Education We Like to Ride Bicycles

You would not believe this, but I had a dream last night that I stole your bike while biking, I then somehow managed to ride both bikes at the same time home and thinking what a great job I've just done!

 

Well I finaly got my Gian XTC today, and its brilliant, Also got a steal of a deal on it, so would have been stupid to go else were.

Went out localy to get used to it, and stoped to take a snap.




Think I will change the pedals for some thing more grippy and loose the toe straps, bt bar that.... im in love.

 

Yeah change those pedals... toe straps... XD

Just got back from a mammoth 6.something hour ride around the North Downs. There's some bloody excellent riding to be had out there

 

My neck of the woods that!

Where abouts where you?

 

We were at Leith Hill.

I managed to do a superman impressions when landing a jump and the front wheel slipped away from under me in some soft mud. I won a nice graze on my arm

 

This is what i'm currently carreering about on:



It's actually my brothers bike, I just borrow it as I managed to break my bike (very large pot hole + high speed = a buckled wheel and bent frame and a few bruises)

 

Guys urgent Question.

Pumps, Small ones that are carried with you on a ride. Ive broken my second BBB pump and am fed up with it, What makes do people recomend for a pump that wont pack in after 3 uses?

I was tempted by a Park Tools pump, but there not in stock...

Links would get you an Ebeer.

Cheers gents.

 

They're all rubbish. Savvy people just use a really old one that weighs the same but it's quite as compact.

 

Leith / Pitch / Holmbury Hills with some local knowledge of the trails

 

No. Savvy people run tubeless and carry a blackburn pump just incase (cheap from wiggle and work!)

 

Yeah my girlfriend has a Blackburn pump (I couldn't think of the brand before) and I was surprised how good it was for such a cheap pump. So maybe that's the exception, but I'll reserve judgement until she's had it for at least a year without it falling apart

 

I did my first biking on Holmbury Hill, some fun trails round there (went over the handlebars near the top of yoghurt pots)

 

Pumps can be hit and miss. I've got a £4 track pump from Lidl that has lasted longer than a Park Tool and another big-name one I can't remember

of course, the next track pump I got from Lidl exploded but hey...

 

I've got an awesome pump. It's a mini foot pump. Bit longer than the average hand pump but you stick it on the ground and it's got a flexible tube with swappable valve fittings. Really good pump. Only £20 as well.

 

Got somekind of Specalized Pump called a 2.0 or something, just an awesome pump, cost about £20 I think, but pumps a tyre up in about 5 seconds.

 

Would that be one of these by any chance?

 

Or a mountain morph perhaps?

 

That's the chicken!

That photo makes it look a lot bigger than it actually is. It fit's nicely in my Camelback mule.

 

Why do most cyclists have camelback systems (or the equiv)?

I do dislike them.
Surely you can't dehydrate yourself so badly in a few hours? Just stop enjoy the scenery and have a drink from a bottle.

I do share the same feeling for walkers with hydration systems too though...

 

I hate the bottles. They get covered in muck. They fall off.

My camelback keeps my water nice and cool and also it actually provides a nice bit of protection on my upper back. I've fallen off a few times and thought that if I wasn't wearing it I would have hurt myself quite a bit more than I did.

Also, unlike a bottle, it can hold my phone, keys, inner tube, pump, sandwich etc etc.