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Love those pictures! 4km walk of shame! I bet you slept that night! Happens to the best of us.

Good read Nigel. I enjoyed that. Shame about your bridles. Most unusual. Like you say they could have been weakened by long term storage or perhaps too much grip from those disc wheels in soft sand? Love those pictures. The perfect post, and congrats on Juniors PB. 👍

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Nice bug. I had the Peter Lynn suspension buggy. It was my first bug so I had nothing to compare it with really. If memory serves, the suspension helped resist lateral forces. Good on wet grass. I currently ride the PTW Dominator 4, a very heavy bug with leading link front suspension. It helps dampen out ripples in the sand. It is nice to have but practically speaking, unless you're crossing the Gobi Desert then I'd skip it. Instead I would design a buggy that made transportation easier. I wouldn't be overly concerned about saving weight either unless you're entering your buggy into an organised race. Unevenly distributed weight will make you buggy twitchy and less effective at turning and stopping yet extra weight correctly balanced helps resist lateral forces and drives the kite further forward in the window for better performance. I assume you are aware of the PTW website popeyethewelder.com and his many YouTube tutorial videos. Good luck with your project. Keep us posted. Tom

Good to hear from you. I thought you had passed on. Didn't we do a thread in your honour? 🤣 Great picture.

Your apprentice worn out by all that fresh air methinks. Good read! You even got the flipper of approval. Thanks for sharing.

As private parts to the Gods are we, they play with us for their sport.

Hindenburg is a kiting term but Underberg is a new one on me. 🙃 Great video as always 👍

My dream is a kite made entirely from struts. xD The bridles on the Genetrix Hydra actually attach to the struts ( it's French ) to support the canopy resulting in an almost flat kite. Great for depower and speed.

Thanks, Joel. The truth is, and this is strictly between you and me, it doesn't quite fit in the boot with the swan neck in that position. 😂 I just pretended it did. No, I'd have to push the swan all the way back for it to fit but that would have ruined the effect. That's why it's already half out of the car when I go to grab it. 🤣 Then of course you'd have to put the bolts in where it hinges. So not as smooth as I made it look but certainly the easest bug I've owned to assemble.

I convinced myself that I needed this bug for when I'm travelling abroad. The bug packs down into a bag. It is of course BS. When do I ever get to go anywhere? I'm averaging about one holiday every 15 years. 😂 Truth is, I'm a sucker for shiny rims wrapped in fat juicy tyres, so I decided to get one after seeing both Haakon and Bobby O post pictures of theirs on here. Mmmmm, shiny rims 😵

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90km/h! Disability my arse. You have them fooled. 😀 Nice one my dude. 👊

Perfectly understandable. Looking forward to your continuing paticipation in the forum, sharing all your buggy experiences and knowledge with us. 👍