Praise the Lord for I have seen the light!

Gizmokev

paul20v wrote:

NozzaC wrote:

In fact wheels in general are a bit of a cop out for those too lazy to run.

Running is for thieves

But thieves generally operate at night and therefore dont want to see the light.....especially a blue flashing one...;)

Frodo1095

I love having a HT & FS.
After 18mths on a FS I recently got back onto a HT and I must say I have really enjoyed it and plan to ride it over the winter.
Hopefully will see a difference when I get back on the FS in the summer.

dan shard

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Nope, I've decided, I AM the authority, and I decree that only full suss is the true way.

This /\

Once youve tasted fillet steak, why go back to beefburgers

TickTockTick

It is nice to have both a HT and full suss. I love my full suss, I only became a convert in 2008 after much resistance, and recently I built a Ragley mmmbop... cos it is also lovely to have a HT...

Unless you can afford one of those 6k say carbon lightweight full suss jobbies.. and even then you still might need another type of bike...

mikeyj28

NatoED wrote:

and I've been up Garth mountain , Mechen mountain , Margam mountain , Pen-y-Bryn mountain , Aberbiden Mountain, The Black mountains .

The Garth mountain!! My very local mountain as i live right next to it!! It was even the basis of a Hugh Grant film.

NatoED

i live in llantrisant

steve_muzzy

realistically you need

A trail size full susser (say 120 to 140 mm)
A big full susser for downhill
A lightweight Hardtail for XC
A hardcore hardtail with 140mm travel
a jump bike
trials bike
BMX
Fast road bike
Winter road bike
Singlespeed commuter
plus a bike for the Mrs

Thewaylander

Meh was gonna say the further i go the more suspension i want to make it nice and comfy :P

And HT on real downhills just means you end up an inch shorter at the end of the day from spinal compression

CycloRos

steve_muzzy wrote:

realistically you need

A trail size full susser (say 120 to 140 mm)
A big full susser for downhill
A lightweight Hardtail for XC
A hardcore hardtail with 140mm travel
a jump bike
trials bike
BMX
Fast road bike
Winter road bike
Singlespeed commuter
plus a bike for the Mrs

This ^^ I think at some point I've probably had all of those, just not at the same time! oh and minus the road bikes obviously!

JDawg_1989

mikeyj28 wrote:

NatoED wrote:

and I've been up Garth mountain , Mechen mountain , Margam mountain , Pen-y-Bryn mountain , Aberbiden Mountain, The Black mountains .

The Garth mountain!! My very local mountain as i live right next to it!! It was even the basis of a Hugh Grant film.

NatoED wrote:

i live in llantrisant

I live in Church Village.....

NatoED

do you own a specialized? and live down from the high cross pub?

paulbox

JDawg_1989 wrote:

mikeyj28 wrote:

NatoED wrote:

and I've been up Garth mountain , Mechen mountain , Margam mountain , Pen-y-Bryn mountain , Aberbiden Mountain, The Black mountains .

The Garth mountain!! My very local mountain as i live right next to it!! It was even the basis of a Hugh Grant film.

NatoED wrote:

i live in llantrisant

I live in Church Village.....

I live in Notting Hill....

mikeyj28

JDawg_1989 wrote:

mikeyj28 wrote:

NatoED wrote:

and I've been up Garth mountain , Mechen mountain , Margam mountain , Pen-y-Bryn mountain , Aberbiden Mountain, The Black mountains .

The Garth mountain!! My very local mountain as i live right next to it!! It was even the basis of a Hugh Grant film.

NatoED wrote:

i live in llantrisant

I live in Church Village.....

What a small world as i am in Radyr!
May well see me blasting round on a pimped Kula Deluxe

Shaggy_Dog

To be honest, if you push your body and your nerve on every ride, you'll get better regardless of what bike you're on. Just don't expect to be able to jump on a HT and ride it fast if you've been mincing around on nothing but 180mm of squidge for years. Same goes both ways, if you're quick uphill on HT don't expect to be giving your mates a kicking on the climbs aboard a big hitter.

Agree with most of the posters, a fast HT and a big bouncy full suss is the best combination of bikes.

I have the middle ground, light-ish, fast-ish 120mm full susser, miss both slack angles and the direct feel of a hardtail but for one bike-for-all it does the job quite nicely.

Northwind

supersonic wrote:

Lol. 99% of bikes in the UK have never seen a bloody mountain hehe.

And even when they have, it's usually a little baby mountain in some flat country.

paul20v

Northwind wrote:

supersonic wrote:

Lol. 99% of bikes in the UK have never seen a bloody mountain hehe.

And even when they have, it's usually a little baby mountain in some flat country.

Not in wales its not

Northwind

Wales has a couple of decent learner mountains it's true.

paul20v

Northwind wrote:

Wales has a couple of decent learner mountains it's true.

saintdracula

One day you will become a roadie

Anonymous

Northwind wrote:

Wales has a couple of decent learner mountains it's true.

he man who, by his own admission, is a bit crap.

Northwind

No He-manning about it, it's just geography. There's 283 munros and 227 munro tops and they're all taller than all but the 3 tallest in England and about the 10 biggest in Wales.

And then you go to france and realise that you have to stack a couple of Ben Nevises on top of each other and add a Snowdon before you get a proper mountain

Anonymous

Wow, the education system in Scotland must be awesome for you to realise that bigger mountains are larger than smaller mountains.
My contention was a self admitted crap mountain biker calling smaller mountains "practice" mountains. Practice for what exactly? How many of those Scottish mountains have you been up?

supersonic

Oooh, what have I started?! ;-)

My comment was tongue in cheek - in reality the height of the mountains or hills gives you longer descents and climbs, not necessarily more technical terrain. A weaving, undulating ride over the sharp drops and heights of the peaks is very challenging, and yet only rises to 2000ft at the most. In fact Wharncliffe doesn't pass 1000ft. But as Peaty says, is home to some of the best riding in the world.

Northwind

yeehaamcgee wrote:

My contention was a self admitted crap mountain biker calling smaller mountains "practice" mountains. Practice for what exactly? How many of those Scottish mountains have you been up?

3 Munros, which'd be enough to complete the set in England I've no idea why you're trying to make this into a willy waving competition though :? Is there a reminder in your diary that says "May 8th- become incandescent with rage for no reason and get in an inexplicable argument"? I'm slagging southern geography not southern riding.

(and am I crap? No, I wouldn't get far riding the stuff I do if I was. I'm not great either. I'll settle for adequate)

supersonic

Bring your bike here Northwind ;-)



None of that sanitised trail centre rubbish

Northwind

From the pic I can't even figure out where you're supposed to go Barrel roll off the top bit?

supersonic

In an ambulance, looking at that bit! There is a good track across the top of the rocks, is about 3km long: superb technical riding, and in places you need a bloody trials bike!

MattJWL

nicklouse wrote:

soon you will see the real Light and get a HT as well.

+1
As long as family auditor agrees...

Anonymous

Northwind wrote:

I've no idea why you're trying to make this into a willy waving competition though

You're the one who started the dick-swinging contest. As usual.

Northwind

Ah well, as long as you're enjoying yourself. Though tbh I have no idea what thread you've been reading