Mountain Biking

Beerbaron · 22 May 2019 at 10:25

Chain Reaction Cycles have some deals on Brand-X Ascend dropper posts. Just received an email from them.

bloodiedathame · 23 May 2019 at 11:36

Any of you guys use a smart watch for heart rate and navigation? Looking for a device that'll do both and work with Strava etc.

{SAS}TB · 23 May 2019 at 11:42

Garmin Fenix 5 - awesome piece of kit

robj20 · 23 May 2019 at 11:49

Fenix 5 here as well, mainly for hiking but use it on my bike as well.

rhysduck · 23 May 2019 at 12:15

I use my VivoActiveHR linked to my Edge 520.

Can't quite justify a Fenix 5... YET!

bloodiedathame · 23 May 2019 at 12:18

*Checks out the Fenix 5* How much?

Guess I'll have a look for second hand then

TheBrooder · 23 May 2019 at 12:58

I've just ordered an Amazfit BIP, it works with strava and has GPS and it's around £50.

Beerbaron · 24 May 2019 at 14:52

I use a Garmin Edge 1030 and with Garmin heart rate strap.

Repta · 25 May 2019 at 08:39

Beerbaron said:
Might be difficult to find one in that price range new. Take a look on Pinkbike - https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/

TallPaul_S said:
It might be a few quid more than £100 (£140 or so looks about right) but the one up components dropper would work. It's 150mm drop, but can be shimmed down to 100mm or anything in between. It is also one of the shortest droppers in terms of stack height. They've just released a new version so you might be able to get the old one cheap.

Beerbaron said:
Chain Reaction Cycles have some deals on Brand-X Ascend dropper posts. Just received an email from them.

Cheers for the help and advice. Got a brand X ascend for myself and found a KS eten I on pinkbike fir the girlfriend.

bloodiedathame · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:17

Booked Bike Park Wales for the 30th June. Looking forward to that!

Megahurtz400 · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:37

bloodiedathame said:
Booked Bike Park Wales for the 30th June. Looking forward to that!

Very jealous! Really want to get back here at some point but having a hardtail means i'd have to hire for the most fun, and once you do that, hotel etc. etc. it all adds up fairly quickly

Have you been before?

rhysduck · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:51

Megahurtz400 said:
but having a hardtail means i'd have to hire for the most fun

RUBBISH! I have just as much fun on my HT than on my FS.

Begbie · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:54

rhysduck said:
RUBBISH! I have just as much fun on my HT than on my FS.

Agreed, I've taken my ht down some pretty gnar stuff. It's always fun.

Unlikely. But has anyone been to lake Garda? Off with the girlfriend soon, and wouldn't mind a half day riding.

bloodiedathame · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:56

Megahurtz400 said:
Very jealous! Really want to get back here at some point but having a hardtail means i'd have to hire for the most fun, and once you do that, hotel etc. etc. it all adds up fairly quickly

Have you been before?

Not been before, taking my HT. It's got 2.8 tyres though and the uplift takes max 2.75. Could deflate and take a pump

DomBruv · 12 Jun 2019 at 12:59

bloodiedathame said:
Booked Bike Park Wales for the 30th June. Looking forward to that!

I'm going on the 29th myself

Megahurtz400 · 12 Jun 2019 at 13:16

rhysduck said:
RUBBISH! I have just as much fun on my HT than on my FS.

Begbie said:
Agreed, I've taken my ht down some pretty gnar stuff. It's always fun.

While I love some hard tail shreddage, nothing beats plowing rock gardens on a DH bike!

That and i'm not in a position to be buying new wheelsets anytime soon!

bloodiedathame said:
Not been before, taking my HT. It's got 2.8 tyres though and the uplift takes max 2.75. Could deflate and take a pump

Take your track pump up the top on the first uplift and lock it to a fence

Begbie · 12 Jun 2019 at 13:18

Megahurtz400 said:
While I love some hard tail shreddage, nothing beats plowing rock gardens on a DH bike!

That and i'm not in a position to be buying new wheelsets anytime soon!

Take your track pump up the top on the first uplift and lock it to a fence

Yeah I've destroyed a few rear wheels in the past few years now

Megahurtz400 · 12 Jun 2019 at 15:01

Begbie said:
Yeah I've destroyed a few rear wheels in the past few years now

I’m far too fat and need to focus on getting the miles in before sending it first too

Ske · 13 Jun 2019 at 09:08

I'm back on my HT for a few weeks whilst Orange respray my Five

Riding the Blues at BPW on the HT is way more fun than riding 'em on the FS. Not sure about all the Reds though - I've never tried them on the HT.

Megahurtz400 · 16 Jun 2019 at 20:11

Haven’t ridden my bike for a week or so due to there being a problem with what I thought the freehub having too much playing meaning as soon as you shift up the cassette gears are skipping up and down all over the place.

Took it back to Evans as it’s still under warranty, only for them to call me over to the workshop and show me that the second biggest ring on the cassette on one side was folded outwards at nearly 45° haha!

After a good laugh at myself the guy hammered it straight but think it’ll be new cassette time soon, on an 8 week old bike