Mountain Biking

Marin is fun, wouldn't bother making a big trip for it though. But if you're in the area already It's worth a ride. Quite old school as (apparently) it was one of the first official MTB trails in the UK. So at the start you slog up lots of steep boring stuff and then you pretty much come back down a series of short singletrack runs. Some of them are great fun, as kaotikuk says the last three in particular.

Had my first bike-related A&E trip from one of them, ah the nostalgia. Still got the scar!
 
oulton said:
That doesn't sound right - have you tried adjusting the air pressure?
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I'll give it a go; I'm running about 95 psi and two bottomless tokens but with no compression damping . The bike is in for a 6 week service (I've done about 1500km on it in 10 weeks) before being packaged up for Canada next week.

The forks certainly feel much better than the rear shock; I'll chat with the staff at freeborn when I go to pick it up.
 
milko said:
Marin is fun, wouldn't bother making a big trip for it though. But if you're in the area already It's worth a ride. Quite old school as (apparently) it was one of the first official MTB trails in the UK. So at the start you slog up lots of steep boring stuff and then you pretty much come back down a series of short singletrack runs. Some of them are great fun, as kaotikuk says the last three in particular.

Had my first bike-related A&E trip from one of them, ah the nostalgia. Still got the scar!
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Yeah, to be honest knowing the area we tend to add the 3 last ones into a loop. Theres quite a few good local dh tracks near the marin also, all accessible if you just ride the marin and know where they are. If you know all this you can make it a pretty epic ride to be fair.
 
Snax said:
Those bikes were amazing back in the day.

Is it a '97.

I still ride my '97 Rockhopper as a single speed.
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Bikepedia says it is a 98, but there were similar models in 97 iirc.

I figure it's going to ride better than my 1998 ATX 840. Which was transplanted onto a 1998 arrowhead frame after I cracked it recently. So it really is a considerable upgrade based on my current bike :D
 
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Supercow said:
Still wondering if that line was planned or not, Rachel did the same didn't she?
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Looked planned to me, if you watch the helmet cam footage on pinkbike of one of brycelands practice runs he does it then also. I assume they were thinking cut the corner and save time at the risk of a nice crash a la Will Longden
 
How much does rear shock size matter? The oil in my old bike just started coming out if the rear shock, but its probably cheaper to get a new one than service it.

Now I would prefer to get a new shock for my main bike and use the old shock from this. The old bike is only used by the misses on flat ground
Cheers
 
You can get service kits for shocks for less than £40 and do yourself or let a pro do it for around £100. A new shock will be at least £200 i would think.

I'd just service it myself personally.

Tftuned, mojo and j tech are good for parts etc
 
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Juggy1985 said:
You can get service kits for shocks for less than £40 and do yourself or let a pro do it for around £100. A new shock will be at least £200 i would think.

I'd just service it myself personally.

Tftuned, mojo and j tech are good for parts etc
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Its on a 2011ish stuntjumper fsr which is the fox triad, the whole bike only cost me £500. I think I was looking for an excuse to get a new shock as long as I could swap them around. The cubes rear shock is 200x57 and the FSR is 195x50.8 Maybe I should just stick with what I have for now ;)
 
As with any bike related holiday, best to pack additional spares for parts that can break easily, and access to replacements are either too expensive or inaccessible / hard to get hold of quickly.

So Mech hanger springs to mind immediately, spare mech if you have one laying around and take spare innertubes, even if you're using tubeless.
Usually between my mates and I, we make sure that there's at least someone that has spare shock that could be used as a stop gap, in case anyone's craps the bed.


Absolutely put some DH tyres on your bike for this holiday. Something like a Butcher DH in 650B is a good call, as it's a great allrounder that doesn't wear quickly, doesn;t cost the earth and just plain bloody good.

If you have a bleed kit for your brakes, take that too... your brakes will get a hammering this holiday ;)
 
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Supercow said:
Absolutely put some DH tyres on your bike for this holiday. Something like a Butcher DH in 650B is a good call, as it's a great allrounder that doesn't wear quickly, doesn;t cost the earth and just plain bloody good.

If you have a bleed kit for your brakes, take that too... your brakes will get a hammering this holiday ;)
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Yes I will be bleeding the brakes before I go as well.

Hmmmm, do you reckon I will struggle for grip on a pair of high roller 2 enduro tyres?
 
DH tyres for proper Dh tracks. The difference in stability and grip is very pronounced. You won't struggle per say, you'd just go a lot faster on the Dh tyres
 
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