Big Bike Thread

Supercow · 8 Feb 2012 at 11:38

SpudMaster said:
I'd say the main problem was the fact his arse remains firmly planted in the saddle for the entire sequence!

Now we know why you wouldn't do the river gap in Chatel

gettothechopper said:
blimey no wonder he crashed - who jumps sat down lol

In my defence, that was the very first time I've ever jumped sat down.
No idea why I did it, it just happened. Made it over the first time over with no hickups, including the last jump on that line, which is a slightly longer gap too ( 35ish)

Scrutinize said:
Sorry but I couldn't resist

weescott · 8 Feb 2012 at 12:13

ichabod crane said:
Myself and Andelucheon really enjoyed Kirroughtree and it is closer than Glentress but the cabins are not as good!

Kirroughtree is an extra 2hrs away for me, fool! Not that I'm bothered.

Andelusion said:
Let's just do Glentress again but hit the off-piste stuff there and at Inners.

There is another 'wigwam holidays' site down that end, it was booked up last time.

Do you know where the 'off piste' stuff is?

Andelusion · 8 Feb 2012 at 12:40

No but I've got at least a couple of mags with info on natural trails around Innners. Everyone seems to rave about the non trail centre stuff around there so can't be hard to get some routes together.

ichabod crane · 8 Feb 2012 at 13:17

Andelusion said:
No but I've got at least a couple of mags with info on natural trails around Innners. Everyone seems to rave about the non trail centre stuff around there so can't be hard to get some routes together.

Well I think Glentress is most likely on the cards so you better sort some routes

Gribs · 8 Feb 2012 at 13:38

booyaka said:
new adjustable seatpost from crank bros

Looks good like most of their stuff but you can be pretty sure it'll fail at the first sign of mud like the rest of their stuff.

booyaka · 8 Feb 2012 at 14:26

Andelusion said:
No but I've got at least a couple of mags with info on natural trails around Innners. Everyone seems to rave about the non trail centre stuff around there so can't be hard to get some routes together.

i have a vague idea of the off-piste bits at glentress but know lots of people that could tell me exactly where they are so could easily find out

Andelusion · 8 Feb 2012 at 14:30

That'd be great, from a bit of reading around it looks like the best natural stuff is around Inners, that's fine by me as we never spend long enough there anyway!

booyaka · 8 Feb 2012 at 14:47

Andelusion said:
That'd be great, from a bit of reading around it looks like the best natural stuff is around Inners, that's fine by me as we never spend long enough there anyway!

bizarrely never done inners yet - get the glentress and think - that'll do nicely!

As a side note - new wheels required.

Want to run tubless so options look like the follow:

Hope Pro 2 Evo on Black Stans Arch EX Rims - £340 fully built but a little over the budget

What you get:
1 x Hope Pro 2 Evo Front includes QR or 15mm (20mm can be supplied)
1 x Hope Pro 2 Evo Rear (option of 135x10mm QR, 135x10mm thru axle or 135x12mm thru axle)
64 x DT Swiss Competition Black Spokes
2 x Stans Arch Rims EX 32H – Black
4 x Spare Spokes (2 Front, 2 Rear)
2 x Stans Yellow Tubeless Tape
Wheel Weights:

Front – 795g
Rear – 920g

OR

Superstar deal

-

Hub Type Front Switch EVO Front Hub - Red
- Hub Type Rear Switch EVO Rear Hub - Red
- Nipples Brass
- Rim Stans Arch EX Disc Black - Instock
- Rimtape Included Free of Charge
- Spokes Silver Plain Gauge SAPIM Spokes

£243.

I like the look/sound of the Arch Ex rims as i don't do anything mad and they will be more than strong enough.

Basically are the hope hubs worth £100 more?

weescott · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:19

booyaka said:
Basically are the hope hubs worth £100 more?

It's as relative as asking is it worth upgrading from Deore to XT?

Also, with buying Hope its British made and has legendary customer service.

I know which one I would go for.

booyaka · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:22

fair enough- the clicking of hope hubs does slightly put me off but i guess for the "quality build factor" that should be suffered!

Jonny ///M · 8 Feb 2012 at 16:12

Just had a guy in who got pro 2 evo with mavic xm719. £280 through wheelcraft. Pretty sure he could build up a set for cheaper than the stans rims.

