What have you got and where do you ride?


i have just started getting back into it after about 5 years out of the saddle ( im gonna be sooooo fooked when i start propper again)


Just bought a Marin B-17 which should be a pretty awesome bike for the money... (which was considerably cheaper that ANYWHERE else )



(no piccies of mine yet)


just cant ride it yet as im waiting for the all clear from the docs after my op.




Just wondering who else on here rides and what have you got?



more importantly are there any riders around manchester/yorkshire who fancy meeting up for a few rides ?


gonna start off small really with the riding as i am so unfit just an hour or so a few times a week and then see what happens....






cant wait to collapse in a pool of sweat and blood after my first ride

 

my girlfriend and she rides me


in me bed

 

i still got my santa cruz heckler from '97

 

fuck doing mountain biking after seeing this ROFL

http://www.superbike.co.uk/content/videos.htm

4th video down

 

I used to own a marin b-17, cost me 1150 quid fromleasure lakes in notts!!! Spent loads on it and then sold it when i owned my first car a mk1 xr2!!

Gutts me when i see people out riding so ive been thinking of giving it a go again!!

On my old b-17 i found the bottom bracket used to flex real bad when landing some big air,it threw me off once it was that bad, it was like a catapult !!

Get some pics up id like to see if its the same as my old one, mine was a pearl white with a red swingarm and red RST forks

 

Not the picture of my bike but its the same like

Off up sheffield in the woods next week

 

I love it mate, I've got a Specialised P2 Jump Bike, bought it brand new and had the new Hydraulic Hope disc brakes fitted

Got a pic on my phone but don't know how to upload it Any idea's from someone and i'll post it up

Oh, and I ride locally at the mo mate, just round the Forest's here!

 

hello mate! i have an azonic ds1 dual slalom and jump bike!havent ridden it in ages!!lol.not since they banned cycles on the train in peak hours! its got bomber z1cr forks hope hydraulic disc breaks and loads of other goodies!may have to brush the cobwebs off it

 

I'm well into my bikes

Off to Morzine the week after next for a weeks biking

I'm getting out about 3 times a week at the mo, cant get enough of the dry fast trails after the shit winter

This is me on the Glentress black run on my Cove G Spot:



Arty shot of my XC bike on a local trail:



Neil.

 

I ride a Specialised FSR Stumpy Expert. With XTR chainset. Its good but could do with some customisation.
The area I live in has some simply awesome riding. Here's a shot of the San Juan trail.

 

Glentress rules! Love that place!

 

*BLEAT* Look at that trail!!!

Keith - do I remember you saying you were coming back over here soon and were wanting to ride at glentress?

Neil.

 

Yup - havent forgotten Neil - I think I finally sorted a holiday. its probably going to be the end of August and then I'll be heading off to Canada to get my visa sorted in Vancouver - which is but an hour from Whistler bike park so I'm told

 

Keith, that looks the nuts

i belive there used to be some good moto-x riders from Orange County.

 

You lucky git!!!

A couple of my lot have ridden at Whistler and reckon its totally mint

 

Keith, you lucky lucky bastard mate, I'd fookin kill for a Trail like that, or countryside and weather!! Look at it!! Thats beautiful!

 

ahh you had the Full Sus b-17, mines the new hardtail one

looks EXACTLY like this m8





Keith B ....


WOW that is a fooking view

bet the treck to the top of that fooker is a slog , but WELL worth the ride back down


you just know the suns gonna disapear as soon as i get on the fooker

 

Thats a nice trail round here - 6.5miles up and 2500ft of climbing There are sooooo many like that. We havent had a rainy day since April either Sorry guys!
Here's another........

 

Got a '05 Heckler with XT/Hope Mini's /Zocchi AM2's it's niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

Always up Cannock chase, give me a shout if anyone else goes up there

 

Here's my latest machine......

 

i got a ashtin justice for trials and a identity crisis frame with a few upgrades shall we say, for street and dh stuff... will get some pics up when i get home

 

Fcuk the push bikes there too much like hard work!!
Paid 2k for my santa cruz 4 year ago and i bet its not done 2hrs riding
These are a lot less stressfull

 

You lazy git !! Your legs are your motor not some smelly 2 stroke fizz box!

 

4stroke

 

Text it with the subject passionford to +447921505050

 

Nice mate im thinking of getting back into the moto x scene, lovin the 4 strokes too

 

Just got back into mine after a couple of years off. Used to race Sport/Expert XC but ran out of time with uni/alcohol/cars/woman!

I have an S Works M2 which I built back in 2000. Full XTR and custom wheels with Judy XC forks. Bit of a weapon in its time but a bit dated now!

Keith B - I PM'd you!

 

thats my ashton..... as for my other bike, well its in bits at the mo, and has been since feb as i started by a few new bits for it ( like hope mono ti 6 pot front disk ) and never got round to buying the other few bits and pieces and spraying the frame again

 

Here's another one at my local DH/play spot:



Messing around on some North Shore at a mate's place:





Neil.

 

can anyone recommend a good online store for budget moutine bikes. ie Ł150-Ł250?

Cheers,
Dan

 

One of the other engineers here bought a GT from Halfords for Ł250 this week and its spot on for the cash!!

Neil.

 

Brought this a few months back


Havn't used it much as not feeling very confident on a bike yet. Not riden one since I was 15 so a fair few years ago

 

Qiuck piccy of the beast after finishing London to Brighton.....excuse the silly road tyres

 

damn I need a bike again I had a gorgeous GT xcr 2000 with full xt set, but some pikey fooker stole it, and they even had the cheek to take the remains of my lock with them as well and the insurance only paid Ł100 back as it was in the small print, even though I had rung them to arrange cover
MAKE SURE YOUR INSURANCE COVERS THE WHOLE VALUE OF YOUR BIKE, it cost me Ł1300

 

same as me...i just brought a trek 4300 and gunna give it a little while before i tackle a trial...just street riding at the mo trying to improve my fitness!

 

Matt that Santa Cruz looks nice

Faintly ridiculous having a full suss on slicks tho!

Neil.

 

Thanks mate...I know the slicks were funny, I was spinning my top gears most of the day on L2B ...some of the boys on their racers didnt like it much! I had it over 40 on most of the downhills too!

 

Cool

I love baiting roadies!

I love the way they acknowledge each other and ignore MTB'ers - what a bunch of lycra-clad tools!

Neil.

 

Used to be well into my mountain bike and used to love it. Built the bike myself from a bare frame back in 93 after my Diamand Back died.



Snowflake laced Hope Titanium front hub with Mavic 230SBP rim. Nice and light.




Unfortunately some dippy bint wiped me out while I was on a ride Knees and hip haven't been right since. Got the bike from my mums now though and have been enjoying a play. With a nice wood within 100yds of my front door I should get out more often

 

I've got a nice dissused chalk quary at the end of my front garden

Some of the chalk cliffs are great but then the one I slid down lastnight could have hurt a bit
I was sitting at the top contemplating wether to go down or not then gravity made up it's mind. Unfortunatly the bike went one way and I went the other way. Bike stopped and I slid down on my arse