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FAO Mountain Bike Lovers (eg Ygrene & Whiskers)... (pg. 2)
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
you people and your hard tails :wtf: |
spose you're a full-sus bitch then :p ?
In all honesty, hardtails are just so much better unless you plan to go down near-vertical hills and need something to allow you to do so. Due to the cost of a rear shock, the componentry is always a bit less and the extra energy exerted is pointless shifting something so heavy. Hardtails are generally a nice light strong aluminium/carbon frame, have good specs and with some good forks, you can lock them out now to rigid for riding to/from a trail and then release the valves for when you get to the trails. |
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| sweds00 |
Norco ftw
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
spose you're a full-sus bitch then :p ?
In all honesty, hardtails are just so much better unless you plan to go down near-vertical hills and need something to allow you to do so. Due to the cost of a rear shock, the componentry is always a bit less and the extra energy exerted is pointless shifting something so heavy. Hardtails are generally a nice light strong aluminium/carbon frame, have good specs and with some good forks, you can lock them out now to rigid for riding to/from a trail and then release the valves for when you get to the trails. |
Not just downhills, but also crazy uphills. The rear susp. keeps teh back tire on the ground better.
I love it in my desert trail riding, them rocks are hard as funk. Anything to soften them up is much appreciated.
You should come out here and ride some trails :) |
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| Echo of Silence |
I like green bikes.
:p |
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| Boomer187 |
| here's a question for ya, flat pedals or clips? |
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| Ian |
| dmr v8 or v12 flat! Clipless are a bit awkward for me personally |
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| Boomer187 |
| i hear that a lot, and see a lot of great riders out here use em. I love my clips, they are great for uphill stuff as you never slip off the pedal. but can be scary on scary downhill stuff, as you never slip out! |
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| Ian |
| yeah, im quite aggressive on corners & hills and find myself unable to bail out if im ing up :p |
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| whiskers |
flat & wide bmx-stile pedals = a must for downhill:
or you could go with these:
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| whiskers |
bike porn!!!
sexy:
*drool*
check out www.sicklines.com cool site |
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| Ian |
DMR v12 Magnesiums are legendary here ;)
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