Big Bike Thread

ichabod crane · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:30

Reality|Bites said:
I want

http://www.dalescycles.com/productdetails.asp?productid=55646

£61 a month for 3 year though. I can afford it but still umming.

You are stuck with that bike then for 3 years, what if you break it? Or in my case want to sell it within 2 and get a new one!

Reality|Bites · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:33

I know that's what i'm umming about lol.

Andelusion · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:39

Help me people, I cannot decide on a frame colour, silver or black.

Here are the cartoony choices: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Andelusion/1199-4765-full-2011covert-81.gif

Silver is 'polished' and looks like: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Andelusion/p4pb6189175.jpg

The forks are white with red bits, everything else will be off my Enduro (in sig), mix of white/red.

I love black and white bikes, but the polished 'finish' is a bit different

ichabod crane · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:47

Orange

iamtheoneneo · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:49

that orange is nice.

orange with pink peddles and grips ...lol

shauncr91 · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:49

Black and white, means you can get nearly every other component in the same colour.

shauncr91 · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:52

iamtheoneneo said:
that orange is nice.

orange with pink peddles and grips ...lol

Nothing wrong with orange and pink!

ichabod crane · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:52

shauncr91 said:
Black and white, means you can get nearly every other component in the same colour.

I bet you were really upset when television changed to colour.

Andelusion · 8 Mar 2011 at 17:01

Ordered black and white

Saw this 2010 frame respray and it just looks so pimp with white rims:

Should look even nicer with the updated white 2011 decals

J273 · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:05

My new bike ive got Mavic 823 rims which are tubeless ready.

Being totally new to tubeless do i need any sealent with these rims?...Is the selant also used for puncture prevention,or just to seal the tyre?

Thanks

weescott · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:34

smoove said:
I take it I've got the 9sp one?

Aye.

J273 said:
My new bike ive got Mavic 823 rims which are tubeless ready.

Being totally new to tubeless do i need any sealent with these rims?...Is the selant also used for puncture prevention,or just to seal the tyre?

Thanks

They are UST, not tubeless ready. /pedant

It depends what tyres you are using. If you use normal or tubeless ready tyres then you will need sealant. If you are using UST tyres you don't. But some UST tyres could benifit from sealant as well. eg Mountain Kings.

Richie · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:53

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Big Chris · 8 Mar 2011 at 19:12

Reality|Bites said:
I want

http://www.dalescycles.com/productdetails.asp?productid=55646

£61 a month for 3 year though. I can afford it but still umming.

One of the guys I ride with just bagged one of these, it's a great bike. Quite an upright, attacking riding position and just seems to float over anything in its way.

6thElement · 8 Mar 2011 at 19:41

J273 said:
My new bike ive got Mavic 823 rims which are tubeless ready.

Being totally new to tubeless do i need any sealent with these rims?...Is the selant also used for puncture prevention,or just to seal the tyre?

Thanks

I put a scoop of stans in my Deemax wheels (near enough the same as the 823 rim) just so I've got some in there if something pierces the tyre. You don't need sealant to seal true UST tyres and rims though.

Big Chris · 8 Mar 2011 at 20:48

weescott said:
They are UST, not tubeless ready.

What's the difference weescott? Never really looked into this.

weescott · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:22

The difference is the bead hook. The UST system has the best seal between the rim and tyre of all the tubeless systems. Tubeless ready rims might not have sealed eyelets or have the UST bead hook.

UST tyres have thicker sidewalls and don't require sealant. The downside is they are heavier.

Tubeless Ready tyres have thinner sidewalls and require sealant. But some will have the bead hook (eg Stans or UST) making them less likely to 'burp' off the rim, which is what some ghetto tubeless setups can do.

Richie · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:03

What chain lubes do people recommend for an MTB? Finishline Green or Red bottle seems the most popular but just curious....

janesssssy · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:53

Richie said:
Finishline Green

or any dry lube.

Richie · 9 Mar 2011 at 07:05

Wasn't sure whether to go for wet or dry lube actually.... I get the impression that wet lube is used if you are regularly in water/mud etc but dry lube is easier to get on with as it doesnt "gunk up" as bad as wet lube....

So dry is the way to go?