I envisage some minor probs with this, as I did with a similar mod on my road bike , I changed that from an 11-25 to an 11-36 , I had to swap the ultegra deraileur for a 105 , a wolfs tooth gizmo and a new longer chain , but I got it sussed In the end, a real boon for my uphill efforts ! , that is a...

You got it ! The small 11 is on the back with lock ring and is a Sunrace , I got it for a good price from Merlin , I’ve just got an XT deraileur and an XT shifter on its way , new chain and possibly a wolfs tooth gizmo and I’ll be on my way !!

A 50t cassette ,

Thanks for replies, it’s a HT Lapierre Edge , I got it at a great price so I’m upping all the components bit by bit , already put XT hydraulic brakes on and Exotic forks , it’s a lot lighter now , also got an FSA sealed bearing headset, so the next in line is the drivetrain ,

Hello all , I just in the throes of changing the cassette and derailleur on my MTB , going from an 11 speed 11-42 to an 11 -50 , it’s a 1 x set up with a 32 chainwheel , at the mo the der’r is an SLX shadow , I’ve got an XT M8000 long cage on the way , I’m not sure if I will need to get an XT shifte...

I want to swap the headset bearings on my MTB, so I bought a vernier Caliper as I found out from the mechanic at Sigma I have to measure the cage bearings accurately to be sure I buy the correct sized sealed bearings , I had to watch a YouTube video to get the just of how to read this vernier gizmo ...

Thanks for replies, I’ve ordered one anyway for the price ,

Hiya, I noticed a rhtesd that said thes Garmin’s are on sale , does anyone have and use one , it’s a good price and could be handy ,

Just seen that this place is closed due to snow !
I’m going to check it out on the web , not the fact it’s snowing in Wales but to see what the area looks like , I take it a lot of bod’s on here this forum are well aquatinted with it

I bought a ‘Burner Brake’ light from Evans , it’s got several really effective impulse settings , also a big one for me is that when I slow or stop it has a sensor that picks up the change in speed and interrupts the selected impulse function and a very solid and bright steady appears , like a car b...

Hiya, I’ve ordered some SLX M7000 brake callipers , do I need to get the SLX m7000 rotors also ?
I’ve not had a lot of truck with hydro brakes so not quite up to speed ,
Cheers

I got some Exotic in the end , I had to register to their forum to get through to them , but any way they should be here by weekend if all goes well

Thanks for replies fellas, it’s given me a few options to look at , carbon cycles are not very good t replying up to now ,
Cheers !

Hiya, Im after some carbon forks, ive checked out the exotic ones but they are all out of stock that would fit my bike, which other ones are worth a look at , at reasonable price ?
Cheers

Cracking idea , I’d like to think my Son would do similar for me one day , there’s still time I’m only 66 ! , if you could , after the event put the route up I’d be very interested to have a gandy at it , I plan to do this route but the other way , Holy Island to St Bees , Have a great Venture with ...

ok Mate, theres no hurry

Hi, sounds good , what would you want for them ?

Hello All, just wondering if anyone can give me a heads up on who I can get some of these Exotic forks from, I've had a look around but not much luck though as yet , Cheers in advance

Hi again , I cannot attach the file as a PM , I would need an email address

Hiya , yep no problem , it’s in a email format , I’ve not been able to get my Son to print it yet , but you should be able to work out how to do it ,
I’ll send as PM

Hiya. Stu has posted a GPX route for me that will take me from Machynlleth Station to Shell Island ( Llanbedr ) Afonwen is more NW than my route but I’d say it will be a good ride, about 55 miles from Machy to Afonwen but a fair bit of climbing maybe ,

Oh , well Ican get that done by my Son , I’d say that my plan would be to go from station and ride to shell island on the day of its no trouble that would be a great help

Hiya , thanks for replies , there is no time frame , the reason I am heading that way is to do a ‘ commando raid ‘ on my Bro , he has started to go there with his family and friends and ex forces mates to get some quality outdoors time within a couple of hours drive from Oldham , I’ve a feeling they...

I was going to head to Welshpool then along the A458 and enter the park around the Cwm Cewedd area then find the trails, but I don’t fancy riding the roads, from Shrewsbury , though I’m sure they are very picturesque,

Thanks for reply , Probably as much gravel off road as possible , Shrewsbury was my starting point as I can get to there by overnight train and then peddle the rest , on closer inspection of the rail network I can get a lot closer to Snowdonia and cut the road work out , so by going farther west to ...