Mountain Biking

[neil_g]

holy moly!!

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/397970

Some mental drops in that!

Ooft some of those fences were close

 

[Krakkenbus]

Looking at new wheels for the zesty. I can get a set of arch ex on nukeproof hubs for £300 from my local shop. Could I get anything better for around that price range?

 

[weescott]

Hope Hoops Tech Enduro for a wee bit more. ^

 

[Begbie]

Well bike park wales yesterday was extremely wet and cold, but still stupidly fast and fun. My shoes were full of freezing water from 9:30 till around 4 but didnt bother me, too much fun. Check at around 1:20 in the vid link below, some dude hitting 50 shades like a bawse

http://youtu.be/mM5zY3l0aTw

Lost it, I wonder if he didn't notice the height of it! It looks steeper in that video than it did in photos mind.

holy moly!!



Some mental drops in that!

 

[rhysduck]

Fun day up at Rogate again... one of the bonuses of riding there, is that there's always a photog there

guns

What bike you riding there D?

 

[Supercow]

What bike you riding there D?

My one and only bike now - Reign

 

[Supercow]

Looking at new wheels for the zesty. I can get a set of arch ex on nukeproof hubs for £300 from my local shop. Could I get anything better for around that price range?

Depending on your weight / riding style, you might want to consider Flow EX.
The Arch is also pretty narrow inside diameter from memory.

Recently bought someSpecialized Roval Fattie wheels - with 29.something ID - they give tyres a lovely wide profile. I got the alu version, and only cost 400 at retail, so not too badly priced either.

 

[robj20]

Arch Ex are 21mm so only 1.6 smaller than the old Flow. Flow Ex are 25.5.

 

[Supercow]

I was under the impression it's narrower. 21 aint too bad, but wider = moar better.

 

[kaotikuk]

Got my TLD A1 helmet today. love it.. fits so nice and comfortable! Been riding a lot of my local downhill trails recently to improve my skills on the steep, some crazy stuff.. Just trying to practice drops now aswell, always have a mental block especially on the steep stuff as im not getting the same speed atm as on the brakes a lot. Hopefully it will click soon

 

[Supercow]

Where's your local?

 

[milko]

Got my TLD A1 helmet today. love it.. fits so nice and comfortable!

Great! I always get a bit nervous if someone actually makes a purchase that I've offered advice on.

 

[Krakkenbus]

Smith Pivlock V90 Max

Ordered these and they arrived today. I genuinely think they're WAYYY too big for my face.

Just stuck with the arch EX. It was a few bob cheaper and they'll be ready for friday. While the Flow ex may be wider and designed to withstand more punishment, i reckon the arch ex will be grand.

 

[kaotikuk]

Where's your local?

Im in north wales, a place called betws-y-coed if you have heard of it,has the marin trail and stuff, like 30 mins from coed y brenin. Some really cool downhills the locals have made.

Heres a video of the atherton crew riding one, its sooo steep i have so much to learn to ride these nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZTHITbkOU

 

[milko]

Man, so much riding on your doorstep practically. Enjoy improving!
I'm from Rhyl (ahem) originally but left long before I got into biking properly.

 

[gettothechopper]

seeing as its table top tuesday - me at swinley on saturday morning

 

[Guest2]

If you are clipped in to pedals how do you jump off if you know you are going to crash? ...or do you just have to go with it?!

 

[Krakkenbus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6x1MPIOz8

Something like that happens...No that's not me going OTB

 

[Richie]

Loving the "WTF" expression of the dog

 

[touch]

If you are clipped in to pedals how do you jump off if you know you are going to crash? ...or do you just have to go with it?!

Once you get used to them you can unclip very quickly - without even thinking about it.

Some situations it causes more crashes (when you cant unclip fast enough) some situations it saves you from crashes (your feet never get bounced off the pedals)