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I had Tioga Psychos on my first Mtb, that'll be 25 years ago...

Nope, but the benefit of a raw colour bike is it's about the same colour as dry mud, thanks Specialized. The chain, despite being freshly cleaned and lubed with wet condition lube was getting noisy after less than 2 laps. The pic is post race and post clean, racing numbers look cool though, even if I did come last ;-)

I'm pretty sure his new front end included more wheels, I think it was 4 wheeler and his feet extended past the front axles, resulting in less over-the-front-end moments. It looks like it's a work in progress

I spoke to him briefly, he's a friend of a friend, seemed like a nice guy and the trike looks a touch mad max but he said it was running well following some mods to the front end

don't do xc on a big bike if you want to win

Bontrager twentyfour 12 this weekend, came last-ish

In other news, here's my bike.

Sad, a tragic accident.

I followed a dude who had a very nasty crash 10' in front of me in the jump gulley at Swinley. He knocked himself unconscious in a brutal fall and was left mooing and gurning as he came round. He was still fucked and had no idea what had happened after half an hour, repeatedly asking the same questions and looking bemused.

The problem with trail centres is that they tend to get pigeonholed as "Huh, Swinley's easy peasy, Afan's for noobs, blah blah blah" when all it takes is a slight miscalculation and you're sprawling in the dirt. The grading system is helpful, but it's not always the jumps and drops that do for riders, an innocuous slippery slab or a off camber corner can be enough to catch the tired or unwary.

I don't know, I went through Switzerland a couple of weeks ago, but I knew in advance about the sticker thing. Annoyingly it lasts for the rest of the year, and not for A Year, so I've missed out on 6 months of Swiss motoring.

@V-L if you pass the Rheinfall stop for 10 minutes and have a look, it's quite impressive, I saw a beaver there too, which was unexpected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_Falls

In Switzerland you need a window sticker pass thingy, buy it at the border, it costs about £35.

Dmr supermoto tyres are 26" gumwall and mildly treaded, worth a look?

I think you'll find it's called 'Pish' locally

I can't link off my phone but google "Vimeo true life morzine" for a new vid from some fast riders showing a lot of the trails and even more irritating slow mo

@Howard

Maybe...

The lift season has only just started and the trails are already quite braking-bumpy. The weather out there has been 30+C and the trails are dusty as fuck. I reckon you'd have a better time on a FS, but it's still all about the rider.

GF and I were both on long travel FS bikes and did several 50km xc rides as well as caning the DH stuff, she was fine all week, I got achy shoulders and neck from (being a pussy) my pack. The Stanton will survive anything you do to it, but you might just feel a bit beaten up after a week. I'd have happily rode my DMR hardtail but I reckon I'd have had enough (of the riding I wanted to do) after a few days.

Out mate was on a Marin B12 (I think) it's a tough all rounder hardtail and he was fine though avoided gnar DH because it's not his thing.

Whatever you're riding I think you'll love it out there.

Oh, and don't let the trail colour gradings mean too much to you. some trails are steep and not jumpy, some are mellow but laden with kickers and berms, explore and go easy, I was consistently clearing a 15' (I'm guessing - it was probably 15") tabletop by my last day, I've previously been a big wuss-bag in the air.

@sparky

Mine neither, but despite this I was still eventually able to clear each table on the Blue trail just off to the left at the top Of Zore.

There's a hell of a lot of different types of riding terrain in the area. Some of the XC is a bit poorly marked but take one of the free maps and you'll be fine.

Again, off the top of Zore lift but to the right as you exit there's a wicked rooty devil, it runs parallel to a bermy swoop-fest which I saw 30+ very animated Italian men being passionate on.

Have a good trip

Chatel is generally full of big stuff, your lift pass will get you all over the area, If you can clear the big table under the Zore lift then you're a better man than I

I just came back from a week In morzine, awesome.

I have, but will no longer, due to moving away.

Thanks man, it's a Squier Tele 'Cabronita' with stock Fidelitron humbuckers, it's nice. It's from the Squier Vintage Mod range. The pickups seem to be the same as on the proper Fender model, the bridge is also Fender branded and the finish and feel of the guitar is immaculate. I honestly don't known how it could be made better to justify having the Fender badge and price tag on it.

http://www.andertons.co.uk/solid-body-electric-guitars/pid29733/cid671/squier-vintage-modified-cabronita-telecaster-guitar-in-black.asp

http://www.andertons.co.uk/solid-body-electric-guitars/pid25095/cid671/fender-cabronita-telecaster-in-black.asp

Suddenly, this happened

I like the puns, but Siamesily pleased

Here's a pickguard starting to come together...

Offcut of Perspex - cost £3.75 (cash in my wallet as donation to Red Cross - nice dude in Plastic warehouse)

Cut to deliberately large shape using a jigsaw

Screw holes seem to be lining up nicely

Stay tuned for more excitement as it happens...

Thanks for the offer @christianSpaceman , I'll be starting by using the current shoddy pickguard as a template and working from there, I'm sure I can make a more suitable shape and will copy the pickup positioning directly from the original. Just popped into my local and VERY pro guitar shop for the first time. Recommended matched set of £180 pickups, Woah Nelly!

@rickster and @Murphys_Law , I think you're right, no wood for me, it sounds like splinter mayhem, I found some marbled material on ebay last night, will this look gash with my blue body?

That makes me sound like a Well-To-Do-Smurf-About-Town

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Red-pearloid-scratch-plate-guitar-pick-guard-material-pickguard-24x24cm-TL-JB-/160615682037?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item256570cff5

Hello all, I browse but don't post in this thread much but a little advice if you please.

I've got a 20 year old Tanglewood Jetstream JV. It's immaculate aside from the original flimsy scratchplate being shaped by a randy gibbon, whoever cut the plate must have been pissed. I've put up with this for a long time, and anyway, I mainly play acoustic guitar.

I've got the hankering for a project, here's what I'm thinking, tell me if it's all a load of bollocks.

I whip off the shite scratchplate
Trace it onto new perspex / plastic / copperplate? / wood
Cut it out myself / waterjet cut at a local place
Upgrade the pickups (strat style, three singlecoils)
Upgrade pots and selector switch and wiring

Am I polishing a turd?
Does anyone know anything about the cheap aliexpress pickups?
Do metal scratchplates work? Will I electrocute my face off? Is wood tough enough?
I play strictly rhythm, barre chords and easy stuff, any pickup suggestions?

Cheers