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Four4th LED Mountain Bike Light

Posted on May 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
Guest Review by Dillon Hayes. After an awesome summer of biking, autumn was approaching and as the daylight shrank, my waistline grew. A couple of my friends had started Night...
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Cannondale Roam Mountain Bike Shoes – Kit Review

Posted on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
I haven’t posted a kit review in a while so I thought I’d have a look at one of the longest serving items in my kitbag – the trusty Cannondale...
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Garmin Forerunner 305 – Heart Rate monitor and navigation for mountain bikers

Posted on May 30, 2008 | 4 Comments
I mentioned a couple of weeks back that I was looking to buy a Garmin Forerunner 305 to help with my training. Well, it’s arrived and I’m pretty chuffed with...
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Heart Rate Monitors for Mountain Bike Training

Posted on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ve been thinking about getting a heart rate monitor for a while now in a, probably vain, attempt to get my training into gear for some summer racing. I have...
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More Ebay Bike Buying Tips – Buying an Easton EA70 Stem Internationally

Posted on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
Hi all, and just a quick Friday tip for you today based on some of my ebay activities last week. I’m currently buying up all the bits I need to...
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Manitou Minute Suspension Fork – Broken Rebound Knob!

Posted on February 19, 2008 | No Comments
It’s slightly less an informational post today and more an opportunity for me to vent my spleen about some pretty shoddy components in my supposed high-end fork! I got a...
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Customising your Bike Gear and Brake Cables

Posted on February 13, 2008 | No Comments
Just a quick post to point you at a little article I read over on NSMBe magazine about a cheap and easy way to customise your bike cables, both gears...
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Mountain Bike Maintenance – how much do you do?

Posted on January 18, 2008 | 4 Comments
Just a quick post today prompted by a maintenance problem I’m having with my Specialized Epic. The bottom bracket that was fit by the previous owner is too small and...
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Welcome to Mountain Bikes Apart!

This site is all about... you guessed it... Mountain biking! I've been riding my fat tyre steed for a good 8 years now and have built up a bunch of stories and experience over the years. Mountain Bikes Apart is my attempt to log some of it, and hopefully help you lot in your biking endevours along the way.

There's a fair chunk of information on Mountain Bikes Apart about just that, taking mountain bikes apart, maintaining them, and bike building as a hobby. I've been building my own bikes since 2008 and get a ton of satisfaction out of riding my own custom mountain bike, set up just how I like it.

Over the last few years, I've also been doing a fair bit of mountain bike racing, along with a few triathlons. I've been writing a fair bit about that recently and cover some of the bigger bike races in Scotland.

Anyway, enjoy the show and be sure to contact me to let me know what you think, either on the contact page, or in the comments on any of the pages.

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