my first mountain bike the pains,problems,pics and successes
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I dont even own a helmet....lol. Yours is nice though.
I see that snickers wrapper on the window sill. tut tut.0 -
GT-Arrowhead wrote:I dont even own a helmet....lol. Yours is nice though.
I see that snickers wrapper on the window sill. tut tut.
the chocolate of champion's
im doing some small downhill and forest trails tomorrow so I thought a new helmet might be useful0 -
Loving your duvet there fella.0
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To help him count.
Just needs to work out how to add the t to jus, and the gh to though and he'll be sorted.0 -
Chunkers1980 wrote:To help him count.
Just needs to work out how to add the t to jus, and the gh to though and he'll be sorted.
^ this.....
also in the 2nd pic it looks like the helmet has had an impact / slid across the floor..... you should check the insides for damage and send back if needed......It's a boy , It's a boy , I Shouted Running Into The Street With Tears Running Down My Face.....
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Snickers? Bunch of arse - they're Marathons.0
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GT-Arrowhead wrote:I dont even own a helmet....lol.
Your mum's had loads...0 -
Kowalski675 wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:I dont even own a helmet....lol.
Your mum's had loads...
I lol'd.0 -
Kowalski675 wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:I dont even own a helmet....lol.
My mum has one...
(i lol d aswell)0 -
GT-Arrowhead wrote:Kowalski675 wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:I dont even own a helmet....lol.
My mum has one...
(i lol d aswell)
about the duvet
its old school thunderbirds from 70's or something don't ask my nan brought it ages back for me for some reason or other. there's numbers and pictures of the thunderbirds e.g. 1,2,3,4. and international rescue
(i lol'd aswell)
jus got back from cycling around a forest and country park im bloody knackered now!!! my suspension survived I think it seems fine.
the helmet is fine that mark is brown tape it was held in place with black spongy rubber and tape in the box I was gr8 with unpacking it jus ripped out the box guess it got caught some place.
front of duvet
back with numbers also a pillow case some place
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Thunderbirds
After this week i shall be free, and cracking on with the build. Should get alot of parts. Im on the hunt for some 2nd hand bombers or similar for the Chucker since im getting a bit of cash from work. Im eyeing a dirtjumper 3 fork on Pinkbike that i can go and collect but im not totally sure im gonna go for it. Ill see. Might even buy a 2nd hand DMR frame for £25 that i saw on there and save up a couple of weeks and get the fork for the Chucker. Ill just make the DMR a "rat bike" or save it and make that my next project.0 -
I assumed it was your kid's duvet. 0
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You are father Dougal, and I claim my craggy island souvenir class 2 relic.0
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lol
so GT hows the bike going0 -
Same as before really. No further changes to the Arrowhead, cant go offroad cause i have exams and stuff to study for, and i should be getting a shyte load of bits around the end of this month for the Chucker build. But I wont start a build thread on it until ive got all the parts cause its gonna be a boring thread if i start one now.0
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GT-Arrowhead wrote:Same as before really. No further changes to the Arrowhead, cant go offroad cause i have exams and stuff to study for, and i should be getting a shyte load of bits around the end of this month for the Chucker build. But I wont start a build thread on it until ive got all the parts cause its gonna be a boring thread if i start one now.
But all people speak about in threads is your mum anyway so may aswell start it...0 -
unquestioned wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:Same as before really. No further changes to the Arrowhead, cant go offroad cause i have exams and stuff to study for, and i should be getting a shyte load of bits around the end of this month for the Chucker build. But I wont start a build thread on it until ive got all the parts cause its gonna be a boring thread if i start one now.
But all people speak about in threads is your mum anyway so may aswell start it...
he makes a point 0 -
andrewgrundill wrote:unquestioned wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:Same as before really. No further changes to the Arrowhead, cant go offroad cause i have exams and stuff to study for, and i should be getting a shyte load of bits around the end of this month for the Chucker build. But I wont start a build thread on it until ive got all the parts cause its gonna be a boring thread if i start one now.
But all people speak about in threads is your mum anyway so may aswell start it...
he makes a point
Yeah and a bloody good one aswell! xD Either that or how crap my bike is.0 -
GT-Arrowhead wrote:andrewgrundill wrote:unquestioned wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:Same as before really. No further changes to the Arrowhead, cant go offroad cause i have exams and stuff to study for, and i should be getting a shyte load of bits around the end of this month for the Chucker build. But I wont start a build thread on it until ive got all the parts cause its gonna be a boring thread if i start one now.
