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Tubby G said:
It still looks spotlessly clean, maybe a smither of dust on the tyres. Great colour, like a desert rat. How’s it riding ?
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Hey, it's not my fault the weather isn't being British!

First impressions & I only have my Stilus to compare it with are it's a much more planted ride as you would expect running 170 & sticky Magic Marys. I earned a downhill PB at 30mph-ish on a half mile rough & rutted, descent last night on the first try which might give some idea of how confidence inspiring the ride is. OTOH, I haven't got it dialled yet, the sag needs sorting, the shock is bottoming out & the fork nowhere near, bars a bit low, reach not quite right etc. so I'm expecting it to get better! But it is a big enduro bike & I am thinking of dialling it down weight & travel wise with different suspension & a few lighter bits - the curse of the MTB'er I suppose.

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RustyMTB said:
Hey, it's not my fault the weather isn't being British!

First impressions & I only have my Stilus to compare it with are it's a much more planted ride as you would expect running 170 & sticky Magic Marys. I earned a downhill PB at 30mph-ish on a half mile rough & rutted, descent last night on the first try which might give some idea of how confidence inspiring the ride is. OTOH, I haven't got it dialled yet, the sag needs sorting, the shock is bottoming out & the fork nowhere near, bars a bit low, reach not quite right etc. so I'm expecting it to get better! But it is a big enduro bike & I am thinking of dialling it down weight & travel wise with different suspension & a few lighter bits - the curse of the MTB'er I suppose.

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I have the lyric fork and deluxe shock and find they ride much better for me firmed up with slow rebound. I’m on 20 clicks of 25 of rebound on the forks, but a heavy guy weighing in at around 110kg. 20% ish sag

Any softer & faster and I’m bouncing around rocks like a kangaroo on speed!
 
Yeah. I lean towards slow rebound too, I mostly ride relatively gentle single track round here & don't really need to go kangarooing down the trails either - another reason I don't need a 170mm bruiser fork too. If only there were a choice of bikes in the shops!!
 
The Hodge said:
Isnt that an off road section of the C2C?
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Yes it is on the way up, the way down is public access tracks. I need to do a recce to find out how rideable the next section is and if it is practical to add in a short section footpath
 
Tubby G said:
Any sign of a new cafe being built there yet ? I’m sure I read somewhere ages ago that a new cafe was due to be built. Used to stop there regularly on the motorbike
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No I was talking to Milly the ice cream man while I was up there, the ambitious plans for a semi subterranean eco cafe were pruned back to a normal square box style building, even that is shelved due to funding issues. Maybe it will be up for sale again. Who knows
 
Beaker2135 said:
No I was talking to Milly the ice cream man while I was up there, the ambitious plans for a semi subterranean eco cafe were pruned back to a normal square box style building, even that is shelved due to funding issues. Maybe it will be up for sale again. Who knows
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Yes it was the sympathetic eco cafe I read about, that’s a shame
 
Had a day off so headed to Dunkeld to show a mate around, Went up Birnam hill first and down Rake & Ruin dropped the front in a rut out OTD with a full bar spin and blinked the gear cable then head out to the Hermatage and did a few runs there produced a fare few buttons coming back down to the Tay
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E150rob said:
Can't ride through mud that ain't there dude. You can Inspect her for battle scars if you want haha. Nice scrape on rear mech and few chips and scrapes on the belly plate.
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No need for me to inspect for battle scars, I was complimenting your bike, it’s in tip top condition, still looks brand new ?
 
FTW! Yes the rest of us will be scrapping for a distant 2nd


My mediocre curvature submission regardless. Blue sky warm fall day with no wind will have to do. 3 days left of the bike park so with only a slight breeze happening it was gondi bump to a climb into the alpine day. Finished down to the lake below the resort and squeezed in another area. 800m climbing for 2000m descent

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Tubby G said:
No need for me to inspect for battle scars, I was complimenting your bike, it’s in tip top condition, still looks brand new ?
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? OK I'll let you off I thought you where insinuating that I was all the gear no idea. Every ride she does get scrubbed back to new tho! Being my first e bike I'm still a bit unsure on how clean and dry I need to keep it so i just give it the works after every ride.
 
No ride today as we thought it to be a good idea to take the youngest to Blackpool as a pre birthday treat never ceases to amaze me this place and not in a positive way lol. Highlight was getting stuck in the middle of a girl gang fight which had both my children very scared but was really refreshing to see the surrounding crowd quickly nip it in the bud albeit getting a few bitch slaps thrown at em for their troubles. Icing on the cake was it taking a total of 3 hours to do the illumination run FFS . Good reminder not to visit during peak times and during a firework show. Pic attached to keep it semi on topic.
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Started off solo to the dh trails intending to just rip a few corners with the fall tacky dirt atm. Ended up taking offshoots to steep rockfaces and questionable gaps following a buddeh. Nothing broken and only a couple small cases. A few spicy new sections to dream about now. Def have to go back to that one and link the hidden sections without stopping

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