Big Bike Thread

Giddy · 31 Mar 2007 at 22:31

SDK^ said:
I did 20 miles of trails at Canock Chase in the Midlands today.
I could really do with some padded shorts - any recommendations ?

I wear Sugio & Sombrio shorts with a padded cycling short underneath. Something like this: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18005

Did you ride the follow the dog trail or just the fire roads?

SDK^ · 1 Apr 2007 at 10:48

Giddy said:
I wear Sugio & Sombrio shorts with a padded cycling short underneath. Something like this: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18005

Did you ride the follow the dog trail or just the fire roads?

Thanks for the link, i'll check those out

The trails we did were a mixture of 60% of the rough, up and down off road stuff and 40% gravel tracks.

Giddy · 1 Apr 2007 at 11:01

SDK^ said:
Thanks for the link, i'll check those out
The trails we did were a mixture of 60% of the rough, up and down off road stuff and 40% gravel tracks.

Next time you go make sure you ride "follow the dog" its only a 7 mile loop so nothing too strenuous. It's a great mix of long sweeping single track, with plenty of variety and some nice tight technical sections. Not quite on par with some of the Welsh trails but the best riding you will get in the Midlands.

SgtTupac · 1 Apr 2007 at 18:56

Been out today on the Big Hit. Went to Cwmcarn. Had a few trys of different sections and a play on the free ride part of the course to get used to the bike, then gave it a full run down the course. Bike held up well and i picked a few wrong lines, but managed to get some good parts in and some awesome air!

Jonny ///M · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:25

Heres my cousins bighit hes had for a while.

The dodgy rear brake hoes routing is only because the hose is sooo short.

monkeypants · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:57

Yes! My new forks on installed and working excellently. Hopefully I'll get to ride them next week.

weescott · 2 Apr 2007 at 22:38

Jonny ///M said:
The dodgy rear brake hoes routing is only because the hose is sooo short.

Probably fitted by a dodgy Halfords mechanic.

Jonny ///M · 2 Apr 2007 at 22:55

weescott said:
Probably fitted by a dodgy Halfords mechanic.

Probably fitted by a chinky thats employed by giant to built the brakes? :confused:

weescott · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:04

Better edit out the c word.

Jonny ///M · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:15

weescott said:
Better edit out the c word.

KthxBYE

Jonny ///M · 3 Apr 2007 at 08:41

Heres one of my mates' Sx trail. Not sure if hes split the Demo 8 to use the wheels on this or just got two sets of deemax.

SpudMaster · 3 Apr 2007 at 17:09

Jonny ///M said:
Heres my cousins bighit hes had for a while.

The dodgy rear brake hoes routing is only because the hose is sooo short.

surprised hes not put his foot through that yet

Jonny ///M · 3 Apr 2007 at 18:53

SpudMaster said:
surprised hes not put his foot through that yet

He hasnt ridden it enough to do that really. He had it built up a few months ago but yesterday was his first time out with only me and we had a good laugh.

NEED to change the oil in his forks/get new ones as they are dire.

digisatman · 3 Apr 2007 at 22:58

Jonny ///M said:
Heres my cousins bighit hes had for a while.

The dodgy rear brake hoes routing is only because the hose is sooo short.

that bike is smoking, size of the front forks are amazing, mines are tiny compared to those...

What sizes of front forks does everyone have?, ill get me ruler out tomorrow!

Mark A · 3 Apr 2007 at 23:19

Could anyone recommend me a decent front light for around £100?, thats if £100 will get anything decent. Ideally with the battery in the light its self but if thats not possible then it doesn't matter. Also i would prefer a single light instead of a dual setup i keep seeing, or maybe a dual light but in one unit if that makes sense.

I don't ride on the road much and ride around my local res at night and its pitch black. I don't want to fall in as it looks really cold lol. I have a Cateye led light at the moment which is OK but id just like to get something decent that lights the area up a bit better.

Jonny ///M · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:24

digisatman said:
that bike is smoking, size of the front forks are amazing, mines are tiny compared to those...

What sizes of front forks does everyone have?, ill get me ruler out tomorrow!

They are 170mm travel as are the black ones on my bike(same fork different years)

benjo plz. · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:42

Jonny ///M said:
They are 170mm travel as are the black ones on my bike(same fork different years)

Junior T's? eeeeww tbh

Jonny ///M · 4 Apr 2007 at 01:07

Phnom_Penh said:
Junior T's? eeeeww tbh

Yuh tbh.......they work....in the way that.....they move but have too fast rebound and plough through the travel. I wouldnt say they are dire but they work ok for what they are designed for.

MY boxxer races feel.....overdampened(that a word?) as in they are hard to go down and come up quite slow compared to juniors.

Mark A · 4 Apr 2007 at 11:03

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17408

Any good?.

benjo plz. · 4 Apr 2007 at 13:05

Cateye EL-530's pretty good for the price, although the Cateye Double/Triple shots at excellent, but quite expensive.