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Oh and i do love a good 20 minute stretch for a ten minute ride

Nice little edit that, a few years behind you at 35 but can relate to what you were saying. Had a bit of an epiphany recently after reading a book called dopamine nation in relation to riding for me. Although ive kept up riding over the years i find myself going through the motions sometimes and that book reminded what I enjoy about it which is pushing yourself and the progress, the older I've got the less i lean into pushing myself which I've now come to understand is why i likely dont take the same enjoyment from it, short summary is i now know to continue to push myself when it comes to riding if i want to take pleasure from it. That doesnt necessarily mean going as big as i did in my twenties but just push the body and capability i now have. I felt that sentiment come through in the edit which its taken me a long time to realise!!

I have ridden a 24 back in the day at Hemel Hempstead and Corby. Corby is a bit bigger and more varied

I would take Adams answer! Bought it second hand and I swapped it relatively quickly for a BB7. Have never got on with Hopes and dont know much about them- it popped a seal on the caliper on a hot day not long after getting the bike and that was enough motivation to go to cables!!

That is very similar to how mine ended up a few weeks after this picture. Avid sd7 rear and original sd7 levers with a bb7 up front with some high rise bars and shorter higer stem.

This is as mine was when i first got it bar tyres id changed. Atomlab rims on pro2 evo hubs. Middleburns. Leeson seat and bash, i changed it to v brake, XTR one for sale whicb would be good age for this! Hope stem, easton bars. Hope mini on the front.

Stay with mt5 and a Shimano lever. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but assume you could buy a deore lever and it would work fine and be a fair bit stronger than magura levers

I went to bloodstock pre pandemic and it was a pretty good bunch. Stick to quiet camping and you'll be fine. I've also done festivals alone and never had any issues. Just go to what you want to see and chill in a camping chair when not! Worse case you go to some of it and leave early! You won't be obliged to stay 🙂

@David Ciesla if you are interested I have a pair of MT7 levers which are hardly used I was going to eBay at some point.

Try this If you do a search on it been quite a lot of topics in the past in some detail on people's opinions 🙂

Yeah the documentary was awesome, I went to the premier at house of vans and grabbed a load of stickers but unfortunately have run out otherwise this would be sporting a go fast pull up head badge!

@infectedbear Nice. Looks like a neat job. Have fun with it 🙂

Hey, good luck with it. So I think it was both sides but they weren't very developed so hard to see. I wasn't 100% sure they were both cracks, could have just been stress in the paint but if you are doing it worth doing both sides. Hope you enjoy it 🙂

Thanks all, yeah I wasn't sure how well the powder coat would come out but pleased with it. YThe damned graphic is also a nod back to my old Leeson which had a damned sticker on it as was very into them and had a bunch of their stickers in my early 20s so throw one on the leeson. Just a shame @Mark W I haven't got a clean sticker to go on the headtube like my leeson ;-).

Thanks for the comments. I knew the seat would divide, however I had a mild obsession with Sean Burns / Jimmy Levan, Metal Bikes and Bone Deth in my early 20s which meant animal print featured promenantly on bikes and wardrobe so makes me smile whenever I see it!

I had avoided replacing a cracked dark chrome arcade I had bought second handed and been abused after not enjoying the last few years colours and trying a few different bikes. Ended up grabbing an fluro orange one and stripping and getting a chrome powder coat. I can't get away from the fact that 24" steel is in my blood after years on a 24" lesson in my Hey day. Pretty standard build apart from shigura brakes - xt levers on mt7 calipers, some descendant cranks and a good old leopard print bone deth seat (I had one of these on my leeson and after seeing them back in production couldn't help myself) had a ride, feels like home, and I like the way it's turned out..

Back in the day typically you'd see 165 -20", 170 24", 175 26". I personally think it is a preference thing where you will tailor what feels right for you.

Some nice riding in that, that rear disc setup is interesting!!!

Enjoyed the little green rail line with manual out the end. Good little edit all round though :-)

I had spent some time building a balance bike up for my 3 year old with some old school parts like fsa headsets, hope seat clamps and some cut down koxx bars so was slightly disappointed that on the second ride on it he questioned where the pedals are! So I was stoked to come across this on eBay for £50 last night. Pleased his first pedal bike comes from A brand I rode when younger!

Some nice riding in that top stuff.

Really nice little edit, some really really good riding.

I had a similar experience a few years ago and never worked it out. Was driving to work about 05:30 am. Massive slightly green flash in the sky, lit the whole sky up. Looked up any one else reporting anything and nothing. No noise with it either.

Fun watch. Good to see some more inspireds making the rounds. Looks like you are going to enjoy them.

I firmly believe people shouldn’t be forced to be vaccinated (I am Boostered so not from an against vaccine perspective) - it should be personal choice for anything to be injected into you so I think what Australia are doing is wrong. On the same note I think what some of Europe are doing around cutting off unvaccinated from society is also wrong. I do think they should have a testing progamme in place that is at the persons cost to reduce risk of transmission but it should be vaccine by mandate.