My New Bike!

[Tall_Rob]

Guess what...

Spode has had the bike for 30 minutes and has fallen off 5 times and has completely scratched up the downtube and himself..

Ha ha ha

Rob

[RR_Trials]

Love it, love the duel disks too. 5 times in 30mins though .

[STEVE-0]

I see what u meant now when you were saying about getting carried away lol. Looks worth the money!

Tis Sexual! Love that colour, looks really nice...hope you let me give her a good old thrashing next time we meet.

Steve x

[spode@thinkbikes]

I had an hour ride, and I think it was more like twice that I hit the downtube. But annoyingly, it wasn't just "ding", I pretty much did a grind with the frame... I also punctured (which I've done ONCE on my KOT...), but I think I had the pressure too low. I didn't puncture today and I was riding just as hard.

However, Rob gets all precious about his bikes and doesn't do things because he doesn't want to break them

I on the other hand realise that IT'S A TRIALS BIKE. It's going to get scratched to **** and quite probably replaced within a year. So yeah, I rode it hard and fast straight away If your bike still looks tarty, you either don't ride hard enough or you've got too much money to spend

It is working beautifully though. We did day one of filming for our new dvd/video thingy today down in hastings. Had an awesome ride. I'm finding it a little odd for some stuff as the front feels a little lower than I was expecting. I do like the feel though, it's just different to my KOT. So I might have to change the stem on the KOT to match

For the whole days riding I had to adjust the gusset tensioner maybe 3 times, which is quick to do and not too irritating. It was still ridable when I decided to retension, but I prefer decent tension - slack is irritating. I didn't screw up a side hop all day, so I don't know how the gusset takes being hit yet. But so far, I like the feel - feels very similar to when I was in san fransisco and I wedged a DMR in between the frame and the wheel bolt.

The brakes are absolutely amazing and they still haven't bedded in properly. I notice the difference mainly on front wheel moves - my KOT's 2006 Disc has a sticky piston on the front, so performance was below par. Wheel Swap's/Front to Backs/Smokes (whatever you want to call them) are considerably easier and I'm liking the 2.35 tyre on the front and the big rim. It's a big change from a super light 2.0" Try-All and a 517 rim.

Overall it's a fair amount heavier than my KOT, but I didn't notice it hugely - although I imagine I would if I had to use it for demos.

I do like the 2.5" tyre on the back, but I have been catching it on my calves a fair amount.

The extra length feels great and it holds on the backwheel a lot nicer than the KOT. But I expect it's just a little better configured. It feels like a happy medium between my short KOT (1065) and Rob's long (1095).

So overall bike = one happy Spodey

[RR_Trials]

your bike still looks tarty, you either don't ride hard enough or you've got too much money to spend

HAHAH!

[matthewholdsworth]

snap!

been running my simtra for about a month now and its lovely, get it on osme rocks and you'll really appreciate the dual discs

to runa 180 you would have to destroy the frame in terms of cutting anough out of it to get the no. 5 caliper in, and its too close to the welds to do that.

looking nice there, good choice of frame colour too makes the red parts stand out a mile

[spode@thinkbikes]

snap!

been running my simtra for about a month now and its lovely, get it on osme rocks and you'll really appreciate the dual discs

to runa 180 you would have to destroy the frame in terms of cutting anough out of it to get the no. 5 caliper in, and its too close to the welds to do that.

looking nice there, good choice of frame colour too makes the red parts stand out a mile

I've been running rear disc since 2000 and it was the best decision I ever made!