introducing the girlfriend...

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  • dirtbiker100
    dirtbiker100 Posts: 1,997
    beccalily wrote:
    My legs are fit. End of. :lol:
    don't think theres any doubt on that one.
    ride_whenever wrote:
    44:11, that's gearing for real men.
    never have truer words been said

    /drunk
  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    think my road bike is about 46:11
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    oh on a road bike you need implausibly small rear sprockets.

    50:2
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  • dirtbiker100
    dirtbiker100 Posts: 1,997
    Random Vince wrote:
    think my road bike is about 46:11
    ah see theres the problem with your statement. we were talking about manly bikes and gears...
  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    dirtbiker100 wrote:
    Random Vince wrote:
    think my road bike is about 46:11
    ah see theres the problem with your statement. we were talking about manly bikes and gears...

    its a classic 1960's steel framed road bike and thats the only gear at the moment
    it might get gears and its little down tube shifter put back on

    the mountain bike is 32 16 and also steel framed - don't like aluminium and won't ride carbon
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  • dirtbiker100
    dirtbiker100 Posts: 1,997
    Random Vince wrote:
    and also steel framed - don't like aluminium and won't ride carbon

    redemed yourself :wink:
    on-one inbred 456 owner here.
    what was this thread about in the beginning?
  • batch78
    batch78 Posts: 1,320
    50:2! Now your just being silly, thats obviously only gonna be on a track bike and they're not real men, they are emotionless machines, devoid of interaction with the real world! If you want a real man he'll have gears AND know how to use them. :wink:
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I'm always silly
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  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    dirtbiker100 wrote:
    Random Vince wrote:
    and also steel framed - don't like aluminium and won't ride carbon

    redemed yourself :wink:
    on-one inbred 456 owner here.
    what was this thread about in the beginning?

    the singlespeed is an On-One Inbred (just a normal one, i don't need lots of suspension :P )

    the thread was origionaly about introducing my girlfriend to mountain biking,

    she now has a bike (trek 7000) and i know of a variety of tracks and trails,

    might just take her on an easy XC ride so she can get used to the bike


    any tips on setting the bike up for her would be good
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  • lm_trek
    lm_trek Posts: 1,470
    If your thinking of cannock as a starter run then FTD is perfect just the one killer hill, and there is always the heritage trail to ride back if she gets fed up!

    Best time to go is mid week when its quiet, weekends are just stupidly busy and not the best place for a new starter to gain confidence, also take the new sections slowly some jumpy bits in there now!!
  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    batch78 wrote:
    50:2! Now your just being silly, thats obviously only gonna be on a track bike and they're not real men, they are emotionless machines, devoid of interaction with the real world! If you want a real man he'll have gears AND know how to use them. :wink:

    a 2 toothed sprocket wouldn't work, you need at least 3 teeth or you'd have moments when the sprocket slipped

    personally i don't believe it's possible to have a sprocket on a bike that is less than 5 teeth due to it having to have the axle running through it

    anyway, back to the subject...
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  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    lm_trek wrote:
    If your thinking of cannock as a starter run then FTD is perfect just the one killer hill, and there is always the heritage trail to ride back if she gets fed up!

    Best time to go is mid week when its quiet, weekends are just stupidly busy and not the best place for a new starter to gain confidence, also take the new sections slowly some jumpy bits in there now!!

    thank you, this is the kind of thing i'm wanting to know.

    i've found out about some small trails near where we live which would serve well for setting up the bike for her.

    i'm convinced she'd prefer a shorter stem, but she claims to be fine - we'll see

    it's possible that we'll be going up to visit her parents soon, who's garden backs onto the tissington trail, so that'd serve as a getting used to the bike ride despite it being quite flat

    she rode it home from my flat last night and seemed quite happy with it.
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  • batch78
    batch78 Posts: 1,320
    Yes Random Vince, your absolutely correct, how daft of me!! In all honesty I knew it would'nt work, just got drawn in by ride_whenevers off topic deviations. Sorry won't happen again. :roll:
  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    :P

    donny worry,

    it had been bugging me all day, "how does a 2 tooth sprocket work?"
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  • BoardinBob
    BoardinBob Posts: 697
    My missus was fed up being a bike widow at the weekend so I've convinced her to join me.

    Picked her up a Scott Aspect 55 last night 8)

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  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    just got back from doing follow the dog round cannock, she did the 6 mile option i did the 7 mile route and met her where they meet up again,

    she gradually progressed through the day and is brilliant and looking forwards to doing it again!

    i'm very happy and she's very tired
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  • keith
    keith Posts: 1,149
    sparrowlegs78 wrote:
    Not all women are useless and slow anyway....so there is no no need for him to "leave her behind"...she could be snapping at his heels for all we know.





    oops soz rant over :oops:

    We like to think so though :oops:

    Iv just completed my MIAS Level 2 Mountain Bike Leaders Course the other week. there was a girl there the same age as me (eighteen) who really surprised me, she never gave up and after the couple of days was talking about "that last berm" and the such. The only difference was that it was wine at the end whereas the guys had Ale :)

    EDIT: and the tits of course :D

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