Post Your Ride
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby Crittski » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:26 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby pentlandexile » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:50 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby ferds87 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:21 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby trailgumby » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:46 pm
Upcoming Mont will likely be last major event for this bike - a 29er is on the cards, just not sure which one. Tossing up between a Whyte, a Giant and the Scalpel. Other possibles are the Tallboy or a Spesh of some kind.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby limetang » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:02 pm
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Highball Alloy frame XL
Reba RLT 15mm forks
SLX/XT 2x10 groupset
XT brakes & rotors (180mm F, 160mm R)
Easton carbon post and bars
Fulcrum wheels for now, saving for something more exotic and tubeless...
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby DrRob77 » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:29 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby mitzikatzi » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:15 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby drubie » Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:33 pm
I have built three bikes out of the parts I discarded to get this far, I would have been much better off just buying something new to start with!
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby danny the boy » Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:43 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby alf » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:19 am
Danny,danny the boy wrote:<snip> Can someone point me in the direction of a newbie thread, only got experience in roadies and am clueless on forks and disc brakes. . Thanks.
This thread ---> viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37741&hilit=+tips would be a good start.
Assuming you are in the SE burbs of Melbourne this would be a good club for you to join ---> http://lysterfieldmtb.com/
There are regular Tuesday night social rides at Lysterfield with a big spread of skill and fitness levels.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby Mulger bill » Fri May 10, 2013 7:46 pm
A suggestion to make riding more comfortable and safer: Move your brake levers inboard a little so you are only using one or two fingers to brake and tilt the levers down far enough so that in your normal position with a finger lying on top of the lever, your wrists are straight. Reaching up to them as they are will reduce braking efficiency and hurt like hell on a long descent.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby mr626 » Sun May 12, 2013 8:48 am
Thanks- that makes a lot of sense. Will do.Mulger bill wrote:Nice work on the 'Goose there 626.
A suggestion to make riding more comfortable and safer: Move your brake levers inboard a little so you are only using one or two fingers to brake and tilt the levers down far enough so that in your normal position with a finger lying on top of the lever, your wrists are straight. Reaching up to them as they are will reduce braking efficiency and hurt like hell on a long descent.
Took both my Peace 9R and the Mongoose out on a rough single trail yesterday (friend's bike is out of action so he borrowed one of mine). We alternated between the bikes, and somewhat surprisingly everything went well! The Mongoose held up like a champ- nothing came loose or broke so I guess I did okay
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby uglybob » Thu May 30, 2013 5:59 pm
2011 Specialized Rockhopper SL frame (XL) - released from the Spec warranty warehouse a few months back
29" el cheapo Specialized wheelset
RockShox Reba forks (100mm travel)
3T LTD carbon bars - 640mm
XT brakes
32 x 16 gearing
XT pedals
Schwalbe 'Racing Ralph' tyres
was built up as a wet-weather commuter, and for something else to ride on weekends if i don't feel like riding my dualie.
however, its an absolute blast, love riding it - just fitted the carbon bars to try and help make it a little easier for those longer rides.
next thing - tubeless rims !
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby mikgit » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:42 pm
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby mr626 » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:22 am
This is my first attempt at building a bike 'from scratch' and I did everything other than install the headset and cut the steerer tube. Between getting a great deal on the frame (ex-display) and using a combination of used, ex-display/demo and som new parts it ended up being a great bang for buck build.
Went for the first ride this morning and it performed great- very fast and easy to control and plenty of grip. Running 32T front and 19T rear, which doesn't give me as much speed on the flats but suits the hilly area I usually ride really well.
So yeah, overall really happy with the result and it was a great learning experience too. I buggered up a few things along the way but nothing that couldn't be fixed
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby Haakon » Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:58 pm
My trusty old 'goose. Bought her brand new waaaaay back in 2000, and she has been in constant use since. Who knows how many kms on her!!! Only very recently replaced as my main ride, and now converted to commuting duties. Frame, stem, seat post and shifters/brake levers are the only original parts - everything else has been worn out and replaced, several times for some things.
And the new bike. Bought this last year, partly on the basis of Stromlo (living in Canberra now, mountain biking one of the only consolations for having to be here....) being brutal on a hardtail (ie the Mongoose). Last of the 26ers, 29ers just don't do it for me. The original Giant wheelset lasted about 5 minutes, so scored a tubeless SLX wheelset as a warranty claim = win
Shown here at Lysterfield on my last trip back home to Melbourne.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby donny70 » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:30 am
The mountain cycle rumble is my go to bike at the moment. Next project is an alpinestars al-Mega. Anybody got a bike with an old school DX groupset that they want to get rid of just let me know.
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby donny70 » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:12 am
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Re: Post Your Ride
Postby TheWoodenTree » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:19 pm
drubie wrote:
Changed the fork to rigid, carbon wrapped alloy. Loads of fun but it sure attracts a lot of attention.
Sweet looking ride. Makes me want to get the Venzo MTB bars from cycling deal.
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Re: Post Your Ride
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