weeksy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:59 pm I'm staying quiet... Lets just say, i didn't keep my Aether7 terribly long.

I had a read of your old thread…it did seem like quite a fun poppy bike… doesn’t seem like you’d have another!

https://ascendcomponents.com/

According to their website, they’re some of the people who were part of crc/nukeproof/vitus. They’ve got some dropper posts which are likely to be very similar to brand x I think.

Been a while since this has been updated! The T-130 is still around, and I've been doing plenty of riding mainly at Twisted, across the fields to work and also at Chicksands and the bike's done well. I've increased the fork travel by 10mm to 150mm and am now running a hans dampf up front with a rock...

Good luck for the weekend! It’ll be Epic I’m sure!

Yep the extra travel definitely saved me a few times when I’ve landed a bit too front heavy or wonky (or both)!

I’m still not very fast but I’m getting pretty good as sessioning features.

A lot of riding this year, it's mainly been to work and back or at twisted oaks. I've managed at least monthly visits at twisted, if not more often so I've really been building confidence on jumps, drops and gaps. I added the G170 to the garage in May as I wanted to see whether a longer travel bike ...

...in winter they open up more trails that are mostly horrible to ride in the conditions... I've been looking at ebikes today for precisely this reason. When the fields are awful I tend to ride the hybrid bike to work. It's a lovely thing to ride, but the lanes I ride on are narrow and it doesn't t...

Probably a no from me I think there's family stuff that weekend. I will make one of these...

Cheers! yep a proper wet day was pretty slippy right from the start and it only got worse! Good fun though, a definite improvement on last year, 18/33 in my category which is a lot better than 2nd from the bottom last year!

Lovely stuff, doesn't look like it'll be hanging around. Definitely going to be cold with a nice breeze though.

I don't think there'll be much between them mate, if i've learned anything it's that it's more about the rider than anything. So whichever has you thinking "i prefer that bike" is likely to be the one that's best. Oh yeah definitely, I'll just see which one looks best in the garage on sun...

Race day on sunday, looks like a nice damp start to the day which should be fun. All I'm hoping for this year is to not crash badly and to finish mid-pack rather than a few places from last like I did last year, I'm definitely faster than I was, and have managed most of the features at twisted now, ...

Fender have the squier sonic range, which have been well reviewed. They’re cheap too.

https://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier-electric-guitars/

No worries, should be a bit easier this year, I’m a lot more familiar with the place than I was last time!

I’m all booked for the mashup

Very nice!

Looks like there's another mashup at Twisted Oaks on 3rd Dec.

Will try and do better this year!

Cheers for the invite, I didn't get a notification from the @. I can't do any weekend in October so probably have to count me out though.

I've got Twisted Oaks booked on the 8th Oct if anyone fancies it though...

I know the feeling - there’s a table line at twisted that I’m trying to clear, just can’t bring myself to go fast enough to do it. Think it’s a take brain out and see what happens kind of thing!

Did a quick service on the forks (Yari) on the G170 as one was leaking a bit. New wiper seals,foam rings and oil and they're much much nicer.