duir
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Aberdeen , United Kingdom - Male / 40
Fly aeroplanes for a day job ride mountain bikes for fun.
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duir RichardCunningham's article
May 10, 2013 at 11:46
May 10, 2013
Rocky Mountain Altitude 790 MSL - Tested
"For the record, 650B is happening"
Is it really? I don't know a single rider that owns or wants one, I have never seen one on a trail and according to the 6 bike shops in my local area only 1 has had a single enquiry about a 650B.
It's only "happening" because the MTB industry wants it to happen, so they pay/tell MTB magazines and websites to tell us they are happening. Which makes a complete mockery of the bikes we are riding from the same manufacturers that were "happening" just 12 months ago.
As far as I can see, in the real world 650b is only a virtual reality.
duir mattwragg's article
May 5, 2013 at 9:48
May 5, 2013
Specialized-SRAM Enduro 2 - Lago di Garda
Full results?
Jan 8, 2013 at 9:38
Jan 8, 2013
Hi mate, did you "raw" your devinci frame yourself? How's it holding up? Any corrosion? Where did the new stickers come from? I have a Devinci Dixon I am getting stripped to bare metal as the paint job is falling off after 18 months. If the bare alloy will hold up I will stick with it. Cheers
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duir cmac's article
Jan 2, 2013 at 2:14
Jan 2, 2013
Video: Race Face Explores the Sunshine Coast, B.C.
Great video but how do all these riders go off into the wilderness with absolutely no kit on their backs especially in mid winter? No food, drinks, spare clothes, repair kit or emergency kit? Or does the camera person just carry it all? Brilliant short film though.
duir scottsecco's article
Dec 21, 2012 at 4:54
Dec 21, 2012
2013 Giant Factory Racing Team
"I have always found his accent more disconcerting... This may sound harsh, but I'm not really trying to be mean.
You could be a rocket scientist but if you have that accent my mind would pre-judge and just automatically leap to the conclusion of: buck toothed yokel who looks after the sheep 'up on t' farm'."
I am from the same town as Danny Hart and have the same accent and I am a jet airline captain.
duir cloverleaf's article
Nov 28, 2012 at 5:34
Nov 28, 2012
Crankbrothers Mallet Mk3 and DH Pedals - Tested
No matter how pretty or easy to rebuild crank brothers pedals are they still have appalling cleats that wear extremely quickly and cause involuntary unclips. There is no way of knowing when the soft brass cleats will reach the wear point that causes an issue and it cost me 4 months off the bike a few years back after a nasty crash so went back to shimano and never had a problem. Watch world cup riders over the past few years having horrible unclipped moments (I remember watching Gwin ride the big drop at Fort William on his race run with just one foot in and Danny Hart riding 1 footed down the rocks there all because of the crap interface). Until they make decent steel cleats like shimano that last for years these will be a dangerous pedal to ride.
duir mikelevy's article
Sep 21, 2012 at 14:34
Sep 21, 2012
Random Products Part Four - Interbike 2012
The manufacturers spend all there time making headtubes short and low and then lots of the pros use several spacers to bring the stack height up!
duir cloverleaf's article
Sep 3, 2012 at 14:23
Sep 3, 2012
Help For Heroes | Hamsterley
My partner lost her cousin to an I.E.D. in Afghanistan a couple of years ago. We were really pleased to see his name on the help for heroes t-shirts Danny Hart was selling at Fort William this year. Well done Danny and help for heroes people.
duir RichardCunningham's article
Jul 17, 2012 at 4:20
Jul 17, 2012
Tech Tuesday - Switch Hoses Without Bleeding Your Brakes
Seriously? You really want even more air getting into your avid elixir brakes? Oh well, at least when the lever pulls to the bar mid descent you can pretend it's because of a dodgy lever swap rather than the fact that it's an avid elixir brake!
duir si-paton's article
Jul 10, 2012 at 14:58
Jul 10, 2012
Halo BDS Glencoe, Scotland - RESULTS
"Amazing and a well deserved result for Adam Brayton, the crowds favourite rider. Foot out, flat out, this flat pedalled rider goes for broke every time he crosses that start line."
Isn't Mr Brayton riding clipped in this year? Quite a lot of the flat pedal riders seem to be switching and doing much better when they ride clipped in, like most of the top world cup riders do.
An incredible British talent and top bloke, time to get him on a big team, he's earned it.