But all people speak about in threads is your mum anyway so may aswell start it...
he makes a point
Yeah and a bloody good one aswell! xD Either that or how crap my bike is.
have you considered putting your mum on your bike?0 -
been a few months since I got the bike so far so good.
thou I need to clean it a bit.0 -
most recent outing
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decided his definitely gonna need a full suspension mountain bike went down a large lump 2 day the less said the better thank full I stand up when riding if I was sitting down it be a whole different story . the front was fine the suspension compressed same as normal and landed fine the back came down yeah :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:.0
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So what happened to the back of the bike? Damaged in some way?0
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GT-Arrowhead wrote:So what happened to the back of the bike? Damaged in some way?
decided if go down any more large lumps im going to have to kiss my balls good bye :oops:0 -
When you're descending your supposed to have your seat lowered aren't you? I actually go down some properly steep stuff on my rigid GT and i have never experienced any bollock injuries. It is surprisingly smooth (well, where i ride it anyway) the only worry i have is the front wheel getting caught in something and flipping me over the front of the bike. But i just extended my arms and put my weight over the rear of the bike to make this less likely. And i choose my lines carefully, generally aiming for the least bumpiest path. Then again with a rigid you don't have much choice but to do this anyway. Unless you want buggered wrists etc. Maybe if you play around with the PSI in your tyres a bit? If you run them a bit high (thought you might do, because you cycle on the road to the trail, and we all know how irritating how offroad tyres at 30 psi-ish are on the road) then you can lower them when you get to the trail to make it more "forgiving" over bumps and stuff.0
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GT-Arrowhead wrote:When you're descending your supposed to have your seat lowered aren't you? I actually go down some properly steep stuff on my rigid GT and i have never experienced any bollock injuries. It is surprisingly smooth (well, where i ride it anyway) the only worry i have is the front wheel getting caught in something and flipping me over the front of the bike. But i just extended my arms and put my weight over the rear of the bike to make this less likely. And i choose my lines carefully, generally aiming for the least bumpiest path. Then again with a rigid you don't have much choice but to do this anyway. Unless you want buggered wrists etc. Maybe if you play around with the PSI in your tyres a bit? If you run them a bit high (thought you might do, because you cycle on the road to the trail, and we all know how irritating how offroad tyres at 30 psi-ish are on the road) then you can lower them when you get to the trail to make it more "forgiving" over bumps and stuff.
never really pick my route much every I cycle seems to be bumpy.
sometimes its fine other times its not so gr8 most recently was going round a park I found full of stinging nettles, brambles that kind of crap when I found a perfect track only very small but it combined everything in a nice little area starting with a straight for speed build up a few small jumps a very small downhill section few tight turns and some small jumps over roots and branches and tree trunks followed by a nice longer right handed turn and long grass area perfect for stopping or crashing.
moving on jus as I tempted to jump the logs and the end landed fine but the back didn't take it so well and I got a saddle in groin had to sit down for good 30 mins with some cold water. :oops:0 -
Buy a quick release seat pot.0
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What 97th choice said. And you have problems with your seat post and seat dont you? Change the lot. Wouldnt cost much at all. Probably only about £30, and you can get a decent seat, seat post, and QR clamp.0
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GT-Arrowhead wrote:What 97th choice said. And you have problems with your seat post and seat dont you? Change the lot. Wouldnt cost much at all. Probably only about £30, and you can get a decent seat, seat post, and QR clamp.
sorted my saddle out a bit and adjusted tyre pressures a bit for off road :P0 -
andrewgrundill wrote:GT-Arrowhead wrote:What 97th choice said. And you have problems with your seat post and seat dont you? Change the lot. Wouldnt cost much at all. Probably only about £30, and you can get a decent seat, seat post, and QR clamp.
sorted my saddle out a bit and adjusted tyre pressures a bit for off road :P
when you lot keep saying you are going "off road" all i get is the image of these two............
It's a boy , It's a boy , I Shouted Running Into The Street With Tears Running Down My Face.....
That's The Last Time I Holiday In Thailand
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