optimum travel for an all round trail bike?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    bluechair84 wrote:
    I've seen plenty of people who are jumping on the MB bandwagon, buying into the sport. Used to live with a guy who rode a Whyte 46 and he couldn't 'ride' in a manner that befitted a 6" travel bike, but it made him feel good. They lack a lot of the basics and they haven't developed an ability to really use those kind of bikes. As someone else in this thread said, these bikes allow you to do more than you are capable of handling - and watching this guy ride was cringe-worthy. He only survived hurting himself for how slow he rode!
    I agree with others who have said that these bikes give you a false sense of achievement which can be dangerous.
    That's why I think everyone should start on a crapper - you learn the important stuff here.

    Ahmen! +1
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    bigchazrocks wrote:
    passout wrote:
    Were you in point break?
    Err.... What is point break..? You must remeber, I'm only 21!


    Allow me to educate you:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVk3mR2UhgI (great trailer)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Break
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    passout wrote:
    bigchazrocks wrote:
    passout wrote:
    Were you in point break?
    Err.... What is point break..? You must remeber, I'm only 21!


    Allow me to educate you:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVk3mR2UhgI (great trailer)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Break

    aaahhh ahahahah poiunt break....ahahahahahahahah.... sorry but it's one of the funniest films ever and it's not supposed to be....

    next you will be draggin roadhouse out..lol
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Patrick changed my life man. Point break taught me about how live life, road house taught me how to fight and dirty dancing...well, anyway.....Patrick is the font of all wisdom and his performances are masterpeices.

    Seriously though, Point Break & Roadhouse are a really good laugh, I agree.

    Edit. Here is some his wisdom...

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/quotes
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    point break is one of the best films ever made. fact.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    point break is one of the best films ever made. fact.

    over Marked for death with Steven Segal? ;)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    fraid so but its a close one. if it was going to be a seagal film it might well have to be under siege anyway.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    fraid so but its a close one. if it was going to be a seagal film it might well have to be under siege anyway.

    "I'm just a cook"...BOL!
  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    point break is one of the best films ever made. fact.

    absolutely correct.

    I went to see it at the cinema (an arthouse type cinema) just a few months ago. It's great on the big screen.

    I must have watched it 20 times on DVD/Video, but that was the first time in the cinema.

    Visually, it has to be one of the most amazing films ever made.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    it does still look really modern i think. i watched predator t'other night too and its over 20 years old but looks as good as any modern film.

    back on topic: 120mm = correct trail bike travel

    everyone should learn to ride on a crap bike = worst. advice. ever.
  • llamafarmer
    llamafarmer Posts: 1,893
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    point break is one of the best films ever made. fact.

    Amen! Bodie is a hero!
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  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    it does still look really modern i think. i watched predator t'other night too and its over 20 years old but looks as good as any modern film.

    it would appear that a sequel is due to be released this year :?

    http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4865&Itemid=99

    check wikipedia also
  • richg1979
    richg1979 Posts: 1,087
    yeti 575 with 140mm solid axle fork is pretty much described in every review as the ultimate trail bike, so guess that does it for me and i still slaughter my mate on his fuel ex9 on the ups.down and twistys.

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