a pair but with time and opportunity lacking (and not such a bad summer) I haven't used them much / at all. My Tenn waterproof shorts are still going strong. They're probably not the highest quality but given the pric...

Bard wrote:

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Last year...

I might be wrong, but this year's looks pretty good to me (everything is relative of course)