Big Bike Thread

R0B75 · 31 Mar 2011 at 21:19

Supercow said:
Lies, no tyres less than 2.1 in width allowed!

Phew! One of mine just scraped in!

I'm off to Llandegla for the first time tomorrow at the crack of dawn. Looking forward to Parallel Universe

Anyone here been on it, any other highlights to look out for?

weescott · 31 Mar 2011 at 21:21

My Blur has 2.0" tyres. Am I not allowed to post it here?

andi · 31 Mar 2011 at 23:01

R0B75 said:
Phew! One of mine just scraped in!

I'm off to Llandegla for the first time tomorrow at the crack of dawn. Looking forward to Parallel Universe

Anyone here been on it, any other highlights to look out for?

Parallel Universe is ace. I liked the rest of the black too, it's not your usual black though, it's pretty easy and non technical. Just means you can hit it faster

The skills area is really good to play on too.

R0B75 · 31 Mar 2011 at 23:07

Good stuff. Hopefully it'll be a great day.

YorkshirePadd26 · 1 Apr 2011 at 01:41

Dalby Red again tomorrow, again sort of a fitness test for me.
I shall try and beat my last time, again on the hardtail.

Will probably hurt as I was kick boxing on Wednesday and my legs still kill.

But No Pain no Gain !

Working Night shifts is starting to have its benefits again this summer

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 07:32

Llandegla is too easy, nice for an easy ride though.

ichabod crane · 1 Apr 2011 at 07:58

weescott said:
My Blur has 2.0" tyres. Am I not allowed to post it here?

No you are not, so get out or get a real bike.

Supercow · 1 Apr 2011 at 08:50

ichabod crane said:
No you are not, so get out or get a real bike.

This^^

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 10:03

Anyone any experiance with the Truvativ HammerSchmidt chainsets, they look like a brilliant idea to have all the benifits of a double chainset and a single one at the same time.

Reality|Bites · 1 Apr 2011 at 10:50

looks good.

Supercow · 1 Apr 2011 at 11:03

robj20 said:
Anyone any experiance with the Truvativ HammerSchmidt chainsets, they look like a brilliant idea to have all the benifits of a double chainset and a single one at the same time.

My Brother in law has one.
I had an overwhelming sense of "meh" -> another problem i foresee is maintenance.

1 x 10 speed is the way forward, especially with the new SLX 10 speed stuff coming out.

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:24

I always find my self needing the granny ring though, a 10 speed isnt going to be good enough.

Richie · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:25

I quite like my granny ring tho

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:29

Exactly why the HammerSchmidt seems such a great idea get to keep the same setup but only using one ring.

Supercow · 1 Apr 2011 at 13:18

34t ring up front, 36t out back - you'll never need that granny ring!

booyaka · 1 Apr 2011 at 14:37

back home - off to parents now to uplift my new bike - pictures later for sure!!!

Supercow · 1 Apr 2011 at 14:55

booyaka said:
back home - off to parents now to uplift my new bike - pictures later for sure!!!

Hurry - we need bikeporn

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 15:48

Your guys are annoying and going to cost me a fortune.

Ever since i have been reading this thread of gone from being happy with my bike to wanting a new frame, now im looking at going for 10speed and single front ring. Nice shiny new SRAM X0 10speed short cage looks nice, shame i cant find an XX short cage. That XX 10 speed cassett looks tastey as well but im shocked at the price.

Richie · 1 Apr 2011 at 15:49

Supercow said:
34t ring up front, 36t out back - you'll never need that granny ring!

Yeah but I also ride my bike on the road to get to some places so I like being on the big cog up front and small on the back to get speed up

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If you can afford more than 1 bike then I agree but mine has to be more than just a trail bike.

robj20 · 1 Apr 2011 at 15:54

I got rid of the big front ages ago and never looked back, yeah you loose top speed but not much.