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EFMAX
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Been hanging around for a while so I thought that I would be polite and say hello and introduce myself.
Many I know call me MAX and I hang out 60Km West of London, often in Swinley Forest and ususally after dark.
This is one of my best mates, we do a lot of stuff together and the riding which is 35% on road and 65% off road does keep me fit.
My bike is a project, built it myself and it is a constant learning curve. My aim was to keep it under 40ibs, which I have, but if I remove the fancy lights and the fanicer batteries, then the weight drops to around 32ibs.. but at 200ibs (with kit), what is a pound or two!
Riding it is fun, sweet on the road and very controlled when doing light Freeride/Downhill stuff.. I am at the beginning of my MTB Education and at 50, learning how not to get hurt is important.
Hello to you all.
Many I know call me MAX and I hang out 60Km West of London, often in Swinley Forest and ususally after dark.
This is one of my best mates, we do a lot of stuff together and the riding which is 35% on road and 65% off road does keep me fit.
My bike is a project, built it myself and it is a constant learning curve. My aim was to keep it under 40ibs, which I have, but if I remove the fancy lights and the fanicer batteries, then the weight drops to around 32ibs.. but at 200ibs (with kit), what is a pound or two!
Riding it is fun, sweet on the road and very controlled when doing light Freeride/Downhill stuff.. I am at the beginning of my MTB Education and at 50, learning how not to get hurt is important.
Hello to you all.
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Eyup Max.
Interesting bike. What is the fork? Sus seatpost and rear sus.0 -
Hi there... The fork is a Manitou Minute Elite TPC (140mm).
Sus on the rear and seat post = rear sus is firm and controlled for the off road stuff, but the seat post is using Nitrogen Gas rather than stiff rubber for the suspension and it is set to give my back an easy time.. You buy the post stating your weight and they set the spring to match and then you adjust the gas chamber to your taste - so I get the control from a hard(ish) setup but the comfort to be able to deal with it.
As the bike is used both on and off road, I did not want to be changing the set-up everytime just cos I have issues with my back.. It works beautifully and I am not pogo sticking all over the place, quite the opposite.0 -
Intriguing - one for grip/control and one for comfort...
Mad Max sprang immediately to mind from the photo though
Love to see bikes built for a really specific purpose/rider, very cool. Although I love to see do it all bikes too. Guess this is kind of both!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 -
At the moment, my off road riding is light technical decents (still learning the ropes) and some fast, long steep decents that although not technical (typical fire road stuff), are on very loose gravil and rubble and falling stones plus pot holes big enough to get your feet in; which is in contrast to stuff which has gullies, and jumps.. either way I know too much about back pain to not try and avoid it.. its all good fun0
