£1000 bike ideas

chimponarope · 4 Jun 2006 at 18:40

I do indeed.

A demo 9, an enduro and a Norco torrent hardtail, although its bit harsh on my old bones

Photo of the Demo as it was when I was building it, now got a set of 06 888 RC2x forks on it, and got rid of the incredibly heavy (yet good) Intense tyres for some Maxxis.

"andy" · 4 Jun 2006 at 18:57

i love demo 9s

if i can ever afford to go back to mountain biking a demo 9 would be top of my shopping list .

used to love riding my mates

chimponarope · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:13

They've cancelled them for next year, Demo 8 and 7 (new) only. :mad:

They've changed them vastly too. http://www.nsmb.com/gear/spec07_05_06.php

benjo plz. · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:01

chimponarope said:
They've cancelled them for next year, Demo 8 and 7 (new) only.
They've changed them vastly too. http://www.nsmb.com/gear/spec07_05_06.php

They didn't have a 9 this year either.

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chimponarope said:
and got rid of the incredibly heavy (yet good) Intense tyres for some Maxxis.

I wouldn't be bothered about the weight of a DH bike, Id rather make sure it didn't fall apart tbh.

chimponarope · 4 Jun 2006 at 22:00

They did in the States just not in the UK, fully phased out next year

Haha, no danger of this thing falling apart, the tyres were great apart from the 7lbs of rotating mass made them hard to get going. On the plus side I managed to run them with 0 psi in them and they still worked and I could barely tell the difference! :eek:

Mulder · 4 Jun 2006 at 22:04

chimponarope said:
They did in the States just not in the UK, fully phased out next year

Haha, no danger of this thing falling apart, the tyres were great apart from the 7lbs of rotating mass made them hard to get going. On the plus side I managed to run them with 0 psi in them and they still worked and I could barely tell the difference!

Holy damage to your rims batman! :eek:

benjo plz. · 4 Jun 2006 at 22:32

chimponarope said:
the tyres were great apart from the 7lbs of rotating mass made them hard to get going.

Isn't the idea of DH that gravity gets you going?

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Mulder said:
Holy damage to your rims batman!

'Twas the square rims that made it hard for him to get going.

Jonny ///M · 5 Jun 2006 at 00:48

Phnom_Penh said:
That wouldn't have anything to do with the forestry commission would it? .

Yes it would,why??? :confused:

chimponarope · 5 Jun 2006 at 06:42

Mulder said:
Holy damage to your rims batman!

The rims are actually still perfect, if you get the chance have a look at the intense tyres, 4 ply walls!