MTB enthusiasts...can you help?

[bigjohnthomas]

apart from the extra weight of suspension isnt a shorter wheel base better for a stiff and more responsive ride not sagging around on suspension like a pair of flabby tits
regarday this little number from the 1930s when cycles were cycles
the back wheel has been shoved so far under to shorten the wheelbase the down tube has had to be chopped up

also note...
a saddle from the 1900s when homosexually was illegal


a modern "gay persons "saddle


"old tec= new tec"

[whitemice]

I've always found sheeple that work in bike shops to be a sandwich short of a picnic with an NVQ's worth of knowledge about bikes...and that's the better ones.

Nice one! Very funny obv you never bin in a good bike shop then! I reckon your the one a few pence short of a pound....

Yeah but you are the one saying an extra kilo and a crappy Suntour fork is better than a disc specific Rockshox Recon with rebound adjustment and a crappy Acera 8 speed is better than 9 speed X7 and let's not go to crankset's, hubs or the finer details such as chains and chain link connectors.

Anyone recommending buying second-hand to someone who knows sweet fa about bikes is not the brightest lamp in the street.

As BJT would say 'cube my arse'.

[bigjohnthomas]

Obviously you will be wanting something with rod brakes and a fully enclosed chaincase
You must ask yourself what you want to achieve spending money on super xplussfeltch cycle isn't going to help much if you are a lardy boy

Cube my arse

[gt_addict]

So what's wrong with cube bikes then? Lol

[mike-dyson]

So what's wrong with cube bikes then? Lol

I've never owned a cube but i was under the impression the were alight.
Personally i love my orange, if you can get one in your price range i think its worth it.
Good ride and good spec and uk based (halifax) so easy to give them a ring if you have any problems.

[bigjohnthomas]

So what's wrong with cube bikes then? Lol

sorry
i misinterpreted the oracle white mouse wisdom there i thought he was referring to the "goatse" rubic cube antics
not a german bicycle manufacture

[bigjohnthomas]

[gt_addict]

So what's wrong with cube bikes then? Lol

sorry
i misinterpreted the oracle white mouse wisdom there i thought he was referring to the "goatse" rubic cube antics
not a german bicycle manufacture

I was gonna say surely they aren't that bad seeing as they are German.

[whitemice]

Try telling that to a Greek X country jeyboy.

Look closely at the spec. of the Decathlon, it's a frog bike and your bigboy brands THAT PAY TWATS IN SUITS like Specialised, ze Merckel Cube, Evans 'we sell anything out of date cheaply so long as we make money' etc. only put that sort of fork etc. on 900 shekel bikes,if you are in Essex then you can see and buy one at their Lakeside outlet.

[kerker21]

got a nice team atherton downhill frame with shock for sale if you wana build a bike its an ex rachel atherton world cup winning frame from val-de-sole in 2008 with 2009 geometry signed by rach last year while we where racing at moelfre in north wales

[mike-dyson]

I'm just showing off a couple of pictures from last week end

[kerker21]

where did you take them it looks a sweet place to ride

[mike-dyson]

The top and bottom one is on the 4X track at hamsterley forest, county durham.
and the middle one is on at carlton back near stokesley, north yorkshire.

[CamsTrans]

Trek are pretty good value for money and decent bits of kit!
Not that I'm a MTBing expert.. This is my current baby

[bong69uk]

More travel isnt always better, its better having good quality in a lesser amount than more of a poorer performance...in leymans terms less travel in a good suspension fork is better than more travel in a pish suspension fork. At the price range you are looking at you wont get that great a spec, it will cover what you require it to do and more though.
If you are looking at Carreras then also look at another brand Halfrauds is stocking,Boardman bikes. They are good spec for what you pay and if you can pick up a last years model at a bargain then you are cheesin.