The MTB thread

Looks semi integrated.
I bought a new one for my gt at the great expense of 16.99

Leisure lakes.

[Drew Carey]

Originally Posted by speedplay

Looks semi integrated.
I bought a new one for my gt at the great expense of 16.99

Leisure lakes.

Cheers mate, thought it was, just looked on leisure lakes site and cant see any without going up past 40 notes. What make is the one you got?

[maviczap]

Like he said

Cheap enough to buy a complete headset, as its semi integrated might pay to have someone press it into the headtube properly, but not a difficult job

[Drew Carey]

Okies.....will take it to local lbs then and just get them to put a new one in.....will wait till I purchase the forks and will get that sorted at sametime.

Cheers all, just wasnt sure if i could cheat and just get a topcap / crown race.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Drew Carey

Cheers all, just wasnt sure if i could cheat and just get a topcap / crown race.

Can't think of any headsets that are sold like that, road or MTB

If you could find the same make and model, that would work.

2nd hand one off Evilbay, would save you some pennies, or buy a new one of same make and model & save the bits you don't use for spares

[Mr Speirs]

Went out today for a ride to have a play round some trails near me. Had a laugh but would probably need to get someone to show me round. There were some jumps but avoided the big ones for now. It was a bit muddy and the bike was sliding around a bit do ended up heading out and did a few miles.

Ended up doing nearly 12 miles and 1.35miles of ascent.

Drew, I asked I store and they got my headset in.
Wasn't anything special, just an fsa one for a spare bike.
Hope do separates (mix and match) to allow for the ever increasing types of headset out there but that's going to cost more than 16 quid!
It's easy enough to pop in new headsets yourself too

Nice going Chris
Shame you're not free this weekend for cannock.

[Drew Carey]

Rob.......I am going to give Cannock a miss this weekend. Firstly, a mate from work went there yesterday afternoon......he said the track is far far worse cause of the heavy rain - secondly, forecast is for this to conitnue till end of the weekend.

Personally I am not a fan of riding in a quagmire that requires double the energy and is much less fun on the downhill bits.

[G]

Originally Posted by speedplay

Nice going Chris
Shame you're not free this weekend for cannock.

Originally Posted by Drew Carey

Rob.......I am going to give Cannock a miss this weekend. Firstly, a mate from work went there yesterday afternoon......he said the track is far far worse cause of the heavy rain - secondly, forecast is for this to conitnue till end of the weekend.

Personally I am not a fan of riding in a quagmire that requires double the energy and is much less fun on the downhill bits.

That's why you should stop doing busy compacted sand / mud pansy trail centres and come ride the rocks of the Peak District

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_fOH0ixYec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...QSkZ5LWb4&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHOtk...eature=related

Just rocks... no mud... and proper downhill.

There's plenty of wet day routes to keep you off mud free