Big Bike Thread

Russinating · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:16

iamtheoneneo said:
anyone tried to use the 15% off voucher code at wiggle today? want a htc jersey but voucher doesnt seem to be working?

The voucher is if you spend £50 or more and the jersey is £48.05? You'd have to add something cheap onto the order.

robj20 · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:37

ichabod crane said:
I have an idea on how I can save some weight

Someone needs to tell them its Carbon. Or is it just a shorter version. lol

iamtheoneneo · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:10

Russinating said:
The voucher is if you spend £50 or more and the jersey is £48.05? You'd have to add something cheap onto the order.

nah i did still doesnt work

i emailed them see what they say.

SDK^ · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:15

RobotXander said:
Excellent days riding at Laggan yesterday. Here are a few snaps my mate took with his new Cannon camera:

Nice skills

Supercow said:
FFS!

http://m.vitalmtb.com/photos/featur...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spotlight

Meh - Carbon AM frames are so 2008

weescott · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:37

SDK^ said:
Meh - Carbon AM frames are so 2008

But it's an XC bike. It has an air shock! :confused:

Supercow · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:42

SDK^ said:
Nice skills

Meh - Carbon AM frames are so 2008

Carbon bikes with decent geometry is so 2011 though, specialized realised the f'cked up the enduro and pulled finger in later years you see

Juggy1985 · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:54

Me Canyon Nerve AM 7.0 arrived today

Here it is all tucked away in its box:

Heres the contents of the box:

They forgot to put the front back on the stem when they packed it

, I had to borrow the missus stem. Ringing Canyon tomorrow as its too late now.

Supercow · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:02

Juggy that looks ace, love the Canyons ... insane value for money too.

J273 · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:13

Added a few bits to my enduro over the last few weeks...Gave it a good clean today ,thought id post a few pics.

Its getting a little on the beefy side now.

Latest additions - Hope tech m4's , Hope pro2 rear hub ,PG990 Redwin cassette and a few red/gold bolts.

Juggy1985 · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:16

Supercow said:
Juggy that looks ace, love the Canyons ... insane value for money too.

Yeah man, the value is great, I couldn't find a different bike for under £2000 that come close, for full XT and decent Fox shocks its more nearer £3000! So looking anywhere else on a budget was out of the question! Buying without trying is always risky but every single bike magazine and website has raved about it.

Getting used to a full susser will be intresting as i've always had hard tails. Hopefully going sherwood pines soon and maybe cannock as there both around an hour away via car

W!ll · 26 Jul 2011 at 21:10

Right need a bit of help finding some online shops that deal in retro bike parts/bits designed for classic/town bikes. The girlfriend is after a bike to get about and wants something pretty, this i can handle an old Raliegh Mixte or something with fresh paint and some shiny parts will do, but i imagine there has go to be somewhere out there with parts that would be of use. Does anyone know of any?

Supercow · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:24

Get her a grifter!

W!ll · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:38

Mixte looks so much better! I have remembered Velo Solo but thats it.

Gribs · 27 Jul 2011 at 09:07

Juggy1985 said:
Yeah man, the value is great, I couldn't find a different bike for under £2000 that come close, for full XT and decent Fox shocks its more nearer £3000! So looking anywhere else on a budget was out of the question! Buying without trying is always risky but every single bike magazine and website has raved about it.

Getting used to a full susser will be intresting as i've always had hard tails. Hopefully going sherwood pines soon and maybe cannock as there both around an hour away via car

Value seems amazing. I'm ordering a Nerve AM 6 in the next couple of days as I can't justify an extra £200 for the AM7 though that colour is lovely.

Geometry wise it seems fairly similar to my old (2003) S-works Enduro just with a little bit more travel so should be very good for everything other than balls out downhilling.

booyaka · 27 Jul 2011 at 09:22

lovely canyon bike - enjoy

matt_fsr · 27 Jul 2011 at 10:19

jaybee said:
I keep lurking and reading this thread to get clued up on MTBing. I'm sorry for all my annoying questions but...

1: How many of you guys built your own bikes up from components? Is it cheaper doing it this way would you say? I don't mind spending all of winter hand picking components cheap and building up from scratch on a budget. Anyone any experience of this?

2: How many of you guys run a 1x10 gear setup? So 1 middle ring and 10 rear cassette? I think I want to do this. Experimented with the trails I ride and I never use anything but the middle front one on my mate's hardtail that I borrow for now.

3: Is buying a second hand full suss for <£500 really that bad? I can't afford more but decided pretty much now I def want full sus for the riding I do.

4: Is there such a thing as a good time to buy seasonally where by bikes are cheaper? What about second hand stuff? Do the prices tend to go down in Winter? September seems to be when sales start right?

Just my thoughts:

1) Very expensive way to do, and even more so if you dont fully know every single thing you're buying and that it's the correct item. Heck, I've been riding for years, and I bought the wrong type of headset for my commuting MTB

2) I'm not hugely convinced on the 1x10 argument at the moment - It seems that 9spd kit can be had pretty cheap, so simple/cheap to replace when things get broken/worn out. Maybe I'll be proven wrong in time.

3) No, not at all. My first suspension MTB was a £380 Carrera Banshee in 2000, lime green with red forks and a coil spring at the back. It could handle things a million times better than my old Raleigh solidframe, and I learned a lot about bike handling from it and it lasted about 3 years.

You don't HAVE to spend mega money on a full sus - But there does tend to be several 'limits' if you like.
£200 on a full sus is usually a very heavy bike, with weak wheels, poor components and is a hinderance more than a help.
£400 tends to be still pretty heavy, but with slightly better spec and wheels, usually wont fall apart after the first few rides.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/rockrider-6-3-2010-m-l-xl-112194093/

^ My fiancee rides one of those, it hasnt fallen apart yet.

I'd recommend looking 2nd hand if your budget is around the £500 mark, and as I think has been mentioned a couple of times, see if you can pick up a lightly used 2008-9 Specialized Pitch comp.

Supercow · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:56

The rear suspension on that is still pointless though ^^

robj20 · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:27

Agreed stick to hardtail unless you can afford a proper full susser, at a budget like that you will get a better bike by going for a hardtail.

"andy" · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:03

W!ll said:
Right need a bit of help finding some online shops that deal in retro bike parts/bits designed for classic/town bikes. The girlfriend is after a bike to get about and wants something pretty, this i can handle an old Raliegh Mixte or something with fresh paint and some shiny parts will do, but i imagine there has go to be somewhere out there with parts that would be of use. Does anyone know of any?

ebay !

the actual bikes are a rip off on there because of trendy london art students spending all of dads money on them but theres 100s of ebay shops that are selling new old stock stuff for peanuts

for the bike/frame id try local tips/scrapyards/local paper/gumtree

Burned_Alive · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:15

Does anyone have any idea of what the Intense Carbine UK price will be?

I'm looking for a full suspension frame to replace the Stiffee and this could be an option....

Other options may be (and open to more):

Mojo
Five
Tracer 2
5Spot
.....