Mikee Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Quite a few bits have changed on my bike recently. Before: Now: As it's main use is riding to work and back, I felt it needed to be focused more on being a road bike. The new wheels and crankset has shed quite a lot of fat which has made one hell of a difference. A few more things still need to be done. The pedals are about 5 - 6 years old now and are feeling a bit rough. I want to put the matching fatty forks back on but the steerer is too short, so needs extending. And then a few less important things, like the headset. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Did 38.1k today on the beast. I do like the bike, just wish it wasn't a horrible colour haha. Before you ask, it's because it was the only bargain frame in my size, otherwise I'd have gone for a different colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) So, a load of us went riding to sherwood pines yesterday, all trials riders who dabble in mtb bar one lad, and one of them had a bit of an off He's currently in Scunthorpe hospital awaiting surgery, suspect he needs plates a a screws. Gonna be a lengthy lay off the bike for this one Edited July 27, 2015 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 How at pines?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 How at pines?! On the 'semi' DH bit. Where you go down the ramp and the track splits off into two. Aaron (stuntman terry) went left, I went right, Mark (lad above) followed me, and he washed the front wheel out on the second rocky drop, just after it had started raining. Me and Aaron had got to the bottom, and he wasn't there, so we walked back up and went back in to see him laid on the floor with his wrist at a horrible angle. He got knocked out as well because he said he couldn't remember anything for a bit after, didn't remember us finding him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I doubt his size helped much eh.. Hope hes ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Aye, there's an art to falling off a bike safely, the smaller you are the easier it is! The number of people I see riding at cannock that really aren't properly set up is scary, nice accessible trail centres = people out of their depth very quickly and it doesn't take much of a rock garden to throw a 16 stone man off his halfords special straight onto his helmetless head That said I've also seen plenty of people on 4-5ks worth of mountainbike with zero ability to ride it. In other news, I have chemical burns and the powdercoat is coming off the intense 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 That said I've also seen plenty of people on 4-5ks worth of mountainbike with zero ability to ride it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Not you tom Seen guys bin it OTB rolling down off the stegosaurus boardwalk! For those who don't know the cannock chase trails it's a 12" high elevated boardwalk about 24" wide with a 45° wooden roll down at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 So this started happening! Came apart a lot easier than last time, using grease to assemble bikes helps somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Day off work, time to get to Cannock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Been riding Morzine/Chatel/Les Gets for the last week... utter insanity. My Zesty put up with a fair bit of stick but I want something a little beefier to go back with. Had a couple of fairly minor crashes but otherwise awesome fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Went for a ride up 'the cobbler' the other night on the nomad. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 ooooft!! Swingarm stripped and cleaned, no cracks, all good Thanks to Tom for the paint stripper, it needed a quick going over with autosol to remove a bit of pink tinging residue from the powder coast but it's achieved the desired effect and only took 10 mins to do. Now to do the front triangle, fortunately it's much simpler than the swingarm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Miracle paint stripper for powder coat you say? I could do with some of that love for my wheels! Swingarm looks tidy, Ed. What's the plan for new colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) It's strip away pro, a dcm based stripper that is not available for public consumption Colour is staying as is, raw factory finish aluminium which is why I opted for the chemical stripping rather than blasting as I wanted to retain as much of the substrate as possible. As it is I still have weld discoloration and machining marks visible to give texture - not really keen on the uniform nature of highly polished aluminium frames Edited August 8, 2015 by forteh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 not really keen on the uniform nature of highly polished aluminium frames Blasphemy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Spot of mountain biking last night up Ben Lomond. My Buddy Chris Could just about make out Ben Nevis - 100 miles away. First time ive had the full face on in about 10 years. Cheers with a wee can of Irn Bru. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebryan Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Rocky mountain altitude 50 Edited August 23, 2015 by weebryan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Just ordered a dropper for my CX, been contemplating it for a while so I got a RSP Plummet from Tredz for £55. Figured if it's wrong I can always get a shim and stick it on my Heckler to gather dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 My cheapy dropper is suffering from bush wear and has become very wobbly now, I have serviced it regularly but that has made little difference. Fortunately bush kits are £15, tempted to copy them up on CAD and get some made in something more hard wearing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) New steed time. The GT frame was cracked, I had it welded up but it was still creaking, so I suspect it was cracked somewhere I can't see. Picked up a Titus El guapo frame and shock for £100. Been for a test ride today, it's unbelievable. So stable and planted, and climbs a damn sight better than the GT. It feels a lot more comfortable to ride, the geo is a lot more relaxed and less twitchy, and doesn't feel like it's gonna chuck me over the bars on a descent Edited September 3, 2015 by bing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Couple of snaps from racing and playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Well I'm glad I didn't replace the bushes on my dropper... the stanchion has bent and cracked Back to a normal post I go! XT cranks now fitted over the Truvativ Stylos I have had for years, what an improvement! Not bad for £16 and a new BB for £15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) My dropper is the same make and model, it's been modified though to give more positions and gets stripped and regreased every month, it's only a 5 min job. Mine does have a very slight side to side play but it's nothing I can't handle. Only paid £30 for it off a guy on Facebook Edited September 6, 2015 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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