http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite Mountain Biking in West Sussex - Powered by Quest Adventure Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/x-fusion-hilo-dropper-seatpost-review/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/x-fusion-hilo-dropper-seatpost-review/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:35 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1577 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Following my most amazing Tour de Mont Blanc trip in the summer on my Truth, with a seatpost that wouldn’t drop more than 2 inches and balls bashed to bits, I decided that the time had arrived to look properly at seat dropper posts. I do so much varied riding on that beloved bike –… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/x-fusion-hilo-dropper-seatpost-review/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/first-sighting-in-the-wild/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/first-sighting-in-the-wild/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:34:53 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/first-sighting-in-the-wild/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } New shirts ahoy!]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/first-sighting-in-the-wild/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/friday-bike-lust-kona-raijin-ti-29er/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/friday-bike-lust-kona-raijin-ti-29er/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:50:54 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/friday-bike-lust-kona-raijin-ti-29er/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Kona Raijin Ti 29′er Originally uploaded by www.sussex-mtb.com Well to shamelessly rip an idea off from Rich over at www.brainfartsofabiketart.com I thought I’d start off a ‘Friday bike lust’ post. Only unlike his page obviously this will be for MTB stuff, not road. As some of you may know during the last four months of… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2012/01/friday-bike-lust-kona-raijin-ti-29er/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/08/big-wheels-on-my-wagon/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/08/big-wheels-on-my-wagon/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:22:45 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1456 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As you may know I am a bit of a convert to the 29′er, although I don’t own one yet, I’m waiting till I find the perfect choice for me. So I’ve got the chance to ride a couple of new ones recently and a chance to make a bit more of a comparison…. MSC… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/08/big-wheels-on-my-wagon/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/try-something-different-for-a-change/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/try-something-different-for-a-change/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:05:04 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1454 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I do like a nice cyclocross bike me, and although I’ve had plenty before I’ve only ever used them for commuting and racing and never actually taken one off road for a ride on a route that I would normally do on a mountain bike. The opportunity presented itself recently and I roped BigSi in… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/try-something-different-for-a-change/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/sussex-mtb-2011-shirt/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/sussex-mtb-2011-shirt/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:08:30 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/sussex-mtb-2011-shirt/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Sussex-MTB 2011 shirt Originally uploaded by www.sussex-mtb.com   Here it is, the new shirt design, if you’d like one go to the forum and post up on the relevant thread…..]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/07/sussex-mtb-2011-shirt/feed/ 1 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/06/south-downs-way-ride-scott-scale-29-pro-revisited/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/06/south-downs-way-ride-scott-scale-29-pro-revisited/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:10:45 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1438 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } It’s been a long time since I last did a big chunk of South Downs Way and when Earle rang me up a few weeks back to tell me about a charity event he is helping out with and the fact he needs to ride it first it didn’t take too much to twist my… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/06/south-downs-way-ride-scott-scale-29-pro-revisited/feed/ 1 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/05/tubeless-the-great-debate/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/05/tubeless-the-great-debate/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 16:36:39 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1412 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Tubeless tyres seem to be one of those things thattotally polarises opinion, there is no middle ground at all for some reason! When I worked at Quest it was one of the things that I was asked about regularly, so what are the options out there? DO NOTHING – Stick with tubes! For a lot of… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/05/tubeless-the-great-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/01/pace-rc104/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/01/pace-rc104/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:43:40 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1258 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I was keen to get a decent ride in on Bobster’s Pace RC104 before it moved on to it’s next home, so I persuaded him to let me have it for a night before it was stripped this week. It’s such a nice looking frame with it’s curvaceous stays and nice chrome touches. It has… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2011/01/pace-rc104/feed/ 0 http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2010/12/scott-scale-29-pro/ http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2010/12/scott-scale-29-pro/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:30:29 +0000 Hummerlicious http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/?p=1235 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I was lucky enough to go out to Switzerland back in July on the Scott Dealer trip. The main focus of the rides was the Scale 899 and the new Genius LT, but the bike I was most curious to get a go on at the time was the 949. This is Scott’s superlight carbon… Continue reading »]]> http://www.southdownshosting.co.uk/smtbsite/2010/12/scott-scale-29-pro/feed/ 2