calling all mountain bikers!!

steve i love it!!!

was out today trying tyre pressures on the road took a quick ride to see my friend.... next stop... the trails!! the bike is incredible... the stiffness of the platform is unreal, combined with the fat tyres its insane. The brakes are more than a match for what i can do, very very happy. Worth every penny to me! the one climb off the canal side here look like nothing but i can assure u, if you try to walk up it, u need to use ur hands!! lol, command post is much more useful that i could of imagined!

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Nice soundtrack lol.

I'd ride straight up that slope no problem and agree that it's easier by bike than foot. On the odd occasion when I come across something I don't fancy it's very hard to walk down it. Happy trails. 8)
 
Steve84N said:
Nice soundtrack lol.

I'd ride straight up that slope no problem and agree that it's easier by bike than foot. On the odd occasion when I come across something I don't fancy it's very hard to walk down it. Happy trails. 8)
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steve what bike do you have??

I've had my first hit :-(

one of my brand new DMR vault pedals crashed into the rocks and its taken a chunk out of it, gutted was not the word....
 
I must get my bike out of retirement. The last DH i did was about 6 years ago in Les Gets. And i watched my mate get a helicopter ride off the mountain after doing a dead sailor into a tree. He had 2 weeks in hospital and a few days in intensive care. After braking his shoulder ribs puncturing his lung and bruising his spleen...... Be careful out there guys!!
 
Beedub said:
Steve84N said:
Nice soundtrack lol.

I'd ride straight up that slope no problem and agree that it's easier by bike than foot. On the odd occasion when I come across something I don't fancy it's very hard to walk down it. Happy trails. 8)
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steve what bike do you have??

I've had my first hit :-(

one of my brand new DMR vault pedals crashed into the rocks and its taken a chunk out of it, gutted was not the word....
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Try SPDs mate i wouldn't bike without them.
 
2012 Canyon Strive 8.0
160mm of squish and nice chunky 36 forks before they decided wimpy 34 was enough for 160.

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Upgraded brakes from Avid to Shimano Saint front and Shimano XT rear, changed fork internals from TALAS to FLOAT and made the tyres tubeless (they were ready for it as standard).

I also run SPDs on XT trail pedals.

Mine has a dropper post but it's only got 125mm of travel, the year after they released the stealth version with 150mm of travel and the hydraulic line connects to the base of the post so doesn't need extra free play and it's routed through the frame. The extra 25mm would make all the difference as I still have to move the post manually to go from riding home and steep downhill stuff. For normal trails it's just about enough.

I'm no expert, 3ft drop offs and table tops are about my limit but normal rooty trails with moderate features are what I prefer.

You will always hate the first few marks the most but so long as you don't do it too often it should still stay looking swanky.
 


Not my bike but mine is the same. Completely standard apart from spds. I sold the DH bike a Norco A line with lots of trick bits and thousands spent on it. And my road bike and my old trail bike. So only have this now. At the moment it has road tyres on it for hacking to work.

I used to be a bit mental 6ft drops and big gap jumps where fun until it went wrong. I was once using a power link in a shimano chain!! (DONT EVER DO THAT) I was just about to do a big ish drop off. I cranked hard to clear a ditch below. And the power link separated my chest hit the bars went off the drop rear wheel in the ditch front wheel out. The bike compressed (it had 9"rear travel) and spat me up in the air. I landed on a brake leaver and ended up in A&E after being stabbed in the side by my own bike!!!

DH got a bit to dangerous. I started to to land harder and not bounce as well. And having worries like paying a mortgaged affected the i dont give a f**k attitude.
 
Machine monkey said:


Not my bike but mine is the same. Completely standard apart from spds. I sold the DH bike a Norco A line with lots of trick bits and thousands spent on it. And my road bike and my old trail bike. So only have this now. At the moment it has road tyres on it for hacking to work.

I used to be a bit mental 6ft drops and big gap jumps where fun until it went wrong. I was once using a power link in a shimano chain!! (DONT EVER DO THAT) I was just about to do a big ish drop off. I cranked hard to clear a ditch below. And the power link separated my chest hit the bars went off the drop rear wheel in the ditch front wheel out. The bike compressed (it had 9"rear travel) and spat me up in the air. I landed on a brake leaver and ended up in A&E after being stabbed in the side by my own bike!!!

DH got a bit to dangerous. I started to to land harder and not bounce as well. And having worries like paying a mortgaged affected the i dont give a f**k attitude.
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yeah I'm no where at that type danger level and ill be honest i don't intend to get their, i like the rocky trails with some light drops that test me and the bike to our capability level, currently sutton park in the wilder sections is providing hours of exercise and fun.. ill get out those pedals you guys have mentioned. It seems my new bike is going to get battered really quickly.

question, do you guys run a chain stay and crank guard setup?? do i need one??
 
I wouldn't do that stuff any more!!

My balls where obviously bigger than my brains when i was younger!! The great thing about MTB is there are tracks and fun to be had at every level. I have had more fun on sweeping low danger runs. Getting the right rhythm and pumping the bike along is so much fun.

I never did i used to run a lizard skin on the rear chain stay. But dont even bother with that now. But i have never owned a carbon bike either??

If i remember Byron I will bring a few old DVDs to zed fest. The collective is one of the best MTB videos i have watched (in my opinion)
 
Mine came with both, although it's just the one roller type. Needed more on bikes with more cogs as the chain length is more variable but worth it in any case if you're finding the chain drops. The bashguard isn't necessary for the type of stuff you've posted so far but if you start log or rock hopping then it would be handy. To be frank it's cheaper to replace your ring than buy a bashguard as it's not an expensive crankset.
 
I thought the whole point of fat bikes was that they had huge tyres instead of suspension? It seems a totally bizarre concept, big bouncy tyres plus big bouncy suspension, also, paying thousands for a super-lightweight carbon frame then whacking enormous heavy tyres on it? :?

It looks fun though, I'll need to have a go on one! :lol:
 
my friends fat bike feels like rolling on the rims compared to my full suspension Fattie.... also don't forget i can lock the shocks out.

My carbon stump jumper in Large form, is lighter than my rockhopper m4 super light alloy frame in medium size, with its 2.2" tyres... so..... something is working :D :D :D :D :D i have carbon wheels too :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: the wheel set with tyre on weights literally nothing!
 
Just had a proper read of the spec, it's not what I would call a proper 'fat' bike (4" tyres), it's more of a beefed up trail bike. Looks like great fun though, I'll have to find a demo day and take one for a spin.

As someone said earlier in the thread, I do wish they'd stop changing all the sizes and tinkering with everything to make us spend more money. I cracked my frame and the new one they sent me under warranty was 650b so had to buy new wheels/forks/tyres etc :headbang:
 
STUBOY2UK said:
Just had a proper read of the spec, it's not what I would call a proper 'fat' bike (4" tyres), it's more of a beefed up trail bike. Looks like great fun though, I'll have to find a demo day and take one for a spin.

As someone said earlier in the thread, I do wish they'd stop changing all the sizes and tinkering with everything to make us spend more money. I cracked my frame and the new one they sent me under warranty was 650b so had to buy new wheels/forks/tyres etc :headbang:
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thats why its called a fattie .... the fattie is supposed to have all the floatation without the drag. The frame is boosted enough to take 3.8" tyre... but that would be nuts on this bike, the 3" is more than enough and looks insane!
 
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