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I've quoted the wrong person/bike above so apologies.... If all you do is mainly urban riding and maybe a leisure ride along a tow path or Riverside or a jaunt up and over the downs then you're best bet would be a hybrid MTB. Not as fast as a road bike but a more relaxed riding position...

I have a Scott Spark 960 2018 model. Its a fantastic bike and under the price bracket of your 2020 equivalent. What swayed me was the front and rear suspension lockout with remote from handlebars. 3 modes on it, full travel, mid and lock out. I ride everyday commuting but love a blast through...

Does anyone use or can recommend a smart watch/fitness watch type thing? I have strava on my phone and have been using it but it's a faff to start it, get it in the backpack, bag on, gloves on etc and the reverse the other end. So GPS and linking to strava would be ideal. Pretty sure I missed a...

Good to see another member of the "dark side" on here. I've been off mine for 6 weeks with a persistent and permanent lower back ache which is causing me grief. But I've decided to jump back on anyway and start again. Any fitness I had built up is long gone so am basically starting again. I...

To keep things fair and balanced.... https://youtu.be/mGpls1pxGOA

My worst ever crash to date, I've gone from 2x9 to 1x12 drivetrain, didnt know what gear I was, I pressed the lever and nothing happened, pressed it again and nothing, so I looked down at my rear wheel to see which gear I was in. I was in 12th so going quite quickly! Which was a massive...

I got a Scott Spark 960, so yes a 29er and full suspension with 3 modes remote from handlebars. I'm more of a xc than downhiller so perfect for me. First ride yesterday and managed to put myself over the handlebars in a spectacular fashion testing it out. (Bike is ok and mostly unharmed...

After my bike got from the station during that fateful day we got our arses handed to us by Cardiff the replacement arrived today:clap::clap::O:O A significant upgrade on what I had that's for sure. Been for a blast through the woods this afternoon and loved it, first full sus mtb for me, made...

I've got hydraulic disc brakes on my mountain bike. Can still throw me over the handlebars in the wet and caked in mud. As I found out recently after I bottled out hitting a massive mud puddle at full chat. If I hadn't had bottled it I probably would have made it. Instead of landing in it face...

I've had a 3 week lay off due to injury, gout and having to do school runs. Backpack is packed and ready for the morning. Going to be a cold one. 6am start so leave @ 5.15am. I was building up distance and was just under 6 miles each way until the lay off. I may go the short way tomorrow...

I cant watch it. Please tell me he doesnt fall off:ohmy:

Don't suppose you have a link do you? Just looked and can't see them for that price??? Have I missed something? I've looked in quite a few bike shops lately and all their clothing lines are basic at best and never anything in my size. Then go on sites like tredz or Chain Reaction and there's...

And those Red Bull Rampage guys are NUTS. Love to do it but I'd die within 30ft.

I am currently experimenting with different clothing I own. I found an old cotton/polyester jumper in the back of the cupboard that is quite thin and wore that underneath the soft shell this morning. Worked well and not too sweaty this morning then changed into my t shirt for work so think I...

Are any of you guys regular winter commuters? What are you wearing? Because I froze my tits off this morning and then sweated like a boil in the bag vegetable. Currently wearing a normal t-shirt, old Albion hoodie and an Altura soft shell waterproof and windproof jacket. Started off freezing...

After two and a half weeks of a horrid virus and bronchitis has kept me off the bike I've got back on it this week expecting any fitness I had built up in my mere 3 months of being back in the saddle to have gone. Managed 10 miles yesterday without feeling too bad. Started a 6 mile commute...

I've thought about them. Do they work with mountain bikes ok? Considering 29" wheels and chunky tyres? I've always thought they'd be quite noisy indoors.

Well, no I suppose not, eventually you'll come across somewhere you know but on a commute to work it's a bit iffy.. I have a rough idea of kind of where I will be but it's the time constraints. Cant be late for work and going the wrong way for a couple of miles in the dark on unlit roads will...

That's what I did with my first one. But I want to plan in advance. There is little or no street lighting in and around Burgess Hill, Hurstpierpoint and Hassocks at 5am as they turn them off around 1am. I do mostly trail riding and use country lanes to link trails. But now it's dark I want to...

:thumbsup::thumbsup: got it. Cheers.