siyross Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 (edited) I have noticed recently that a lot of people seem to be riding mod. I have a stock but wondering whether it is worth me changing to a mod. What do you think? Are mods easier to ride than stocks? What frame do you think I should get. Edited June 24, 2010 by siyross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 What do you think? Are mods easier to ride than stocks? What frame do you think I should get. 1) ride one and find out 2) ride one and find out 3) ride one and find out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Stay with stock... Depends where you ride I guess, everyone I ride with on a regular basis rides stock/24". But thats because I dont hang with homos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
315r Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I have noticed recently that a lot of people seem to be riding mod. I have a stock but wondering whether it is worth me changing to a mod. What do you think? Are mods easier to ride than stocks? What frame do you think I should get. No not are easier, no better, no worse, different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt man t Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 ive allways rode mod because i prefer them i dont like stocks! so i ride mod my mates ride 24"/ stocks and mods but i ride a mod as its me whos riding it and i dont care what other people ride or prefer if you are happy with a stock stay with a stock if you feel like its too big/ uncomfortable try a mod out and see if you like it any better dont just change because of what other people are riding i maybe wrong but alot of people on here are quiet young so they ride a mod as its smaller so is more comfortable to them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7up_elise Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Old skool stock for the win! I had a go on my mates MOD, and it was good, but think overall it was a bit to small for me to ride! As someone said above, try one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefkeeee Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I think stock bikes are ugly especially the monty xxv imo. But OT I thought it was the other way around. Definitely more stocks over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Stay with stock... Depends where you ride I guess, everyone I ride with on a regular basis rides stock/24". But that's because I don't hang with homos. You're saying the rumours about Porter aren't true!? It is true though, the majority of riders down here do ride a proper sized bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Stay with stock... Depends where you ride I guess, everyone I ride with on a regular basis rides stock/24". But thats because I dont hang with homos. LMAO, mods are so ghey.............. I ride one cos I got sick of busting my balls on a stock, should ride 24 really but cannot be arsed to build another bike + I am loving my mod at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ask Krisboats on this. He enlightened me o the subject just yesterday. He'll give you a hundred reasons why stocks are better - all of them bullshit. Both have their strengths and weaknesses - the deciding factor should be comfort, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 (edited) Ask Krisboats on this. He enlightened me o the subject just yesterday. He'll give you a hundred reasons why stocks are better - all of them bullshit. Both have their strengths and weaknesses - the deciding factor should be comfort, really. That is getting sigged. Edited June 24, 2010 by Matt Vandart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Ask Krisboats on this. He enlightened me o the subject just yesterday. He'll give you a hundred reasons why stocks are better - all of them bullshit. Both have their strengths and weaknesses - the deciding factor should be comfort, really. No, you said "mods are easier". I said that depends and at some things they'll limit you, especially at the larger-moves end of the spectrum. You also constantly tell me i'm making life harder for myself riding a stock, which at 6'5" is clearly the opposite. And you finished the discussion with "f**k you, yeh, whatever you say" like a little child because you were too ignorant and narrow minded to listen to another viewpoint that differs from your own. Yes mods are flickier, yes they're easier to start on. Bigger wheels makes most intermediate/advanced things easier, riding natural is a perfect example things you'd have to pull the bike around for on a mod can be ridden over with a stock. Pigeons, taps and hooks at the larger end of the spectrum should easier on a stock purely due to leverage. Think about a tap, your front wheel is bashing much higher up on a stock than a mod so the impacted force is already starting the move off higher. Weight nowadays is largely a non-issue. Back when i first started mods were easier to ride on mostly because they were a lot lighter, now the difference is fairly minimal. Theres an echo control in the Fs section at the minute that is lighter than a lot of mods. If you want a short, flicky bike that is slightly more responsive then mods are going to be easier, if you want to go bigger with your moves then a stock is a sensible choice. Obviously the diferences in ease of use will vary due to rider size etc. But for you personally, a mod is better. You're still short so you actually fit them. Me on the other hand, well your bars don't even go past my knees when i stand up on the back wheel... so no, a mod won't be easier for me. Both have their benefits and both have their limitations. Unless you don't actually fit one then you don't have a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Oh right. Yeah - that WAS the way the conversation took place. Edit: On reading the top paragraph, I never once tried to make out mod's were better - and I've never once said that you should ride one. I ridicule the length of your stock, as it's rediculous. You look so damned uncomfortable on it, and I was saying you were wrong about mod's being more limited than stocks. Double edit: It was actually you who refused to take on anything I said, and made the counter-arguments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Oh right. Yeah - that WAS the way the conversation took place. Only up until the taps point, then you rode off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 *STUFF* Yes mods are flickier, yes they're easier to start on. Bigger wheels makes most intermediate/advanced things easier, riding natural is a perfect example things you'd have to pull the bike around for on a mod can be ridden over with a stock. ***********************************Pigeons, taps and hooks at the larger end of the spectrum should easier on a stock purely due to leverage. Think about a tap, your front wheel is bashing much higher up on a stock than a mod so the impacted force is already starting the move off higher. I agree totally with the above highlighted points. Fer instance the first second point s are obvious and totally correct. The third point however is debatable (in my case anyway (baring in mind I am shit) I find that to tap a mod higher you need to tap it in the middle of a pedel up just hitting the wheel lightly on the way up gives you mega boost whereas with a stock it is more of a case of riding into the wall more if you get me. In my current state of rehabilitation I am finding it harder to tap my mod than stock but once my pedal ups are back that'll probably level out. Pigeons I find much easier on a mod. Hooks- what the f**k are they? bit out of my sphere of skills, I can just about hook a mod, but no chance on a stock mostly because I find I can bunny hop a mod into a hook but cant a stock so I cant get up there in the first place to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33th3tr33 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 wtf is a pigeon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Oh right. Yeah - that WAS the way the conversation took place. Edit: On reading the top paragraph, I never once tried to make out mod's were better - and I've never once said that you should ride one. I ridicule the length of your stock, as it's rediculous. You look so damned uncomfortable on it, and I was saying you were wrong about mod's being more limited than stocks. Double edit: It was actually you who refused to take on anything I said, and made the counter-arguments. You said "mods are easier to ride" and have often said that stocks are only making life harder for myself because mods are much easier to ride. I disagreed, that's all. My bike is ridiculous for you because your five foot nothing. I think you forget we're not the same size and so what feels weird to you feels fine to me! I look uncomfortable on it because, if anything, it's still too small for me. That's not a short bike, with no bb rise and a 130mm stem and it still looks a little small. I didn't say more limited, you weren't listening. I said that when you start going huge you get limited by the bike size with a mod. I didn't say that certain people don't make exceptions i was talking on a purely mechanical level. Certain moves simply cannot be done on a mod when they can on a stock to a bigger size. Some of the things i've seen in comps mod bikes have had to get on the back wheel and throw themselves off/over in order to get through a gate, where as a stock bike just came along and rolled down the other side, in a tight section when your losing time/energy it makes a difference. wtf is a pigeon? One of these, but not rolling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRSPfdfH-A&feature=related The third point however is debatable (in my case anyway (baring in mind I am shit) That's the thing, i wasn't making it rider specific. I merely said that when you start to go big the size of the mod bike will, in most cases, make the same moves more awkward than a stock bike at a mechanical level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 rode both for the same amount of time. In a nut shell mods, - easier to go up things sideways - static, Stock - easier to tap, back wheel, But thats just me, I like mod at the min, just would love a stock again, just so I can learn how to tap again, love huge rolling gaps to, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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