Big Bike Thread

Berger · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:04

Hmmm Wellgo MG1s are calling for me to buy them!

ichabod crane · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:06

Berger said:
Hmmm Wellgo MG1s are calling for me to buy them!

Not fancy some good pedals?

Berger · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:10

ichabod crane said:
Not fancy some good pedals?

At over twice the price and only in a bad colour!?

I do like the extra pins on the inside of the pedal though.

Andelusion · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:11

Berger said:
Hmmm Wellgo MG1s are calling for me to buy them!

Go for the Superstar Nanos if I were you. I've had MG1s, Nanos and DMR Vaults, the Nanos are great value for money, have a slim profile (less rock strikes), big surface area and good pins, almost as much grip as the Vaults.

weescott had bad luck with them and will say they're rubbish but mine have been fine

ichabod crane · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:13

Berger said:
At over twice the price and only in a bad colour!?

I do like the extra pins on the inside of the pedal though.

Buy cheap buy twice

Get the Nano Techs then best bang for buck.

weescott · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:14

I have both. The Vaults are waaay more grippy. If you can afford the Vaults - buy them!

andi · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:26

I <3 vaults

Even if I am still bitter about my pin falling out.

Jonny ///M · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:36

I wasn't sure of the whole slim pedal thing but after fitting the wah wahs to my bike I kinda get it...feels so much better under my feet it's unreal.

6thElement · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:55

For the price of Vaults I'd probably go for Straitlines myself. Although I've been on MG-1's on my big bike for a while now.

Jonny ///M · 27 Jun 2011 at 23:06

lol firefox update fail.

YorkshirePadd26 · 28 Jun 2011 at 03:39

matt_fsr said:
It's steep

Looks fun, bad luck really.
Doesn't look too bad, Lee Quarry has worse bits.

Richie · 28 Jun 2011 at 06:39

Andelusion said:
weescott had bad luck with them and will say they're rubbish but mine have been fine

Dont think it was the Nanos that fell off on him but I could be wrong. Pretty sure the last set were other pedals by Superstar.

I have the Nanos and I like them.

weescott · 28 Jun 2011 at 07:30

It was the Ultramags that fell apart. To give them thier credit they do have a nice profile....when they are in one piece.

I won't be touching Superfail again though!

janesssssy · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:29

edit - delete.

Supercow · 28 Jun 2011 at 09:20

6thElement said:
For the price of Vaults I'd probably go for Straitlines myself. Although I've been on MG-1's on my big bike for a while now.

HAHA!
Straitlines are heavy and the bearings fail exceedingly soon, no thanks.

Supercow · 28 Jun 2011 at 09:23

Slapped a quick vid together from our ride at Cannock over the hot weekend.

Trying new software , so c*cked up a few things, including the compression, but the quality doesn't look too bad in 720p

Andelusion · 28 Jun 2011 at 10:28

What the hell is this supercow, are you getting in some (not so) secret training before the meet?

Supercow · 28 Jun 2011 at 10:34

Andelusion said:
What the hell is this supercow, are you getting in some (not so) secret training before the meet?

Haha, nout to do with training, I rather enjoy riding there and it's not actually much further to drive to, than my usual XC playground.

LordSplodge · 28 Jun 2011 at 12:15

I got my wife a new bike the other week. She saw it in the bike shop window and it was love at first sight. Another GT joins our fold making it three now! Well it would have been rude to say no to her...

Here it is a 2010 GT Avalanche in a very nice shade of blue:

Here it is next to my now venerable 2006 GT Avalanche:

That's three bikes each now!

RobotXander · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:16

Off to Golspie for a run on the black after work.
Any suggestions for a pre ride dinner? I'm starting to plan ahead with regard to nutrition and would like to know what you guys do?

Lunch was a sandwich and a salad (wholemeal bread with ham and tomato in the sandwich)

I guess I'm just wondering what foods are best before a tough ride.
Wholemeal pasta, eggs, fry up?