Riding Mates around Manchester about 16

Whytepeak

It looks very nice, how much?

laticsfan

http://ar3.pinkbike.com/m3/3993/spbpic3993757.jpg

http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/3591/pbpic3591806.jpg (this ones in wigan and £350)


and that one from before is about £350

Whytepeak

All nice (they are bikes)

I'd look more at 26'' bikes, as these are better for mtb and rough 4x tracks.

A good frame, rigid forks, and gears are what I'd be looking for.

Check evancycles cycles - I remember them aving something....(goes to look)

Whytepeak

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pin ... e-ec000936

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/mon ... e-ec017384

For that money you can get a nice second hand bike though.

laticsfan

a couple of must's for me

24"
80mm travel
light as poss
no dents or cracks in frame and prefarably a charger lol

Whytepeak

Fair enough, keep looking, i'm sure you'll find a perfect match

StealTheR

I love the bash guard on your bike Whytepeak

There's my ride

Whytepeak

StealTheR wrote:

I love the bash guard on your bike Whytepeak

There's my ride

Cheers Stealthy, your bike is alright I suppose

Posting in school is the BEST - roll on Class Civ

laticsfan

very nice, aint seen to many of them before either lol

Whytepeak

You should see that lapierre in the flesh

Tough too, survives many - a - crash sorry stealthy

StealTheR

The first crash was pretty unexpected, when I slipped on the path.

And the 2nd did have some sort of death factor with as I discovered.

jay12

this is mine.

now with a conti explorer rear tyre, WTB weirwolf grips and a black suntour chainset(and yes i know it's piece of shite ) i really want a new bike and i'll get one in july/august next year or earlier depending on how much my dad will give me

Whytepeak

Tbh riding your bike was a bit draggy Jay12 - you had to be there.

jay12

lol . that was kinda funny.

anyway if anyone wants to come with me to delamere on the 26th(saturday) drop me a pm.

Whytepeak

I'll come if anyone else from manchester is going.

Not sure whether or not I'm already doing something that weekend though :roll:

StealTheR

Yeah I'll go if someone from Manchester is going aswell. I'm free on the 26th.

I'm away next month though on the 24th and 25th so I won't be available on and around them dates. Going to Lllandegla for the weekend but I'll be available any other dates.

laticsfan

slipped on a path lol i shouldnt laugh but i cant help it sorry lol

Whytepeak

Right, I'll come then

jay12

i should be coming it's just this saturday that i can't

Whytepeak

laticsfan wrote:

slipped on a path lol i shouldnt laugh but i cant help it sorry lol

His front wheel washed out - in my words 'nasty'

In compo's words - 'ahaha' - moron

StealTheR

That path actually hurt more than the other major crash.

But thats probably because of the unconscious-ness before the pain.

Whytepeak

Know what you mean.

Came off the road bike a couple of weeks ago, and that hurt like a bugger.

I wasn't knocked unconcious though :shock:

What tyres are you running Stealthy - I forgot :roll:

Whytepeak

laticsfan

You able to get to manchester on the train with ease? As we travel by train to delamere.

However I reckon 3 bikes is about the linit for trains, or they could quote their two bike max. rule, and tell us to shove off...

Can you drive, and would you drive to delamere?

laticsfan

not got a car sorry lads, only get to delamere on the train at moment, all people would need to do is go 2/3 at a time on the trains lol there every hour arnt they?

Whytepeak

Thats right, we could travel in two groups.

Theres -

Jaz
Jay
Stealthy
Compo
Laticsfan
Whytepeak

thats 3 per group.

This will have to happen in the next couple of months.


How long is it since you were riding at delamere?

laticsfan

about four years ish

Whytepeak

Ok dokey.

You'll have t tell us how it's changed when we go.

Delamere has it's own section in earthed3 , but it is barely recognisable now :shock:

StealTheR

I'm running continental mountain king 2.4

They're pretty decent tyres, but in wet conditions they aren't as good.

laticsfan

haha obviously not as good in wet conditions

delamere will probably look like a completely different place to when i was there

Whytepeak

laticsfan wrote:

haha obviously not as good in wet conditions

delamere will probably look like a completely different place to when i was there

Agreed and agreed

A guy broke his arm there a year ago when a jump he was riding collapsed (rotting wood). Thats what happens when you just turn up and ride, without looking at the line or speaking to the locals. (The 4x track is near to a 'familly route', so people ride onto it and end up crashing on the triple :roll: )

The guy sued the Forestry Comission (it is their land), and it was the FC who then came and nocked down all jumps that had wood in them. As a result some trails have been abandonned (or just not rebuilt?) and most are pretty rough, although some of the mini DH trails are great because of that.

The 4x track has been rebuilt, and is quite narrow, offering only one or 2 lines in some places, making racing 4 a dangerous proposition.

Me and Jaz had a good race there last time though

There is one good steep set of jumps - haven't seen anyone ride them, me an' Jaz certainly haven't.

Laticsfan - I don't know how good you were / how much skill will have survived your break from mtb'ing, but there is certainly a lot of jumps to go at, aswell as a road gap.

Delamere is still a good venue, nice xc trails (you have to search for them though), little DH things, jumps and the 4x track easily entertain for a day.