Big Bike Thread

Caseh · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:30

weescott said:
Plenty of stopping power for you. Lol.

Plenty of stopping power for Ichabod = absolutely nothing for me

ichabod crane · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:33

weescott said:
Plenty of stopping power for you. Lol.

Lose some weight fatty

weescott · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:46

ichabod crane said:
Lose some weight fatty

Bought a Blur xc carbon instead.

neil_g · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:04

Probably not as good as stock M4 pads then

Gribs · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:25

neil_g said:
Probably not as good as stock M4 pads then

The stock m4 pads are awful though. I've got superstar sintered pads in my Tech M4's and they're much better than the stock organic Hope pads. From using them in Mono M4's they weren't noticeably different to Hope sintered pads.

neil_g · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:50

Gribs said:
The stock m4 pads are awful though. I've got superstar sintered pads in my Tech M4's and they're much better than the stock organic Hope pads. From using them in Mono M4's they weren't noticeably different to Hope sintered pads.

They're not that bad, they get a bit stinky under hard prolonged braking though

I guess all I've really done here is reveal how personal braking styles make pads feel different to different people..

W!ll · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:00

Used two sets of the Superstar Kevlars and they were good, still have a set in my rear M4 and is seemingly powerful and lasting quite a while.

My friend had some in his 6 pots and they were awful. EBC or OEM is the way forward, or if you can find them Carbon Lorraine pads are usually stupidly powerful.

Andelusion · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:26

rhysduck said:
Superstar pads in my Formula RX's are utterly useless.. I may aswell put cardboard in them!

I've got superstar sintered in my hope m4s and they're every bit as good as the Hope branded ones, just like the ones in my old Formulas too.

Have you bedded them in properly?

booyaka · 5 Jul 2013 at 23:00

Had no issues with the Kevlar SS pads in my old SLX brakes. Very good.

6thElement · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:26

2 1/2 hour ride in 30C with 90%+ humidity has killed me this afternoon.

No energy left at all.

dunker · 7 Jul 2013 at 04:01

^hopefully you had atleast 2 litres of water/mix + a tsp of salt, and a multivit pill or two, works for me.

but you but but yeah, 30c is way too hot.
4am 25c in my room here hmm bit clammy urrggh

neil_g · 7 Jul 2013 at 09:46

6thElement said:
2 1/2 hour ride in 30C with 90%+ humidity has killed me this afternoon.

No energy left at all.

that's one reason why I went out at 6am this morning for a few hours.. still ended up in a big ball of sweat.

still, 2 PBs later

MattHep · 7 Jul 2013 at 10:07

Got my old tank riding just perfectly for me at the minute. keep contemplating some Fox 34's 160mm but I have a feeling ill make it front end heavy.

Big Chris · 7 Jul 2013 at 10:14

touch said:
Strava is my favourite. there are leaderboards for the best times popular cycling routes (mainly hills and trail centre paths, but lots of other routes as well). It's useful for giving you motivation and keeping track of your progress (because you compete against your own previous times as well as other people's times) but doesnt really give a lot of information.

Something like sportstracker or endomondo would be better if you prefer bucket-loads of stats and graphs and things.

neil_g said:
Strava here too. Mixed with ViewRanger for free OS maps.

arknor said:
edomondo is good but kills battery life, you get more stats and gps maps than you can shake a stick at

Battery life on my S4 seems to be pretty decent so far, and as it's a new phone I've been playing with it lots!

Will check out Strava, I don't need too much info to be fair, just how far I've ridden, elevation, calories maybe (for The Mrs), not really fussed about beating times on repeat rides though.

arknor · 7 Jul 2013 at 12:45

Big Chris said:
Battery life on my S4 seems to be pretty decent so far, and as it's a new phone I've been playing with it lots!

Will check out Strava, I don't need too much info to be fair, just how far I've ridden, elevation, calories maybe (for The Mrs), not really fussed about beating times on repeat rides though.

But I bet so far you haven't had anything enabling the GPS and keeping it on

GPS uses a lot of power getting signals from all those satellites
.

well endomondo is as simple as you want it.

the main website page for your profile only shows basic stats like

Total workouts: 27
Total duration: 15h:10m:02s
Total distance: 72.2 km
Trips around the world: 0.002
Trips to the Moon: 0
Average speed: 4.76 km/h
Average pace: 12m:36s
Calories burned: 6232 kcal
Burgers burned: 11

and the route statistics are like

the numbers on the map showing where I walked are mile markers. I guess you don't get them when cycling as it's not really important to know your time for each mile
lol max speed and avg speed are clearly reversed

Guess there was a bug in the build I used for that walk it was probably 2 years ago
BTW that was walking I used to use endomondo everywhere I went no matter how far

, on that occasion I must have walked to a bank in the city centre and then took the scenic route home though the park

you set it to the type of exercise you are doing on your phone before each session it's as simple as you want it to be and I don't think you get all the competitive stuff unless you pay for premium which I think is 2.99 a month?

Krisali · 7 Jul 2013 at 13:56

MattHep said:
Got my old tank riding just perfectly for me at the minute. keep contemplating some Fox 34's 160mm but I have a feeling ill make it front end heavy.

Lovely bike and colour. You on 1x10 there?

Need to clean my five and post a picture here. There seems to be a lot of hate for the five though on various forums

Krisali · 7 Jul 2013 at 14:02

CraigN said:
picked up my 2012 Revelation RL 140s tonight.

look in mint condition gave them the once over re set them up and they seem fine. They came off a 2012 Zesty 514. Seem a bargain for £200 now i just need to buy the Bandit frame.

anyone know were i can get a new cable guide from?

Great forks you won't be dissapointed

weescott · 7 Jul 2013 at 16:29

Just bought a lidl special. £20 bike rack for the Swift. Like bike stand...Seems fine enough for occasional use.

SpudMaster · 7 Jul 2013 at 17:04

weescott said:
Just bought a lidl special. £20 bike rack for the Swift. Like bike stand...Seems fine enough for occasional use.

If its like the stand there is no way I'd trust my bike on it without some serious beefing up.
You get a car for the bike not a rack for the car

Heres my bike rack

Thats two dh bikes with gear and still plenty of room

neil_g · 7 Jul 2013 at 17:20

Haven't really posted any pics of mine since getting it so here we are..

nr Twyford by neilgates, on Flickr

.. not in the same league as some on here but pretty much how I want it now. Just really the seatpost and gearset I want to change at some point.

Frame: Trek ex5 2010
Fork: RS Sektor RL Solo Air Maxle 2013 (lowered to 130 w/ Racing Bros seals)
Shock: Fox RP-2 Pro Pedal
Wheels: Stans ZTR Flow / Superstar Switch Evo hubs, Schwable Hans Dampf Pacestar/Trailstar
Brakes: Hope Tech Evo M4, Avid G2 Rotors 203/185
Drivetrain: SLX Crankset w/ Blackspire Dewlie, SRAM x5, 2x9sp (36/22t / 11-34)
Cockpit: Crank Bros Iodine 2 bars (720mm/30mm rise/9back/5up), Deity Fantom stem (50mm/0 rise), ODI Longneck grips, Charge Spoon saddle, Stock Post, DMR V8 peddles
Misc: Hope Conventional Headset, Goodridge gear cables