Big Bike Thread

Supercow · 2 Jun 2010 at 10:57

RobotXander said:
I'm going for the Trance X3 around October time I think. Liking the Spec on that bike

The Trance is a lovely little bike, my mate had one and he built it up very aggressively - rode very very sweet.

RobotXander · 2 Jun 2010 at 11:17

I've tried a Trance X4 which I really liked. Geometry was great and speed was ace on the trail. The only thing that let the X4 down for me was a weak fork.....I have an older Tora 318 Solo Air on my Hardtail and it was much better than the Tora on the X4. Not sure what particular Tora it was though...

utajoker · 2 Jun 2010 at 11:26

can anyone reccomend some chain lube thats not expensive but not cheapo, stuff.

around £5-£10 is possible (unless this is cheapo territory).

bike is a hardtail.

andi · 2 Jun 2010 at 11:26

Trance X4 won mbrs £1000 FS test this month too.

I posted a video a few days ago of one with a rather burly build being ridden quite well

RobotXander · 2 Jun 2010 at 11:31

utajoker said:
can anyone reccomend some chain lube thats not expensive but not cheapo, stuff.

around £5-£10 is possible (unless this is cheapo territory).

bike is a hardtail.

Juice Lubes Chain Juice is decent stuff. Stays on quite well.
Think it's about £7
I've also used Finish Line Wet with good results

bigsharn · 2 Jun 2010 at 12:04

ichabod crane said:
Is it Orange? Sure I have seen one of them about town.

That it is (Sorry for late reply)

There's another person going around on the same model and a couple more brighter orange bikes... I don't know what people's fascination with orange is

Torch [P4] · 2 Jun 2010 at 12:35

RobotXander said:
I've tried a Trance X4 which I really liked. Geometry was great and speed was ace on the trail. The only thing that let the X4 down for me was a weak fork.....I have an older Tora 318 Solo Air on my Hardtail and it was much better than the Tora on the X4. Not sure what particular Tora it was though...

tora 302s on the X4 iirc, thats what put me off the 4 and towards the 3

RobotXander · 2 Jun 2010 at 14:26

That may push me towards the X3......can't be doing with more post purchase fork upgrades

Inquisitor · 2 Jun 2010 at 14:26

utajoker said:
can anyone reccomend some chain lube thats not expensive but not cheapo, stuff.

around £5-£10 is possible (unless this is cheapo territory).

bike is a hardtail.

I use Finish Line lube: the dry version (Teflon) if the weather's dry and dusty, otherwise the wet version.

RobotXander · 2 Jun 2010 at 14:39

Never used the dry stuff. Is it any good? I would imagine it keeps things allot cleaner when used in the correct conditions?

andi · 2 Jun 2010 at 14:43

I found the standard dry one a bit rubbish, needed reapplying every few miles.

Got a sample of Squirt that I've put on my rockhopper to try, and so far it seems really good, although I haven't been able to do any miles on it yet.

utajoker · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:50

RobotXander said:
Juice Lubes Chain Juice is decent stuff. Stays on quite well.

found 100ml of the wet stuff on the bay for just under £7, is cheaper than the finish line stuff.

thx

Supercow · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:57

Had to cancel my France/Morzine trip coz of my broken arm, and for circumstances beyond my control cant go in June/Early August

.... although

WAHOOOOOO

I just realised Verbier is open till mid October and it's supposed to be the absolute ****, even better than Morzine/Les gets!!!!
Aiming to Go early September, well happy now!

andi · 2 Jun 2010 at 19:28

shauncr91 · 2 Jun 2010 at 19:41

Anyone else ordered from Evans Cycles and had problems? I ordered a week ago and still no sign of my goods, need them soonish too

6thElement · 2 Jun 2010 at 19:53

Order status online? Phone them for an update?

I'm trying to avoid buying a 2010 Marzocchi 66 RC3 Ti 1.5, to replace my '07 66 RC2X. My wallet doesn't approve of my current spending habits

shauncr91 · 2 Jun 2010 at 20:01

Been working through all their open hours for past 2 days, and online it just says "Order successful", which was what it said about 5 hours after I made it.

Will ring them tomorrow because I'm fed up of waiting.

MeddlE · 2 Jun 2010 at 21:29

Torch [P4];16670323 said:
tora 302s on the X4 iirc, thats what put me off the 4 and towards the 3

The 2009 X5 has Recon 335 Solo Air, are they better or worse than Tora?

zootfloot · 2 Jun 2010 at 22:03

shauncr91 said:
Anyone else ordered from Evans Cycles and had problems? I ordered a week ago and still no sign of my goods, need them soonish too

I ordered some bits and pieces from them a while back and they took nearly 3 weeks to be delivered.

The worst part is that they said on their site that the item was in stock and i then received an email saying my goods had been despatched the day after ordering.

When i chased them up they said that some of my items were not in stock, i said that they should not have taken payment until they had the items in stock and they then pointed me towards their T&C's which says ....Please note: All Website and Mail Order payments are taken in full at the point of purchase regardless of stock.

I wont deal with them again.

Hamster · 2 Jun 2010 at 22:57

I'm still using the narrow pedals that came with my MTB and it's time for some new ones. Mainly for road riding but some toepath. My feet are quite and i'd like pedals that give decent grip, not too deep and preferably servicable. Budget is around £30-40.

I know that the Wellgo MG1 pedals are well thought of so that's one option. I could probably get those for under £25 but another one that has been recommended is the Onza Hognesium which i can get for £29.

Any thoughts or other options please?