Mountain Biking

a66as said:
For those of you who have hardtails, how do you prevent your ankles from taking impact on landings and hurting when doing jumps or rocky descents? do I need to be bending my knees when landing or get some proper MTB shoes?

I came off my bike on Wednesday as well, was going over a small drop and the pedal hit the side or bottom or something and the bike went flying, my left hand took most of the impact and it's still hurting when I put force on it
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Lessons and practice. Picking the right line etc. That’s going to help take some of the hits out and save the feet from the onslaught that a hardtail provides. It may be boring but reruns of the same trail over and over and over until its second nature is key. Once you master it, new trails fall in to place much more quickly as certain types of jump and terrain become far more quickly recognised and dealt with as if second nature.
 
Andrew Moore said:
Lessons and practice. Picking the right line etc. That’s going to help take some of the hits out and save the feet from the onslaught that a hardtail provides. It may be boring but reruns of the same trail over and over and over until its second nature is key. Once you master it, new trails fall in to place much more quickly as certain types of jump and terrain become far more quickly recognised and dealt with as if second nature.
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I wonder if my mtb being too big in size for me is making it a lot harder? I might sell what I have (XL) and buy one thats right for my size (M) around April time next year
 
Letters denoting size mean nothing. Id put some time into learning about geometry and figure out what aspect of your current bike isn't working for you.
One brands M is anothers L.
 
What kind of all day saddles are people liking these days?

Weight is not an issue.
Not bothered about showing people the saddle when out.
Price £100 down.
More interested in distance with off and on road riding and some tech. Have a dropper post.

Looked at so far:
WTB volt
WTB Pure
SDG Bel-air v3
 
Ergon SM Pro for me on all my bikes.
It's one of those subjective things though, just try the cheaper ones first like a Charge Scoop or Spoon. Then SDG
 
aVdub said:
What kind of all day saddles are people liking these days?

Weight is not an issue.
Not bothered about showing people the saddle when out.
Price £100 down.
More interested in distance with off and on road riding and some tech. Have a dropper post.

Looked at so far:
WTB volt
WTB Pure
SDG Bel-air v3
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Wet your arse, sit on a towel, measure your sit bone.

Buy accordingly.
 
robj20 said:
Ergon SM Pro for me on all my bikes.
It's one of those subjective things though, just try the cheaper ones first like a Charge Scoop or Spoon. Then SDG
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Cheers.

I'm probably down at Biketart at the weekend and that is one they stock.
 
aVdub said:
Cheers I know how to measure and will select the correct size (many have the option) if anyone has any recommendations.
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I mean the advice by rob is where I’d go from there. I’ve a few go to saddles depending on what I want to spend.

The ergon SM Enduro is my go to at the top end but it’s a bit spendy.
 
Andrew Moore said:
I mean the advice by rob is where I’d go from there. I’ve a few go to saddles depending on what I want to spend.

The ergon SM Enduro is my go to at the top end but it’s a bit spendy.
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I'm quite flexible when it comes to price, with the £100 down just being a rough ball park figure and will happily spend more on something that is suitable.

The saddles I've mostly ridden are ok for stand up or good if you don't have testicles if you want to ride distance over screaming downhill.

Cheers for the replies :)
 
aVdub said:
What kind of all day saddles are people liking these days?

Weight is not an issue.
Not bothered about showing people the saddle when out.
Price £100 down.
More interested in distance with off and on road riding and some tech. Have a dropper post.

Looked at so far:
WTB volt
WTB Pure
SDG Bel-air v3
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SM E-Mountain Core Prime https://www.ergonbike.com/en/product-details.html?anr=44011040&s=smemountaincore&a=saettel
Shop around. You can find them around the 100 mark from other retailers

Had an Ergon SM E-mountain pro for a few months before upgrading.. The Prime is much more comfortable for long rides.
Ordered the Prime saddle from bike-discount.de in 2022 and have had zero complaints since.

As above, measure your sit bones. I just used a bit of a double walled carboard box on a solid chair
 
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kefkef said:
Specialized Bridge Comp with Mimic is what i settled for on my eMTB and MTB.
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Have had some good ones over the years from Specialized and am currently using one which is a cheaper model that just lacks that distance comfort.
Will check out the Bridge though.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
SM E-Mountain Core Prime https://www.ergonbike.com/en/product-details.html?anr=44011040&s=smemountaincore&a=saettel
Shop around. You can find them around the 100 mark from other retailers

Had an Ergon SM E-mountain pro for a few months before upgrading.. The Prime is much more comfortable for long rides.
Ordered the Prime saddle from bike-discount.de in 2022 and have had zero complaints since.

As above, measure your sit bones. I just used a bit of a double walled carboard box on a solid chair
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Notice it aims towards E-Bikes, which I am not riding, but still one for the consideration and although over my first budget, is still acceptable if half decent.
 
Morzine was emotional even with my injuries!

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Am thinking of selling my hybrid bike and getting a FS non electric MTB, primarily for jumps and trails (something I can take on a BPW trip and etc) so i'd probably need an enduro one?

should I save up and go all out (spend 3-4k on it) or should I start of with something less expensive and then upgrade in a year or 2? what kind of fork travel should I be getting? I am a complete beginner at this sort of stuff and I doubt ill ever do really huge jumps, maybe some drops, small jumps and trails and blue + red tracks with some easy blacks
 
For me the perfect do it all is around 130 or 140mm of travel.
Spend the money on the frame you can upgrade everything else as and when it wears out.
 
I would agree, dont need big travel enduro to do smaller stuff.

I bought a Saracen Ariel 30x frame recently to move stuff from my hardtail.

Such a capable bike. They are very well priced as well as full bikes.

They seem to have sold out of the elite with the 140mm fork which is what i run mine as. But for £1600 for the bottom spec one great bike.

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a66as said:
Am thinking of selling my hybrid bike and getting a FS non electric MTB, primarily for jumps and trails (something I can take on a BPW trip and etc) so i'd probably need an enduro one?

should I save up and go all out (spend 3-4k on it) or should I start of with something less expensive and then upgrade in a year or 2? what kind of fork travel should I be getting? I am a complete beginner at this sort of stuff and I doubt ill ever do really huge jumps, maybe some drops, small jumps and trails and blue + red tracks with some easy blacks
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You're probably over thinking everything.

Buy a second hand trail bike. Something like an orbea occam would be good. Work on your skills. Spend money in coaching instead of bike parts.

Buy a bike for what you expect to ride.

I have 3 bikes. One huge almost downhill 180mm levo. A 170mm commencal meta. And now a 150/140mm gt sensor trail bike I got cheap that I love riding.

A trail bike is so versatile and you won't be anywhere near its limit.

ABike parks are now built with so much flow that I'm not sure huge travel is necessary for anyone but the most experienced hard hitting riders
 
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