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by millemille
Mon Oct 13, 2025 7:57 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: Peak district MTB route help
Replies: 7
Views: 599

Re: Peak district MTB route help

crust wrote: Sun Oct 12, 2025 10:16 pm Contact @Couchy or @MingtheMerciless

They're both Peak disctrict experts, I've done a couple of rides with them, both were epic.

P.s Guys we should do another before it gets too cold for a soft southerner.
Well fuck you very much....
by millemille
Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...


https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review-dt-swiss-deg-df-anti-pedal-kickback-hub-upgrade.html

The mountain bike world, or at least the portion that dwells in online forums and bike shops, has been spending a lot of time on the topic of pedal kickback lately. Did something change in bike design that ...
by millemille
Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:29 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: New ebike, cheater :) heeeere's greeny
Replies: 60
Views: 3759

Re: New ebike, cheater :) heeeere's greeny


TBF, the difference here is that Weeksy, by fortune and design spends about 4 days a week around MTB, MTBing or cleaning MTBs.
The rest of us do tend to dip in and out because of other stuff, I ride maybe 2x a week and e-bike means I can go further / recover quicker, not bugger up the rest of the ...
by millemille
Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:40 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...


Top couple of days and nights over at fod. I spent some time looking at houses and areas as well as 4 hour riding on Mon and 3 hours riding today. Got a lot of yes and no thoughts/locations for upcoming house move.

As part of the plan the boy is now a British Cycling certified coach. Its only the ...
by millemille
Tue Aug 05, 2025 7:27 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: Considering an eeb
Replies: 14
Views: 808

Re: Considering an eeb

I'm Derbyshire dales/Peak District and the Focus is an XL.
by millemille
Tue Aug 05, 2025 9:10 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: Considering an eeb
Replies: 14
Views: 808

Re: Considering an eeb

@Flux whereabouts in the country are you and how tall are you?
by millemille
Mon Aug 04, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: Considering an eeb
Replies: 14
Views: 808

Re: Considering an eeb

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/4629/PE6x92.jpg

2022 Focus Sam2. Bosch Gen 4, 625 battery, 29er (tried mullet, great for going down but no good for going up), 170mm rear, 200mm front, crashed it through the Hope Technology catalogue.

Monster truck of long travel DH bike that can do the ...
by millemille
Sat Aug 02, 2025 8:40 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...


Well it didn't go great, didn't end in disaster.

There was a 75min delay as some kid was air coptered off and a long long process for that due to his condition. I don't think this helped people much.

In his seeding run he made a few mistakes and some poor lines, or missed lines. He also had a ...
by millemille
Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:02 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Scars
Replies: 33
Views: 872

Re: Scars

Oooh, it's the internet version of this...

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6NUBIQbuOuk/VrpEi71uxaI/AAAAAAAACjg/Ado4kqVmvaI/s1600/jaws-movie-screencaps.com-10431.jpg

Where to start?

Scar across the full width of my nose, about 10mm up from the bottom, from a machete attack when I refused a drunk ...
by millemille
Thu Jul 24, 2025 8:33 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: NMTBD. The orange is bacccccccck. Sorta :)
Replies: 156
Views: 18033

Re: NMTBD. The orange is bacccccccck. Sorta :)


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54673322796_9313400e30_4k.jpg IMG_20250723_111943 by Steve Weeks , on Flickr

With my dropper being a bit stiff on the lever i went Hope ... It's a bearing so smoother/quicker action and much lighter... Excellent piece of kit.


Hope buddies!

https ...
by millemille
Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:48 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...


I'll be honest lads, he gets the respect, not me. I just do parent/crew stuff, as do any many other parents in the paddock. What he does is push limits, boundaries and skill week in week out. The edge of adhesion, traction, control takes real skill. Weather, conditions, tracks, roots , rocks.

I ...
by millemille
Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:40 am
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...

@weeksy massive, massive respect for you for smashing it out of the park with the whole "running a DH race team/being an epic dad".

Chapeau, my friend. Chapeau.
by millemille
Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:20 am
Forum: Forum specific questions, wants, wishes and requests
Topic: Can't send messages?
Replies: 3
Views: 1551

Re: Can't send messages?

Horse wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:11 am They stay there until the intended recipient downloads them.

Then moved to 'sent'.
Aha!

That makes sense, many thanks.
by millemille
Tue Jun 24, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: Non bike related
Topic: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt

Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:28 pm @millemille PM just sent
Got it, but for some reason I can't reply or send a new message. Bear with, but the discs are yours.
by millemille
Tue Jun 24, 2025 9:28 am
Forum: Forum specific questions, wants, wishes and requests
Topic: Can't send messages?
Replies: 3
Views: 1551

Can't send messages?

@weeksy any idea why I can't send messages, they just sit in my outbox?

I've cleared all the saved messages so it's not a storage space limits issue.
by millemille
Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:39 pm
Forum: Non bike related
Topic: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt




https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8268/6GAfOQ.jpg

A pair of Hope Technology 220mm floating MTB discs in silver, 6 bolt fitting.

Barely worn, 0.02mm, from new. Measuring 1.78mm thick against a new thickness of 1.8mm and a recommended minimum thickness of 1.5mm.

Selling as have now got ...
by millemille
Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:43 am
Forum: Non bike related
Topic: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt



https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8268/6GAfOQ.jpg

A pair of Hope Technology 220mm floating MTB discs in silver, 6 bolt fitting.

Barely worn, 0.02mm, from new. Measuring 1.78mm thick against a new thickness of 1.8mm and a recommended minimum thickness of 1.5mm.

Selling as have now got ...
by millemille
Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:14 am
Forum: Non bike related
Topic: Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Hope Technology 220mm floating discs 6 bolt

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8268/6GAfOQ.jpg

A pair of Hope Technology 220mm floating MTB discs in silver, 6 bolt fitting.

Barely worn, 0.02mm, from new. Measuring 1.78mm thick against a new thickness of 1.8mm and a recommended minimum thickness of 1.5mm.

Selling as have now got ...
by millemille
Thu May 22, 2025 6:00 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: Rimpact Tuned Mass Damper - MTB Nerds time
Replies: 22
Views: 2321

Re: Rimpact Tuned Mass Damper - MTB Nerds time


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54537715563_de26e9dac7_k.jpg IMG-20250522-WA0003 by Steve Weeks , on Flickr

And here it is... Ready to be installed and then suspension setup using Data Acquisition this weekend. I would call it Telemetry but i'm sure someone would tell me it's not as that has ...
by millemille
Sun May 11, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: Cycling / Running / Gym / Rowing / Exercise
Topic: The journey from small guy to teenager...
Replies: 2369
Views: 171647

Re: The journey from small guy to teenager...

weeksy wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 6:55 pm ImageIMG_20250511_183212 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Bloody brilliant!