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Oh The Punctures I've Had

Punctures suck. Towards the end of last year I had a super slow puncture on my Gary Fisher full squish MTB, that was annoying, and the fact it never seemed to seal with tube glue was even more annoying.

A few days before Christmas I went to practice riding that bike at the downhill tracks near me, in preparation for the visit to my Uncle …

The Week It All Broke

I've been riding a hell of a lot at the Rothley Bike Track this year, it's been great, and I've been getting much better at my tricks and getting so many good flow lines. On top of that, it made me better at riding too! I'm riding the most powerfully I've ever ridden, which is amazing! More time on the bike is always better.

For proof, he…

MTB Upgrades, Fork and Gears!

So, it's been a while, I've done things I should have written about, but here goes something that's happened over the last few weeks. I upgraded my MTB to 9 speed! This was due to having a 9 speed shifter I was gonna use on the GT (post up at the same time as this one) but I wanted more gears on this bike, so I did it. There were issues, because…

New Touchpoints on the MTB

This is how my bike looked before. I went into the orange colour as my old tyres were yellow, and that made the whole bike look a yellowy orange colour. However it was only th…