Matt
2003 Marin Rift Zone
Matt’s first full suspension bike from 2003, the Marin Rift Zone with Quad suspension and 80mm of Manitou fork action.
Cable zen
So far this year I have replaced my jockey wheels, chain, middle chainring and the rear cassette in an attempt to improve the gear shift on my Rift Zone. They all needed replacing anyway but how frustrating is it to discover that part of the problem was stemming from a frayed gear cable that could have been replaced for less […]
Whyte 46 review
An in depth review of the Whyte 46, the bike that arguably started the whole long travel, All Mountain thing.
The law according to Sod…
…and how good can come of it.
Trigger’s broom
Sunday saw me finally clock up 3000 miles on my Rift Zone which I bought in January 2003. Inevitably it’s a significantly different bike to the shiny beast I bought from Cycleworks in Leatherhead.
For the record
With a full year of riding stretching ahead of us, we thought it worth taking a few moments to log our respective bike mileages for posterity and a potentially sobering review in due course.
Miles better
So just how far did I ride in 2005? At the beginning o the year I thought I would try and keep track of my annual mileage for the sake of future comparison. It turns out to be far less than I had originally hoped.
Weight matters
After the Christmas binge and a bit of a layoff over the last couple of months I thought I would weigh myself in preparation for a New Year fitness plan. Yikes! I weighed in three pounds heavier than I am normally and found myself to be 11st 6 (I know, it doesn’t sound much but in percentage terms…). With Mark […]
Matt
One night in a pub, Dave, Mark and Matt got to discussing the ‘new breed’ of rugged looking bikes that were starting to appear. They were called ‘mountain bikes’…
If you build it they will come
Lumbering over the horizon comes the carcass of a blog designed to appeal to the tastes of anybody who has ever got muddy on a mountain bike, as opposed to putting on a tracksuit and ambling down a towpath on a Halfords £99 special one Sunday afternoon.