Chocolate Log

I don't ride planks myself but those that like to ride on chicken wire might find this mildly interesting. This is definately forum fodder but as thats dead I thought I would stick it here to keep you away from the evils of STW and pornography.

The site's got a bit toasted since a migration to a new server.

This should improve the stability eventually, as it's been a bit mashed for a few weeks now, but at the moment the forum is dead.

It's sunny here in Vancouver, so probably as good a time as any to go and ride my bike.

Whistler is a fun place to ride, and just about as good as anywhere to test a good all rounder bike, or a bigger tank weapon like the Specialized SX Trail and Big Hit. I know my trusty 06 SX has taken another couple of days of pounding this weekend and was still hauling me through the day with a massive grin on my face.

I wasn't about to interrupt a perfectly good 30 minute line-up for the chairlift by getting better shots of these two new bikes, but here's a couple of phone snaps grabbed hastily at the time:

Scotland's Downwards Towpath Challenge race was held over the weekend, in Fort William, North. Greg Minaar took the win from some other cyclists. Matti's headcammed run above is about the best example of bike abuse I've seen in quite some time, and he's taking it fairly easy after coming back from breaking his back early last season.

Then he crashed. Poor bastard.

They've put more VHS cassettes up the Internet on Freecaster.

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Isn't it time you got a new outfit to match those posh new grips?

My old full facer expired, the innards coming away from the shell. I was on the market for an alternative.

I never liked the disco Troy Lee design, and the last few seasons' paintjobs have gone seriously wrong in my opinion. Alongside the fashion nightmare, I was fed up overheating or steaming up at the slightest sign of a climb, or on a technical section I want to push up to try again (this happens a fair bit with me on the Shore).

But I do still like the idea of having a jaw.

Along comes a shiny new Specialized Deviant in poncy Carbon.

It's been two years since the last review, so here goes.

Blake Jorgensen has put together this photo slideshow of an epic trip in the Himalayas with a few ATB rockstars. It doesn't get too much more epic than that, not even on Leith Hill.

Extreme powerpoint: Himalayan bike epic

More words on the matter appear in an old NSMB article here.