I look forward to the next meet I'll be on a frankenbike.

I'd be getting hope over xt too.

booyaka · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:08

Jonny ///M said:
Just had a guy in who got pro 2 evo with mavic xm719. £280 through wheelcraft. Pretty sure he could build up a set for cheaper than the stans rims.

I look forward to the next meet I'll be on a frankenbike.

I'd be getting hope over xt too.

going to give wheelcraft (big al) a call sometime - I might be over that way next week anyway.

Street · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:27

booyaka said:
I like the look/sound of the Arch Ex rims as i don't do anything mad and they will be more than strong enough.

Basically are the hope hubs worth £100 more?

I got a pair of Arch Ex rims on Hope Pro2s a couple weeks back from Moonglu. Did a lot of research on them and they seemed to be the wheels for me.

I fitted them last week and they were easy to get set up tubeless, didn't take me long and I managed to get both tyres on first time with no leaks.

I took them for a quick blast around the Clwyds on Sunday. I've only got my stock wheels to compare them to, but compared to them they're so much better. My bike seemed more responsive and felt a lot easier to climb with but this could have just been the old placebo effect!

booyaka said:
fair enough- the clicking of hope hubs does slightly put me off but i guess for the "quality build factor" that should be suffered!

I found the noise great for getting walkers to move out of the way!

Scrutinize · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:48

My 80mm On-One CNC stem arrived today to replace my mavity Gap 60mm. Weighs in at a cool 120g dead on compared to the 195g of the Gap stem. It is also a thing of CNC beauty.

looks great in the Gold......oh yes gold bling. Just need to get the grips and seatpost QR to match and job done.

booyaka · 8 Feb 2012 at 18:29

Street said:
I got a pair of Arch Ex rims on Hope Pro2s a couple weeks back from Moonglu. Did a lot of research on them and they seemed to be the wheels for me.

was it £340 you paid?

Street · 8 Feb 2012 at 18:32

Yeh it was!

weescott · 8 Feb 2012 at 18:39

Scrutinize said:
My 80mm On-One CNC stem arrived today to replace my mavity Gap 60mm. Weighs in at a cool 120g dead on compared to the 195g of the Gap stem. It is also a thing of CNC beauty.

looks great in the Gold......oh yes gold bling. Just need to get the grips and seatpost QR to match and job done.

That's incredibly light for the money. I would be sceptical how strong it is. But I'm just jelous because I paid 4 x that for my Pro stem.

Scrutinize · 8 Feb 2012 at 18:58

weescott said:
That's incredibly light for the money. I would be sceptical how strong it is. But I'm just jelous because I paid 4 x that for my Pro stem.

Dunno, my my most extreme riding involves dropping off the odd kerb these days so will probably be fine. I paid £19.99 as it was the gold one but the Black and Silver are £29.99. They are also the same as the Superstar Zephir which are £45 from what others say on the internet.

Couldn't find a bad review on it though and I did google hard. It certainly feels and looks well made.

I took a risk going for the Gold on a white bike but now it is fitted, I am really happy. Will add some gold grip lockrings and QR to balance it up and these should arrive Friday.

So far, just by changing the tyres, cassette, stem and seat QR (once it arrives) I have saved 2.05lbs off the bike. Not bad considering the bike rrp's at £1300 to start with. Will have spent £800 in total on the Bike and upgrades and will probably get a few quid back for the bits I have stripped off. I see the distributor has put the bike back up to £810 this week so I am glad I got it when it was down at £710.

cheets64 · 8 Feb 2012 at 19:00

Decent watch

J273 · 8 Feb 2012 at 19:26

Street said:
I got a pair of Arch Ex rims on Hope Pro2s a couple weeks back from Moonglu. Did a lot of research on them and they seemed to be the wheels for me.

I fitted them last week and they were easy to get set up tubeless, didn't take me long and I managed to get both tyres on first time with no leaks.

I took them for a quick blast around the Clwyds on Sunday. I've only got my stock wheels to compare them to, but compared to them they're so much better. My bike seemed more responsive and felt a lot easier to climb with but this could have just been the old placebo effect!

I found the noise great for getting walkers to move out of the way!

I was gonna suggest moonglu - flows with evo hubs last year and they've been spot on - great service aswell.