Mountain Biking

rhysduck said:
At the very least I'd lube the chain and check the drivetrain is shifting ok.
Bleed the brakes. 2 years sat doing nothing wouldn't have any detrimental affect on them but i'd bleed them for peace of mind and to replace the mineral oil in them. they'll benefit from it.
Check the fork pressure is correct.
Check tyre pressures are holding
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coolio - sadly this leads to more questions though - what lube do i need (i'm an immature 43 year old so that sounds rude!) I'll need to go looking on youtube for a guide to bleed the brakes, wouldn't have a clue where to start! fork and tyre pressure i can just about manage :D
rhysduck said:
give MTBBATTERIES a shout for this, i've bought two lights from him and he's very good. He also makes up batteries and replaces batteries in mtb lights.

Could save the cash and just get a light from MTBBATTERIES at the end of the summer when the nights draw in. Are you really going to be "night" riding this time of year? It's light till nearly 8pm now!
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cheers for that. I'll look into that. re the night riding - most of my riding through the week will be after 8pm once the kids go to bed so still got a need for a light at the mo.
rhysduck said:
Obvious option would be roof bars plus a thule 591/598.
Saris Bones are a good option for a quick "swappable" option
There is also one that has a big sucker that sucks onto the windscreen, can't remember its name atm sorry.
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cheers again. i'll have a look at those options and see what suits me best.

thanks again for the informative reply.
 
Thekwango said:
coolio - sadly this leads to more questions though - what lube do i need (i'm an immature 43 year old so that sounds rude!) I'll need to go looking on youtube for a guide to bleed the brakes, wouldn't have a clue where to start! fork and tyre pressure i can just about manage :D
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I use Squirt (yes it's actually called that) Chain Lube. Always have and I couldn't want more. I see no reason to use dry and wet lubes for the different weather.
(I actually tried MucOff Wet Lube on the weekend and despite there not being hardly any mud on the bike the chain was caked. Never again, it's going in the bin!)
It's roughly £10 a bottle for the Squirt lube but a bottle will last you a good while.

RE bleeding brakes.
That's all you need to know.
Assuming you haven't changed the brakes since you purchased the Cube you'll need Shimano Mineral Oil and a bleed kit (For Shimano it's one syringe plus tube and a funnel. The funnel is £4 on CRC and find any syringe with plastic tubing... may even have a spare!). Bleed blocks for the calipers are handy but not essential.
 
rhysduck said:
I use Squirt (yes it's actually called that) Chain Lube.
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aw man you're killing me here! (yea i know i need to grow up but i refuse to!)
rhysduck said:
RE bleeding brakes.
That's all you need to know.
Assuming you haven't changed the brakes since you purchased the Cube you'll need Shimano Mineral Oil and a bleed kit (For Shimano it's one syringe plus tube and a funnel. The funnel is £4 on CRC and find any syringe with plastic tubing... may even have a spare!). Bleed blocks for the calipers are handy but not essential.
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again, many many thanks for that. now just to get my lazy arse in gear (never mind the bike) get it done and get out on it!
 
So I've had my bike for a few weeks now just been riding canal paths and around parks with my son. Got a helmet this week so went to Southampton bike park this morning.

Not jumped a bike for around 15years so I stuck to the line of 5 tabletops. Wasn't doing to bad then, had a crash.

Hit the last jump a little sideways and went OTB on the other side. Winded myself and hit my shoulder pretty hard, did a few rolls with the bike.

Young lads came over to see if I was OK and all I could do was make a stupid noise until I caught my breath.

Gutted as I was having fun, hopefully my shoulder will feel fine in a couple of days.

Helmet did it's job and saved my face from the floor and the pedal from hitting the back of my head.

Good times :D
 
Rode at the Peak District today. Arrived early and beat the bank holiday rush. Was an absolutely perfect day for biking. I'll definitely be riding there again.

Descents give the bike a serious battering though, its so damn rocky!
 
Hedge said:
Rode at the Peak District today. Arrived early and beat the bank holiday rush. Was an absolutely perfect day for biking. I'll definitely be riding there again.

