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Buy me some carbon wheels for me to destroy!
Pic from todays ride....look, blue sky in Scotland!
Come a bit further a try Manchester's Chill FactorE. Real snow!
All this talk of electric and road bikes has made me sad, so I bought some new lights
Have you got them yet, i have been looking at lights as mine just isnt bright enough for night trial riding. Was looking at the Hope ones but these Ay Ups look great.
I have just nipped into town to buy some LED lights for the bike. Ended up with some wilkos specials for £12.
Off for a ride through woods tonight. See how fun that is.
Edit: and nipped to JEJames for some gloves and a drinks holder. Could just do with a bag now but not paying silly prices i have been looking at for them.
Off for a ride through woods tonight. See how fun that is.
Edit: and nipped to JEJames for some gloves and a drinks holder. Could just do with a bag now but not paying silly prices i have been looking at for them.
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I started night riding a few years ago with a cheap smart halogen set and it wasn't all that much fun. For the last couple of years I've used a pair (one on bar, one on head) of cheap dealextreme LED lights and it's far better. The XML6 ones are really cheap at £28 quid each and do a very good job.
I'm going to guess it's not much fun with those lights.
You need good lights to see where you're going.
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Had a weekend trying out a friends Demo 8, only had time to do a quick run around haldon forest (blue trial!) as the miss's isnt that confident on a bike to do anything downhilly, she fell off the bike on a burm trying to lean it over!
It was a nice bike, setup for my weight, felt pretty smooth and took some big hits pretty well, but damn its a heavy bike, was hard work trying to peddle over anything that wasnt flat or downhill. Still it was a nice bike just a shame I don't like the black/red look of the frame, looks bulky!
It was a nice bike, setup for my weight, felt pretty smooth and took some big hits pretty well, but damn its a heavy bike, was hard work trying to peddle over anything that wasnt flat or downhill. Still it was a nice bike just a shame I don't like the black/red look of the frame, looks bulky!
Which year?
One of my riding mates' Demo 8 is 34LBS.
Regardless, the Demo doesn;t pedal well regardless. Besides, who wants to be pedalling a DH bike over long flat stuff anyways?
Here's his : http://www.southerndownhill.com/forum/index.php/topic,239189.90.html
34 with Air, 35 with coil.
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Which year?
One of my riding mates' Demo 8 is 34LBS.
Regardless, the Demo doesn;t pedal well regardless. Besides, who wants to be pedalling a DH bike over long flat stuff anyways?
Here's his : http://www.southerndownhill.com/forum/index.php/topic,239189.90.html
34 with Air, 35 with coil.
Was a 2010 model, my old trek was 31lbs but this thing weighted at least 38lbs if not more. Bike was still its original spec (2010 Demo 8 II)
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Why did you test it out on anything but some DH trails? 
You're never gonna have a nice time with a proper dh sled unless gravity is on your side.
You're never gonna have a nice time with a proper dh sled unless gravity is on your side.
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They will arrive tomorrow and will report back after my first test out.
You are right, was bloody useless in the woods. Light is really strong but only in one little spot lol.
About 4lbs lighter than my Ellsworth!
'sides, it's not really the weight that makes dh bikes horrible at everything but downhill- it's the tyres. If I stuck my supertackies on a racy XC bike it'd be almost as horrible to ride up a mountain. But with lightweight non-tractor tyres my old SX Trail climbed like a goat. Then crashed all the way back down the hill
About 4lbs lighter than my Ellsworth!
'sides, it's not really the weight that makes dh bikes horrible at everything but downhill- it's the tyres. If I stuck my supertackies on a racy XC bike it'd be almost as horrible to ride up a mountain. But with lightweight non-tractor tyres my old SX Trail climbed like a goat. Then crashed all the way back down the hill
I climb on my 34lb Tracer2 with just a bit more effort. MTFU TBH
I climb on my 34lb Tracer2 with just a bit more effort. MTFU TBH
My trail bike weighs about that with its coil shock in and climbs just fine thanks
Like I say, it's not just about weight. My hardtail usually climbs like a rocket but stick on the swampthings and it climbs slower than the big bike does with normal tyres. And everything climbs badly with fat dualply supertackies and dh tubes. Feels like trying to pedal a motorbike If you want a laugh, try and get along to fort william for the endurance downhill- great day's racing but also, at the start everyone has to ride or push up from the carpark up to the wallride. It's only about 2 miles but on fat bikes in full armour, under race conditions, it's horrible. And very, very funny.
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