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April 2007
A round-up of articles posted during April 2007.
Wee in his (bike) shoes
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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Sunday morning, 8:45. There I am, in my garage, hurriedly squeezing my feet into my tired Shimano bike shoes for another blast around the Surrey Hills on my On-one Inbred. In my haste, I overlook a faint tang in the air as I put on my right shoe....
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11 things for Mountain Bikers
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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As a Mountain Bike rider (as opposed to someone who just talks about MTB riding), here's a few things you may want to do at some stage. I was going to call this post '11 things for Mountain Bikers to do before you die' but felt that was a tweak too far on the nose...
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Guest review - Orange Five SE, Whyte E5 XT, Intense 5.5 EVP and Marin Mount Vision
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Reviews' during April 2007.
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Orange Five SE, Whyte E5 XT, Intense 5.5 EVP and Marin Mount Vision ridden and tested. A chance to buy a new bike gives the opportunity for a direct comparison between some high quality MTBs.
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Working 9 to 5
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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Eat Mountain Biking, Drink Mountain Biking, Live Mountain Biking! It's a mantra that seems to be taking more and more effect in my head recently, a situation which perhaps is not that healthy and hints at subverted OCD tendencies - but then I've always argued, perhaps facetiously, that web people are borderline OCD anyway....
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Madison says goodbye to Manitou
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'News' during April 2007.
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Creating not so much a passing interest as a shrug of indifference from most of the English speaking free world (unless you are a Mountain Biker), Bike Biz are reporting that Shimano's UK distributors Madison have decided to end their distribution agreement with for Manitou forks, saying that although they believe Manitou will 'regain the...
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Down to earth with a bump
Originally posted by Mark.
Filed under 'Rides' during April 2007.
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As I am the only Mole who didn’t get a name check in Matt’s post about our outing to Holmbury Hill, (probably due to the fact I made it the whole way round without falling off or breaking my Mountain Bike), I thought I might post a few words about last night’s ride. It was...
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2008 SRAM Product Launch
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'News' during April 2007.
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SRAM have recently launched their 2008 product range to the press at Sea Otter although news on revisions to the Rock Shox range seemingly will have to wait to later. Looks like a classic case of evolution over revolution after a couple of years where SRAM have really pushed forward on their product ranges, but...
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My exploding bike tyre
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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I was reading Al Leigh's recent post on the Pickled Hedgehog about his difficulties performing basic bike maintenance. His resulting wheel explosion reminded of the time I too managed to detonate what seemed like a nuclear explosion in my garage. What happened to lead to near Armagedon was that I embarked on the innocent pursuit...
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On-one Inbred review - a humpin' an a bumpin' an a rollin' an a rattlin'
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Reviews' during April 2007.
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A review of the On-one Inbred classic - lively or supple, it's all down to how you ride it.
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Waiting for my Five to arrive
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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So having dallied with the idea of a number of possible new bikes, including the Intense 5.5 EVP and the Whyte E5, I've finally placed an order with Cycleworks in Leatherhead for a new 2007 Orange Five. No surprises really as there seems to be a consensus forming amongst my fellow Moles and others. Dave...
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One bike and two men down!
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Rides' during April 2007.
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Sunday saw us travelling over to Holmbury Hill for some fun on the dusty dry trails that have suddenly appeared everywhere. The plan was to make the most of Dave and Jem's new Orange Fives and have a morning of Mountain Biking fun in the Surrey Hills singletrack....
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Venturing beyond the Surrey Hills
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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This year, for the first time, we're starting to look at riding beyond the confines of the Surrey Hills. Largely as the result of an unhappy combination of too little time, too little money, young kids and unsympathetic spouses we haven't managed to ride outside of our Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill, Box Hill, Ranmore and...
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Why I haven't been mountain biking lately
Originally posted by Matt.
Filed under 'Mutterings' during April 2007.
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Or blogging about it either. Ahh, the inevitable barren spell of the amateur blogger! There's been an interuption to normal service this past couple of weeks over Easter due to two things, both of which having conspired to stop me getting out riding the local trails. First off, I was struck down by a nasty...
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