Always found merino too much for anything high intensity - I love Brynje polypropylene mesh ones from Nordic life. Look very rock horror show and terrify the kids when paired with bib shorts, bit work better than anything else if you're a sweaty bugger. Edit - just re read your post and had totally ...

Got a pair in bishop's castle you can have if you're over this way. Pretty sturdy OEM stuff

Could you point me to a geometry chart, that price drop is causing adulterous thoughts about my stooge....

MarkW wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:13 pm 2019
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This.

I've often struggled to describe this section, wasnt after we were sent down the Welsh enduro track in dyfi forest....

I had one and loved it (apart from the expensive batteries) until it threw itself out of a framebag onto a concrete floor and stopped working. Use a filter now just because it seems a bit less fragile if you drop it miles from home. Still got a load of the expensive batteries kicking round if you do...

I buy the 'no nonsense' stuff from Screwfix. It's quite powerful so I'd suggest diluting a little with water. I use the same stuff. Great value but Stu's not kidding - I put some in a handy little alloy bottle with a swing top as it's easier to fill the chain cleaner than the big 5l container. It a...

whitestone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:57 am I *think* I've worked out where it is.

We'll see when Stu releases the route.

I've got a pretty good guess - hope I'm wrong though

Rich I had the kind of pain you're describing after a big multiday event that out me off the bike for a while. It was riding a titanium charge spoon where the saddle was old and the base had sagged, which caused the nose to be higher than it should he. I bought a Selle SMP saddle (massive cut out + ...

All yours, although you may have to nurse them round a corner at some point. PM me your address and I'll let you know what the postage is Got an embarrassing tyre collection you'd like to reduce? Too good to chuck but not worth selling? Post your tyres up and if they are of use to anyone they can ha...

Ardent race (exo) a good fast rolling tyre with reasonable cornering grip.
I'd also second xr3 bontys if it gets a bit rougher.

petemaz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:57 am Good idea, I'll have a dig around the garage to see what I have.

I'd take that Barzo off your hands if it's black/grey? If it's new then happy to pay something for it.

Just black. Still want it?

Got an embarrassing tyre collection you'd like to reduce? Too good to chuck but not worth selling? Post your tyres up and if they are of use to anyone they can have them for postage and perhaps feeding the bear to keep this virtual roof over our heads. I have.. 2x WTB trail blazer 27.5 x 2.8 - now r...

For the record they are fantastic - a big shout to Andy for the recommendation. I cut mine down a bit and use it with some old foam grip over it to give the bag strap more to wrap roun Anyway, they come with 2 part rubber shims to fit different widths of dropper sanction. Mines a 27.2 dropper so I u...

Sorted now, many thanks

Thanks for all the suggestions. Grubby edges is exactly what I meant Andy. I use electric tape round the stays when I fit the mud hugger, not sure why that didn't occur to me. Clear vinyl film sounds promising Phil, is this the stuff? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303592749677?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&...

Been a bit lazy about taping frames to protect against bag rub over the years, but also put off by the mess left by the tape when it was eventually removed (eBay 'helicopter tape' I think from memory) but also as most of them have been steel or ali. Anyway, I need to tape a carbon frame. What do peo...

Have managed to destroy the caliper on my commuter.

Does anyone have a spare post mount road bb7 surplus to requirements?

Sea to summit ultralight insulated?

I've a ln exped ul mat as well but always eng up using the sea to summit one.

Frame sold.

Bars / stem / reverb / wheel / saddle still available

Price dropped to £200 before I stick it on eBay

Black silnylon tarp 108x216cm with corner tie outs. Unused. £15

Reverb 31.8 (non stealth) £45

SDG circuit saddle £25

Issues 23 to 32

£25 plus postage or pick up from south Shropshire

Mk1 salsa spearfish. It’s been superb for big cross country days out and more challenging bike packing trips. If you like your bike looking pristine then stop reading now. Lots of cable rub and missing paint from bag straps etc, but all mechanically sound. Pivot bearings replaced not long ago. Size ...

It's not a bleeding issue. The pads are getting contaminated. I'd also always thought pistons leaking - certainly when it happened on an old set of slx that was the case. Nothing on the pistons or pad backing. It's the o-ring that seals the connection from one half of the caliper to the other (as ch...

Thought I'd try the BB give mind and see if anyone has had any success with this: Pretty sure another caliper has succumbed to a micro leak. Can't see anything but - Symptoms are howling brake with no power. It can be improved by cleaning the rotor and pad or burning it off on a a long down hill but...