Never being one to turn away from saving a bit of weight on the bike, especially in the rotating mass wheel dept I'm thinking of replacing my tubeless Schwalbe Ro Ro / Ra Ra's with their latest, lighter TL ready versions when they are worn out.

As the normal TL Schwalbes are a bit delicate, especially in the sidewall dept I'm tempted to go for the snakeskin versions however I have heard that this addition makes the whole tyre stiffer with less compliance to the surface. In other words a different feel & possibly less grip.

Now that ive got a second bike, i've dismantled my old ridge rider to give it a bit of a birthday and am thinking of upgrading bits and pieces. So before i journey into the wilderness of the web, what are a couple of good web sites to get gear from (new and 2nd hand).

Folks,

After my late entry into the All-WA bonnet surfing competition - or as you might know it - being hit by sleep driving woman in a Toyota, resulted in me getting what they called a "Simple" Collar bone fracture, now, about 6 days later I have this pale yellow coloured "bruising" apperaring on the front of my shoulder.

Anyone able to tell me why is this colour - and why there was no normal bruising there before?

just curious.

Ian

After seeing the SRAM 1x11 setup, it really got me thinking... do i really need my 3x10 anymore?

As a 'zero' cost option, i decided to see if i could convert my XT 780 drivetrain to 1x10.

Step 1 was looking at gearing charts. The setup I chose (32x 11-36) would take away a lot of taller gearing i never used, but also some shorter gearing which i did use... but only because it was there.

Step 2: The conversion.
Im not going to provide a step-by-step guide as its fairly simple. The only parts you (and when i say you, i mean me) will need are:
-Single chainring bolts