bonj said:go to dalby
Rigid Raider said:Oh yes, I've done the MTL twice - the first time was on my full-rigid Kona Hei Hei; I felt like I'd done 3 rounds with Mike Tyson after that! Interestingly the following year I had my Global with SID forks and I felt very much less knackered at the end.
A recent very enjoyable trip was the circuit over High Street and back along Ullswater and at the end of this month I'm riding Mount Keen in Scotland with my Munro-bagging climbing buddy. These kinds of trips take me back to using my MTB for going into the mountains, which is how I got into MTBing 20 years ago. The bikes I have owned have always been built up as reliable lightweight XC machines for mountain travel.
RedBike said:When I came to get my full suspension bike serviced (Stumpjumper) the shop wanted (Can't remember the exact figures) £55 for the service, £45 to service the fork, £80 for the rear shock, £80 for the 'brain' (part of the rear shock) and £15 for new bearings. Not to mention brake pads etc.
Anyway, with parts they wanted nearly £300 just to service it!