Big Bike Thread

ichabod crane · 2 Oct 2010 at 23:19

benjo said:
Does anyone know anything about the Magura 'Johnny T' Hydraulic Rim Brakes?

They look like HS33's but I'm not sure if they are...

Thanks

If they have "Johnny T" signatures then they will be HS22's, if they are labelled with "Tomac" then they are HS33's.

weescott · 2 Oct 2010 at 23:32

andi said:
For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, Ride The Divide, a film about the great divide race is on youtube free for the next few hours.

It's 1h20m long, and its amazing, really inspiring stuff.

Just finished watching. Thanks for posting.

6thElement · 3 Oct 2010 at 05:21

Very annoying that the mens road race at the World Championships is on the BBC at the moment, but I can't view it

Richie · 3 Oct 2010 at 10:33

6th - have you tried www.tvcatchup.com ??

Not sure if that site checks your location but it streams live TV on a LOT of UK channels... Alternatively, find a UK proxy service or use this help guide - http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2009/07/can-i-watch-uk-tv-abroad.html

The highlights are on at 1300 UK time (not sure what zone you are in)

Andelusion · 3 Oct 2010 at 10:47

The Red Bull rampage is streaming live tonight (7pm ish GMT) on pinkbike and the redbull site

6thElement · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:08

I actually meant the BBC website

TVCatchup is UK only, I can never be bothered to try finding working proxies.

Lakeland · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:34

Thinking of selling my 05 kona coiler deluxe, anyone got an idea what it'd be worth at the moment, with/without front brake set (Hope Tech M4, Braided Hose, 203mm Floating Rotor)

Sad I know but funds are needed for another venture

monkeypants · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:32

6thElement, I sent you a message via trust a while ago, did you not get it?

6thElement · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:38

Erm no idea what my trust email goes to, I'll check what address

edit: Sent you a message, try again.

Anyone else watching the Redbull Rampage?

Pinkbike and Redbull are streaming it.

Andelusion · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:39

Yeah I'm watching, the stream was really slow for me earlier, you see that crash just now (blue knolly), amazing

SDK^ · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:42

Rampage is awesome, some dude just stacked a landing and snapped his Marzocchi forks stanchions in two. They don't make them like they used to

Gee is currently leading Rd1.
Cam Zink tried a 360 off the Oakley sender but failed the landing.

mistercrabb · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:44

shauncr91 said:
Btw I'm still looking for DH winter tyres, a tumble today reminded me of that

Set on either Swamp Things or Wet Screams, any suggestions?

Wetscreams, 100%

Stick a super tacky compound on the front, and the standard one on the back (I run standard compound 2.5" front and rear and it's amazing - haven't switched tires this year yet though).

As for the brakes, my code 5's are doing that too.
Looking at google, it would appear that avid brakes use bushings on the lever pivot, which wear down rather quickly..
Have a read of this: Linky
Page 12 onwards.

I'd help you some more, but I've had a bit too much to drink and can't trust my reading skills.. Best bet is to take your bike into your local bike shop and see if they can replace the bushings...

6thElement · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:46

I thought the snapped fork was a Fox 40?

Andelusion · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:47

Someone on mtbr seems to think it was a 888, but what do I know, I thought it was another 951 snapped headtube moment at first

edit: btw I picked up a 50mm stem for my Enduro today (from the small frame, going shorter than the stock 70mm on my medium frame) they're like rocking horse poo so I'm happy I found one, only cost £26 inc too.

monkeypants · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:47

6thElement said:
Erm no idea what my trust email goes to, I'll check what address

edit: Sent you a message, try again.

It'll be waiting at work, I'll resend my message then.

SDK^ · 3 Oct 2010 at 21:55

6thElement said:
I thought the snapped fork was a Fox 40?

He was rolling with 888's EVO Titanium forks

SDK^ · 3 Oct 2010 at 23:24

Zink nailed the biggest 360 ever - super awesome !!

Jadds · 3 Oct 2010 at 23:26

That was just awesome. No way Zink wasn't going top after landing that.

shauncr91 · 4 Oct 2010 at 00:31

mistercrabb said:
Wetscreams, 100%

Stick a super tacky compound on the front, and the standard one on the back (I run standard compound 2.5" front and rear and it's amazing - haven't switched tires this year yet though).

As for the brakes, my code 5's are doing that too.
Looking at google, it would appear that avid brakes use bushings on the lever pivot, which wear down rather quickly..
Have a read of this: Linky
Page 12 onwards.

I'd help you some more, but I've had a bit too much to drink and can't trust my reading skills.. Best bet is to take your bike into your local bike shop and see if they can replace the bushings...

Great post, thanks

touch · 4 Oct 2010 at 14:07

Haha, cyclocross is awesome

Had my first race yesterday, did pretty terrible i think but it was great fun

It's a bit like mtb but with twice the speed and half the grip

Still waiting for results to be posted on the website. I have no idea where i came but im not expecting much. Chain snapped towards the end and i ran the last 1.5 laps

(Not pleased considering i just bought the chain + cassette on thursday and have put less than 20 miles on them :confused:

)

Oh well, cant wait for next weekend