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Hmm... anyone else into mountain biking? What bike do you own? Did yo modify it is some way?
It's snowing here, and it's all icey outside, so i'll go for a ride in some half an hour. Not quite mountain biking, but biking never the less.
To answer my own question: I have a Giant Boulder team and i replaced the front shock with an RST one. I've also replaced rims and tyres (or tires, Webster's dictionary says it's all the same). Installed some lights one it, and changed the seat. Well, so much about that. Any more biking freaks here?
It's snowing here, and it's all icey outside, so i'll go for a ride in some half an hour. Not quite mountain biking, but biking never the less.
To answer my own question: I have a Giant Boulder team and i replaced the front shock with an RST one. I've also replaced rims and tyres (or tires, Webster's dictionary says it's all the same). Installed some lights one it, and changed the seat. Well, so much about that. Any more biking freaks here?
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My mates and I there have an extensive collection of bikes..mounting to thousands of pounds. For example, GT Agressor One, Kona Stinky, my new Saracen Six.2, some DB BMX's etc. Most of which have been upgraded.
I'm not a huge fanatic but I love to ride. It's a shame I had to stop
i'm sure the man will arrive at some point to tell you all about it :chin: he has quite the collection.
he built a bike for me (it's very pretty) but keeps telling me off for not riding it enough.
It's really a great feeling to ride on snow, with people looking at you like you're mad, kids pointing at you and stuff like that
It's a shame I don't have any winter tires, so i have to deflate them in order to get some grip (not fully deflate, of course). And I have about 90 kilos, so curbs are lethal for my rims.
I can't wait to go riding again, but I won't be able to in the next few days. When I do go out, I'll go straight for the ice :yes: :cool:
I can fix anything on those things, but i'm still a BMX kiddie
there's lots of jobs going at the leeds halfordsss. mass walkout :thumb:
if you like selling shit bikes to shit people for shit pay and no recognition, then it's the job of your dreams
Which Halfords is it?
Oh, wait, he was after that promotion....
all of them
mainly meadow road (city centre) and the kirkstall one though.
i have too many bikes... i have spent far too much on bikes... i do however love riding them. today i was at the bmx track (and it was f*cking freezing) tomorrow i'm out to do some street in leeds with the locals. if anyone is near leeds i'd highly recomend the stainburn trail just outside otley, it's still being constructed but it's almost certainly one of the most technical trails in the uk. i owe the stainburn guys a dig day, which will be next sunday.
if you want details i'll start with the p3, my first proper mtb.
Specialized P3, marzocchi dj3s, 24" atomlab trailpimp wheels, 2.6" halo ception tyres (which are completely shit, but when i bought them i was poor), on-one reetard cranks (3 piecers, you won't buy stiffer), xt shifter and mech, dmr chaindisc (38t), dmr speedguide, shimano deore rear disc (nowt special but it works) and a big fat hope m4 on the front with a 185mm rotor (which will launch you over the bars with zero effort if you're daft enough to yank on it).
all in all it's a very sweet little dirt jumper and feels really planted on north shore riding due to the stupidly low bottom bracket height and small fat tyres... don't ever try to ride one uphill though, it really doesn't like it. i dragged it round the glentress/helly hanson v trail in scotland and paid for it.
kona stinky, marzocchi 888s (8" travel, plushest forks you will ever ride), romic d rear shock (it's new and needs fiddling with to make it sweet), a hope bulb on a mavic ex729 front wheel and a very sexual chris king iso hub on another mavic ex729 laced up with sapim double butted spokes, aside from that it's still 'stock'.
i also have a bodged bike for my girl made from a 2003 carrera fury (for a bargain price... i took the parts i needed off and sold the frame/parts i didn't need) i bought a bargainous £35 diamondback steel frame off ebay and threw it all together (in a way only a skilled mechanic can :P) and with a few extra parts it was finished, and i have to say i was quite jealous of how pretty it looked. far too small for me to ride comfortably though. (i need to get nice pics of it)
aaaaaaaaaaand i also have a 20" wheeled onza t-bird trials bike which i cannot ride for toffee so is stock.
anything else you want to know just ask...
and trust me, on some of the trails/tracks i've ridden you'd die on a hardtail... the vtrail is 17 miles long, the first half is 80% climbing which really f*cks your legs, the second half is almost exclusively downhill with rocks the size of babyheads. i was in so much pain it was unfunny. the next day i rode the stinky on the same trail and it was so much more fun, i could just pick a line and go for it.
an given the choice on a high end full susser i'd currently be looking at a pdc dh1 (i know the guy who imports them, very nice), a specialized demo 8/9, intense m3 or a devinci ollie... maybe even a specialized sx trail as a compromise between rideable all day and still able to huck it off drops all day without snapping it. actually i have no idea, i change my mind everytime i see some new highly engineered piece of kit.
if you want a bike for hucking off stupidly large stuff there's only one choice though, and that's a banshee scream, 10 year warranty on the frame including any and all freeriding. josh bender now rides a banshee, and this idiot took his bike off a 60ft cliff and lived to tell the tale. maniac.
edit: and you won't get a primo in orange/white anymore, pretty sure that's a 2/3 year old model... could get one painted up but i have a better paintjob, all i have to do is find it :eek2:
here we go, take a look at some of these masterpieces: http://www.viciouscycles.com/paint.php3
a few favourites:
classic spiderman
tigerprint
glow in the dark with disappearing spider detailing
aforementioned glow in the dark bike during the day...
a lot of pro downhill riders ride crossers as part of their cross training, the sheer force you have to use manouvering them around all over the place is great practice.
no. it comes with a big stick to beat people who stare though.
still contemplating bright pink... i have a sticker set but might get another set made up so i can ride around on a 'kona pinky'.