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  7. Kenny writes to Giacomo

    in Trials Chat

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    I'd have said Andrei and his best mate Rick were I the same boat as Kenny and Aurelien.

    Funny you say that, I was actually chatting with Andrei about all this on Sunday. He says that despite Giaco went about this all the wrong way, there is some truth in what he's saying.

    There is absolutely no doubt that Kenny is and has been a great representative for the SPORT, but he's not a good RIDERS representative. There is more he could do from his advantageous position to promote the riders.

    The vast majority of pro riders are STILL heavily backed by the bank of mum & dad, or come from backgrounds where throughout their youth their parents poured endless money/resources into them. Typical 'comp partents'

    There are riders though like Andrei and (especially) Janine Jungfels who have NEVER had this kind of backing and have always had to work extremely hard to both scrape enough of a living to fund themselves through the comp seasons, and put enough time into training to remain at the top level.

    It's particularly people like this that Kenny is in a position to be able to support them better, but fails to

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  13. Cold hands!

    in Bike Chat

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    Proper riding as in XC, commuting to work as well. I would prefer to retain dexterity if possible :)

    edit: what about the endura windchill gloves? Lack of true waterproofing isn't too much of an issue as I tend to be a dry(er) weather rider but presuming they're a single layer glove would give better dexterity?

    The problem I've always found with winter type gloves is that they're always really thick - Personally I can only use thin gloves (I prefer not to wear them at all)

    My favourite solution for winter MTB riding has always been to put on a set of surgical latex gloves on underneath my normal riding gloves. Zero loss of dexterity/sensitivity, and they are completely wind/waterproof. Because they can't breath at all, any sweat is trapped and your hands stay pretty warm. Over a long ride they will get a bit manky inside, but they're so cheap and small I'd always stick a couple spare sets in my pack so when stopping for food I'd just swap them out.

    You can pick up big multipacks for bugger all

  23. Anyone Rock Climb?

    in Chit Chat

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    Can't believe how close you were to topping that!

    The A2 in my left middle finger is feeling really rough at the moment and I'm heading up to Bloc tonight with Ben and Robin! Plan is to take it super easy and just help them out with stuff.

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