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Essex Herts MTB - Trail, Freeride and Downhill mountain bike riding in Epping, Danbury, Thorndon, Chicksands, Aston Hill and Woburn

Forks - New vs 2nd hand

Need a new set of forks. The '04 Rockshox pilots are due for retirement (and they were not much cop to begin with tbh)

Any thoughts on buying New vs Old. The old "Do I go for the brand new Ford Focus or a second hand BMW M3? "

Keeping a very tight budget of around £150 for a set of xc and trail forks (still riding hardtail so no mega travel needed) and having ...
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Base layers..

Good old England, Well it looks like that was summer.. :o
I'm curious about base layers.? What to look for material wise and what I should be paying for them.
Long sleeve ,short sleeve.??
The only thing i do know about them is they should be tight/close fitting, I've never used them before so sorry for my noobness :shock: ...
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Stem Dilemmas

In the market for a new stem of the 35mm variety, quite liking the Kore Repute as it will match my Kore bars and has a nice design. Sadly I cant seem to find a 35mm in black in stock anywhere.

Second choice would be the Hope AM/Freeride stem. Its 6g heavier, is available and made in the UK. It is over 30 quid more expensive or a tenner away from being double the price ...
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Aston Hills root cannel/S2A racing 7th of september

http://www.rideastonhill.co.uk/events/r ... race-2014/

I might be entering with a mate but it will all depend on the weather as the course is very rooty and made up of chalk. More details on link


Epping 24th August

Autumn is coming so get in while it's dry ;)


Route will be the usual single track and that bit I've been trying to find since I last rode it 6 months ago :eh:

We ride for about 3-4 hrs and cover 15 to 20 miles depending on the route. Pace is moderate with a bacon stop about halfway ...
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Any early morning pre-work riders, Wormley & Broxbourne?

Hi guys,

New to MTB but not new to cycling, I actually Time-Trial and wanted to try something completely different on the bike.

Live near Royston and I cycle to work in Borehamwood once per week, and figured as I pass close to Wormley and Broxbourne woods anyway I might as well do it on the MTB, leave earlier and get nearly an hour of trails in.

Does anyone do any early morning rides? I ...


Danbury XC Thursday 21st 7pm

Hi all,

As subject, Going to Danbury for XC ride.

THURSDAY meet @ 7pm for 7:30ish start.

And a pint in the pub after :crazy: :D

Trev.


Definition of frustration

Got loads of bike stuff on order, got nothing to do tonight :evil: and out tomorrow night for "Date night" with the wife tomorrow :P (rare occasion :shifty: ) and then ride night wednesday and i hate rushing to get things done. ...
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Put my back out.

Woke up this morning to go to work like usual, went out got in my car and coughed quite violently while sitting in my seat. The next thing I had this excruciating lower back pain, like nothing I have ever felt before. Took me about 15 mins to clamber back out and make it back to my house where I decided to lay on my back on the living room floor. Bad move, as getting ...
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