2010 Trek Fuel EX8 (& my Glentress injury pics...)

Matt_

Hey. New guy here from Cumbria, thought I'd show you my bike. I think the only thing's I've changed are the tyres (many times), ditched the Crank Bro pedals for some DMR V8's, put an RRP Evil Eyes Mudguard on and bike shield to cover the frame and keep it looking good.

Day I bought it. Started off on the Bontrager tyres the bike came with


They were too skitty in the wet and prone to clogging with mud so changed to Continental Speed Kings till I started to shred them when I was riding at Kirroughtree


One of my local routes - Top of Walna Scar, swapped to High Rollers at this point


Found the High Rollers drag too much and I ripped the rear tyre open going down Garburn Pass so took the opportunity to change again for some 2.25 Ardent's, seem to be a good mix between grip and rolling resistance, they look quite good too as a bonus but I don't have any photo's of it with them on although I think you get the idea by now!

Looking to get a bash guard and chain guide at some point so if anyone wants to suggest some feel free!

D-Cyph3r

Welcome to the club.

I got mine right at the start of the year (January) and if you thought the XDX's were bad in the wet, you should have tried them in snow and ice.

Matt_

I got mine in January too! I was on it in the snow and ice with XDX's on to start with. Very scary! But I think most tyres without studs would of been...

Have you had the problem I've had with the rear skewer? (see my thread in workshop & tech sub forum)

Ben - B

That's a gorgeous looking bike mate, I like your carpet too!

Matt_

Cheers!

The wallpaper is nice too huh... joys of living at home still.... apparently its in keeping with the age of the house!

Getting serviced and Gore cables fitted in the next week or so as the current ones have had it. They put crap ones on them as standard.

Matt_

And this is one of the injuries I came away from Glentress with after spending an hour or so getting very cocky on the jump park.



7 stitches to sort that out. Also had my wrist in a cast for 10 days as they initially thought I'd broken something but turned out to be ligament damage. And my legs, chest, arms and neck were badly bruised and cut all over!

ali$tair

Christ....is that your chin? Did your stem do that?

Matt_

Yeah its my chin. I took off, landed and the bike went from underneath me and I landed chin first in to the gravel.... got a full face helmet now for next time I go to any jump parks to avoid any more facial injuries!

cat_with_no_tail

Good effort! :shock:

kopite1979

Nice bike!
Bet it was a bugger to shave round that scratch
...and I too use Ardents front and back, good all round tyre, although I put my Minions on for winter with a super tacky one on the front

road_donut

Bike looks sweet .....

Chin gash made me shudder a little

MountainMonster

Jiminy crickets that's a monster gash to your chin. Heal up well my friend!

Nice looking bike as well.

D-Cyph3r

Christ of a cross that must have been some hardcore gravel (or just a bunch of hardcore). :O