Descents give the bike a serious battering though, its so damn rocky!
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Nice! Where abouts/what routes did you ride?

Has anyone been to Bedgebury in Kent? Planning to head there tomorrow and after some reviews :)
 
Just picked up a boardman mtr8.8 full suspension and looking to change the vittora morsa tyres to some that roll better, only really use the bike in the dry to work, on roads tow paths and through the woods now and again, ideally 27.5x 2.3 or wider in an xc tread if anyone has any recommendations
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Nice! Where abouts/what routes did you ride?

Has anyone been to Bedgebury in Kent? Planning to head there tomorrow and after some reviews :)
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We started by Ladybower and went up and over, down hagg farm (?) over a road then up a long climb around hope (?) and down the beast. Then back up lockerbrook farm before finishing down one fast rocky descent call the screaming mile I think.

Was my first time and was just following a friend. Brutal climbs but fun descents
 
Thebug said:
Just picked up a boardman mtr8.8 full suspension and looking to change the vittora morsa tyres to some that roll better, only really use the bike in the dry to work, on roads tow paths and through the woods now and again, ideally 27.5x 2.3 or wider in an xc tread if anyone has any recommendations
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I have the mtr 8.9 and I swapped my tyres for Minions but they aren't suitable for what you want . Is there any reason you don't like the morsa? I rode all last summer on mine and thought they were decent.
 
Hedge said:
I have the mtr 8.9 and I swapped my tyres for Minions but they aren't suitable for what you want . Is there any reason you don't like the morsa? I rode all last summer on mine and thought they were decent.
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Haven’t really given them a chance as only had the bike a few days but they have a big tread and are heavy at 1080g as mine are the black ones, i believe the grey sidewall ones are lighter, i have smart sams on my 29er and they are fast but dont seem to get very good reviews in 27.5
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Nice! Where abouts/what routes did you ride?

Has anyone been to Bedgebury in Kent? Planning to head there tomorrow and after some reviews :)
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Bedgebury is OK, not particularly hilly but it's good fun for a blast around.

Parking is very expensive, there are other places to park but they'll be full on weekends like this.

Easily ridable on a hardtail, one loop of the red trail takes about an hour.

I wouldn't travel here, but as it's my 'local' it's perfect for a couple of hours, and it's rideable year round.
 
TallPaul_S said:
Bedgebury is OK, not particularly hilly but it's good fun for a blast around.

Parking is very expensive, there are other places to park but they'll be full on weekends like this.

Easily ridable on a hardtail, one loop of the red trail takes about an hour.

I wouldn't travel here, but as it's my 'local' it's perfect for a couple of hours, and it's rideable year round.
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Ended up going to the Olympic Trails at Hadleigh Park and wasn’t disappointed!

Like a mini bike park Wales in Essex :p

Some really techy rock gardens and drops but everything has a chicken route if it isn’t rollable.

Took a friend who’s a roadie for his second mtb experience (we went to whinlatter a few years ago) and wildly under estimated his ability, took him down a black feature within 30 seconds and a rock jumped out at him and he ended up with a massive swollen hand and no skin left on elbows or knees :o
 
Hedge said:
We started by Ladybower and went up and over, down hagg farm (?) over a road then up a long climb around hope (?) and down the beast. Then back up lockerbrook farm before finishing down one fast rocky descent call the screaming mile I think.

Was my first time and was just following a friend. Brutal climbs but fun descents
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Fun times. Not done the beast, we carry on and do potato alley, that’s nuts! Was the final descent you did ending up at Derwent Water? There’s a great bit of track near the end of the loop we do that comes out at the pub near Ladybower.
 
Snapped the chain on my Roscoe last week (it was very stretched anyway) so I've decided new chainring and cassette for the Orange Chubby One as they're about a year and 2000 miles old. Meant I needed to get my spare bike (Iroko/Batbike) back running over the weekend, so put in a new gear cable, new chain, new cassette and it's good as new again :D

Probikegarage app reckons max life on a cassette should be about 6.2k miles! :D
 
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