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I would normally go for a few psi up vs the pressure you would ride when not on steep slab rolls and chunk. See how it feels and then adjust up or down. Advice a bit generic I know, but I know nothing about your riding weight, speed, riding stye, jumps etc, nor anything at all about your...

On my MTB I had a lot of success running Continental Trail Kings all year round. Important to get the ones with the black chilli compound. If it doesn't say it has BCC on the web page, then it hasn't! When looking for a link to send you I see that Conti have two other tyres that they are...

Drill a couple of 3-4mm holes in the top cap. Then either push a pair of needle nose pliers in the holes and twist. Or lever the pliers with a big screwdriver. Or put the end of a steel rod into one of the holes and hit it sideways with a hammer. Then the other hole, then back to the 1st...

Was that the DVO Topaz shock that you bought from me? :unsure: If so, while I'm glad that you thought it was great, I confess I'm disappointed to hear about its service requirements. I thought that I had researched the shock extensively and I never came across the rebuild requirement. :( But...

That's the reason (for me at least) why I use frame protection. :)

I have ridden at Sherwood Pines recently after a gap of about six weeks. I had thought that after all the rain we'd had that the trails would be soggy, but not a bit! Admittedly, I don't ride all the red and the blue, just bits of them to get from one place to another. But I couldn't believe how...

I have revisited this thread and discovered that the OP @Jackware was after a man access door and not one of the big car access doors. By now, he's probably already made his choice, but here goes anyway. I would fit a wooden fire door. Solid wood about 40mm thick, not chipboard or fibreboard...

I agree about the Invisframe being too much effort. But if you come back from your first ride with a stone chip on your new frame and believe that you will be seriously pissed off, then get some protection on. You can buy helicopter tape in various widths and lengths. It is easy to apply and...

Welcome to the Forum! :) What do you mean the wrong side of 49? What is wrong with being older than 49 on an emtb? I didn't even get an mtb until I was 58. I rode for years matching (sometimes exceeding) the always younger people than me. But eventually arthritic knees took over and I bought...

My height of 6'1" (185cm) gives a bar width of 816mm!!! :eek: I'd be in hospital by now if I'd followed that guideline. :ROFLMAO:

I would tend to agree, but I didn't take up mtb until after I had retired from full time work. Now THAT was a waste! Just too bloody busy working (it was sort of fun; I was lucky to enjoy my job until all of a sudden I didn't - then I left).

I wore 3/4 length for years, until I could no longer get the ones I wanted. The 3/4 length were good because when wearing knee & shin guards, I didn't get the thigh flash when pedalling like I did when wearing shorts. I always thought that "proper" mountain bikers wore 3/4 length trousers, (or...

@greenbkr I had a tiny ding on a stanchion. It had raised edges that were sharp. But nothing at all a horrible as the one you have. I contacted TF Tuned, a UK suspension specialist, who advised me not to try to fill it. The filling tends to fall out and end up inside the fork causing damage...

Ahh, the old Imperial vs Metric topic. I was born and raised in Imperial measures; my junior school note book had a list of them on the back. It had measures like chains, rods, perches, acres, bushels, pecks, ounces, troy ounces, grains, stones, hundredweight. And that was the simple stuff that...

@Dax, thanks for your concern and your tips. :) I am not worried about fire risk.

The garage could burn to the ground and it would be the fire brigade's sirens that would wake us! I'm fairly sure that if the batery or charger caught fire that the garage would be a gonner anyway. I am relying on the robustness of the Shimano design..................................... Hmmm...

I don't like riding on tarmac, but now and again when the local trails are all wet and boggy I venture out on a tour of the local villages and in to the nearby town to access a defunct railway track bed for the return home. I can see the traffic in front just fine, but I am concerned about the...

I have had that picture for so many years that it probably predates that sort of photoshopping. Maybe a Santa Cruz expert could date the bike?

My Dad told me this tale. The foreman told the new apprentice to "take that 13' long plank and cut a foot off it and bring it to me". The apprentice was keen to impress and his Dad had told him "measure twice cut once". So he rough cut the plank where it was, took it back to his bench and very...

Good point. Just a plasterboard ceiling nailed to timber joists and an empty roof space. But if the fire was enough to set light to the ceiling, then the bike would be a gonner anyway, along with the rest of the garage. I think that at least I should install a smoke alarm.