Did they just get a bit greedy ?


Yeah I guess you could put it like that... Mostly selling totally unroadworthy bikes to people who need credit, but can't get credit through the usual routes, so sign up on a 35%+ APR finance deal with SBF on a bike that needs £thousands spending on it to put ...

Today's news...



You reap what you sew I guess!

Thoughts with the staff that were just there for a paycheque, but another shitshow of a used bike dealer gone into administration! Oh well...

Just about to build my Whyte eLyte up...

Bought the 140 Works for £4999 from Winstanleys a short while ago, whilst selling my Canyon Neuron OnFly (nice bike, but wanted the Whyte)... Was bought with the pure intention of stripping to get the frame only out of the deal... I now own an eLyte frameset ...

Fork Travel

Max Volume Spacers
170mm 1
160mm 2
150mm 3
140mm 4
130mm 5

So we're running 150mm and should be a max of 3.. he's lobbed 5 in there !!!


After a LOT of experimenting some time ago, I found that 1 volume spacer is optimal for 150mm travel on a 36... Setup with around 20% sag you ...

Relax...

Look up, don't look at the front wheel. Focus on where you want to go, not where you are now.

Use the rear brake plenty. Don't touch the front brake if at all possible.

Good clutch control is an art well practised.

Best of luck with the re-test... After a while, the low speed riding ...

Well i've owned one. I don't really understand your question. I see Ebikes as tools in the same way i see MTBs as tools. But i see ebikes as the tools for the lazy in truth. Not only the lazy though but the people who don't want cycling to be as amazing as i see it... I ride on my own power, in ...

weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 4:38 pm Whilst i get the logic of them, i'm OK with mine.

You have owned ebikes already though... What is there to "get" now?

So the wife is getting one, but you're not (yet)...?

Numnut wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 8:37 pm @mboy yes I could definitely be interested, let me know what you’d like for it.

Drop me a PM...

Also, what shock size does it take...? If it's a 230mm, then I might have a matching Fox X2 to go with it...

Typically, Merlin have sold out of reduced fox 36s so I'll have to see what I can find. Probably going to fit a SD Select + shock unless I come across something better.


I'll have a brand new 36, same spec as the Merlin ones, uncut steerer etc... for sale in a few days...

Give me a shout if ...

Cos it came out late, it's heavy, very noisy, low on power and torque for the market etc... Despite all that I still very nearly bought one... In fact, if I didn't ride with people on more powerful bikes, I would have bought one, but the thought of artificially handicapping myself on purpose when I ...

Agreed, no more wearing out an expensive cassette in a few hundred miles.

But wearing out a way more expensive gearbox ? Mmmm


For real...? :lol:

Internal gearboxes on MTB's are many, many times stronger and more durable than any derailleur and cassette system... The Pinion MGU for ...

2 new MGU's launched at Eurobike this week... The Avinox MG and the Gobao X1P...

BOTH running fully CVT transmissions inside!!! Sounds like both will be able to be overridden and have user selectable artificial ratios if required too...

Yes, yes, yes... Predictably too much power and torque etc ...

Two words...

Dave Moss...

https://davemosstuning.com/free-vidoes/ ... 0-dial-in/

Really knows his stuff... Another ex-pat northerner like yourself too...

Did the "Batch Burner" XC endurance event on my eBike yesterday... 55km, 1700m of climbing... It's not a race, but I was pushing myself for a good time (finished just sub 3hrs)... Anyway...

eBikes... They're for lazy people still, right...?

The sole pic that was taken...

Some chips were eaten after the ride... No cake sadly.

Legs are HEAVY today...

Regular (unassisted) MTB for the first time in a year...

And I didn't die! :lol:

Joking aside, was riding it quite a bit locally (very flat) through 2024 and early 2025 to help with my rehabilitation, but then got a new eMTB, got used to travelling to do any kind of ride again, and my regular MTB ...

Raise from the grave!!
I have had a bit of a week - that involved a stay in hospital and being informed that my prostate need a complete rebore.
Due to what i have had done until the above I will be off the bike for 2-3 months (both MTB and motorbikes) but when i do get back in the saddle it will ...

Sounds potent! Would love a go...

Doesn't look like it's got much in the way of a fuel tank mind...

MingtheMerciless wrote: Wed May 13, 2026 11:42 am IMG_6703.jpeg

Eeb to work this morning, evil bloody head wind meant pedalling downhill was required!

Staying in a cottage next door to your castle right now as it happens... https://www.castlemenzies.org