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Oi Clubby leave it out, remember this is Retrobike, not modern bike. In here wear your rose tinted specs and look backwards not forwards😁

I have a set of 27.5s that can use rim brakes on and they do indeed fit many different 26er frames. I use modern bmx v brakes with extended pad mounting slots that allow bmx riders to use 451mm and 406mm 20" wheels on same frame. These brakes work well on 26 and 27.5 frames. However I tend to...

I now have a full sus with linkage suspension and a new microshift 1 x 8 transmission with clutch mech and narrow wide chainset. Suspension is 130mm front possibly 100 plus travel rear and disk brakes front and rear although still 26" wheels. It's a 2007 Giant Reign 2 frame that cost...

I show genuine concern for Clubby after his off and already he is hatching the next attempt on my life😆 Think I am free so 20th good for me but 27th equally good😁

Feel for you, took me a month to be able to lie on my left side after my off at Kinoul hill😐

Why are you broken Clubby, what happened 🤨

It's oh so quiet sh sh, it's oh so still sh sh......... Is there anyone there......... there........... there......... there.......... Where's the light switch, think I stumbled into an enormous cobweb. You could hear a pin drop in here🤔🙁😳

Interesting, most interesting😁

Well we are now at August and we wait with baited breath for the proposed rides of Keith. Failing that what about the summer version of Baltic Bawbags that was suggested or any of the things suggested. Failing even that should I just propose and organise something since that seems to be the...

Hello Willie Wombat, please do not take this badly but I only deal with retrobikers I know. I as yet do not know you and I would need to feel you were an established member with a good track record before I would deal with you. However chances are the forks are unlikely to go anywhere for a...

Been to Beecraigs with Keith quite some time ago. We checked out the new trails being built at the time. They had great potential and I believe have beed developed. Some of the trails Aaron took us on when he did his local trails link up. There are always good trails if you reconoiter and check...

I have a Surly Moonlander fork, possibly overkill but I do not have a fat bike so not really needed by me🙂

That was great fun, glad I took my old full sussers though as most of GT's trails are very worn at the moment, very rough and gnarly. John was amazed at the new bike of his, he is even more stuck in the past than me so riding something so modern was a revelation to him😁

I am not free next weekend so we go with tomorrow. Just be good to be out and riding. 😉

So just the 2 of us, hopefully be fun though. Run out of puff on my Bouncer build so will bring the DDG Bouncer I had last time😁

Hi folks, been bashing together a battered old Bouncer bike and hope to try it out at Glentress on Saturday 16th July. Usual routine 10 for 1030 depart from main carpark and mix and match trails such as black climb and red, blue descent. Tea and cake in cafe at bottom. Ride what you bring. Any...

Some time ago in MacRetro's golden age we did 10 under the Ben. It was a good fun event, a highlight being The Ken balanced precariously atop Big Ecks San Andrea's DH bike. SIE events send me regular updates on what bike events are happening and 10 at Kirroughtree popped up. I thought that...

BITD I bought a basic pair of shimano spd's, I remember thinking them very special and I was going to join the big boys club with proper mtb pedals.. Then using them I had a series of low to high speed crashes always fully clipped in and never got the hang of clipping in or out, I was a...

What's the Boys Brigade in Hull got to do with it🤔

I personally can come up with loads of meets but the July meet needs sorted by someone else and Nevis Range or Aviemore have been mentioned. I'd be up for a simple visit to Glentress having only been there once in last 2 years, a good place to ride full bouncers in a graded controlled space😁