Big Bike Thread

thecremeegg · 2 Apr 2011 at 14:56

Awesome!

"andy" · 2 Apr 2011 at 15:13

bmx is just totally ridiculous these days

Andelusion · 2 Apr 2011 at 15:13

Rubbish, he didn't even land it properly!!

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:03

weescott said:
I was using 34 - 22 today so Ichabod Crane could keep up with me.

Had a quick shot of his Tracer2. It's a seriously nice bike. Can't wait for mine to come.

Aye had a good ride/hike! on Friday up in Aberdeen...

At the top of Bennachie after the climb;

At the bottom of Bennachie after the descent;

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:25

booyaka said:
Here you go - new bike porn!

*snip,snip,snip*

Looks really nice, but those bars are awful!!!

robj20 · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:29

Im heading out on the local trails tomorrow morning as early as i can, even got the GoPro out for a change.
Endomondo to track my miles as well.

The Intense looks good there, i have been pricing up ready for a Nomad, will have to keep as many components as i can for now, just gets to expensive swaping to a 1x10 setup.

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:33

robj20 said:
Im heading out on the local trails tomorrow morning as early as i can, even got the GoPro out for a change.
Endomondo to track my miles as well.

The Intense looks good there, i have been pricing up ready for a Nomad, will have to keep as many components as i can for now, just gets to expensive swaping to a 1x10 setup.

You are easily going to be topping 3k with the carbon Nomad as a base.

robj20 · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:35

Might have to go for the ally, just cant justify the exra for under a pound of weight. Not like thats heavy, under 7lbs, my current rig is jabout 12.5lbs for the frame.

Just need a frame and a reducer headset, everything else should move across.

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:39

robj20 said:
Might have to go for the ally, just cant justify the exra for under a pound of weight. Not like thats heavy, under 7lbs, my current rig is jabout 12.5lbs for the frame.

Just need a frame and a reducer headset, everything else should move across.

Cant blame you I would take the alu one over the carbon, but then i do prefer how it looks.

robj20 · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:42

Do these sort of frames still need all the mounting surfaces faced, like BB and brake posts?

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:43

robj20 said:
Do these sort of frames still need all the mounting surfaces faced, like BB and brake posts?

Generally they do come already faced.

weescott · 2 Apr 2011 at 19:44

Carbon is the way to go. Ichabod Crane secretly covets my "plastic bike"

Yes the Carbon SC bikes come faced.

Heading up to Morray Monster trails tomorrow. The Gully Monster should be good on the Blur :cool:

Richie · 2 Apr 2011 at 20:12

ichabod crane said:
At the bottom of Bennachie after the descent;

The previous pics of your Tracer frame gave the illusion of being quite small but this pic seems to show just how chunky the frame actually is... Quite liking it and it looks much better in yellow in the flesh than the previous stock images made out.

ichabod crane · 2 Apr 2011 at 20:27

Richie said:
The previous pics of your Tracer frame gave the illusion of being quite small but this pic seems to show just how chunky the frame actually is... Quite liking it and it looks much better in yellow in the flesh than the previous stock images made out.

Aye she is a big girl

6thElement · 2 Apr 2011 at 23:23

Just a little 81 mile spin on one of my MTB's today. Here's how it's currently configured, sure to raise some questions

Andelusion · 2 Apr 2011 at 23:45

Pah, 81 miles is nothing on ti, I'd do that spinning on my ****

(nice bike).

Street · 3 Apr 2011 at 00:22

I'm happy today.. After a few weeks of searching I managed to get myself a 2010 Rockhopper Pro! Ended up spending a bit more than I originally intended to spend but sod it!

Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap womans bike? The missus has got a bike but its a road bike and she'd like something a bit more suitable for trails etc with front suspension. Ideally something second hand thats a few years old and won't cost much!

J273 · 3 Apr 2011 at 00:40

ichabod crane said:

Is that a fizik gobi ichabod crane?

Thinking of going for one myself - still to find the perfect seat for my boney ass

What do you think to it?

iamtheoneneo · 3 Apr 2011 at 02:29

Street said:
I'm happy today.. After a few weeks of searching I managed to get myself a 2010 Rockhopper Pro! Ended up spending a bit more than I originally intended to spend but sod it!

Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap womans bike? The missus has got a bike but its a road bike and she'd like something a bit more suitable for trails etc with front suspension. Ideally something second hand thats a few years old and won't cost much!

Specialized Myka HT

ichabod crane · 3 Apr 2011 at 07:58

J273 said:
Is that a fizik gobi ichabod crane?

Thinking of going for one myself - still to find the perfect seat for my boney ass

What do you think to it?

Aye is the Gobi XM, it is very comfy although on some longer rides where I spend a lot of time in the saddle I get some lower back pain. According to the Fizik site and there spine concept thingy I need an Aliante-XM so might get one to see if it makes a difference.