Big Bike Thread

R0B75 · 5 Jun 2011 at 13:58

Try this link.

http://www.mtbworldcup.com/dhi/videos/1014860/uci-world-cup-2011-dhi-2-fort-william-gbr

Richie · 5 Jun 2011 at 14:01

Same problem... Must be loads of people trying it

Richie · 5 Jun 2011 at 14:05

Meh, I'll watch it later

andi · 5 Jun 2011 at 14:17

Keep trying, took me ages to get on but its working ok now.

R0B75 · 5 Jun 2011 at 14:29

"and he's off like a Jewish foreskin"!

collisster · 5 Jun 2011 at 16:01

"He's more dangerous than a spanish cucumber"

SDK^ · 5 Jun 2011 at 16:02

Unlucky for Gwin, he lost 8 seconds in the last section.

Richie · 5 Jun 2011 at 16:13

Still not managed to get it working

Will just watch it on the replay when its up.

I see GB managed to get 2nd and 4th tho

Supercow · 5 Jun 2011 at 16:25

MINNNAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!

Danny Hartattack did so wel though, such a good race!

Richie · 5 Jun 2011 at 16:33

Its now uploaded so it can be watched again... Not live but hey-ho you take what you get

touch · 5 Jun 2011 at 19:21

Awesome day at Fort William.
Here's a selection of my pics:

sorry, had to put the quality right down so i could upload them :/

Jonny69 · 5 Jun 2011 at 19:29

weescott said:
Chainset come with chainrings/cranks/BB

I would be considering this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=58156

IIRC Octalink is a trickle down tech from Deore from about 10 years ago. While it ain't Hollowtech 2, it's much better than Square Taper.

Tektro V's come standard on basic mountain bikes. That's all I know about V's

Excellent, cheers for that infoZ! I know the new octalink and hollowtec is better but I'll probably stick with square taper because I've not had a problem with it, plus it'll be compatible with my road stuff. It's only going on a really really bottom end rigid steel frame, so I don't want to spend much on it. Trying to decide whether the Tektro V's will be a direct fit for what's on there. I think they should be.

matt_fsr · 5 Jun 2011 at 20:17

DanTheMan said:
It's a Decathlon Rockrider 8.1, same as Nix has.

Pinch flatted it yet?

Just got back from Scotland - Glentress and Innerleithen, loads of trail goodness - new found "I love this trail" section

Glentress blue descent from the car park down - whoever built the kickers at the sides of the rolling sections was inspired!

Oh yeah... rode the Big Hit all the way too

- Pic from top of Minch Moor to follow

Richie · 5 Jun 2011 at 20:30

matt_fsr said:
Glentress blue descent from the car park down - whoever built the kickers at the sides of the rolling sections was inspired!

I did the red/black back down the first time then, on the way back from the skills area, took the blue and found it much more enjoyable TBH.

What did you think of Berm Baby Berm??

666_Pounder · 5 Jun 2011 at 21:05

Anyone one know of a decent quality rack that would fit on an old Ford Ka? Just got my first bike in years and I'd like to actually take it somewhere with a bit of kit.

matt_fsr · 5 Jun 2011 at 21:42

Richie said:
I did the red/black back down the first time then, on the way back from the skills area, took the blue and found it much more enjoyable TBH.

What did you think of Berm Baby Berm??

Absolutely awesome! Never ridden anything quite like that before, so much G-force pinning you into the berms.

Quite looking forward to seeing how the Pitch handles it, I reckon I might be able to do it even faster! :eek:

ichabod crane · 5 Jun 2011 at 21:48

matt_fsr said:
Quite looking forward to seeing how the Pitch handles it, I reckon I might be able to do it even faster!

You couldn't do it much slower

Saytan · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:34

octalink is resolutely *not* better than square taper. Square taper BBs last FOREVER.

Supercow · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:36

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150212674083425&oid=106823261576&comments

Andelusion · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:53

Lots of juicy juicy info in that vid

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