Mountain Biking
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Ah so we can still be Bird Buddies?
Speaking of shipping - wtf is mine?
Bird posted on FB this morning that they're closed today
Pending a test ride at Swinley today, it looks like I've sold my Bird Zero.1
I've finally started to use my MTB I've had in the garage for 12 months. Its a hard tail I use for just casual cross country riding. Im tall so I have the saddle up pretty high, but I'm finding it feels like the bars are quite far away. I think I'm leaning forward a bit to much too as I can get aching palms after a while, as if I'm putting a lot of weight through my hands.
My stem is pretty long (prob 4" or more) so I was thinking about getting a shorter one, possibly with a decent amount of rise in it too in order to bring the bars closer to me and up a bit. Is this the best plan for what I'm experiencing, or should I be looking at different areas?
My stem is pretty long (prob 4" or more) so I was thinking about getting a shorter one, possibly with a decent amount of rise in it too in order to bring the bars closer to me and up a bit. Is this the best plan for what I'm experiencing, or should I be looking at different areas?
Ah so we can still be Bird Buddies?
Speaking of shipping - wtf is mine?
Yes, unless I start road riding I won't have another bike for a looooong time!
Bird posted on FB this morning that they're closed today
Pending a test ride at Swinley today, it looks like I've sold my Bird Zero.1
Get what you wanted in the end?
Still got my frame, though now I've ended up with spare stem, bars, fork well I may as well just build the Zero up too.
I wanted £875 but settled on £800 because a guy from work is buying it and it saves me dealing with endless retards on Pinkbike, Gumtree, ebay etc.
Not bad at all I'd say
Sold
Good thing I bought the Aeris.RS otherwise the money would no doubt be spent on upgrades. Sounds like a week in Scotland to me!Agreed, although it will be a few years before I spank that kind of money on a bike again.
Yarr it be shipping today
Is your bike the right size for you?
4" so probably 100mm stem? I'd try a 50mm stem and see how you get on. If you need the bars higher, then get some swept bars.
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mine has also shipped today
Hey all, after a bit of advice. Just started to learn how to jump properly, found a good jump that isn't to steep and you get a lot of speed into so you just fly over it without doing anything. However, hit it today, say 5-6 times to practise, the second to last time i found my feet slipping off the pedals a bit, i thought nothing of it and went for it again, this time on landing feet came off went flying forward, then dragged the bike sideways (bent the rear mech and smashed me leg a bit).
At the moment we are just rolling off the jump and clearing it with speed, not really pumping the lip if that makes sense.
But question is what am i doing wrong, is it body position? feet angle? not committing enough?
I have 5.10 shoes and quality flat pedals, so i know its ME making a mistake as im still learning just want to know what haha.
cheers
and smashed me leg a bit).At the moment we are just rolling off the jump and clearing it with speed, not really pumping the lip if that makes sense.
But question is what am i doing wrong, is it body position? feet angle? not committing enough?
I have 5.10 shoes and quality flat pedals, so i know its ME making a mistake as im still learning just want to know what haha.
cheers
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Right - that's the boys kitted out with proper mountain bikes - time to get some adventures planned!
Need to find somewhere in the North West that's kid friendly.
Need to find somewhere in the North West that's kid friendly.
Hey all, after a bit of advice. Just started to learn how to jump properly, found a good jump that isn't to steep and you get a lot of speed into so you just fly over it without doing anything. However, hit it today, say 5-6 times to practise, the second to last time i found my feet slipping off the pedals a bit, i thought nothing of it and went for it again, this time on landing feet came off went flying forward, then dragged the bike sideways (bent the rear mech
At the moment we are just rolling off the jump and clearing it with speed, not really pumping the lip if that makes sense.
But question is what am i doing wrong, is it body position? feet angle? not committing enough?
I have 5.10 shoes and quality flat pedals, so i know its ME making a mistake as im still learning just want to know what haha.
cheers
Impossible to tell online dude... maybe video yourself and we can couch-critique. It won;t be just one thing either, it will be a combination of them.