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I'm pretty sure that's a Hydroxx 2. The Hydroxx 1s had that awesome two-tone grey paint job, and a longer "tail". [Edit: This paint job: LOVE IT.] According to here, it's: Wheelbase: 995mm Chainstay Length: 362mm BB Rise: +50mm I reckon it's a bit dubious. Could've sworn it was +55 and a bit longer than that. Edit2: says the long version was: WB: 1020 BB: +45 CS: 362 HA: 71.5* Reach: 620 Seems I was wrong about the paint job on which versions

Yeah - but this is TF, not 4chan. There's a lot to be said for common f**king decency.

Dual Fresh Products levers?! LUCKY BOY.

Are you physically capable of responding to a video without comparing them to someone else? When people post videos - unless they're asking what they're doing wrong in a certain technique - they want to be told their merits. They don't want to be told their best efforts are easily surpassed by someone else a long time ago. Sure, they know it, but they don't want to be reminded of it whilst they're feeling proud of the video they just released. Please stop doing it.

I've really missed this sort of video. They were super common when I started riding, so I think I'll always have a soft spot for them - no matter how dirt they are

If you're doing gap90s you'll want a firmer pressure. I did one in Hull (probably the biggest I've done so far) and the tyre folded quite dramatically even at ~45psi. I used to run soft tyres for sidehops, but kept falling off the rim when I landed to 90. So yeah... up the pressure a bit. Also - if you want a bit of a change but don't have money for a load of new parts, maybe try just a rear disc? Cocky runs just a rear brake. I personally don't like it, but if you just want something a bit different it'd be a cheaper way to go than two brakes and a set of forks...

Awesome. I wish we'd got to see the whole of the crash at the end. Looked hilarious

I might even wait until the very last minute in case what other people put out makes me realize I need to up my game, blitz a few last minute lines and upload at 23:59 on the 30th

A few days before the deadline.

I've finished... again.

I don't have a day job to quit, at the minute. I always give positive advice. It's just that you usually tend to see it as a personal attack instead. (That's excluding the times I'm sticking up for someone against one of your onslaughts of bullshit.)

You've hardly been riding it long... [Edit: New] chains stretch pretty quick, but not that quick. To be brutally honest, as inadvisable as half-links are, people do make them out to be worse than they really should. You'll be fine running it until the chain stretches enough. If it's that far down, can you not put the extra link in? (Take half link out and add a full link.)

Completely unhelpful, but we were riding Llandegla the other day, and as crazy as it sounds, I've never seen a mouse in real life before. A woodmouse ran right across the trail underneath me. They're too f**king cute. So glad I didn't smoosh it.

Um... Also - I thought you were a fan of the stronger, heavy parts from the old-school days? If that's the case, you'd be better off with some '06 Adamant bars or something akin. You'd be much better off financially, and psychologically, if you're worried about snapping them. Bars are one place I wouldn't want to skimp weight on. Y'know - the heavier bike you ride, the more of a man you are - or so I hear it told (admittedly, from a hugely unreliable source). Finally, you're very defensive about your riding - or it sounds like it from the "I hope you release a video". Do you actually realize what he was saying? You shouldn't run carbon bars for the same reason I shouldn't. We're both fat ass bashers, and we both fall off. If you gouge carbon, it can weaken it, and if it gets bad enough, snap off with either very little, or no warning whatsoever. When they do snap, the ends are very nasty. Much nastier than alloy. Whilst it could've been phrased more eloquently, he wasn't straight up saying "you're too shit to have carbon bars", which is what your reaction makes it sound like you think he said. All he said was that carbon bars are probably not for you.

Yeah. They were the old dates. Need to confirm entry by the end of this month (August), and submit video by end of next (September).

I rarely ride on my own. Lucky enough to have a fairly dedicated bunch of riders in the area. I do occasionally, but I don't enjoy it nearly as much. I tried a few solo-rides in big cities like Leicester, Leeds and Bradford, and I was forever worrying about people nicking my bag etc. I don't like riding with people watching at the best of times, but it's FAR worse when alone. If I'm going to ride alone now, I go somewhere there's either no, or very few people around. Rocks are better for this. Music can help, if you can get over not hearing the noise of the bike. I tend to find I end up more "training" or "drilling" than actually having fun, but as it's not very often it's not too bad.

Amazing. Love your riding so much. You should put out videos more often, even if you do find them disappointing. ...No-one else does

There was quite a lot of up/gap to fronts in the latter half of that video It's not fair that you get to have alllllll that riding, whenever you want. Too massive.

Really enjoying 35ish at the minute. Used to run them a fair bit harder to roll faster, but a bit of squidge makes static moves nicer/easier but it's still firm enough not to roll/deform.

26 is already too big

...That's what I just asked! Main reason why not is expense. Gonna have money, but liquid cooling seems a lot of money when there might be ultra-quiet fans on the market.

I'm soon to start work, which means I'll finally have some money to spend on things other than the bare essentials of life. The thing that bugs me the most at the minute is the volume of my PC. It's just about loud enough that when listening to music with a high dynamic range, the noise of it obstructs the quietest parts. It's got three fans: case, PSU and CPU. I've tried disconnecting the case and PSU fans momentarily to determine which is the loudest and it made next to no difference, so it's gotta be the CPU fan. On reading some reviews, the "silent" fans sold aren't actually that quiet, so I'd like to know if you guys have any suggestions in that area, or if the results will always be disappointing and I should look in to liquid cooling. Ta! Edit: On reading that back, I thought I should clarify - by "noise" I don't mean a buzz or rattle. It's an airflow noise. Would I be Ok to take the CPU fan off and boot up for a very short time to see if that's what makes so much racket, or would it start getting very hot very quick? (Hardware n00b. Sorry.)

Never, ever get a welded stem. They're just dangerous.

Agree with Ali on the bike-noise front - but otherwise awesome!

Yep.