Education We Like to Ride Bicycles

thanks for the suggestions. the terrago disc looks to be a good option; has some nice discounts now too! got a question about the brakes: are they an open or closed system?

 

Just been down the lbs for a fitting, seems to be a national shortage of bikes for any one over midget. Couldn't get the scott i wanted nor a similar trek but i've ordered one of these instead.
http://fisherbikes.com/bike/model/ar-super

Its about £60 more than i intended to spend talk about mission creep, though i nearly walked out with a ~£950 1.2 so all things considered i was quite restrained.

 

What?

 

A trek 1.2 (?) for about £950 i think he said. Why?


Actually must have been the 1.7.

 

My 1.2 was £550

 

Yeah i must have got the two mixed up. Any way went for the Gary Fisher better spec than the Scott just not as nice a colour.

 

well in a fit of extraordinarily irrational spending, i went into halfords to look at their bikes and ended up walking out with a GT Agressor XC2. 18in frame, and seems pretty well specced for the £450 price. took it for a ride in park already. is niiiiiice.

linky:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...151_storeId_10001_partNumber_943456_langId_-1

 

Anyone here had much experience with 29'ers? The rep for Haro was in the shop today and i've got a Haro Mary XC coming in on a demp in the next month.

What is your take on this kind of bike?

 

I've had experience with 69'ers if that helps?





I'll get my coat

 

And how did you find the experience?

 

Expensive

 

Enlightening

For them

 

Don't we have a special place for that sort of discussion already!?, if you get enough people you can mass debate over it then





Here's a 69er...

 

Does it have one of those weird-looking one-legged forks? Or is it just a tall one?

 

Its a tall double legged fork thats inverted iirc.

 

The one your on about is a Cannondale Lefty and as far as I know only comes on Cannondales.

ninja edit, is it possible to post a link in the quote title bit?

 

Ah, cool.

And no, you can't post a link in a quote title iirc.

 

I had a play on a Cannondale lefty once, it was really weird. It takes a few moments every time you glance down to remember it's meant to be like that.

 

They are Maverick Duc 32 's, dual crown dual legged inverted (same design as most motor bikes basically).

Anyone bought any nice shiney bike stuff? We need more pics of shiiney

 

gee I'm suspecting my Marzochhi Dirt Jumper will give up on me... It makes VERY worrying noises :/ Sucks not to trust on it, and would suck even more if it failed when coming to or when landing a jump. Sigh dunno what to do.