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It’s an old joke. But regrettably a reality of modern mountain biking. Read the comments….argh A tiny tiny refund? And a 50lb bike which now just sits there. Yikes. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/canyon-offer-partial-refund-to-owners-of-emtbs-affected-by-battery-safety-issues.html

I freaked out everyone in the 1990s when I insisted on having 30% sag on my ProFlex 853, Amp B3 and Pace forks on my hardtails. 'It's a waste of travel' they said. 'there's no reason why...' they said. When I ordered soft elastomers for the ProFlex, Magic Cycles genuinely said 'you don't need...

Disc brakes (Hope) Decent forks (RS, Cane C) Dropper posts (X Fusion, One Up) Those are the big things... But the small thing I guess for me is the press-in bearing. I use to spend hours cleaning out a loose ball headset so that it was clean and ungrimy, and then hours of uncertainty in...

There are two types of repair vortices. The 'why did I do that' class 1 vortex Starting to do something simple which turns into a nightmare. Example - decide to replace bottle cage but find that the allen bolt undoes by one turn, then jams, and then the inset nut starts to turn and then you...

Amongst the many bikes I have built and owned over the past decades, there are strange standouts...not the top end esoterica months-of-work builds, but the accidental ones. A C-16R which caught my eye at 5pm in the Argus newspaper,. Half an hour later I was riding it home. Silver, STX, onza...

Amongst the ‘to be built’ frames hanging in the workshop I have a gorgeous late 853 COTIC SIMPLE which was to be for the Grom but he has shot up and it will no longer fit him. The COTIC 853 frames need no introduction really, they are truly classic frames which ride wonderfully. So light, so...

Last week, a friend emphasised how much he had got into chain waxing. He took me through what he did, using an approach like this: https://zerofrictioncycling.com.au/wax-instructions/ I knew I had to give my chain a refresh, since it has done 4 years in the grind paste which is Thetford. So I...

I need a 68/73BB axle on purple (!) Hope 165 crankset which currently has an 83mm axle in it. No problem thought I, buy a new 133.5 axle from Tredz, buy a tool to go with it to remove the 'Do Not Remove' cap - and Rob's Your Lobster. When the tool arrives I undo the Do Not Undo cap and off it...

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Well the latest video out of the Rampage judging fiasco has tried to justify the mess which the event has become. I was always very sceptical of Rampage since although it was a showcase of extraordinary skills and deep commitment of the diggers, it seemed to be pushing elite athletes into crazy...

Well just back from walking amongst the glaciers in the East of Iceland….mmmm….lovely….and walking through the old town in Reykjavik and saw …. THIS!!! Secured by a bike lock made of cheese.

Formula 1 for years used a tired excuse of 'trickle down technology' to justify turning hydrocarbons into a blur of passing colour and vast amounts of noise. But then became so secretive and rule-breaking that everything moved further and further from day to day reality - with scant benefit for...

I've always found setting up forks to be a bit of an elusive dark art... At one level I understand low speed and high speed compression and rebound and spring rate and tokens and at another I find myself somewhat randomly clicking this and that and scratching my head as to whether I am...

Not in packaging I am afraid, since they were deep in a box of new, very dusty RS components which I got from Italy. circa 95 XC Judy. These are the boots with the three small holes in the bottom sealing ring to let air pressure out so they didn't pop off. 10gbp plus postage?

Ah I thought. I’ll buy a few Hope cranks since I have a number of builds to do for the Grom and me…and the ease of swopping axles on them will make them highly adaptable to the various SS and DH builds. Should have done my research. Bought Hope pretty little machined tool. Yep, bolt which...

Just looking on Pinkbike for a Transition frame… But Pinkbike feels like this at the moment: There are just so many bikes for sale … some at bargain prices - Sentinels, Gigas etc - some at high prices and none selling. What a change from 2021. State of the world?

I noticed a huge thwack doing DH yesterday - a large stone thrown up against the downtube - and it reminded me of times past. I had a Klein, with its hyper thin downtube and only second time out on the South Downs a huge flint came up from the tyre and went ‘clunk’. It didn’t go ‘dink’. So I...

In the 1990s I would take maybe 2-3 weeks to make the decision to buy a bike. Marin Palisades.....a few months of measuring, prevaricating, indecision. Marin Rocky Road.....couple of weeks Klein Pinnacle...maybe a month Lots of reading of reviews. Lots of discusson with friends. Grab a...

Well I did a big build of the Grom’s new alloy Transition Scout. I bought the frame in Somerset, and it needed new bearings throughout, which was fine. It’s a job I enjoy. Bish bosh, bearings out and in at shocks, main pivot, rocker arm and lower swing arm. End of stay bearings smoothish so I...