Austria photos

papasmurf. · June 2007

If anyones interested, got some photos of my week in Austria. Weather turned out much better then feared and had great time, and still aching and have numerous bruises.

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Satchmo245 · June 2007

That looks amazing. Great pics!

Did you organise it yourself or did you go with some operator type thingy??

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papasmurf. · June 2007

operator type thingy (crystal active) as it was cheap... but we then hired bikes from a guy there as the hotels ones where not very good. probably do our own though next time as sleasy jet are flying bristol to salzburg soon

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Unknown · June 2007

THIS looks sketchy!
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feeckkk

roots anyone?
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papasmurf. · June 2007

that whole trail was a killer..1hr it took us, never sweated so much from concentration, roots and slate rocks galore and some swtich backs so tight you'd have issues on a unicycle...but great fun and all on a hardtail, didn't get the chance to do it again on a full sus as didn't have enough time after..

plus there was a snake on the trail, which nearly got the steve irwin treatment till i realised it may be more dangerous then the ones in the UK!!

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papasmurf. · June 2007

yeah there was a large dose of roots, particularly roots on turns..

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mudface · June 2007

that looks pretty fun. and pretty pretty too.

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a few small drop offs?
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papasmurf. · June 2007

if you see on that picture theres a trail along those cliffs, with a rather large amount of warning signs at the beginning..bottled that one.

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koldphuzionwmb · June 2007

I'll have to look at these when I get home.
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papasmurf. · June 2007

was meant to add this earlier but forgot!

Anyway had a chance to ride a number of bikes over the week, so I thought I'd add some comments on each one.

Spesh Hardrock Pro 06 - Poor fork, not very interesting to ride, only rode it on cycleway and a tiny bit on easy xc trail, but had no desire to take it out proper.

Spesh Stumpjumper (not sure which model name) - Light. Avid 7 brakes very poor, cooked themselves very quickly; granted 185mm rotors with 16 stone down the alps isn't ideal, but the haynes 9 on the dawg with same size rotors coped some much better(even the soles faded less!) the brain fade struck me as useless gimmick, the 32 talas didn't feel right either and the lock out lever moves while riding. Maybe if I owned the bike and had time to play with the adjustments and get it to how I wanted then it may be great, but I'll never buy it as I can't be arsed with that. Comfy saddle. beautiful shifting.

Kona Dawg delux - Heavy, good brakes, ideal hire bike but for 200 quid more then my meta it just doesn't make purchase sense. Fun ride as long as its gravity powered.

Kona Hoss - Heavy (a kona theme) brakes not bad even though they are soles, absolutley atrocious fork. The 22" frame was actually a good size but kinda felt a bit suspect feeling so high off the ground when the goiing gets tough. But it was actually great from riding some serious stuff on a hardtail. the high BB on both the HOss and Dawg are great, never bashed a pedal which is great as you don't have to worry about that like you do on my Meta.

also both the Maxxis Ignitor and High roller tyres fitted to the Konas respectively are great, with the 2.35 High rollers on the Hoss dealing well with everything

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futon river crossing · June 2007

Great looking trails.

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GYP · June 2007

WOW Not a handmade trail in sight....Nirvana...Sign me up and excellent scenery..Cheers that just inspired me [:X] "steady on there"

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Unknown · June 2007

That look mint. Them roots look dealy but great fun [:D]

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Unknown · June 2007

Wow those trails look amazing!

I maybe be going over to Austria for a few days end of August, what resort did you go to?

If you dont mind me asking, how much was your package deal, and what did it include?

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papasmurf. · June 2007

We went to Kitzbuhel, with cyrstal active about 350 each on a web deal that was full board and free bike hire..plus some other activities.

though next time I'd probably go with these guys http://www.mountainedge.co.uk/

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Aux1 · June 2007

Beeeee-autiful! Alps in the summer are my idea of paradise...

Been to Austria loads of times, it's close to me. Even my bike was born there! [:D]

P.s. did you steal my fork there? [:D]

Also, what are those, 661 Race Lite pads? I have their bigger brothers, Race...

Great pics! Btw I like to take pics of TV towers too [:D]

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papasmurf. · June 2007

Yeah the race lites, prefer them to the race as they don't have the knee sock thing, though could do with being longer, and the knees not articulated as much.

you can always tell the quality of a mountain if its got a tv tower hehe

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Aux1 · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by papasmurf

Yeah the race lites, prefer them to the race as they don't have the knee sock thing, though could do with being longer, and the knees not articulated as much.

you can always tell the quality of a mountain if its got a tv tower hehe

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I'll put on a photo of our tower next time! Those antenna arrays are mint[:D]

P.s. how do you find the pads? Do you wear them all the time?
I climb with my shins on the top tube, and elbows in the backpack. I put them on for the descent. They seem comfortable enough to wear almost all the time, even keep you warm, but it's hot now... Gotta wait for autumn to try riding with them all the time. Would be good, you never know when you might fall. I even thought of wearing them under the jacket and cargo pants in winter... but that'll have to wait a little! [:)]

To clip or not to clip, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind of men to suffer the dings and contusions of unclipp'd riding, or to bind thy feet against a sea of gnarly singletrack and by these contraptions, ride o'er them with ease. To clip... to slip no more, and by clipping to end the buttache and the thousand natural shocks that ryders are heir to; tis a consummation devoutly to be honed. No clip - to slip perchance to be thrashed most heinously...

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papasmurf. · June 2007

depends where I'm riding, but generally will have the shins on all the time as i have a habit of mullering my very sharp v12 pins into my shins. Maybe inthe height of summer..when it returns I may take them off, my pack has handy slings to hook em up to. As for winter, I always where shorts and SSleeve tops all year round so in winter then give a bit of weather protection

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Unknown · June 2007

That looks like the rootiest rooty place ever!!

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