Monthly Archives: July 2009

Specialized Stumpjumper M2 1999

This is JohnR’s Stumpjumper which he uses to great effect, mainly on the climbs!

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Ride Report: Wednesday 29 July – No Jacket Required

Another evening ride in damp summer conditions around Norbury Park, Juniper Bottom near Mickleham and Headley Heath.

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Marzocchi 44 Ti, 55 Ti and 66 Ti 2010 forks

Thoughts on the 2010 Marzocchi MTB fork range, which appears to offer a decent combination of coil forks, decent travel and competitve weight.

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Intense Spider 29er – First ride

First impressions of the Intense Spider 29er, a 4 inch travel bike from the champions of VPP suspension and 29 inch wheels. Quite a combination.

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Ride report: Sunday 26 July – Leith and Holmbury

A large group of moles head to Leith Hill and on to Holmbury for some decent summer mountain biking.

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On-One Inbred 29er (slot dropout) singlespeed

My On-One 29er was the first of the batch that On-One sold as complete bikes at the end of 2007

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Exposure Lights 2010 models

Exposure Lights broadens their range of high quality bike lights for 2010 with three new models – the Tora, Diablo and Spark.

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Ride report: Wednesday 22 July – Then there were three + 1

Jem covers last nights ride which had a ‘rugged XC’ flavour to it – lumpy stuff, Specialized Epics and rigid singlespeed 29ers!

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Trek Remedy and EX mountain bikes for 2010

Now it’s Trek’s turn to take it’s place in the 2010 spotlight with news of the 2010 Remedy and EX mountain bikes. Tony’s review of his 2009 Trek EX 8 has been consistently the most popular article on our site … Read the rest…

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Guardian publishes ‘best UK trails’ map

The Guardian newspaper has published a Google map titled ‘The Guardian Guide to British Mountain Bike Trails’.

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