KB Mountainbikers?

[Matt Bleck]

Who here is into MTBing?

What sort of bike/rig do you own?

What are your favorite tracks etc?

[BarBender]

oooh yeah
Big time mtb family

2 rigs:
Avanti Hardtail
Full sus - Spesh Pitch pimped out with Fox and SRAM componentry
Fav trails - Riverhead, Vegas and Levin - Would love to ride Nelson

Heading down your way on Sunday bro - keen for a hook up on Billy T?

[Matt Bleck]

oooh yeah
Big time mtb family

2 rigs:
Avanti Hardtail
Full sus - Spesh Pitch pimped out with Fox and SRAM componentry
Fav trails - Riverhead, Vegas and Levin - Would love to ride Nelson

Heading down your way on Sunday bro - keen for a hook up on Billy T?
:niceone: Sure thing bro, I'll PM ya my number.

[MisterD]

Ooh yeah - steel singlespeeder, me...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=94056&d=1209327210

[Matt Bleck]

Anyone keen on doing a Downhill Endurance race?

Details here (http://www.vorb.org.nz/dawn-dusk-entry-now-open-gravity-endurance-event-t95795.html)

[Matt Bleck]

Ooh yeah - steel singlespeeder, me...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=94056&d=1209327210
Single Speed!!!! :crazy:

[3L4NS1R]

Last time I went mountain biking:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/samholliss/sam3.jpg

I didn't understand why everyone was cheering me on for wanting to take the puddle at speed... or why there was a guy standing there ready with a camera...

Great fun, wish I still had a bike (bloody South Auckland Theives!)

[Sparky Bills]

Giant Reign2.. Full bouncy. :Punk:
Awsome bike! Love it to bits. It hurts me more than not though... :doh:

I havnt done the Roto-vegas tracks but hear they are some of the best around.

[Quasievil]

shameless plug, but someone might be interested in this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=221223582

[Pedrostt500]

Wheres the Motor ???.

[BarBender]

Anyone keen on doing a Downhill Endurance race?

Details here (http://www.vorb.org.nz/dawn-dusk-entry-now-open-gravity-endurance-event-t95795.html)

Whey hey hey....We've got a couple of teams.
Yep will txt you tomorrow for a hook up on Sunday.

[Blackshear]

Only been ridden about 10 times since I got my motorbike.
Rear bushings need replacing, and the right fork needs a new seal.
She's a heavy bitch, but damn she's fun for wheelies.
Spent a fortune learning lessons on that bike, too scared to touch the evil thing now.

[Matt Bleck]

Whey hey hey....We've got a couple of teams.
Yep will txt you tomorrow for a hook up on Sunday.
We're going to try and get work to pay for our entry! :D

I forgot to say what bike i got, it's a Spesh (as BB says) 07 FSR XC.

I've only ridden here in Rotovegas, my favourite track at the moment would be Corners, thats taking the shuttle too! :D

Me and a couple of work mates ride at night about twice a week with our home made lights. We go out in all sorts of weather too, you get warm pretty quickly and the riding is way more techincal!

[Grizzo]

Who here is into MTBing?

What sort of bike/rig do you own?

What are your favorite tracks etc?
oooo yeah, Avanti Hammer, always looking for all types of terrain.

[trumpy]

Giant Trance 2. Good all round bike.
Mostly ride Craters tracks here in Taupo although there are some real goodies in RotoVegas.

[Matt Bleck]

Giant Trance 2. Good all round bike.
Mostly ride Craters tracks here in Taupo although there are some real goodies in RotoVegas.
Ah yes Carters is on the to do list, I may even do the Day Night Thriller! :eek:

[trumpy]

Ah yes Carters is on the to do list, I may even do the Day Night Thriller! :eek:

If you want to do the day nighter let me know about a month before, I have friends who are always looking to complete a team.

[Sparky Bills]

I was keen to do the Day/night thriller last year, but all my team bailed out as they had Motorcross the next day! PFFFTT!! Softies!

[madbikeboy]

07 Cannondale F4000SL - XTR and a Fatty Ultra Delux. Not that I ever ride with a blown knee...

[bungbung]

Kona hardtail and a steel singlespeed.

In Welli, Makara peak and Hutt hills both east and west.
Rotovegas kicks ass.

[Sky-hi]

'08 Morewood IzimuDH.

ride mainly riverhead, maraetai, vegas, muriwai.

Riding uphill is against my religion....

[MisterD]

Riding uphill is against my religion....

