Big Bike Thread

R0B75 · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:52

mistercrabb said:
Point worth considering - you don't have to take the lock home, just the key. Attach the lock to the empty post when you leave it.
It can be as heavy as you want unless you want to take it other places too.

Fair point.

Tr Insanity said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kryptonite-York-Fahgettaboudit-Mini-Lock/dp/B000OZ9VLU

Looks pretty solid. I'll go read some reviews but what do you think of it, I assume you have one? :cool:

petriodet · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:54

SDK^ said:
Rockrider bikes are probably the best value bikes available which makes them a great buy to get into riding.

I wouldn't do anything too big on them though as this might happen : http://www.mtbe.co.uk/dalby-forest-day-out-with-pics-contains-bike-gore-t10094.html

HOLY SHIZZ
hang on wait thats a carrera it was bound to happen

TripleT · 18 Oct 2010 at 22:19

Richie said:
I have been looking at getting a 5.2 and all the reviews really rate this bike and state they can't believe the quality for the price of £200....

Just watched the Gadget Show which compared 5 budget bikes under £100 of which the Rockrider 5.0 was one of them. MBUK helped in the test and everyone agreed that the RR was by far the best bike of the bunch.

Guess what I am trying to say is that Rockriders appear to be very good bikes...

I bought a 8.1 second hand for £210 (was selling for £500 at the time) and I'm chuffed to bits with it. So much so that I bough my girlfriend a 5.1 and for her skill level it's great. I love mine and will do me well for a good while yet.

Also worth noting that when buying my girlfriends the guy mentioned to me that they come with a lifetime warrenty or something? Some French thing.

Supercow · 19 Oct 2010 at 11:13

BETS VIDEO EVER!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

RobotXander · 19 Oct 2010 at 11:23

Raceface Diabolus DH riser and Raceface Ride Stem ordered. They got decent reviews and seem to fit the bill.
Highland Wildcat this weekend so they will get a good test run

RobotXander · 19 Oct 2010 at 11:52

Supercow said:
BETS VIDEO EVER!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

He remained so calm during that, fair play to the guy. I would have unloaded on her for sure.
Difficult to judge who was at fault though. She did stop very quickly, but he was going a bit fast? Drama queen for sure

Supercow · 19 Oct 2010 at 12:01

He was crawling, she was barely moving.

Her fault, but he should have expected/pre empted it being on a downward sloping XC trail, there are bound to be a lot of beginners around.

He did however do very well at keeping calm and really sounded genuine while apologising.

Tr Insanity · 19 Oct 2010 at 16:32

R0B75 said:
Looks pretty solid. I'll go read some reviews but what do you think of it, I assume you have one?

Unfortunately it's not a personal recommendation, however it's rated as the "best" lock over at LFGSS: http://www.lfgss.com/thread17938.html

Bike Radar review here too : http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/accessories/locks/product/new-york-fahgettaboudit-mini-16565

If/when I buy a lock I'll probably get that one though

Andelusion · 19 Oct 2010 at 16:43

Supercow said:
BETS VIDEO EVER!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

Saw that last night on mtbr, horrendously embarassing! I can't believe how well the guy kept his cool.

I'm not sure he did anything wrong really, I mean maybe he could have held further back and waited until the trail widened, so he could overtake.

She looks a lot like a girly Masterchief too

andi · 19 Oct 2010 at 17:14

That's a lot of armour for a blue trail...

SDK^ · 19 Oct 2010 at 17:33

Supercow said:
BETS VIDEO EVER!
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

LMAO
This happens too often - n00bs stopping for no reason without checking behind first.
Also that is most over armoured rider i've seen outside of the gadget show

6thElement · 19 Oct 2010 at 18:16

Could easily be a DH resort, his fault for riding too closely.

Bri · 19 Oct 2010 at 18:16

Supercow said:
BETS VIDEO EVER!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

What the ....? I'm not even sure how she got hurt tbh, imagine if she had a proper off!!

He wasn;t going fast at all, was very humble and calm in his apology though!

6thElement · 19 Oct 2010 at 19:06

Tr Insanity said:

I have that lock, but unfortunately my rims are too deep to get the lock around wheel, ST and rack. I use a cable looped through both wheels.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lock-strategy.html

monkeypants · 19 Oct 2010 at 19:07

6thElement said:
Could easily be a DH resort, his fault for riding too closely.

What? She was closer to the guy in front until she got scared.

weescott · 19 Oct 2010 at 19:56

Supercow said:
BETS VIDEO EVER!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/159119/

Should have smashed her Pasty TBH!

Richie · 19 Oct 2010 at 20:02

Bri said:
What the ....? I'm not even sure how she got hurt tbh, imagine if she had a proper off!!

He wasn;t going fast at all, was very humble and calm in his apology though!

Didn't stop her moaning for a solid 5 mins even getting passerby's roped in on it.

Ok, he hit her but FFS she only had a little tumble which she then milked the death out of...

TripleT · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:37

Jesus how and why was he apologising so much?! I'd be fuming. He said he was going too fast, he was just following her?!

And mental amour on there.

Andelusion · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:40

Forks have arrived, Rock Shox Lyrik 2-step air, RC2 DH, 160mm travel.

Waiting on some DT 5.1s + Pro 2 hubs now.

Jonny ///M · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:59

Why are you going for the dts over soemthing like a 729 disk?

Or am I mistaking it to be the 4.1s that were made of cheese?