Mountain Biking

iMacMart · 30 May 2022 at 16:03

I'm so frustrated, I emailed Chain Reactions & Wiggle and neither of them accept the cycle2work voucher via Halfords

So it looks like I'm locked to Halfords & Tredz for which bike I can get

I have upped my budget to £1,800 and had my heart set on a Vitus Mythique VRX
Back to square one again

edit: any thoughts/comments on the boardman mtr 8.9 specs look decent

SpudMaster · 30 May 2022 at 19:13

I ride both 29 and 27.5 :cool:

fez · 30 May 2022 at 21:37

SpudMaster said:
I ride both 29 and 27.5

So everyone hates you

SpudMaster · 30 May 2022 at 23:25

fez said:
So everyone hates you

iMacMart · 31 May 2022 at 07:45

iMacMart said:
I'm so frustrated, I emailed Chain Reactions & Wiggle and neither of them accept the cycle2work voucher via Halfords

So it looks like I'm locked to Halfords & Tredz for which bike I can get

I have upped my budget to £1,800 and had my heart set on a Vitus Mythique VRX
Back to square one again

edit: any thoughts/comments on the boardman mtr 8.9 specs look decent

Any thoughts on the 8.9 Boardman people

rhysduck · 31 May 2022 at 09:17

iMacMart said:
Any thoughts on the 8.9 Boardman people

Brother in law has one I think. Has found it good, it's stable on the rough stuff but gets a bit of a handful when it really gets steep.
Rims aren't the most durable either, so if you ride quite heavy on the rear wheel you may want to consider tubeless and an insert.
It's also not a light bike!

fez · 31 May 2022 at 10:02

SpudMaster said:

I kid, we reserve that contempt for those damn ebikers

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 31 May 2022 at 10:31

fez said:
I kid, we reserve that contempt for those damn ebikers

Hey, I resemble that remark!

I've finally been able to buy a new drivetrain for my Levo to replace the 11 speed SRAM. Just as well too as the chain slipped under torque the other day.
I've been trying to get the new Shimano Linkglide for a while, but in 10 speed. Managed to get the cassette and derailleur from Slam69 in the UK and the shifter(without display) and chain from Bikediscount in Germany. Had to add some extra items to bring the basket total up before they would accept the order though so ended up adding a new ergon prime saddle and a topeak digital shock pump as well.

[edit] Nope. Slam69 just emailled to say they dont expect stock until Jan 2023 for the mech and no date for the cassette.

FFS

fez · 31 May 2022 at 11:33

Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
Hey, I resemble that remark!

I've finally been able to buy a new drivetrain for my Levo to replace the 11 speed SRAM. Just as well too as the chain slipped under torque the other day.
I've been trying to get the new Shimano Linkglide for a while, but in 10 speed. Managed to get the cassette and derailleur from Slam69 in the UK and the shifter(without display) and chain from Bikediscount in Germany. Had to add some extra items to bring the basket total up before they would accept the order though so ended up adding a new ergon prime saddle and a topeak digital shock pump as well.

[edit] Nope. Slam69 just emailled to say they dont expect stock until Jan 2023 for the mech and no date for the cassette. FFS

Interested to know how you get on with that as its the first ebike specific (kinda) drivetrain available to handle the higher loads and strains placed on the drivetrain by you lazy ebikers

Its crazy that there are still such parts shortages. I have been upgrading my road bike drivetrain recently and second hand parts are silly. Like 80% of new prices for a used crankset that has probably used 30% of the life of the chainrings.

Invertigo · 31 May 2022 at 13:57

iMacMart said:
I'm so frustrated, I emailed Chain Reactions & Wiggle and neither of them accept the cycle2work voucher via Halfords

So it looks like I'm locked to Halfords & Tredz for which bike I can get

I have upped my budget to £1,800 and had my heart set on a Vitus Mythique VRX
Back to square one again

edit: any thoughts/comments on the boardman mtr 8.9 specs look decent

Lots of smaller bike shops take the halfords vouchers, so maybe best speaking to some of them? Isn't exactly an exciting range at either tredz or halfords in that sort of price range.

iMacMart · 31 May 2022 at 14:30

Invertigo said:
Lots of smaller bike shops take the halfords vouchers, so maybe best speaking to some of them? Isn't exactly an exciting range at either tredz or halfords in that sort of price range.

Thats what I'm doing, I have seen the "Marin San Quentin 3" 2022 in a 27.5 with £150 discount that looks to fit the bill?

SpudMaster · 31 May 2022 at 19:28

fez said:
Interested to know how you get on with that as its the first ebike specific (kinda) drivetrain available to handle the higher loads and strains placed on the drivetrain by you lazy ebikers

Its crazy that there are still such parts shortages. I have been upgrading my road bike drivetrain recently and second hand parts are silly. Like 80% of new prices for a used crankset that has probably used 30% of the life of the chainrings.

Yeah it's a shame you have spend around £170 at bike discount now before they will ship to the UK only for you to then get done with taxes when it arrives. Gone are the cheap tyre days :mad:

SpudMaster · 31 May 2022 at 19:29

fez said:
I kid, we reserve that contempt for those damn ebikers

Yep, no body like them!

fez · 31 May 2022 at 22:28

SpudMaster said:
Yep, no body like them!

Exactly! I earn my downs

* I may or may not get uplift at every opportunity at bike parks and I may push my bike back up the hill at the local jump track. All opinions aired in this post may be hypocritical.

iMacMart · 1 Jun 2022 at 07:19

Looks like they have stock @ Brink of the Marin San Quentin 3 27.5 2022 out of all the bikes I am able to get bar the Rift Zone 1 which they don’t have my size in and the specs aren’t as good as the San Quentin

iMacMart · 2 Jun 2022 at 09:16

iMacMart said:
Looks like they have stock @ Brink of the Marin San Quentin 3 27.5 2022 out of all the bikes I am able to get bar the Rift Zone 1 which they don’t have my size in and the specs aren’t as good as the San Quentin

So I’ve got a choice of Marin Rift Zone 2 or the San Quentin 3 …….

gettothechopper · 2 Jun 2022 at 18:35

I'd take the hard tail with better parts, very budget shock and fork on the rift zone, if you want full sus you need to spend more money to get something worthwhile

Invertigo · 3 Jun 2022 at 18:29

Think I found why my biggest gears weren't playing ball. Seems a knock at some point bent the B limit screw and it's been chewing into the hanger since.

Cleisthenes · 5 Jun 2022 at 11:09

Came off my bike at bedgeburry yesterday, incredibly loose berm washed me out, I saved it but then went straight into a tree. Suspected sprained wrist, was agony last night

aVdub · 5 Jun 2022 at 11:15

Cleisthenes said:
Came off my bike at bedgeburry yesterday, incredibly loose berm wanted me out, I saved it but then went straight into a try. Suspected sprained wrist, was agony last night

Unlucky.

Did have a few sketchy moments myself on the Red Route there last week.

Seems worse near the start with the berms being tighter packed towards the bottom.