Help With Gu Le Please

[gu trials]

Hi all

I have just bought a gu le frame and it seems to want to nose dive as soon as the front comes of the floor and it is killing my wrists. If anyone else has had the same problem with the gu le then it must be the frame but if i am the only person to have this problem then any suggestions what could be causing this ? I have got echo tough bars on it and echo lite disk only forks.

please help as soon as you can before it brakes my wrists thanks.

[Hendrix]

That would shout out either - a heavy front wheel, or heavy forks. My t-pro use to be like that until I upgraded the forks.

[Ladd]

He's running echo lite's wich are very light ! erm what front wheel you running?

[gu trials]

Echo hub, tryall rim with a tarty wheelbuild

[Mat Smith!]

must be the wheel build by tarty . lol nah, probs your stem, or your technique.

Matx

[Mark W]

What frame did you have before? If this frame has a higher BB/longer WB, that'd probably explain a lot...

[gu trials]

i used to have a monty 219 magura but i have had the same gearing on that than i do on my gu and i am using the same technique.

[Control-Trials]

Im guessing it's the difference in frame. With you going from something with very different Geometry, the change may affect your riding alot. The length of the GU may also be affecting you, depending on your height that is, maybe try a shorter reach stem with more rise ?

But from the sound of your front end set up, It doesn't seem as though front end is heavy either hmm.

Could also try tilting your bars back slightly, makes the bike feel 'Shorter'.

[gu trials]

I do the same thing on my mates Zoo Python and my other mates echo team and they dont nosedive and i am more used to my gu than thier bikes but its only my gu that wants to nosedive .

[Echo-Scott]

Maybe you could try and make the back of the bike abit heavyer or roll your bars back abit to make the bike feel shorter like someone said above.

[ogre]

I do the same thing on my mates Zoo Python and my other mates echo team and they dont nosedive and i am more used to my gu than thier bikes but its only my gu that wants to nosedive .

if its hapening on all the bikes your on, its blatently your technique, not the bike. you need to lean back more or give a little peddlekick as the front end starts to drop. play around learning the basics more

[Ben John-Hynes]

As the fella above said,

It's your technique,

Maybe you were born to be a 24"er

Without the need to hop on the back wheel much!

[Muel]

if its hapening on all the bikes your on, its blatently your technique, not the bike. you need to lean back more or give a little peddlekick as the front end starts to drop. play around learning the basics more

True, but he clearly states, in the reply you quoted:

I do the same thing on my mates Zoo Python and my other mates echo team and they dont nosedive and i am more used to my gu than thier bikes but its only my gu that wants to nosedive .

Just keep practicing, there is nothing wrong with a GU LE. Tip the bars back so the rise bit is vertical, makes everything a lot easier in my experience.

[Ben John-Hynes]

Dooes he mean that his mates don't nosedive when on their own bikes?

Or that he doesn't nosedive on their bikes?

Kind of contradict yourself where you say

"I do the same thing on my mates Zoo Python and my other mates echo team"

and then

"and they dont nosedive"

[Muel]

Dooes he mean that his mates don't nosedive when on their own bikes?

Or that he doesn't nosedive on their bikes?

Kind of contradict yourself where you say

"I do the same thing on my mates Zoo Python and my other mates echo team"

and then

"and they dont nosedive"

He uses the same technique on his mates bikes, and his mates bikes don't "nosedive", when he is using said technique.

Pics? Can't help much without them.

[Alex Dark]

im thinking a different stem is needed to be honest...sounds light as fook, i never had any problems when i was running knifen forks ( 1.7kgs ) on my pitbull.....and when i changed to my echo urbans there was some difference...but not a vast amount

[ogre]

there both mods, and mod ae easier to keep up usually, 'cause of thier shorter reach + modyness. just practise + more leaning back