Orange Patriot. Marzocchi 55 CR forks at 170mm and DHX 3 shock. Shock about to get replaced by a Fox Float X CTD Factory Kashima air shock.
http://i68.tinypic.com/55ezkp.jpg
Cotic Soul.
http://i65.tinypic.com/24pc406.jpg
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Orange Patriot. Marzocchi 55 CR forks at 170mm and DHX 3 shock. Shock about to get replaced by a Fox Float X CTD Factory Kashima air shock.
http://i68.tinypic.com/55ezkp.jpg
Cotic Soul.
http://i65.tinypic.com/24pc406.jpg
Currently riding one of these:
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/adventur...c-bike-p324563
with one of these:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/basil-bo...k/511-8656.prd
On the front and a standard 700c pannier rack on the back.
It's the perfect city/commute/shopping vehicle bar none :)
Roadie: Giant Defy Composite 1
http://s5.postimg.org/3zd8jrosn/5757...95943501_n.jpg
MTB: Marin "Thing" - used to be an '09 Eldridge Grade, but got a new frame when the original one broke....
http://s5.postimg.org/4nm32pnif/IMG_0688.jpg
OK, so not *exactly* pedal powered, but I do power them - either one of these :
http://www.rollator-info.de/wp-conte...-Rollator.jpeg
or on a bad day, one of these :
http://www.1800wheelchair.ca/siteima...e/Breezy-2.jpg
Fuji Tread 1.3
http://i.imgur.com/9Mw9CpC.jpg
Currently rolling a POS for commutes but a http://whyte.bike/gb/models/trail/tr...-5-650b/901-2/ for the good stuff!!
Bike at stock for now though, if I can get enough trails / natural MTB routes, I fancy a few upgrades starting with a Rockshox Stealth Dropper :D
scaryjim - Looks the perfect vehicle for transporting my stash of Hendricks Gin :D
g8ina - I had to google fibromyalgia as never heard of it. Sounds nasty, but I'm amazed that NHS lists two of the potential causes as things that are associated with causing depression, alongside physical causes.
kalniel - Tempted by a cx bike, that same model would be my choice from the research I've done so far.
JonnyManc - Whyte are so highly rated. A dropper would be an awesome upgrade, its next on my list but both my bikes are of a seat post size that's hard to source a dropper for.
r_j_k_p - That's a beaut.
I just replaced the coil shock with a Fox Float X CTD Factory. Bike feels so much easier on the flat trails near my house now, can't wait to see how it feels when pointed downhill. Till recently it had coil forks also, so a lot of weight dropped in the last few weeks.
http://i67.tinypic.com/mc5fd0.jpg
You can get a phenomenal amount of beer on it ;) I reckon the total carrying load is around 150Kg when I hook up my trailer (yup, I have a bike trailer just in case I need to tow extra stuff: brilliant for running rubbish to the local tip!).Quote:
Originally Posted by clifty
I'll try to get some pics up, but might give it a quick clean first; Manchester's road are notoriously filthy and in winter they cake bikes with a layer of vile grease and muck :(
Some great bikes there guys. Ain't been on my oones since last august due to health problems, but hope to get back in the saddle soon.
Ooh a bike porn thread:
https://ferroustom.files.wordpress.c...nced.jpg?w=630
Is my roadie... Giant Defy Advanced with deep carbon rim wheels (RS80 C50s) - now has an Ultegra Triple and a X-lab Carbon aerowing fitted.
https://ferroustom.files.wordpress.c...pper.jpg?w=630
Is my mountain bike.... Specialized Rockhopper Pro Evo (which I am completely unable to ride at anywhere near it's limits) :)
I've got a Specialized Tricross Xpert in the garage which needs a rebuild as I attempted myself before realising (as one half of my new canti-brakes fell off mid ride) that I should stick to riding, rather than attempting to fix/service bikes.
At the minute I'm commuting on the foldie, a Tern Link D8 like this one:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...D8-fol-007.jpg
But when I get a chance, and want to go fast, I get to ride my Ridley Excalibur like this:
http://cloud.bicyclebluebook.com/zoo...k2158_10_z.jpg
Here's my hard tail, she's a beast. Also ride a Rocky Mountain ETSX 50 but have no pics of her at present
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...e%20Albert.jpg
Hi, we do have a mountain bike here but we seldom used it. We only get it to take a tour around our village.
Ooooh, that's a pretty bike :) Commuting machine, or just for bombing around as fast as possible?Quote:
Originally Posted by b0redom
I have commuted on it, but it's mainly for training/racing. I'd really like a proper TT bike, but it's probably not worth it given the fact that I'm nowhere near the pointy end when I do triathlons. It will quite happily cruise along at between 30-40kph depending on the length of the race I'm doing.
Ah, I remember those days. Mind you, I used to live on the Lincolnshire fens, so I benefited from a complete lack of slopes in either direction! Currently considering new bike options as I might be switching from a 3 mile urban commute to something a bit longer and hillier soon, and the Uni just won't cut it for that, sadly...Quote:
Originally Posted by b0redom
I just bought a gt gts expert
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/smsimg/...full-exp-1.jpg
As promised:Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
http://forums.hexus.net/members/scar...nt3-4small.jpg
http://forums.hexus.net/members/scar...ideonsmall.jpg
Sadly, the reason those pics got taken was that both the bike and trailer were sold earlier this week. Not that there was anything wrong with them or that I didn't like them, you understand, I just don't think they're up to a 30 mile round trip daily commute from the edge of the Pennines ;)
New wheels incoming. Pics from somewhere along my commute will happen. I'll try not to make you too jealous ;)
Used to have a sturdy af XL mtb, now have a cyclocross pinnacle which i'm pretty happy with. want to build my own bikes in the future, would like to do a bike mechanics' course first tho
I've been building up my own bikes since I was 14, there's no need to do a course? Bikes are just giant, simple meccano sets, it's pretty difficult to go wrong if you follow the instructions which you can get from a book or the web. Really there is nothing difficult about it, just take your time & do your research.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazzickle
I've got a Rockhopper Pro and a Giant Defy 1 Disk. I started with the Rockhopper Pro for mountain biking and ended up switching to road biking this year.
