Starting out & have lots of questions

[Nobbsie]

hahahahahah well put,
my other question im struggling with is which gear to get, where i should spend more or less.
any advise there would also be great.

[Henk]

Get what you can afford. Second hand gear is fine for everything except helmets. Get a good helmet that fits etc but don't spend more than you will be happy throwing away, this is after all buckets and you can probably expect to crash a bit to start with.

[Pumba]

........you can probably expect to crash a bit to start with.

And then even more when you have been doing it a while

[Nobbsie]

my plan was to buy a really good helmet is it worth going for the best of the best?

[AllanB]

my plan was to buy a really good helmet is it worth going for the best of the best?

Oh God don't start a helmet argument!

Depending on what rating system you go buy some of the most expensive helmets perform worse than significantly cheaper ones.

Get the most comfortable one with the features you desire (vents to cool you?) and ensure it has passed the relevant safety standards.

[Henk]

my plan was to buy a really good helmet is it worth going for the best of the best?

Without starting some sort of religious debate

Once upon a time in a land far away when I rode dirt bikes I bought, what was for me at the time, a sodding expensive helmet. Because I liked it and it was damned comfortable and stuff. Long story short I kept it for one crash too many because I had a lot of coins tied up in it. Then one day I woke up from a nap on the front guard that had been preceded by a trip over the bars. I'm not sure that the fact the helmet had done it's job too often had anything to do with the fact that I had been abducted by aliens for a while, but since then I buy helmets that I'm not going to agonise over throwing in a skip if I think they might have been compromised by a close encounter with the track or some other hard object.

[Henk]

And then even more when you have been doing it a while

I would dream up some witty comeback but I'd be opening myself up to all sorts of well deserved abuse.

[Nobbsie]

ok didnt want to start a commotion. hahahahah
Thanks so much everyone for the advise

[Nobbsie]

oh and if anyones got old gear they want to trade for hunting gear/supplies let me know

[quallman1234]

oh and if anyones got old gear they want to trade for hunting gear/supplies let me know

How tall are you?

Hope to see you at Buckets, too bad its not on a sunday as we could probably had found you a bike for a test ride.

[Nobbsie]

176-180cm ish hahaha. Yea cant wait to come out and see how its all done.

[Nobbsie]

Hey guys is there a thread about peoples set ups? Like forks, breaks, frame, engine, and wheels. Or are people quite secret squirrel?

[F5 Dave]

Well the brakes one is stickyed at the top.

[Pumba]

Hey guys is there a thread about peoples set ups? Like forks, breaks, frame, engine, and wheels. Or are people quite secret squirrel?

Well the brakes one is stickyed at the top.

Pay attention Dave, he is clearly refering to broken bikes, or possibly boddies.

We did have an injury thread round here at some stage didnt we?

[Nobbsie]

Hahahaha good thing im not building a bike for a spelling bee, or id be toast!