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What happens if you have a low speed OTB, do your hands not get tangled up enough to damage your wrists?

I've got them on my bike Neil, you can have a look or give them a try. They just glance off trees, totally work as intended. The clamped in feeling and the definite end to the grip is really confidence inspiring too.

The poky bit is tiny, but fair enough, if I had the choice of which bar end to land on I'd pick something else. I've hit my hands off a lot more trees than I have landed on bar ends, though that might be luck, so the trade off is worth it IMHO.

I'm surprised there hasn't been more take up of them in the Valley.  "Counterpunch" is a clever name but one of the WR1 guys called them "Fingerbangs" which is even better...

Thanks, yes that was helpful, I've just ordered a set.

Great article! I want to buy some of those Knipex pliers, the sizing I'm seeing isn't quite the same and I can't see what the text on the handles say, is this the same thing?

My tip is Bondhus Gorilla Grips, I think the medium HF7M one is best for bike stuff but I've bought a few sets now as they're handy to have in the van or under the sink. I pick up one of these before I use my Wera allen keys, I think they're a better fit, there's no rounded edges on the keys. I've got stuck shallow bolts out with the Bondhus tools where the Wera keys were starting to chew - Shimano master cylinder fill bolts for example.

I was put off the high top EPS shoes because the ankle didn't seem to have the same outer as the foot, it just looked like a sponge. I think I was a convert to lace covers by that point anyway after buying a set of Freerider EPS shoes.

The Gore Tex shoes looked like the answer, but I bought a pair of Trailcross high tops, which I think are pretty close to the Gore shoes, and I don't like them. The sizing is odd and the sole feels more like a sports shoe sole than a riding shoe sole. Presumably that's the Adidas influence.

Before I used the Trailcross shoes I'd probably have bought the GTX shoes on the belief they'd be better than anything else on the market, but the Trailcross shoes are bad enough that I'm not risking them!

Is it the 6 bolt G5 stem? They're a pain if you take the bars off to put the bike in a bike bag or whatever. You can't just take the face plate off, the whole thing has to come off. Then you discover all the (quite small) bolts have little washers too!

Sharp ear, Malky was involved in the Silver Jews.

Good work Dave, needed said.  I read a thing years ago written by a Shoei race technician demonstrating the importance of fit and how force is transfered across a gap, it was roughly:

"Stand up straight, with your lower arm perpendicular to your body.  Make a fist and walk to a wall and once your fist is against the wall, punch as hard as you can.  Now take a small step back and repeat.  That's why you need a helmet to fit."

IMHO the plastic adjusters at the back of helmets are only there to keep costs down, you can buy a basic motorcycle helmet in 5 sizes, yet most cycle helmets are only available in a couple of sizes.  Top end motorcycle helmets use multiple shell and lining sizes, cheap ones use one shell and 5+ linings on one shell, for the same sort of money as a mid market cycle helmet.

That 2013 Process looks a lot more like my old 2007 Dawg than my 2015 Process!

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Posted by: earleb

Wool tights or 3/4's under the lightest weight summer shorts you can find. If it's actually waterproof enough to keep you dry you'll sweat them out and end up wet inside anyway. The wool will keep you warm when wet, I'll take warm and wet any day over wet and cold because nothing short of a rubber suit is actually waterproof. The light summer weight shorts shouldn't hold much water when they are soaked. 

Unless you're just banging shuttle laps, then just take some cheap over pants and cut them off at the knees and pull them on overtop your regular riding gear.

I Googled "Wool Tights" and despie three hours of checking the results, still didn't find anything that I have the figure for. Have you any recommendations?

The rule here is that the trail builder names the trail. We might have had a trail called "Golden Boner" but instead we have "Date Night".