Well so you say, but I wouldn't want to be doing 40mph down hill on 23mm of rubber knowing that I was the one who put the brakes together. Just saying like....Quote:
Originally Posted by jimborae
It's very nice to commuting on bikes, It just fits and thrilling to have mine having kross k10.
Did I say a bit longer and hillier?Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
https://www.strava.com/activities/573501581
:D
That'll get your heart rate going...... :)
Good Lord Jim... that's a fair yomp :)
It's turned out to be a nicer commute than I thought it might, and given that today was my first day doing it I'm pretty chuffed with the traces tbh - I've not done much biking at that sort of distance for ... well, more than half my lifetime, I guess ... so it's a good place to be starting some stamina training from!
Trip back was 1h 9m moving time - as you can see from the topo it's mostly downhill on the way to work, which means it's basically all uphill on the way back! Need to get tonight's trace on Strava to see what the segments are like. The legs were definitely feeling it by the time I got home ;)
If you don't know how your brakes work then you really shouldn't be doing 40mph downhill on 23mm of rubber!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by b0redom
In other news I was walking the dog last night when I heard what I thought was a shotgun being fired. Walked to end of the road to find a guy standing by his mtb with a literally exploded rear wheel, never seen anything like it, the rim had literally blown apart into several pieces, every spoke was trashed as well. It was good bike too, a Whyte only a few months old. I looked at him and then the bike again but didn't have the heart to tell him the what issue was.......... poor machine built, light weight wheels and him about 4 stone too heavy for them. Just checked he was ok and had a someone coming to get him.
Oh I know how they work, I'm just completely mechanically inept! :crazy:
I have a Scott E-Genius 920 2016 Electric Mountain Bike. Got it from Evans.
How you finding the e-bike?
My Patriot got tarted up a bit. And I also decided to get downhill bike. Norco Aurum.
https://i.imgsafe.org/8eb7307d18.jpg
https://i.imgsafe.org/8eb74778eb.jpg
https://i.imgsafe.org/8eb75ed0ce.jpg
Just got a Scott Scale 960, first bike for over 25 years...how things have changed!
Hmmm, still haven't got pics of the new wheels up. I took some selfies from one of the more picturesque spots that's also easy to stop at back in the summer, but didn't get round to posting them, and since then my new phone ate my SD cards so I don't have those pics any more :( Not sure when I'll next be on the bike now we're edging in to winter, either - I might have to suck it up and get seasons tickets for the next couple of months....Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Look at me, bumping threads like a necromancer ;)
Saturday's ride attracted a couple of photographers. Here's a classy B&W of me - going full-on MAMIL - on my beloved Dawes Galaxy AL
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4260/3...d325364e_b.jpg
Snake Pass Peaks Challenge (4 of 12) by Anthony Mckeown, on Flickr
Very nice bike.
I'm thinking I need more of a road bike like that.
Yeah, I used to ride road bikes when I was in my late teens and I just can't get comfy on a flat bar enough more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phage
That's a drop bar tourer, so while it's more road leaning the geometry is a little more relaxed and it came pre-kitted with mudguards and rack. Otherwise it's 24 speed so lots of low gearing for hill climbs, and it's on 700x35C Schwalbe Marathon, which give a lovely comfortable ride without too much rolling resistance. It's intended for pulling long distances with moderate to heavy loads, which makes it just about the perfect road commuting bike.
This is what I am riding
https://i.imgur.com/eeztOI0.jpg
But this is what I want to be riding
https://www.smselectrics.com/pub/med...ore-rojo_1.png
Not sure if these count as they are electric bikes but I do have to pretend to peddle by UK law!
If you have to pedal they totally count :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrupulous
I'm a big advocate of e-bikes if it mean people choose that over cars, and not everyone can push 14 mile commutes by pedal.
Nice thread bump, btw - it's reminded me that I've got two new sets of wheels since I last posted in here: I really should do an update :D
The electric bike has been a god send for me as becoming ill with M.E has literally stopped me from being able to exert myself in pretty much any way. Adding this battery power to my new feeble body has got me back outside in the sun with the wind rushing past my bald head again.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Like computers i have build my own, and with bicycles that have gone down since i was 14, though in the old days my dad did help build, dad did both track and highway cycling when he was young.
I have mostly used Campagnolo parts and i have never gone big on the frames as i have never been riding competitive, though as i kid i often did 100 - 200 km in a day.
My last bike had a triathlon handlebar.
All my bikes aside for one have been stolen, and the one that was not stolen was run over by a semi doing a R turn in front of me.
Last bicycle was in 1989 and i did just about 3000 Km on it before it got stolen, and by then i was a hardcore smoker of ciggies and weed so i did not do any long trips on that bike, and every time i was stopped for something the computer was paused.
My cycling days are long gone now, TBH i cant even do my own default walking pace, when i forget i find out after a KM or 2 of walking and then i better have my inhaler at hand.
Vanmoof s3. Best electric bike ever!