Bike Choices

[Mulger bill]

Sounds interesting, have to have a look later...

Shaun

[Aushiker]

None of my photos are too clear on the bar ends, but a look at my website will give you some clue. They are ProA brand.

These?

Regards
Andrew

[europa]

No, a different animal again.

Richard

[europa]

Here you go - this has been cut out of a bigger picture so it's not the bestest.



What you can't see is that the trail of the barend is flat for the pad at the base of your hand to rest on. When gripped, the end of the bar is essentially in the palm of your hand. They work well.

Richard

[Birdman]

Here you go - this has been cut out of a bigger picture so it's not the bestest.



What you can't see is that the trail of the barend is flat for the pad at the base of your hand to rest on. When gripped, the end of the bar is essentially in the palm of your hand. They work well.

Richard

+1 I love my ProA bar ends.

[Aushiker]

Here you go - this has been cut out of a bigger picture so it's not the bestest.

Thanks Richard. Can't find anything on the web. Will keep an eye out in the LBS.

Andrew

[Mulger bill]

It's a link off Shimanos site Andrew.

I'm gonna try to find a pair, gotta be more comfortable than the bent up water pipe.

Shaun

[falconlover]

Hi I finally got my new bike it is a Gt Avalanche 3.0 with disc brakes it was $500 because it was the 07 model. It was a bargain!
By the way how do you attach pics?

[Mulger bill]

Nice one Falcon, you'll have a hard time breaking one of those

You need to join a hosting site like photobucket to post piccies, easy as. They even provide a direct link to copy/paste into messages for you

Shaun

[europa]

Don't forget to resize your images. Photobucket does it for you ... if you click on 'edit'. You're looking for the Webboard size (640xsomething).

Richard

[falconlover]

I tell ya what I love this bike! Hey has anyone heard of tektro disc brakes and if they're any good?[/img]

[europa]

OMGosh, it's CLEAN

Nice unit.

I'm pretty sure my son's mtb has the Tektro's ... but maybe not. He's got the bike at a mate's place so I can't tell. The Tektro are an honourable brand, don't worry about them.

Richard

[Bnej]

Tektros are a pretty generic brand, my $2000 road bike has Tektro brakes and my Trek S500 has Tektro levers, there's nothing wrong with them they just aren't special, but not too low end either.

Now you need to hit some trails and make it dirty.

[Mulger bill]

Dunno 'bout Tektro discs Falcon, but their rim brakes, (caliper and V) are damn good stoppers for the bucks. Both my old MTBs had them and the Roadie has them too, never a drama.

Cable discs. You will have to keep an eye on them to adjust out cable stretch and pad wear, no biggie, say five minutes every few weeks, give us a yell if you need a hand

Shaun

[europa]

Dunno 'bout Tektro discs Falcon, but their rim brakes, (caliper and V) are damn good stoppers for the bucks. Both my old MTBs had them and the Roadie has them too, never a drama.

Cable discs. You will have to keep an eye on them to adjust out cable stretch and pad wear, no biggie, say five minutes every few weeks, give us a yell if you need a hand

Shaun

Come on Shaun, that's the sort of feed back I want in my 'Components components' thread

Richard

[Mulger bill]

Go easy eh? It's bloody hard keeping up with you touchtypers when you're in a chatty mood. I'll get there

Shaun

[heavymetal]

Go easy eh? It's bloody hard keeping up with you touchtypers when you're in a chatty mood. I'll get there

I can only type at 140 wpm. I think Richard is faster than me I learn't to touch type in the 70s at school on an old mechanical typewriter. I was the only male to take typing I must have known that I would have become an IT engineer at some stage in the future.

Kev.

[Mulger bill]

140 wpm I can't talk that fast.

Shaun

[mikesbytes]

140Wpm

Yeh but it all depends on the quality of the content

[Kev365428]

WPM?

Women per month?

[Bluerider]

WPM?

Women per month?

Heck if thats 140WPM TourDeFrance winner for sure

[Wanta-bike]

yeah, go the GT's!

congrats on the buy man, esp (AT) that price!

tho i daresay that by the time winter comes round (or if u go out riding a muddy track), u'll be losing those mud guards, as they'll end up either:

1) givin u the $hits
2) become warpped or broken
3) cake up with mud

on the other hand, if ur just ridin gravel trails and commuting, then no dramas

good stuff man, happy ridin

[Birdman]

Very nice GT you have there!!!

Give the trails hella aye. Its a mean looking piece of material.

Mitch.

[Aushiker]

It's a link off Shimanos site Andrew.

Thanks Shaun.

Found them here. They are called Rubber Anatomic.

Regards
Andrew

[europa]

It's a link off Shimanos site Andrew.

Thanks Shaun.

Found them here. They are called Rubber Anatomic.

Regards
Andrew

Dem's da critters ... but when you find they're horrid, blame Mitch, not me eh?

Nah, I think they'll suit you because you've already expressed satisfaction with your flat bars. All these do is give you a bit more width and turn your wrist through 90 degrees - there's no change in height. If you have trouble getting them, I'll go back to the shop I got mine from and see if he has some more - won't be hard to post them over.

Richard