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Shockwiz Suspension Tuning Device

Review of Shockwiz Suspension Tuning Device. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #totalmtb #mtbtalk #sram #shockwizz #mtb #mtblife #review #bikes #bike #quarq

ShockWiz is an automated suspension tuning device for air-sprung forks and shocks on mountain bikes. Combining high-tech hardware with an intuitive smartphone app. Lightweight and durable, this powerful little device provides tuning recommendations for air pressure, spring rate, tokens, compression, and rebound. Quarq SRAM’s electronics arm brought the rights then refined and brought to market…

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Lights for Mountain Biking

With the nights now drawing in again the time of long evening rides are over and we are into the territory of night rides, if we don't want to restrict our riding to weekends. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #bikes #lights #mtblife #mtbchat #totalmtb #nightride

With the nights now drawing in again the time of long evening rides are over and we are into the territory of night rides, if we don’t want to restrict our riding to weekends. Wednesday evening rides become night rides from October to March, we don’t let this stop us, so a good set of lights are vital.

Front lights

We all need front lights to be able to see the trail in front, I generally…

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Tintern MTB Route, Wales never fails

Tintern MTB Route, Wales never fails. Mountain biking just into Wales. #mtbfoode #route #trails #mtbtalk #totalmtb #ukmtbchat #mtblife #wales #tintern #mtb #bikes #bike #cycling #bikelife

Tintern, just inside the Welsh border a little south of the Redbrook mountain bike route. This ride is of a similar nature to Redbrook which is only a little way further up the Wye valley. Again it is made up of lots of natural trails, plenty of climbing and bundles of Welsh scenery.

A mix of loamy single track, loose dusty (weather dependant) shoots and rocky descents. The climbs are fire…

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Mountain Biking in the Lake District, Guide Review

Mountain Biking in the Lake District, Guide Review #Review # book #guide #lakedistrict #mtb #mtbfoodie #trails

Mountain Biking in the Lake District is a guidebook of 24 short, medium, long and full-day mountain bike routes in the Lake District. The graded circular rides are arranged by difficulty, from Kendal to Cleator Moor in the far north-west and Keswick to Winster in the Lyth Valley. The Lake District has plentiful and varied trails offering some of the best MTB riding in the UK. The routes described…

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Puddletown Woods MTB Trails

New blog post: Puddletown Woods MTB Trails in Dorset, South West England. #mtbfoodie #mtblife #mtb #route #mountainbiking #southwest #puddletown #trails #bike #bikes #ride #ridelife #ukmtbchat #totalmtb #mtbtalk #blog #newpost

Puddletown Woods in Dorset offers Mountain Bikers lots of short natural singletracks, downhill sections, crazy jumps even a sort of 4X track. Constantly changing as woods are harvested and new trails pop up. Like a giant play area. Signposted from main road between Dorchester and Poole. Park near Hardy’s Cottage (& cafe for drinks). Head up track past cottages into woods. Can be hard to find…

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Painswick Beacon Mountain Biking

Painswick Beacon Mountain Biking. Mountain bike in the Cotswolds near to Cheltenham. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #totalmtb #cotswolds #mtb #mtbroute #mtblife #bikes #mtbchat #cycling #trails

Painswick beacon open upland area with stunning views of the whole of Gloucestershire. Whilst the views from the beacon are indeed stunning iit e right weather and do off the opportunity for some great sunset shots. Views and ambiance are only the icing on the cake.

The whole area surrounding the Painswick beacon is crossed with trails, from flowing single track to rocky drops. Roughly centred…

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Rockshox Fork - Full Upper Service

Rockshox Fork - Full Upper Service, How to guide to service Rockshox forks, complete a full service on Rockshox forks. Getting your forks back to silky smooth operation. #mtbfoodie #rockshox #fork #service #mtb #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk #totalmtb #bikes

If you’ve been running your forks for a while and looking after them, you should have done the basic lower leg service. Around every 50 hours of riding, this is just a simple clean and fluid change. Every 4th service should be a complete lower service including changing all the seals.

This bigger service is a little more…

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Mini Castle Combe Route

Mini Castle Combe Route This is a shorter version of the Castle Combe ride sharing much of the route. Unlike it's longer counterpart this ride does actually start in Castle Combe. #mtbfoodie #mtblife #mountainbike #mtb #route #ukmtbchat #totalmtb #mtbtalk

Short loop mountain bike ride

This is a shorter version of the Castle Combe ride sharing much of the route. Unlike it’s longer counterpart this ride does actually start in Castle Combe. At only 15 km you can if you push complete this ride in around an hour, handy for when time is short or as we often do in inclement weather.

The difference between this ride and it’s longer cousin, is…

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Shimano Brake Bleed

Shimano Brake Bleed, how to bleed Shimano brakes. A simple how to guide and video. #mtbfoodie #shimano #brake # mtb #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk #wefixbikes #service #mtblife #blog #blogger

Hydraulic brakes can become spongy over time as air gets into the system and the oil breaks down. This is my guide to bleeding Shimano brakes taken from the mechanics on the Santa Cruz Syndicate team, for me this is the easiest way to service Shimano brakes.

