My New Bike Project

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yeah its an all mountain set up with adjustable front and rear travel but ive hardly used it since the rebuild.

norbury aye might have to tag along one night

Vested Member Age : 35 Location : Croydon

definitely! in the meantime i need to get some lights fitted...its not the best idea to ride at night on roads and pavements dressed in all black with no lights!

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yeah its called give the locals a heart attack i love it lol

Vested Member Age : 114 Location : ME8 (medway towns)

PRE wrote:: definitely! in the meantime i need to get some lights fitted...its not the best idea to ride at night on roads and pavements dressed in all black with no lights!

ninja stylie Very Happy

C.E.O Age : 37 Location : Lewisham

Hope brakes?? In hindsight that probably was not the best name for brakes was it? Because when i pull the brake in an emergency i dont want to hope it will stop...
Lol if they are the best brakes on the market (and british which is very important of course!!) then maybe they should rename them definatelys!!

Dont listen to Redz... he's just upset because he doesnt have a bicycle anymore and the rest of us do... we'll go riding one day and leave him at home...

Carry on lads... all bikes are welcome on this forum lol!!

Vested Member Age : 35 Location : Croydon

barry you may be able to help me here, but this Q is open to anyone....

who knows how to wheelie pretty well on mountain bikes?

ive been practising a bit...i know if i can crack it on a mountain bike it'll feel easier when i wanna try it on a motorbike!
i can travel about 4-5m using the lowest possible ratio but just find it un-nerving a bit...need help knowing how to keep the bars straight and finding the balance point...and also how high my seat should be...atm its quite high for speed riding where i get the longest stroke.

maybe in the summer, we can get together and try it out!..

cheers

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ive never been a fan of wheelies as i never managed to go for long but heres afew steps:

lower your seat to the bottom
put it in the smallest front chain ring
middle rear gear
slide to the back of your seat
move forward so you dont wobble then as you press forward on the pedal lift the front you dont have to go nuts just do both at the same time and youll feel it lift
once your use to this movement pedal abit more so your moving keep the speed up as the slower you go the harder it is to control

once youve got use to that you can start nailing the balance point (i never got there)

Forum Member Age : 26 Location : .

your kwaks not a bicycle sincere Laughing

we should all hook up for a bicycle ride sometime!

pre, if you havnt got lights yet then try my £3 set up, its not bad at all lol!

C.E.O Age : 37 Location : Lewisham

SMF_12 wrote:: your kwaks not a bicycle sincere

No but my suspension mountain bike is and so is the road racing bike im about to invest in!!

Forum Member Age : 26 Location : .

well why didnt you say so Laughing

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did someone mention road bikes????

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Forum Member Age : 26 Location : .

carbon needs a clean and i dont like the 4 spoke wheels Razz

Vested Member Age : 35 Location : Croydon

that is awesome Barry!
i always wanted to try out a road/race bike to find out how fast they really are, but i love my full suspension bike being able to jump steps and go over anything!

check this in the meantime: [its fake btw, its an advert by bicycle company Specialized]