betsie

Mostly like building and maintaining trails, Race Dh a couple of times a year too.
2023 Scottish and National over 45 DH champion. (Everyone else crashed).

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betsie mossa's article
Mar 18, 2024 at 1:43
22 hours
Video: Dirt Sculpting Artist or Trail Builder in 'A Rideable Piece of Art'
This is one of the most special lines in the country to a bunch of riders from up north. It was build as a legacy to my good friend and fellow trail builder who was taken far too young. Rode Kieran's line yesterday and its still a beautiful work of art now as it was when it was built. Shred in heaven forever my friend
betsie seb-stott's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 2:33
3 days
Pinkbike Poll: Do You Use Your Climb Switch?
Interesting question. On the xc bike (tallboy).. hardly ever as it's not got lots of travel anyway On the all mountain (nomad)... All the time, the rear isn't over sprung so the switch is good thing, it's only really a compression adjuster so often somewhere in the middle to suit the climb On the eeb (Orbea)... Every climb, it's a 160mm bike too so benefits from the additional support on the climbs. On the DH bike. Haha. Push up, fly down. DH bikes are incredible machines.
betsie henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 3:39
Mar 15, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
Change your tyres for what you are riding, they make a the biggest difference. If you are tubeless, then 2 sets of wheels might be easier/less messy. 1 set for XC/trail, lighter rims, spokes and tyres. 1 set for enduro/dh/bike park See loads of folk at Tarland and Glenlivet up here on full on enduro rigs with double down tyres and inserts slugging it out. The trails are way more fun and faster with the likes of a crossmark II out back and lighter casing Minion or Assagai up front.
betsie henryquinney's article
Mar 15, 2024 at 2:41
Mar 15, 2024
Henry's Waffle House: All-Mountain Bikes Are Back, and They're More Pointless Than Ever
Enduro bikes are all mountain bikes. Just a marketing guy changed the name 20 years ago and the new generation were not around then! Remember when Marin had a quick release to change geometry and we changed our the old sketchy 32mm fork for a 160mm talas, ride panaracer fire xc pros for xc to trail and irc kujo and elgato for trail to all mountain (now called enduro). Then the RM switch came along as a burlier bike, the nomad next.... Nothing has changed really. Ride the right tyres for the right ride and shred hard.
betsie Hope-technology's article
Mar 13, 2024 at 7:57
Mar 13, 2024
Video: Inside the Hope Factory
@TimMog: I may have been unlucky on nearly ever occasions with Hope stuff. The positive is its pretty easy to service compared to the likes of an XT hub.
betsie Hope-technology's article
Mar 13, 2024 at 6:26
Mar 13, 2024
Video: Inside the Hope Factory
Cant agree more. Hope riders are known at the races for bleeding their brakes every few runs and the hubs are renowned for soft freehub bodies, PAWL's that disintegrate, spring leaves that break and anodizing that will have the flanges fall apart without being ridden, add to that bearings that fall out and seals that leave a lot to be desired!!! My hope BB drives me insane creaking. Their clip in pedals feel nice on the spin bike though, even if 1 strike and the pins fall out because the pedal body is too soft!
betsie dariodigiulio's article
Mar 13, 2024 at 2:28
Mar 13, 2024
First Ride: RockShox Flight Attendant XC Suspension System
1.8% compared to adjusting manually from on the bar is a big margin. What is the gap compared to not adjusting at all? The technology sounds really interesting for trail riding. Bruni had his little light on his handlebars and it seemed to make a difference on certain tracks. I could imagine Fort William would be a great track for technology, BMX track to Dh track to Jump track where different settings are needed for the best time. This technology may be pay a significant roll in racing from XC to Dh! If its great for racing its got to be great for the weekend warrior that can afford it. Cant wait to see it on trail bikes rocking the wrong tyres for the trail (probably the biggest advantage may riders could achieve is changing their tyres for what they ride over a fortune on tech)...
betsie dariodigiulio's article
Mar 11, 2024 at 4:52
Mar 11, 2024
Dario's Day 2 Randoms - Taiwan Cycle Show 2024
@KolaPanda: I know, I was just being a d!ck. Having tested a fair few forks in my time and listened to loads of the latest marketing BS its always best for every rider to find what works for them and go with that. I remember when Bos Idylle Rare were amazing, the best fork you could get so I bought a set to try... didnt take much testing to figure out that for me they were terrible. Everyone knows the best test of a fork is to ride into your nearest kerb as hard as you dare and see how they perform then do an endo after (its actually a decent starting point test). Pressing on the bars is old school.
betsie dariodigiulio's article
Mar 8, 2024 at 3:18
Mar 8, 2024
Dario's Day 2 Randoms - Taiwan Cycle Show 2024
you said "physics" at that point you lost the "engineering" world.
betsie dariodigiulio's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 6:23
Mar 6, 2024
Juin's 6 Piston Semi-Hydraulic Brakes - Taipei Cycle Show 2024
@CaSentLeTabarnakMonHomme: Blake already made some :)
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