Soldato
I don't have the budget to pick and choose really, these wheels came up pretty cheap and a lot of people swear by the 5.1s.
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
I've been thinking about sticking an RC4 on my Enduro but the weight is stopping me. The RP23 is a good compromise between plushness and weight, defo going to upgrade next year.That looks great... trust me though... get a coil shock on that bad boy and it'll actually feel like you have rear suspension best upgrade I've done after the adjustable post.
Thought id post a pic of my Enduro.Only thing i plan on changing is maybe the rear tyre for somthing lighter and some superstar nano techs.
Over the past week or so ive fitted a joplin,KNC,SLX cassette,Spesh phenom saddle and the 2.5 high roller.
Also fitted some ultrafire P7s 900-lumen torches to the bars with the nights drawing in which are incredible for the price even though they do have a 1hr run time at full brightness
Happy with the way it is now so thought id post a pic
Thought id post a pic of my Enduro.Only thing i plan on changing is maybe the rear tyre for somthing lighter and some superstar nano techs.
Looks great! I'd angle the saddle down alittle if your trying for kids in the future.
Me during a 30 mile training session ride @ Cannock.
Change that POS rear shock too.
Maybe, maybe not. Some DH riders at the World Champs at Canberra in 2009 were running air shocks. In my opinion if you need to ride up as well as down then a decent air shock is the way to go.Air shocks have no place on an AM bike IMO.
lol. Nice tyre. heavy though. Love my 2.4's
Me during a 30 mile training session ride @ Cannock. Running with a semi slick rear tyre, thought i'd kick some water up for the photog
Garmin log of the ride here : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/52236031
I can definitely echo the rear shox adding to the stiffness, I thought I was imagining it, but then was talking to weescott and he mentioned it, quite a surprise I noticed it when on tarmac, standing up and mashing hard.
You should look out on the bike forums (bike radar, singletrack mag, southern downhill, pinkbike*) classifieds for some second hand bargains, I got my DHX5 with ti spring for £180, the spring along would be over £200 new, anything like a DHX or Vanilla R could be had cheap just to see what the shock experience feels like. At 10 stone you should be able to get a spring weighted fine and there's tonnes of adjustment there on the DHX5 models.
*has a bad reputation but I bought my new forks from there - my first purchase, and the guy was genuine/polite, just stay out of the forum
Yeah I spotted that so I looked at all of the other photos taken at the same point and in every photo the bike has the chain doing the same.Chain looks a little slack