The Dark Side.
SteveR_100Milers
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Sorry Obi-wan, but I did it...i just bought a rockhopper..... :shock:
However, I simply refuse to wear baggies, and indeed I am going to fit RXE pedals to it and use road shoes until I fall off / cant pedal / jammed with mud which will be after about 5 minute son sunday around cwmcarn
However, I simply refuse to wear baggies, and indeed I am going to fit RXE pedals to it and use road shoes until I fall off / cant pedal / jammed with mud which will be after about 5 minute son sunday around cwmcarn
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I wouldn't use road pedals. You WILL die.0
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I thought you meant Cycle Chat......
I'm sure the mtb thing is just a phase, you'll grow out of it.
Where the neon madmen climb0 -
Good to have a knockabout bike to ride with your kids on some trails, stuff like that.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.0 -
Yep, the RXE's are off, welcome spd's/flatties. I wouldn't have ridden on anything other than a flat trail with them in any case. Went out for a 2 hor "recovery" ride, but ended up sprinting wildly up every hill I could find, got covered in shite, no lunatic car drivers to look out for, was great fun!0
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welcome to MTBing my friend0
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Me and some mates went to Afan three weeks ago and rode The Wall and Skyline and it was erm... different, I nearly killed myself several times.I am going to find something a bit less technical next time.The gear changing, helmet wearing fule.
FCN :- -1
Given up waiting for Fast as Fupp to start stalking me0 -
boybiker wrote:Me and some mates went to Afan three weeks ago and rode The Wall and Skyline and it was erm... different, I nearly killed myself several times.I am going to find something a bit less technical next time.
Even if I could, I would never want to ride that, I'm not into scaring myself, downhill racing etc, more cross country and up silly hills0 -
Welcome. .. there's nothing like a muddy winter ride!Stumpjumper FSR 09/10 Pro Carbon, Genesis Vapour CX20 ('17)Carbon, Rose Xeon CW3000 '14, Raleigh R50
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redddraggon wrote:I really want a MTB, but just can't afford one right now, and I don't think I'd be happy with a cheap one.
There's rarely any snobbery in MTB'ing. It don't matter what bike you have.
Anyway, they all look the same after a mud bath!Stumpjumper FSR 09/10 Pro Carbon, Genesis Vapour CX20 ('17)Carbon, Rose Xeon CW3000 '14, Raleigh R50
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It's what second-hand bikes are for!
As long as the frame's good, you can always upgrade the bits you put on it.Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.0 -
OffTheBackAdam wrote:It's what second-hand bikes are for!
As long as the frame's good, you can always upgrade the bits you put on it.
Indeed, I bought ine used for 2/3 of the price of a new one, works perfectlly well. £400 won't get you a particularly tasty new one, but used opne ip all kinds of interesting machinery, sorry..."rigs"... :roll:0 -
I had a nice 70km road ride planned for Sunday morning, but because it was so frosty on Saturday night, I re-planned my route turning it into a 45km offroad route instead.
Now I haven't graced my MTB saddle with my generous cheekage for months, so it was a pleasant surprise to me at HOW MUCH I ENJOYED IT. There, I've said it :oops:
It was a glorious frosty morning to be out and about and the thing I hated most about going off on a bridleway jaunt (getting hopelessly lost) is no longer a problem as I put the route into my new favourite toy (Garmin Edge 705) and it told me exactly where to go. What a great bit of kit this is.
I'd also forgotten how hard MTBing is. Plugging away through icy puddles and lots of frozen mud for 2½ hours was a much tougher workout than 3½ hours on the road. My legs are tangoed today.
The 2nd thing I most hated about going off on a bridleway jaunt (spending the rest of the day cleaning the bike) has not changed though. :x0 -
Bronzie wrote:I'd also forgotten how hard MTBing is. Plugging away through icy puddles and lots of frozen mud for 2½ hours was a much tougher workout than 3½ hours on the road. My legs are tangoed today.
The 2nd thing I most hated about going off on a bridleway jaunt (spending the rest of the day cleaning the bike) has not changed though. :x
You'll also find your upper body get much mroe of a workout if you venture onto anythign more technical than a bridleway, negotiating trees spaced barely wider than your bars round a slippy corner is better than any gym workout.
As for cleaning a hose pipe, some good de-watering solution and some wet chain lube does the trick, about 20 minutes all in even after the muddiest of rides0 -
Mate, if I tried that it would be my knees and backside getting a workout from falling on them all the timeSteve_b77 wrote:negotiating trees spaced barely wider than your bars round a slippy corner is better than any gym workout.
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Phew! I had two offs at Afan today on the supposedly easier Penhydd route. HOw the hell you get down the sidewinder without falling off (as I did twice) is beyond me! Great fun though I have to admit, and the weather / scenery was simply awesome today
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