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Supercow said:
Haha, fair enough .. that will teach you to touch your front brakes after committing! :D
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Knowing its the wrong thing to do yet still doing it and also forgetting to drop the seat = Epic fail. Still, if others can learn from my mistakes its worth me making them :D
 
need some advice, haven't got the money to experiment so would like to call on your collective experience. ive got a ON-ONE 456 ss frame with 160mm travel forks so the front end is pretty slack, the frame is a 16" so its a pretty compact ride and feels good but when at speed and weight is more to the front if i turn i get the feeling the front wheel gets a mind of its own and swirls and wants to tuck under and fish tail the rear, hope ive described that well enough... it only happens when i have body weight foreword which seems to be the natural ride position of the bikes set up at the moment, if i force my body weight more over the back it doesn't tend to be an issue.

with this in mind i want to try and alter the natural riding position, my first thoughts are to put on a shorter stem to bring the body position back and up with slightly wider bars to counteract a lighter front end, would this benefit more than a lay-back seat post or should i maybe think of one of these to to help reposition my body?

as i say don't really want to experiment too much so id like to have an idea of what i should change and what would make the biggest impact.
 
Kanifee said:
need some advice, haven't got the money to experiment so would like to call on your collective experience. ive got a ON-ONE 456 ss frame with 160mm travel forks so the front end is pretty slack, the frame is a 16" so its a pretty compact ride and feels good but when at speed and weight is more to the front if i turn i get the feeling the front wheel gets a mind of its own and swirls and wants to tuck under and fish tail the rear, hope ive described that well enough... it only happens when i have body weight foreword which seems to be the natural ride position of the bikes set up at the moment, if i force my body weight more over the back it doesn't tend to be an issue.

with this in mind i want to try and alter the natural riding position, my first thoughts are to put on a shorter stem to bring the body position back and up with slightly wider bars to counteract a lighter front end, would this benefit more than a lay-back seat post or should i maybe think of one of these to to help reposition my body?

as i say don't really want to experiment too much so id like to have an idea of what i should change and what would make the biggest impact.
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it sounds to me that your frame is too small, try pushing your saddle back as far as it will go.
 
Supercow said:
The DH tracks he's riding is boring, but I dig the way he swing his little 140mm trave bike around and couldnt but LOL at the yellow topped gormless fool dismount @ 2:40

http://video.mpora.com/watch/pvRB4qOjt/
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Ha - awesome.
I did these tracks @ the weekend and was blasting past everyone walking down, as in that video, although not as quick obviously.

Some seriously good sections @ the Peaks - The Jacobs ladder decent is epic !!
 
just an update on my pedal removal...yeh i still cant get it off nearly 2 weeks have passed! and now gone through 2 wrenches! lmao....

taking to shop this weekend and if they cant remove it im asking for a whole new crankset given that they were the ones to put the original pedal on with what seems like bloody superglue.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
just an update on my pedal removal...yeh i still cant get it off nearly 2 weeks have passed!
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Have you tried this:
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Crank arm pointing down/slightly forwards.
Spanner (in red, if you cant tell from my awesome drawing) pointing back at almost the same angle as the crank arm.
Stand on the end of the spanner (dont stamp of it, just give it some smooth, firm pressure)
 
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