Any mountain bikers??

[bassteban]

Nice action shot!
*RANT ALERT*
Got a big(ish for this group, a bud and I and wives: 32 road miles)ride pencilled in for Sunday, but the buds wife consistently effs the schedule up.. Shows up late, wanders around wondering which ride she wants to do, etc. Flakey friends...

 

[bassteban]

Got the rigid fork(a Surly)and slicks onto the tandem last night, raced round the block w/wife, then a lap w/son. Gonna go FAST. Gonna need a full tear down fairly soon but wanted to get it road-ready for the aforementioned pavement session tomorrow.

 

[iamdenialNJ]

... is this a club thread?

I guess 46 pages after the OP "Any mountain bikers??" ... it's more-so than not. Club or whatever ... it's one of my favorite subscribed threads.
In case anyone feels a bit froggy and wants to start handing out numbers ... I'll take 26 then Who's gonna take 650B?

True that. New thread will have to be made soon as well.

 

[ubado]

Taking notice of the terrain you ride ... I can see how a 26'er could be a bit more preferable than a 29'er. Seems like it's more technical than just plain ol' bumpy. IMO ... being agile outweighs a smoother ride.

A lot of our terrain looks like this, so a FS bike is definitely a bonus:

Speaking of Nomads...

 

[fokof]

...as in my new bike

Got it last November , didn't have much time to put some serious KM on it before winter but now I had !
Winter riding being not the same , it's not a good reference.

So the ride of a Ti frame is so amazingly smooth compared to an Alu one , it's amazing. Feels amost like a Softail.

And the personalized custom frame is worth all the $$$
The fit is perfect , just enough aggressive witthout being too small cockpit.

I'm sure it's my last MTB


Also the rohloff is a LOT more silent than on my ex Cannondale.
The Ti frame is less "drive train noise transmitting"

I'm profoudly in love.

 

[fokof]

Taking notice of the terrain you ride ... I can see how a 26'er could be a bit more preferable than a 29'er. Seems like it's more technical than just plain ol' bumpy. IMO ... being agile outweighs a smoother ride.

Same here.

That's why I prefer a 26" over 700 wheels.

Love that technical stuff
The rohloff is such a + on those tight situation , being able to shift without pedaling is very nice.


Nice shot Mark , is it you or a riding buddy ?

 

[bassteban]

Fokov, that is a SWEET ride. Belt: sexy

 

[Ziltoid]

Fokov, that is a SWEET ride. Belt: sexy

Did your ride go well or was the friend's wife flaky and you ended up "teaching her a lesson"?

 

[mtb777]

Just having a bit of fun. My impression of Florida is flat flat flat with sand. I am aware that there are some good MTB spots and I think I'm going to try to get to Alifia when I'm in the Tampa area in May. And of course there are lots of places within a day's drive.

I'm with you. Pretty much anything can be ridden on a rigid bike, but FS is more fun and less abusive to old guys with bad backs (i.e. me!).

A lot of our terrain looks like this, so a FS bike is definitely a bonus:

Speaking of Nomads...

Haha. Yeah. You've got lots of rock gardens to navigate. You got that technical climbing down! I struggle with that the most. Downhill is my favorite. Just like to go fast! Nomads are made for that. Clocked 43 one time on the Gamin at Tsali in NC one time.
Definitely hit up Alifia and if you can, jam over to Santos and catch the 70 or so miles of trails. I used to love hitting the easy trails on the Nomad wailing in big ring. I shoulda clipped on some baseball cards the chain stays to get that motorcycle sound like when I was a kid. There are lots of technical RED trails there too along with a nice little pump track.

 

[bassteban]

Did your ride go well or was the friend's wife flaky and you ended up "teaching her a lesson"?

Turned out good- no lessons. We all felt weak, but at least we were consistent. Hit a nice lil brew tasting afterward, made everything better.

 

[Mark Reccord]

...as in my new bike

Got it last November , didn't have much time to put some serious KM on it before winter but now I had !
Winter riding being not the same , it's not a good reference.

So the ride of a Ti frame is so amazingly smooth compared to an Alu one , it's amazing. Feels amost like a Softail.

And the personalized custom frame is worth all the $$$
The fit is perfect , just enough aggressive witthout being too small cockpit.

I'm sure it's my last MTB


Also the rohloff is a LOT more silent than on my ex Cannondale.
The Ti frame is less "drive train noise transmitting"

I'm profoudly in love.

Wow. Very cool! Even though I know there's no issues from a physics point of view, the Lefty still freaks me out.

Same here.

That's why I prefer a 26" over 700 wheels.