For years I’d struggled with Avid / Sram brakes and bleeding them using DoT brake fluid and syringes, I always struggled to get them to…

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Rockshox Fork Service -Lower Leg

Rockshox Fork Service. How to complete a Rockshox mountain bike fork service. Keeping your forks running smooth is not only good for your riding but also for your forks. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk #mtblife #service #wefixbikes #rockshox #mountainbike

Keeping your forks running smooth is not only good for your riding but also for your forks. over time dirt works its way past the dust seals and into the lower leg chambers. Not only does this impair the performance of the fork it also risks damaging the insides.

Lower leg service is pretty much the same across all Rockshox forks, and is fairly straight forward not requiring much in the way of…

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Peanut Butter Protein Balls

Peanut Butter Protein Balls, little balls packed full of energy for fueling you activities. #mtbfoodie #mtblife # trailfood #peanutbutter #proteinballs # recipe #ukmtbtalk # mtbchat #fitfam #fitfood

Keeping fueled on rides is critical for performance and enjoyment, there are lots of commercially available products to fuel your ride on the market. Personally I never like the gels and bars you can buy, gels don’t really provide any satisfaction, fine I guess if you are racing as you are getting the energy you require. For me out on a big day i need food that my body knows I’m eating, also I…

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Fox Float Rear Shock Service

Servicing a Fox Float shock is actually pretty straightforward, you don't even need a lot of tools. We will guide you through the service of a fox shock. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #totalmtb #mtbtalk #mtblife #fox #shox #foxshox #service # wefixbikes

Servicing a Fox Float shock is actually pretty straightforward, you don’t even need a lot of tools. All you will need is a Fox Float Service kit, a Shock Pump and tools to remove the shock from your bike, probably a Hex (Allan) Key. You will also need some cloth and IPA (no not Indian Pale Ale) Isopropanol Alcohol, which at the time of writing in the depths of the Global crisis is in short supply…

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MTB Toolbox, Tools for Mountain Bike Repairs

Most maintenance jobs on bike are straightforward and require a few basic tools. The right tool for the job makes life easier and lessens risk of damage. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat # mtbtalk #totalmtb # ukcyclechat #bike #bikelife #mtblife #tools #toolbox

Most maintenance jobs on bike are relatively straightforward and most only require a few basic tools. Using the right tool for the job not only makes life easier it also lessens the risk of damaging components.

Below I have listed the tools that I have in my garage toolbox, I tend not to use bicycle specific tools as I find them overpriced for what they are. I much prefer to us non specific…

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Skiddaw Lakeland Mountain bike route

Mountain biking route round Skiddaw in the northern lake district. Going around the Back o' Skidda up to Skiddaw House and along the side Bassenthwaite Lake. #mtb # skiddaw #lakedistrict #mtbfoodie #mtblife #xc #route #blog #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk

Overlooking Keswick, Bassenthwaite Lake (the only ‘Lake’ in the Lake District) and Derwentwater Skiddaw is the 6th highest mountain in England. Skiddaw lies on the other side of the Derwent valley from the Whinlatter trail centre.

The ride has two parts, one along the eastern side of Skiddaw which follows the Cumbrian way. The other is road on the Western side of the mountain which is…

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Cannock Chase, Trail Centre

Cannock Chase forest in the midlands is home to two dedicated, way marked, XC mountain bike trails - 'Follow the Dog' and 'The Monkey Trail'. #mtbfoode #cannock #trail #trails #mtb #mtblife #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk #bikes #mountainbike

Follow the Monkey Dog

Cannock Chase Forest is situated in the Midlands to the north of Birmingham. A Forestry Commission trial centre like Whinlatter and the Forest of Dean centres. Boasting the same excellent facilities ample parking, cafe, toilets, bike shop and of course the trails themselves.

Cannock Chase is home to two dedicated, way marked, XC mountain bike trails – ‘Follow the…

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Rockshox Reverb Seatpost Rebuild

Rockshox Reverb Seatpost Rebuild, Fixing your Reverb when it breaks and get it running sweet again. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #

The Rockshox Reverb A1/A2 dropper seat post is know for it’s issues, from sag to full on not working. Mine would drop and not come back up, seems like there was an issue with the first version of the Internal Floating Piston (IFP). Given that there have been two or three updates to the IFP since the A2 version of the seat post there’s definitely a problem.

I got my first Reverb Stealth in 2016…

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Southern Lakeland Tour

An epic ride round the south of the Lake District, 50km of lakeland hills and single track. From the Langdales to Coniston and beyond. #mtbfoodie #ukmtbchat #mtbtalk #mtb #lakedistrict #lakeland #bikes

Lakeland riding is some of my favourite riding in Britain, this ride is a bit of an epic and it did nearly finish me. 4 hours of solo riding, a snakebitten rear tyre was nearly to much for me, more on that later.

Starting off with Loughrigg terrace with views over Grasmere and Rydal water. Following the route of the Loughrigg, Langdales and Elterwaterride. Back up over Loughrigg fell views…