Mountain bikes

[Paul in NZ]

Building muscle and loosing fat is the current primary focus?
The larger frame low end bike you have now, is probably then ideal for your current needs till you go off-road?
Maybe Vicki chose wisely and got you both GN250's?

ha - well - I'm probably fitter than you imagine - probably why I'm a tad frustrated with what I have.... No - I use the gym for my fitness 'goals' and bike is just fun... Did a 22km trail ride easy peasy and enjoyed it...

[nzspokes]

Back in my day the top Shimano componentry was XTR then XT, Deore and Exige. How is that organised these days? What other breeds are there?

Wow you are old.

But yeah its XTR, XT, SLX, Deore and some other cheap stuff with a couple of DH groups in there to.

[jim.cox]

Back in my day the top Shimano componentry was XTR then XT, Deore and Exige. How is that organised these days? What other breeds are there?

Way back when God and I were young...

Campagnolo was (and still is) the peak of perfection, especially Super Record

Suntour Superb came next

You could have had Shimano Dura-ace if you were desperate

Then all the rest....

[nzspokes]

Way back when God and I were young...

Campagnolo was (and still is) the peak of perfection, especially Super Record

Suntour Superb came next

You could have had Shimano Dura-ace if you were desperate

Then all the rest....

Some of us have a Campy tool kit at our disposal.

But can you name Campys MTB group?

[jim.cox]

Some of us have a Campy tool kit at our disposal.

But can you name Campys MTB group?

Euclid?

I've still got most of my Campag tools - not that they fit much these days

[carbonhed]

Way back when God and I were young...

Campagnolo was (and still is) the peak of perfection, especially Super Record

Suntour Superb came next

You could have had Shimano Dura-ace if you were desperate

Then all the rest....

Suddenly I don't feel so old

[nzspokes]

Euclid?

I've still got most of my Campag tools - not that they fit much these days

Thats the one. Looked better than it worked.

I used some of the Campy dropout tools yesterday. But yes they dont fit much now. Still nice to look at.

[scissorhands]

ha - well - I'm probably fitter than you imagine - probably why I'm a tad frustrated with what I have.... No - I use the gym for my fitness 'goals' and bike is just fun... Did a 22km trail ride easy peasy and enjoyed it...

My bad, I'm a fat prick now, sorry to project that onto you
I sense your really angry at Vicki, but need to hate the sales staff instead. If your selling some of the girls old seats give me a PM

[jim.cox]

Looked better than it worked.

Typical Italian sculpture for you.

[avgas]

Could be, could be. I'm especially looking for either some short-travel forks that will go on my un-corrected geometry frame, or a frame & fork combo that I can swap all my singlespeed bits over to. I've been completely stumped by an inability to find an adapter to re-pressurise my Quake forks.

I have an ol barracuda frame with some RockShox 100's (the originals) - but you will need to find some wizardry to rebuild those shocks. They are true, just sealed and locked. No allen bolt on the bottom unfortunately. But suit uncorrected geometry. The cuda is 18" as was my racer WAAAAAY back when I raced. It a frame with bit bolted on still. A dead relic

The other 2 are actually complete runners that I bought and sorted out for the weekend blat. A small-to-mid-frame Giant ATX890 that I bought just to return to former glory. Probably to repay my sins to the biker gods for gutting the cuda.
The other is just a generic hardtail. Which I put some platforms on to make it better controlled. Nothing fancy - but the newest of the lot and still works good.

[HenryDorsetCase]

One thing I have learnt – trademe bikes are horrendously overpriced. Yeah mate it might have had an rrp of $1000 when you bought it 4 years back but you can buy better now for half that – new… Weird… I getting very disillusioned with it all…

I used to be quite the keen mountainbiker. in fact have been thinking about doing a few rides this summer. the issue I have is the people I know are all HELL keen and fit as fuck. and riding expensive kit.

My advice FWIW is think about the sort of riding you want to do and get something for that. Full suspension is cool and all but there is a maintenance impost, a price impost and they might be a bit heavier.

The wagon wheels are all real popular too (29 inch wheel). I went into the Specialized shop for a geeze and the only 26 inch wheel mtb they had there was their full on DH bike (ten grand sticker.....)

Disc brakes are DEFINITELY worth having. rear cassettes at the upper end now seem to be 11 speed... but they only run two up front. I want my granny gear dammit.

and secondhand you really do have to be wary...

It might pay to get a bike fit done when you buy the thing. just so you dont fuck your back up and its comfy and nice to ride.

I would recommend flat pedals too. rather than clipped in or toe straps.

[HenryDorsetCase]

very true. Didn't have them back in my day.

Its just the biggest fad ever. stupidest trend with zero upside for anyone. Particularly a small fat angry man with a 28 inch inseam *(SWIM )

[HenryDorsetCase]

Back in my day the top Shimano componentry was XTR then XT, Deore and Exige. How is that organised these days? What other breeds are there?

SRAM

Rohloff..... best bit of mtb kit I ever owned and the only bit I regret selling.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I have an ol barracuda frame with some RockShox 100's (the originals) - but you will need to find some wizardry to rebuild those shocks. They are true, just sealed and locked. No allen bolt on the bottom unfortunately. But suit uncorrected geometry. The cuda is 18" as was my racer WAAAAAY back when I raced. It a frame with bit bolted on still. A dead relic

is it 1 inch threaded or 1 and an eighth A head? Ive got a set of Manitou 3's on the wall in the garage. the elastomers turned into a kind of coloured powder.....

[neels]

Back in my day the top Shimano componentry was XTR then XT, Deore and Exige. How is that organised these days? What other breeds are there?

Still have some exage bits sitting around the garage somewhere

I used to be quite the keen mountainbiker. in fact have been thinking about doing a few rides this summer. the issue I have is the people I know are all HELL keen and fit as fuck.

I want my granny gear dammit.

You too huh

probably reasonable to suggest that a bike that fits is more important than how much bling it has