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Chasing Trails mountain biking: Five Ten Sam Hill Monster Lo MTB Shoes

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Five Ten Sam Hill Monster Lo MTB Shoes. Time for a review. I've been using these for a couple of months now so thought you might be interested to know how they've been holding up. They're still useable but a bit soft. The other pair have been sound until recently when the outer sole split, but five years constant use seemed pretty good. I've not used anything else the whole time. Back to the new ones - although the standard Impacts seemed supportive enough, the Sam Hill version has a nylon midsole which ...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: February 2011

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Extra Coast to Coast. As well as the scheduled English off road c2c there's another one running from the 20th - 24th May for Mike Jarmey and 2 mates who're riding to raise money for a couple of bee charities. There're plenty of info on the web, but if you didn't know, bees are in decline. This is a problem mainly because of the free work they do. As well as all the honey, bees polinate lots of food crops. It's been worked out that you'd need around 1000 people to do the work of 1 bee. Links to this post.

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: January 2011

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Superstar 10mm QR Through Axle. You might be wondering what this item is for. It allows you to run a 10mm axle bolt through hub in a frame designed for a standard skinny quick release. Same as a 15 or 20mm axle fork is stiffer than a standard quick release, this gives a stiffer rear end than standard. Normally you'd need a frame with specific dropouts. Anyway, the important thing, does it make any difference? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Superstar 10mm QR Through Axle. Mostly mountain ...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: October 2011

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I've ridden with the trusty DMR V8's and V12's since I switched from SPDs about 5 years ago. The last lot of V12's expired recently though, and although they might have been fix-able, it was going to cost a good chunk of the new price in parts, so I thought I'd try something else. Apart from that, they've stood up to jumping and the usual rough stuff that the Five encourages. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mostly mountain biking. Reviews of mountain bike kit and Chasing Trails news a...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: November 2010

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Quick reviews of a load of MTB Kit I've used. Thought I'd do a list of kit that I've used that works. Hope you find it vagely useful! Endura Stealth Jacket 07/08. The blue looked quite good but wasn't in stock at the time. Endura Venturi eVent jacket and trousers. Well thought out, 2 side pockets plus a back pocket. Still waterproof after 2½ years and has only been re-treated 'just in case'. Paramo Velez Adventure Lite Smock. 5-10 Impact High/Low '06. Howies merino base layers. Howies merino mid layer.

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: Photo Session

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Did a photo session today with James. For some more images of biking and much more. I also particularly like some of the abstract images myself. The photo opposite is from a previous ride with James on the Moors. Today was at the ace Dalby Forest trails and it looks like there'll be some cool images to come. Great day! So most days I tend to ride each bit of trail once or twice. Photo sessions, however, tend to involve repetition! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mostly mountain biking. Reviews of...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: April 2011

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Green Oil's Chain Cleaner and White Lube review. As I said a month and a bit ago, White Lube is a wax lube made of naturally produced ingredients. For best results it needs applying to a clean chain (see later). They recommend applying it to the inside of the chain as you wind the pedals backwards, which makes sense as then it gets to the chain rings and cassette as well. Anyway, on to how it does on the trails. Green Oil Clean Chain Ecological Degreaser Gel. A decent chain cleaner has to be a money save...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: Arrived in the post.

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Arrived in the post. Coming up in the next couple of months will be a review of Green Oil's new wax lube. In an odd connection to the last post, this one uses beeswax instead of petrochemicals and plant ethanol as the solvent. Green Oil is run by Simon Nash who developed the original Green Oil wet lube whilst at Southampton University. The wet lube does everything that any other wet lube does except that it's made from completely natural ingredients. It's also very reasonably priced. Speaking to Simon fr...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: Superstar Nanotech pedals

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I've ridden with the trusty DMR V8's and V12's since I switched from SPDs about 5 years ago. The last lot of V12's expired recently though, and although they might have been fix-able, it was going to cost a good chunk of the new price in parts, so I thought I'd try something else. Apart from that, they've stood up to jumping and the usual rough stuff that the Five encourages. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mostly mountain biking. Reviews of mountain bike kit and Chasing Trails news as and when&#...

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Chasing Trails mountain biking: 2 really useful wheel building tools

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2 really useful wheel building tools. This post is really just a review of a couple of tools rather than a wheel building tutorial! Cyclus 720158 Spoke Nipple Driver. To use than a hand tool and the quality seems good. More importantly though, if the spoke lengths you're using aren't exactly precise, the pin is adjustable for depth so you can still get the tensions fairly accurate. So, if you know how to build wheels and you know what a nipple driver does, this one is a good one. That's about it! Seems l...