Big Bike Thread

"andy" · 19 Jul 2007 at 23:32

its a hard thing to learn once your older to be fair

i learnt to do it as a child so its sort of natural now ( cant get nowhere near as that pic like haha )

i just pull back then lift up feet and lean forward

its hard to explain how to do it to be fair

just forget about it and just hit jumps instead

collisster · 20 Jul 2007 at 01:20

Jonny ///M said:
Um....can you do a stoppie and swing the arse of the bike around if your feet come of the pedals so easy?

dunno never tried

Nash · 20 Jul 2007 at 01:20

Just keep practising and looking at videos of how to do it. You'll get there eventually

Nash · 20 Jul 2007 at 10:57

Woo it came! It has crappy pedals though, SPD on one side then a crummy flat plastic pedal on the flip side. I will take the pedals off my old bike for the mean time

Pictures to come!

Shame it's raining heavily though

Dingleberry88 · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:17

Nash said:
Woo it came!

Shame it's raining heavily though

Ditto. Just had a call saying they've got it in.

yet

.

Will be picking it up on my way home tonight.

Nash · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:32

I went to my local Evans bike shop and bought some DMR V8s. Here's the bike

Eek! Just noticed I still have the reflectors on, they'll be off soon enough!

SpudMaster · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:52

they not that black v8s in stock

though i guess those are easy to spot for no footers

Nash · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:04

SpudMaster said:
they not that black v8s in stock

Huh?

SpudMaster said:
though i guess those are easy to spot for no footers

I'm colour blind so I love big bright primary colours

Mark A · 21 Jul 2007 at 11:55

They look pretty cool actually :cool:

. I was going to get V8s but then saw some V12s on ebay for the same price as the V8s in shops so got them in black. Great pedals and Ive not slipped off once, although i don't do extreme downhill or anything.

Bunka · 21 Jul 2007 at 12:02

I hope those wheel reflectors are already in the bin

Dingleberry88 · 21 Jul 2007 at 17:38

Here it is:

Just took it for a blast round the park - I love it!

Can anyone recommend a decent, not too expensive, wireless computer?

Doesn't need many features, just speedo, odo and max speed. A trip distance and clock would be useful too.

collisster · 21 Jul 2007 at 17:50

I see reflectors :eek:

Dingleberry88 · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:06

Oops! Missed those.

CatEye Vectra or Strada Wireless any good?

digisatman · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:11

collisster said:
I see reflectors

dunno why every1 is against reflectors, you all wanna get knocked down or what?

collisster · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:24

I just dont like the look of them.. I dont ride in pitch black anyway

collisster · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:37

recommend me some brakes please.. I do XC singletrack and some dirt jumping. I'm sick of my hayes soles.. and they have to be cheap

monkeypants · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:55

collisster said:
recommend me some brakes please.. I do XC singletrack and some dirt jumping. I'm sick of my hayes soles.. and they have to be cheap

Juicy 3s or 5s. I've got 3s with 8" rotors on my XC trail bike, they're fantastic.

Jonny ///M · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:19

As above or maybe some shimano xts?

What brakes have you tried? All the 3s i have used felt spongier than the 5s i have used.....shimanos seem to share the same feeling from deore > saint.

monkeypants · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:47

Mine used to feel a bit spongy, but now they've been used a bit they've got some nice modulation and they're not spongy when you pull them tight.

collisster · 21 Jul 2007 at 20:01

the saints have really good reviews but at 100 pounds per brake

I know I'm skimping a bit but anything to get rid of these damn soles