Want It Wednesday #24- eXotic Carbon Rigid MTB Fork

With my new frame now bought it now time to add the other crucial part to the frame. The forks.  Now my aim is to build up this frame as a SS and with simplicity in mind I have opted to buy a carbon rigid fork. I come from a long history in MTBing and started back many years ago on a steel...

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Celebration Time!!

I'm not going to say much on this right now as you all know the result, but God Damn what a great Tour! Well done Bradley, Cavendish, Froome and All those at Team Sky!!   So time for a beer or two and to grow those sideburns......

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Happy Birthday Following The Chainline!

Well its a slightly belated birthday as I think the blog was created on the 16th, but it now over 1 year old. Yay! The blog has certainly evolved from its first day in terms of looks but the core of it has remained the same. I made up my mind before starting this blog what I wanted. ...

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New Frame - On-One Scandal 29er 2012

My new bike frame. This is the new Scandal frame made by the lovely people at On-One who had this to me on my doorstep within a day of ordering. I went for the raw finish as you can probably see. The frame is different from  previous incarnations it now has a bent seat tube to allow better...

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North East Mtb XC League Round 2

Friday evening was race night for me.  Not often you'll see me write that but this year a new race series has popped up in my local area, The North East MTB XC league.  It really has sprung up from nowhere and its run by British Cycling and best of all most event are within half hour...

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Child Labour

 What?!  They WANTED to do this and I'm not one to dampen their enthusiasm!  Good job they made too although I stopped them cleaning the chain as I thought that could get messy.  They seemed quite disapointed when I took over! Shame that after their efforts they look...

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Want It Wednesday #23 - Your Opinion on Bike Design!

It has officially been raining too much.  I know this not by my lack of miles in the saddle, but by my hours in front of the computer.  So far this week I have created my own team kit on http://www.owayo.com/cycling.htm which is good fun.  I'm a bit gutted that I can't show you...

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Jez & Betsy's Birthday Bash

Well yesterday was my Birthday and I was damned if I was going to spend 12 hours of it working so I got the day off.  Hours of time to myself calls for just one thing so with that I packed Betsy and my belongings into the car and took a trip to my favourite riding ground at Hamsterley Forest. I...

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Bike Racing From My Sofa

Ah the Tour de France is back!  Three weeks of decent TV viewing.  Speedy roadies zooming through the beautiful french countryside.  Everyone who likes this race will have their favourite riders and teams they want to see do well and this year looks to be wide open.  Bradley Wiggins...

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