Laugh at my friend!
neil_sheehan2000
Posts: 529
Going for a 3-day trip in June to Glentress, Traquair/Innerleithen, and then somewhere else in the area, maybe Mabie. My friend, who lives just outside London and doesn't do mountain biking much any more, has sold his 26 inch wheels and now only has 24s, and is planning to ride those when he comes up for the trip.
Knowing him, he probably won't bother buying new tyres (got some 3 year old Halo Twin Rails at the minute, I believe), and he's only got one chainring at the front (with a long cage mech on the back for no discernable reason). The bike's a hardtail jump frame and I can almost guarentee he won't bother sorting out his long-knackered gears to ensure he can actually use all seven (yes, seven!) of them.
Now, I know that so long as you're happy on your bike and it is't likely to actually snap in half then you shouldn't be judged for the bike related choices you make. However, on the other hand, he's currently in China. So please feel free to point out his folly...
Knowing him, he probably won't bother buying new tyres (got some 3 year old Halo Twin Rails at the minute, I believe), and he's only got one chainring at the front (with a long cage mech on the back for no discernable reason). The bike's a hardtail jump frame and I can almost guarentee he won't bother sorting out his long-knackered gears to ensure he can actually use all seven (yes, seven!) of them.
Now, I know that so long as you're happy on your bike and it is't likely to actually snap in half then you shouldn't be judged for the bike related choices you make. However, on the other hand, he's currently in China. So please feel free to point out his folly...
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leave the guyt alone it's his funeral
when i start rippin i start RIPPIN0 -
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he is going to find the Traquair XC climb tough going. message ends.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0 -
what a tightarsed gooner0
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So he'll be pushing up and having a great time coming back down?
As long as he's going to enjoy it fair play to him, even though I'd guess he'll be on a hire bike by day 2!Current steed is a '07 Carrera Banshee X
+ cheap road/commuting bike0 -
Im going to do as the post says.
He hehehe job done0 -
detreox wrote:leave the guyt alone it's his funeral
...which Neil is going to have to carry/drag him to!WTD:
Green Halo TwinRail
25.0mm-26.2mm seatpost shim
Red X-Lite bling
Specialized ladies BG saddle (white?) 155mm
RH thumbie
700x28c CX tyres&tubs
Flatbars 620mm 25,4mm & swept, ti in an ideal world0 -
Meh, i've seen people on apollos at gt and inners. They're bound to be worse!0
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cud be worse cud be doing it on an apolo x rated0