Then to an old git like me (who's been MTB'ing since '87 - Kona Fire Mountain, black with pink spatters!) you haven't earnt the right to enjoy the downhill bit.:Police:

[spacemonkey]

Then to an old git like me (who's been MTB'ing since '87 - Kona Fire Mountain, black with pink spatters!) you haven't earnt the right to enjoy the downhill bit.:Police:

You'll have to forgive poor Sy..... He's had too many pies to go uphill anymore. :laugh:


*edit* Oh yeah I have a Cove Hummer XC :love:

[Sky-hi]

You'll have to forgive poor Sy..... He's had too many pies to go uphill anymore. :laugh:


*edit* Oh yeah I have a Cove Hummer XC :love:

But definately not too many to jump on a shuttle truck or catch a chairlift!!!

is that you oldskool??

[spacemonkey]

But definately not too many to jump on a shuttle truck or catch a chairlift!!!

is that you oldskool??



lol Yeah that be me. ;)

[Matt Bleck]

once you've done the shuttle it's hard to get back into biking up...... :shutup:

[MisterD]

once you've done the shuttle it's hard to get back into biking up...... :shutup:

Hence why there are two road bikes in my shed...yeah I know XC'ers are wannabe roadies...or is that t'other way around?

[Sky-hi]

once you've done the shuttle it's hard to get back into biking up...... :shutup:

Once you've been to whistler, anything else is shit....

[Sky-hi]

lol Yeah that be me. ;)

tee hee. Kia Ora Bro!!! Congrats on the new ride too!!!

BruceC lurks here also..

[phoenixgtr]

Giant XTC2 for me. Spend most of my rides on the single track in the Port Hills round here. LOVE singletrack. Have done a few 12hr races and the Canterbury XC series etc.

[Drunken Monkey]

Mountain biking is great fun. Usually just do trails at Woodhill or Roto, but I did the 42nd traverse a couple years back, that was pretty hardcore for me. I'd like to do the rail trail and the Queen Charlotte track too.
Like doing a little bit of freestyle, nothing flash or extreme, that shit just scares me (I am conscious of my mortality unlike those nutters on NWD: unchained), but drop offs, raised paths, jumps and interesting obstacles that tests your skills are more fun than just chugging up and down bush tracks.

[erik]

I've got a Specialized Hardrock sport (or comp? hardtail, mechanical discs).
I occasionally do trails at woodhill, not big on the big jumps etc though, I know I'd just hurt myself. I must have a poor sense of balance or something, I still can't wheelie without veering off to the side.
I'd go to woodhill more often, if it weren't for the fact it makes my back and/or knees hurt.
It's heaps of fun when I do though.

[Drunken Monkey]

Just got back from Woodhill a couple hours ago, the carpark was packed today. Thankfully the place is so big once you head out you don't run into much traffic. I was experimenting with a video camera mount, talk about 'epic fail'. Bloody camera flew about 10 feet through the air about 2 minutes in. Maybe Mk III will have more luck (Mk I didn't even make it out of the garage...)

[Matt Bleck]

Barbender, his young fela Ben and I hit theRotorua Trails today.

Muddy and wet, but still heaps of fun!!!

[kiwifruit]

Barbender, his young fela Ben and I hit theRotorua Trails today.

Muddy and wet, but still heaps of fun!!!

Did you bin it? :doctor:

[Matt Bleck]

Did you bin it? :doctor:
lol, of course bro!

...and it was at the start of a trail even!!!! :eek:

[.chris]

I ride a 08 yeti 575, mostly woodhill/riverhead and street.

Most enjoyable type of exercise I have managed to find.

[Matt Bleck]

Most enjoyable type of exercise I have managed to find.

+1 for that!!! :yes:

[T bone]

yeah I've just set up my singlespeed, so sick to ride, don't think I'll go back to gears for awhile, I also got me a ironhorse sunday, which scares the crap outter me!!!!! far to much fun, I'm thinking a vegas skid tomorrow if the weather plays ball

oh yeah nothing compares to chairlift access (whistler):woohoo: eh sky hi

[BarBender]

Barbender, his young fela Ben and I hit theRotorua Trails today.
Muddy and wet, but still heaps of fun!!!

It was. See you in a couple of weeks time!!


Did you bin it? :doctor:
We both did. It was a muddy affair. :clap:

[madbikeboy]

I miss my single - but my knee is rooted.

I like chair lifts (or modded Landy's), but the downhill bits seem to be bad for my skeletal alignment. Honestly, I'm sick of spending summers in plaster...

The 'dale is good for uphill, after years of full sussers, living with a HT is great. I had a Bad Boy for a few days in Minneapolis, and I latched on to a bunch ride. It's hard case, sitting with Roadies when you're on MTB keeping up just fine...

Best day out? Vegas with MadBikeBabe, and poocho trying to keep up.

[Kwaka14]

Gary Fischer Piranha..... .......and just starting out again, lovin it!