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All the best for the big day today from me and zoe and its a shame your not at wales this year!!! Wheres the honeymoon?? big biking holiday im hoping to hear

Another quality feature by apple, check this out http://www.pinkbike.com/video/79670/

Cracking video looks good fun

Nothings coming up doogyrev (on my screen anyway)

Must admit for the amount of riding we do and hard riding I seem to get away lightly with punctures, worst thing will be getting the Tyres off without scratching my new rims mind the bloody rocks will do a good job off that I'm sure

Either of you two run tubeless? Wondered if it was worth the £120 upgrade to the mavic 819's and rubber queen continental's

Would have gone for a 18inch frame but won't work with the reverb, one of the main reasons orange introduced the 17" was for this reason as the 17 and 18 share the exact same geometry apart from the seat tube which is 20mm lower to accomadate the awkward sized rider like me Chav it'l be similar to this one

That's the problem with having too many hobbies especially expensive ones (which most are if your 'really' into them)

Got to treat yourself once in a while!! Yeah Thomson stem had hope on there as wasn't sure which to go for must have not deleted it fully

Well that's it the five has been ordered wallets feeling alot lighter now, around 2/3 weeks to wait spec as follows Sizes. 17" Colour Cloud White Gold decals Tubeset Monocoque/6061-T6 OS Reynolds Custom Butted Aluminium Tube, gold bearing cover Rear Shock Fox Factory RP23 Kashima Swing Arm Maxle Swingarm Forks. Fox 32 Float 140 Factory Fit RLC Kashima TS F Mech Shimano SLX R Mech Shimano XT Shadow RDM780 10sp Shifters Shimano SLX R Fire + matchmaker direct mount to hope levers Chainset Race Face Evolve XC 10sp Turbine rings X Type Cassette Shimano HG62-10 Brakes Hope Tech X2 183/183 Gold floating rotors gold bore caps Wheelset Hope Pro II Evo gold hubs -Mavic XM317 rims Tyres. Maxxis Advantage 2.25 Headset Cane Creek 5 Zero Stack Tapered Stem Hope Thomson X4 70mm black (black risers) S Post Rockshox Reverb 125mm drop Saddle SDG Bel air H Bars Easton Haven Carbon Low Pedals DMR Vaults B Bracket Race Face X Type Hope Pack Floating Rotors, bolted Seat Clamp, grip doctor, head doctor all gold

711 to be precise

That's it then I'm having one on your twos say so Have been doing alot of reading up and not really hearing any bad reviews apart from the coating could be a little to slippery Any ideas on a stem was looking hope, Thomson or maybe even rental if they do a 70mm, think I'm prity much sorted in the bars department ..... carbon Easton haven ones How your DMR vaults doing Andy?

3rd position on the pro pedal is virtually lockout anyway. It's fine for climbing. The new rp23 kashima is different Andy the old rp23's are tuneable with pro pedal on, the new version works the other way round, you tune how plush you want it open, 0 full 1 slightly firmer 2 firmer a little more.

Been doing some reading up on fox rear shox, now even though the five comes with one off the most standard rear shocks the float RL I quite liked the shock (when I test rode the bike) as it had the lockout function which near enough made it feel like a hard tail, perfect for climbing. The deal I was looking at included the kashima coated RP23 now this being there top of the line rear shock (which I'm getting for the same money) makes me think I'd be daft not to have it but ...... I'm just worried that without the full lockout function that I really liked on tge standard shock the bike may 'wallow' abit on the climbes, any of you guys had any experiences with the kashima coated shock? Or is possible to get fox to raise the internal pressure setting so It feels locked out like the RL in pro pedal setting?

That's only ever at the bottom of a hill so not much good there either

Don't have time for taking action pictures, when we hit the downhills just dialed in on riding it as hard and fast as possible

Well had a great ride out today on the five around four hours and it felt fantastic climbed and fired down descents even better it's just a case of finalising the spec now

Hmm making me think now and that's another bloody £100 option for the gamut one

O right, don't know to much about the workings thought you had a slightly larger rings, any pics off yours Andy? This is always an option Chris if you want to keep the 3 rings http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mobi ... elID=31508

Yeah I'd like to try it Chris just to see how is cope with it, I'm swaying towards that but then not sure as it is a pink tinge and is the standard colour on the five diva

Yes Chris running a 3 x 10 like the idea of a 2 x 10 and chain device buy dont know wether my legs could cope with it in the peaks, spec is about sorted for what I want now just te bloody decision on colour iv prity much decided on the White gold theme now, just to decide which White cloud on left White cherry on the right

Well got the demo bike loaded up ready for a good test in the peak

When you live in the mini alps in my eyes 140mm is must have, a mate of mine runs a cotic hardtail with 100mm and always said it was enough then a month ago he had a spacer but in so there 120mm now he's looking for some 140mm

Not a fan of that orange then Chris

The orange is only 140mm travel though wouldn't want anyless than that after the revelations with 150mm travel on the Marin try felt 'right' and got me out of the odd but off trouble There's that many nice bike out there if a bloody hard decision and as soon as you think you've made your mid up something else pops up But with the spec below think 'bang for buck' your getting alot I'd just have the maxle upgrade put on and but a set off DMR vaults to go on and it would be perfect!! ( maybe just get a gold hope stem and swap the bars to ) http://www.sunsetmtb.co.uk/shop/index.p ... ory_id=143