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so the OH was asking today what i failed at to fall off... more or less the spot and direction i was going...riding parallel to kerbing and heading to the right...how i failed to lift the front up i have no idea current culprit is too much sag in the forks

Vitus generally on most reviews/best of, etc decent specs and value Mate has a Merida with the Bomber forks and really likes them, around 500 ish retail and Fox now own Marzocchi name and I think have started using some Fox internals

I've had a poke around in a non Medical style and in my expert opinion I think it's bruising so a few rest days and see where I am with it

I suppose luckily I was in a group run by our local council under a healthy lifestyle scheme, lead riders are British Cycling trained and we register for each ride with all our details available. Checked over before they let me back on the bike, as I was nearer home than start after a few hundred metres I decided to go home. Lead rider insisted I was accompanied home and had a phone call from the guy who is in charge of the scheme, he rides with us once a month, at 7.30 last night. It will be reported as a 'near miss' as I got home under own power and no 999 call, arse covering but I was looked after. Now deciding whether to go to Hospital or not

Go on then rub it in then 😏 Just really achy now, sudden jarring movement is painful so hopefully bruised rather than broken. It's quite strange thinking back to earlier in the ride that I was thinking that today wasn't 'quite' right? a bit like when you know whether you have 'legs' or not.e-Roottoot no offence... but more of a feeling that cornering, climbing is gonna be difficult and concentration not there either

A curtailed ride today through user error... Must learn to pick up front when going from road to track 🙄 Slow speed, off the side and landed on arm and shoulder. Arm is now very sore, hurts to grip and can't quite straighten fully so I can see a few days off work 😀 and the bike 😒 The kerb was the small cobbles and literally 2" high 🙄 but approached parallel and the front dug in. Scene of the crime was top left just before the straight lines on road home

lockout could be an easy fix..or not dropper again just may need a service..easily replaced with another dropper, 100+ or a lot less for standard one a quick frisk of the bay of e hasn't really thrown anything of interest other than the usual Chinese stuff or overpriced S/H the usual German retailers have little stock or 5-6 weeks, luckily for you they will ship to Ireland but again as i said knocking on e300 for Rockshox plus the hassle of swapping? https://www.bike24.com/cycling/parts/bike-forks/suspension-forks?menu=1000,1868,1922,1923&__qf_form-filter=&pgc[87][522]=1&pgc[72][475]=1&sort=price_asc not sure its worth it TBH says the man who put a 300 pound set of forks on a 200 pound bike

re: the forks.... You may struggle to get some, parts are in very short supply and S/H prices are crazy. I think you'd be lucky to get a decent set for less than £250 - 300 new and used won't be that far behind and that's in UK let alone in Ireland

As the Tesco ad says.... 'every little helps'

Van dropped off for repairs.... 10 miles or so, 40% canal and then mostly road apart from a short section of climbing through the woods near home

another tough one, especially after the Coffee stop...uphill for a loooong way with no warm up after 30 mins sitting around!

replaced it last night and all is well... group ride again today, another warm one and after Coffee stop as i was closer to home than the start point i deviated from the group

Past Dental Floss I think...

A longer ride was planned but the recurring rear tyre issue put paid to that.... swapping out later for the tyre that came on the bike, this one is now scrap 😀

It's a rite of passage for 'roadies'...

Another warm one... Group ride. We were sitting around waiting for last one to arrive and I think if there was a pub close by we would have said Sod it 😀 2 miles to be added from home to start and I'll add the ride profile later.

That looks good spec and in the same price bracket as the others. Not that it matters much but seems odd they've put the dropper/ derailleur cables internally but not the rear brake? I'll assume they get the brakes pre-built and is easier to fit at the factory?

nice...n+5, i doff my hat to you or should that be chapeau

TBH Mac as you're getting a new bike I'd have rode it and tell the OH you need the new one ASAP 😁 the old one then becomes your n+1 if she asks why you've still got the old one 😃

i wouldnt get too hung up on brakes...all decent enough, MT400 is atouch better than MT200 but more than capable, i've got Tektro on mine..no issues. the Lapierre brake spec you've seen is the rotor spec, MT200 on it the Judy forks are probably the better options with the 120mm the Roscoe and Canyon 7 both have dropper posts which is a bonus for me if i lived out your way and the weather i'd prefer a threaded BB (Bottom Bracket), easier to replace than a Pressfit which have a reputation for creaking if not installed correctly, not adeal breaker but something to bear in mind? Roscoe has threaded BB, the others seem to be Pressfit, the Giant i can't pin down but as the spec just says cartridge... for me the Roscoe appears to be favourite, Lapierre and Canyon not much between them and the Giant just not quite there, but TBH any of them are more than capable...stock will be the issue

I've never done Cardiac, only the Marquis Drive paved section and that's tough enough on a decent surface. I was near FTD at the top of Marquis, looked to be busy? Plenty of large groups around? Plans have changed for us today so I may get out again... 3 days in a row so my legs may feel it tomorrow 😀

i wish...

This downhill bit I lost the trail with all the recent logging so just decided straight line to the trail below 🤔 Basically branches, twigs etc left over so how I didn't get a puncture I have no idea.... I shan't be doing it again 😀