Big Bike Thread

cookiem0nster · 13 Jan 2011 at 23:03

janesssssy said:
My Morzine trip is all booked! woohoo. 9th to 16th July. Going with Flowmtb.
Anyone else going? or any other place?

Been with flow a couple of times in the past, Sara and Guy were great hosts if your staying catered. Food was awesome too. Hope you get good weather, its not so much fun when it rains all week.

booyaka · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:21

Cube 2010 LTD Team - special offer - £799 at a LBS!!!

eekk - must resist - I love the look of the cubes!!!

Reality|Bites · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:27

Google it, you can find it cheaper than that.

janesssssy · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:38

cookiem0nster said:
Been with flow a couple of times in the past, Sara and Guy were great hosts if your staying catered. Food was awesome too. Hope you get good weather, its not so much fun when it rains all week.

I went with them last year, was pretty awesome. Crossed fingers that the weather is good.

Dangerous Dave · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:43

I decided to upgrade to a full suspension bike after weekly visits to Glentress or Innerleithen have shown me the limitations of a hard tail especially when the other two people I go with now have full suspension bikes aswell.

The weather has only just started to clear enough to get out and I manged a couple of circuits of a park near me (Beecraigs if anyone is in central Scotland) hopefully I will get down to Glentress next week to give the bike a better workout.

I have not got many plans for it but once I am use to it I will probably upgrade the rear shock and I don't find the gear shifters great so will change them at some point as I prefer the action of the Shimano ones on my hard tail.

I didn't want to go overboard on my first FS bike and tried a few and settled for a 2010 Pitch Pro but I couldn't get one in medium as it was discontinued so went for the 2011 model which took over 3 months to arrive.

booyaka · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:38

Reality|Bites said:
Google it, you can find it cheaper than that.

yeah - i have seen it for £759 but for the sake of £40 i would be happy to go to my local bike shop and get it set up properly and support them. Cheers anyway.

MUST RESIST!!! But i think i am falling for it!

Andelusion · 14 Jan 2011 at 19:40

Awesome bike Dave, the pitch's are supposed tobe great bikes and that's a really nice colour you got there

I might be taking my HT to Glentress for the OcUK meet instead of my Enduro, you've almost put me off a bit now

thecremeegg · 14 Jan 2011 at 23:01

Seeing as I havent shown my bike I'd thought I'd do it now

Its nothing special, just built from a mix of 2nd hand and new bits and bobs. Got a Rockshox reverb on the way plus some new grips and then its nearly done.....until I find something else to change

Banny · 15 Jan 2011 at 09:23

Andelusion said:
Awesome bike Dave, the pitch's are supposed tobe great bikes and that's a really nice colour you got there

I might be taking my HT to Glentress for the OcUK meet instead of my Enduro, you've almost put me off a bit now

I was thinking exactly the same thing as I have a Kula HT, seems like it will be a bit tough for it.

ichabod crane · 15 Jan 2011 at 11:13

Andelusion said:
Awesome bike Dave, the pitch's are supposed tobe great bikes and that's a really nice colour you got there

I might be taking my HT to Glentress for the OcUK meet instead of my Enduro, you've almost put me off a bit now

Banny said:
I was thinking exactly the same thing as I have a Kula HT, seems like it will be a bit tough for it.

Don't be such a pair of girls, you should be the faster around the trails on a HT most of Glentress is as smooth as a tarmac road (pre potholes)

"andy" · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:22

anyone cut their shimano hoses down ?

do i trust the shimano pdf that says it can be done without bleeding or do i buy a bleed kit/oil along with the new inserts and olives ?

weescott · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:00

You shouldn't need to bleed them. But if you do then all you need is a piece of tubing (forget the size) to bleed the brakes.

Jonny ///M · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:04

"andy" said:
anyone cut their shimano hoses down ?

do i trust the shimano pdf that says it can be done without bleeding or do i buy a bleed kit/oil along with the new inserts and olives ?

Should be fine to do it without a bleed. Try keep the hose pointing up and that should do it.

I did drop a lever whilst doing this once though

Dangerous Dave · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:30

ichabod crane said:
Don't be such a pair of girls, you should be the faster around the trails on a HT most of Glentress is as smooth as a tarmac road (pre potholes)

The trails over the last year have slowly required maintenance they have not received particularly the middle and bottom of the red route are very rutted and rough resulting in a bumpy ride on a HT. I suspect the bad winter weather will not help the conditions, back down on Thursday so I will find out !

Hamster · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:07

Took some pics of Gee Atherton's 2010 Commencal Supreme DH at the London Bike Show. If anyone wants to see them I'll upload them.

ichabod crane · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:20

Hamster said:
Took some pics of Gee Atherton's 2010 Commencal Supreme DH at the London Bike Show. If anyone wants to see them I'll upload them.

No thanks it is only a Commencal

Hamster · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:23

ichabod crane said:
No thanks it is only a Commencal

OK

***F1ZZY*** · 16 Jan 2011 at 00:33

Any preference for chains?
My shimano HG53 just fell apart yesterday.

I was thinking going for KMC as I hear good things, but there are so many mixed reviews and opinions about all makes and models I have found.

Thanks

edit

I ride in Malaysian jungles if that makes any difference

YorkshirePadd26 · 16 Jan 2011 at 05:32

shimano HG53 had one, worst chain ever ! fell to pieces doing Coed Y Brenin.

I replaced it with a Sram PC 991 hollow pin one, its always shifted well and holds onto lube fine. Doesn't seam to rust either.

What size is the trance ? I thought my 16inch Reign looked small, but that looks tiny !

***F1ZZY*** · 16 Jan 2011 at 05:41

It's a small, which I believe is also a 16"