Love that technical stuff
The rohloff is such a + on those tight situation , being able to shift without pedaling is very nice.


Nice shot Mark , is it you or a riding buddy ?

That's one of my buddies. This was actually an unsuccessful attempt at it. He eventually got up it (there's a second step you can't see a bike length after the first) but it escaped me that day. It's a tough move and I'm about 30% on it. If I'm really on, I'll get up it.

Yeah, I can see the internally geared hub being really useful on this kind of terrain. I'm finding the 1x10 to be working pretty well, though. 32 up front and 12-36 in back. There isn't anywhere we can go fast enough to top that out on any real trail around here.

More pics from that ride:

Haha. Yeah. You've got lots of rock gardens to navigate. You got that technical climbing down! I struggle with that the most. Downhill is my favorite. Just like to go fast! Nomads are made for that. Clocked 43 one time on the Gamin at Tsali in NC one time.
Definitely hit up Alifia and if you can, jam over to Santos and catch the 70 or so miles of trails. I used to love hitting the easy trails on the Nomad wailing in big ring. I shoulda clipped on some baseball cards the chain stays to get that motorcycle sound like when I was a kid. There are lots of technical RED trails there too along with a nice little pump track.

I'm not likely to have a lot of time so I suspect Alifia is the only place I'll get to on the trip. Mostly going for hot weather and beach after a long winter.

If you like going fast down hill, you should take a trip to Whistler. The bike park is off the hook. Total overload. If you go to the top of the Garbanzo lift you can take a route down the mountain on groomed trail with over 100 bermed turns and 120 table top jumps, not to mention gaps, step ups and step downs, all of which have progression lines (easy to pro). 3400 vertical feet of high speed fun. Then you can go back up and take the technical trails down. Lots of pucker factor in there.

 

[fokof]

... I would have pick the right line on that rock


(I know : easy to say from here )



Nice Shots BTW , keep 'em coming boys !

 

[Mark Reccord]

... I would have pick the right line on that rock


(I know : easy to say from here )



Nice Shots BTW , keep 'em coming boys !

Picking the right line is only half the battle here. In the pic taken from behind he's on the right line but got the timing of the required body language wrong. This trail is super fun, lots of tech moves interspersed with smooth, fast stuff.

Me on another part of the trail (well it's sort of off the trail, but fun) Sorry for the blurry pic.

 

[fokof]

I meant : the line on the right on that photo.

 

[bassteban]

Anyone worn out an outboard bearing BB? My 456 has a new creak, under almost any pedaling- hard or easy, climbing, flat, whatever. It's an older Saint that I got on the bay- from a BMXer, so it could be pretty tired. I have put a good pile of miles on it, too. How do these BBs behave when about to quit?

 

[Mark Reccord]

I meant : the line on the right on that photo.

Hahaha, I totally misunderstood!

The right side is actually way more difficult as it's an abrupt 2-step move and also sets you up poorly for the second step which you can't really see in the pics. Looking at the pictures I can see why you'd choose that line but of course pictures seldom tell the whole story.

Anyone worn out an outboard bearing BB? My 456 has a new creak, under almost any pedaling- hard or easy, climbing, flat, whatever. It's an older Saint that I got on the bay- from a BMXer, so it could be pretty tired. I have put a good pile of miles on it, too. How do these BBs behave when about to quit?

They creak just like the old style ones. Starting with hard pedaling and gradually increasing until they creak on just about every pedal stroke. I go through one every year or so. It's wet here and that tends to eat BBs. They also begin to feel rough. At first you wouldn't notice it pedaling but you would if you spun the cranks by hand.

However, they also creak if the threads where they screw into the BB shell get dry. I'd try popping it out and making sure there's grease on the threads before doing anything drastic.

 

[bassteban]

I've removed, cleaned and regreased every place that BB contacts frame, until now, w/good results- a good 5 or 6 times. Thinking its new parts time.

Mark- your thoughts on XT vs say Race Face or even a Chris King?

 

[MakiSupaStar]

This was from my ride this afternoon. Trail, hawk, Pacific, Catalina Island (26 miles away for reference).

 

[elgecko]

^Sweet!

I mentioned mustard a couple of pages back and I finally got some. What's usually a sharply defined singletrack in a Smurf-high grassland ends up like this.

Sometimes it gets really bad. If you're lucky, somebody has already "broken trail". Either way, you make sure you're wearing glasses, keep your mouth closed, and hope there aren't any rattlesnakes on the trail!

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Yeah, I turned away from a couple single trails for this exact reason today. Sigh. I'm a total pussy. lol.