I don't mtb anymore...
 

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I don't mtb anymore...........

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...............which I'm ok with. I venture out on the Fargo occasionally but that's it. I have the last 2 issues unopened at home. possibly in the recycling which is a complete waste. My magazine subscription runs till next March, does anyone want the remaining printed magazines going to their house rather than mine otherwise it's just a terrible waste.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 11:29 am
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There's a magazine?


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 11:32 am
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I presume so, I didn't even open  - may well have been a Kays catalogue.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 11:35 am
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This is a local magazine for local people!


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 11:38 am
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I’ll read them for you!

I’ve just got back into mtb. Now, how does PM work these days?


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 12:21 pm
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I MTB quite extensively and I still don't read it.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 12:24 pm
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I don't MTB any more as everything local is gravel-able

I refuse to part with my Mk1 Cotic Soul, which gets the occassional run out.

I love the magazine, great pics, interesting articles, it's all bikes.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 12:58 pm
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I haven't done proper MTB for years. Still got my early 2000's Cove Stiffee which gets a very occasional run out around Leeds Urban Bike Park or some very local Peak District trails when it's either bone dry or properly snow covered.

Road and gravel for me although I still read the online version of the magazine from time to time.

The only physical magazine I get is Cyclist.

I am kind of tempted by a new MTB but I know it'd be like learning to ride from scratch. Never ridden 1x, 29er, long/low/slack, short stem/wide bar...
This looks like it'd be kinda fun on local trails:
https://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/product/38391/2022-fuse-comp-29/


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:01 pm
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I ride MTB constantly, if I'm not thinking about planning adventures in my head, (currently planning to ride  the new Calder Divide Trail over 3 days just because I'm building a new bike) I'm reading about other people doing it. My commute is almost entirely off-road (although you'd be hard pushed to call it mountain biking) and I petty much read the mag cover to cover on the day I get it (starting with the foreign adventure stories)

I don't intend to stop, I saw a bloke at Whistler and he must have been 70 if he was a day, and still banging out the laps; chatting to folks in the lift queue, and having all together way too much fun. I fully intend to be him.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:20 pm
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I do miss it but life in East Anglia means the quality of mtb isn't great and what I do have the Salsa Fargo does well.

Magazines now happily going to Goldfish. Thanks


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:26 pm
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I MTB more than I read the (digital) mag about MTBs that I subscribe to... Still worth it to block the Ads and occasionally get a discount on stuff.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:29 pm
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Wait, what?!

Some of you guys are......  cyclists?!


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:37 pm
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Wait, what?!

Some of you guys are…… cyclists?

Well, I have some bikes. I haven't ridden my Reactor since November last year. Went on a ride, crashed and broke my front brake lever, got home, ordered a new one, fitted it and haven't touched the bike since!

Digital sub is just to get rid of the ads, mag is a bit boring imo...


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 1:43 pm
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Hey @crazy-legs

I am kind of tempted by a new MTB but I know it’d be like learning to ride from scratch

after ~4 years off the bike I got myself gently back into shape on my 2000’s era hard tail for a couple of months. That proved to myself I was allowed a new bike, so I’ve got an epic EVO comp. 1x, my first 29er, my first full-sus. I certainly don’t feel like I’m learning from scratch, I’m finding I’m faster than ever! Or more accurately, going further than ever. I’m not too interested in going fast.

Cheers for the mags!


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 2:07 pm
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https://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/product/38391/2022-fuse-comp-29//blockquote >

Did someone click 'convert to greyscale' when they sent the designs through! 🙂


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 2:20 pm
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Did someone click ‘convert to greyscale’ when they sent the designs through! 🙂

Sort of. They did selective colourisation of the interesting/exciting/unique bits.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 2:37 pm

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