I'm not going to lie, there were some teething problems. The factory fitted rear cassette wasn't strong enough for the riding that I do so it's been upgraded to an SRAM Eagle. The original one actually sheared in half. Other than that it's mostly ok (currently got a problem with the display unit)
I have a 2021 Cannondale Monterra Neo 3 and the only real issue I've had with it is crap brakes with the SRAM Guide RE's losing the really hard bite I like altho eventually I seem to have got the measure of them now. DOT fluid is not the best even using 5.1 from small sealed new bottles , lots of bleeding combined with fitting a matching 220mm rotor to the rear to keep it more consistent on long descents, thats probably down to me being too heavy on brakes, I've completed nearly 5300 miles on it now most of it Grizedale and Windermere area @mackemjams
Broughton woods looks horrible now, I've only been thru once last year and it was still pretty much upright with only sections felled but nowhere near like the mess you negotiated. I was speaking to a guy the other week who told me that the vast majority of the timber harvested is going to the mills for making biomass as there is such huge demand now. Just about everywhere I've ridden recently has got felling going on or been done very recently. As you know when we chatted near Cuckoo Brow Inn I was on my way to follow your route down to Betty fold and you can see from your video to my video that they have clear felled it's not really recogniseable from your video to mine and with all the current rain everywheres just horrendous like colthouse
In the year since I last rode through, it's been decimated. I think in future I'd park near the Hawk and just to access the fire road to the open fell. All the forests are taking a hammering at the moment though.
Stunning scenery
Thanks, fortunate to finally get a day when I could ride with a view
wet and sloppy but nice day out Great video
Hi is your bike a Cannondale Monterra Neo 3, if so what do you think of the bike pros/cons. Many thanks. Ps great videos
I'm not going to lie, there were some teething problems. The factory fitted rear cassette wasn't strong enough for the riding that I do so it's been upgraded to an SRAM Eagle. The original one actually sheared in half. Other than that it's mostly ok (currently got a problem with the display unit)
I have a 2021 Cannondale Monterra Neo 3 and the only real issue I've had with it is crap brakes with the SRAM Guide RE's losing the really hard bite I like altho eventually I seem to have got the measure of them now. DOT fluid is not the best even using 5.1 from small sealed new bottles , lots of bleeding combined with fitting a matching 220mm rotor to the rear to keep it more consistent on long descents, thats probably down to me being too heavy on brakes, I've completed nearly 5300 miles on it now most of it Grizedale and Windermere area @mackemjams
Broughton woods looks horrible now, I've only been thru once last year and it was still pretty much upright with only sections felled but nowhere near like the mess you negotiated. I was speaking to a guy the other week who told me that the vast majority of the timber harvested is going to the mills for making biomass as there is such huge demand now. Just about everywhere I've ridden recently has got felling going on or been done very recently. As you know when we chatted near Cuckoo Brow Inn I was on my way to follow your route down to Betty fold and you can see from your video to my video that they have clear felled it's not really recogniseable from your video to mine and with all the current rain everywheres just horrendous like colthouse
In the year since I last rode through, it's been decimated. I think in future I'd park near the Hawk and just to access the fire road to the open fell.
All the forests are taking a hammering at the moment though.