Mark Langley

Introducing Zero 29 Our new big wheeled hardtail with fresh Bird geometry is now available to order! Frames arriving 10th December. bird.bike/zero-29/

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@SacredDirt Cheers man. Might see some folk at the MTB Meetup next year. All the best.

@bowzer73 That's a shame, but all the best 🤙

As I all-but leave Twitter (save for following a few key MTB orgs), just want to wish all the people I've interacted with over the years all the very best. Keep looking at the horizon, people. There's a whole world out there to discover. 👊✌❤

@DenzilTK421 Cheers dude. Hope to get to the MTB Meetup next year so no doubt bump in to some folk again. All the best.

It's Friday, so that can only mean one thing 🍺 Thanks to @waitrose for stocking the awesome beers of @andUnion Danke schon awesome beer dudes at And Union! 🍻

@_MTB_mike_ Look at @BirdCycleworks Zero TR or AM if you want an aggro hardtail. Can basically build to your own spec. You'll be hard-pushed to find a better spec for the money.

@NorthRoadCycles Without the coaching I had a few years back from @ukbikeskills I'd be the same. Just gave me the confidence to tackle the tougher stuff.

@bowzer73 I am useless on those trails and have looked at them thinking: how the hell do I ride that?

When I first start riding Welsh red and black trails I feel properly nervous as they are SO much harder than anything I ride at home. After a day of adjustment they become so much fun and force me to improve my technique. Definitely good to get out of your comfort zone sometimes.

Gunn-Rita Dahle winning at the highest level of XC at 45 really is quite inspirational. If nothing else I'm gonna stop using my age as an excuse for lack of fitness on my MTB. Just gotta get my arse into gear!

An ode to knee pads #mtb Oh knee pads, knees pads You stop me slicing my popliteal artery But after 3 days of hard riding Your smell makes my eyes quite watery

We had to losen off the bars to get the bikes on the roof rack. Our noob riding friend retightened them like this and rode for 20 minutes before we noticed 😶. Made for an interesting fork offset experiment!

Never ceases to amaze me just how tough @Maxxis_Tyres are. 3 days of smashing Welsh trails with sharp slate everywhere and not a single tyre problem. Awesome 👍 The @BirdCycleworks bike they're attached to has been bullet proof too 💪

Snowdonia #mtb 😍

Took my @BirdCycleworks Aeris for a maiden trip to Coed Y Brenin. Had so much fun on The Dragons Back today. 3 years on and I still love riding this bike 👌

Always a pleasure to have our friends from @Maxxis_Tyres visit us at Bird HQ, showing off some fresh new rubber

@johnson6672 @Priceyt 😆 (taken from singletracks.com)

1x12 or 1x13 or maybe more??? @Priceyt what you think? twitter.com/shimanomtb/sta…

@SteelRat70 @UKCycleChat Jamis nudges it for me on specs (except tyres), especially as suspension seems better. I'd go for the one that rides best as components will inevitably get upgraded to your preference with time. MBR raves about the ride, but see if you can get a test ride from Evans & Go Outdoors

@DenzilTK421 It might be that your mech hanger is slightly bent. No amount of indexing will improve it much. A sign of this can be the mid gears not shifting properly while the outer ones do.

@SconeCycling @BritishCycling Thanks for the info Emma. Very useful. Working towards my Level 2 for early next year.