Anyone else see this on outdoorsmagic?

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/thoughts-f ... 13588.html

looks promising, i wonder how it'll do under UK sunlight...

tips that worked for me: 1. fit the tyre with a tube for 24 hours, its beds the bead into the rim. 2. use shitloads of soapy water sprayed onto the tyre wall 3. make sure the rim tape is pushed properly under the rim. Tips I've heard work well, but not tried: A. invert the tyre overnight B. use a pa...

unfriendly is more challenging.

Did a bivi the other night in friston. "I love being here, the sounds of the owls...".... was a phrase I grew to regret.

thanks guys, I'll go fondle some and see if i can scare a sales assistant

Yeah i looked at both those options, the sole pattern didnt inspire confidence. How do you find them for muddy/slippery pushes?

....since the slop season is approaching rapidly, its time to do some research (aka ask you mob). Currently i wear shimano mt42's, which are great since they have a decent tread depth for scrabbling through crap and the cleat is pretty recessed so when i walk into a pub i dont slip around and sound ...

battery packs vary a lot, even within the same batch. best answer is to just burn test it at home while you're doing something else

thanks, useful links & piccies.

my bouncer weighs the same as my hardtail (old rockhopper)... but then i figure the weight saving matters more above the saddle

....I've moved to the darkside, with a 2nd hand santa cruz superlight.

On the plus side, its great for old bones (spines, actually)....but I was wondering if anyone was using something of that ilk and if so what the experience was like and what you'd had to change....

Theres something about stoves that just brings out peoples inner magpie

I'll provide a home for the over tight shorts. Paypal ok?

Cheers :)

thought I'd better come clean before I get spot slinking around the periphery. part time mountain biker & part time wild camper/bivi addict. Ive been pondering tying to two together for a while now and I figure theres always a reason not to do something, so sod it.... here I am. I plan to mostly...

I've discovered the worst thing about MYOG. You sit down over a cuppa, scribble out a 'clever' idea.... then go to look up materials and see someones beaten you to the punch (looking at you, roy!). Oh well, if ya cant beat em... etc

Mike, your material choice looks interesting, can i ask what it is?