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I just stared at that, and then stared some more... Reeeaaaaaalllllyy great photo. You have an eye for light!! I think I have an eye for action, can't wait to start getting some good light with some riders in the frame...

Sheriff, went and found a link to your Flickr account... Dude, you know your way around a lens!!! This bike milarky is for the birds... just a pitty SAFA's don't like paying for photos... Huge Kudos mate!! If you wanna see what the sheriff is good at, go check this out.

Agreed, you have a good eye and keeping it simple is awesome. I was once told, "it's about the negative spaces make the subject more interesting" If I may, both your pics have, what can be called, distractions. The beach photo has excellent everything, but the beach should either be almost complete, maybe ending near the bottom right, or none at all. I think that would just leave it open enough... The bikes, that front wheel, I don't believe it should be cut off... Both images have a, just quite not right feeling. Remember, you can crop out, but never paint in... But I like your work

Ok, but now why that one, not a Monarch??

This one?? http://www.ridefox.com/fox_tech_center/owners_manuals/07/eng/dhx50_explained.jpg http://www.ridefox.c...ocks/dhx_50.htm So why that, not the Monarch? remember this is the ST, not the LT, version.

Happily, and I am very happy, I bought a Shova from a mate. I know it has been well looked after and has very good components. It has been regularly serviced by reputable bike shops. I am very happy with the Bomber fork, and when I got it, it was set in the lock-out position, when I asked him about it, he actually didn't know it had any other settings... it has recently been serviced and feels very good. However, there is a problem with the rear shock. It is a Manitou Swinger - 3 Way. The bike does ride with the weight to a rear wheel bias, and only when you are out of the saddle does the front shock travel increase. So I guess the rear shock has worked hard. Again it was recently serviced. Here the issues 1. Leaking Oil - there are drips of oil on the frame below the shock after every ride, and I caught a drop about to fall, at the end of my last ride. 2. The rebound seems to be dropping pressure. No matter what I pump it to, the next time I check it, it is back to 45 psi. The manual says I can take it as high as 90, but I have changed it a little and a lot, but always says 45, when I put the pump back on it. 3. It is making a noise on harder hits, not a hard banging noise, just a sound of the air going through the shock. So here my questions. Please help. 1. Is there another thread on the forum about this? 2. Should I get it looked at by a different shop? 3. Do I scrap it and get a new shock? 4. If so, which one? I like the Monarch, size would be 200/50, and does that fit the Shova? Taa, in advance.

Completely agree. Pay a yearly sub, give all your detail, get a permanent number. Just add a sticker every year, once subs are paid. I'm in.

As I read in another thread, Shimano internal cascade their technology so, the new stuff is what the top of the line was a few years back. SLX today is 3 years ago XT, kinda like that... So you getting good stuff.

@hero, there are so many opportunities to build cool downhill slalom sections, it might even be worth investigating a dedicated route. Like from the top of the koppie on yellow, all the way to the dam. Fast and furious... There is nothing near to the Northern suburbs like that. And there are lots of people looking for something to blow your hair back. Someone help me with a Tokai snake vid...

Hairy one, got a mate who's riding that computerised scooter, runs like a quad core outside processor, huge amounts of rim. He recons it's the smoothest ride he ever had. Cleaver enough to know when you're peddling, decending, climbing, etc... And can recognise the combinations, opens and closes the shock and fork to the appropriate amounts... Not that I want to ride a lap top, but does sound pretty cool. And I suppose, in 10 years, non-computerised bikes will be old school.

Kiddies route makes 5...

The only thing, and I had the shock set quiet quick, she don't like going up the hill bit soo much. Which isn't really an issue, cause I was smiling so much from the going down the hill bit...

And the speeding fine? Before the rims, Look the Pyga is fast, but I don't know if it's that fast without rims... With them,yes!

Took my Shova on a fast 25 klicks today... Man she changes direction instantaneously. Felt so good just to point it somewhere and know you're going there... Smooth, comfortable and seriously fun! Got lots of air and even found myself drifting through some corner... Felt so BMXy, can't wait to ride tomorrow.

Simply awesome racing... So much of skills.

Damn, I'm off to Cuba for few weeks, I know that switch back section on the red route will be ready for shredding when I'm back! Much like!!

Cool, thanks for the education, with link!! And yest the Remedy is very ride-albe...

Uhrgggggggggg!,!

Ja, if you widen the bars, I think I get that. So let's say we have 500 wide bars, what happens with a 50 stem, 100 and 200?

In like simple inglish, can one like to try to explain what a shorter stem / longer stem does to the physics... Seriously, I get what the bar width vs stem length does to the ride position, but with out that in mind. The longer the stem, the wider the arc, the less energy the moment of inertia requires, right? So then the short, the more energy? Less twitchy? (I think I need a pen and paper...)

Much like on this set up, think it am going to do this soon, just got a dropper post to buy first.

Aren't those used for trail runners? But I do like this thread...

Thank you, do you know who did that shock connected to the rear swing arm first? For want of better terms...

It's Friday.... Things to make you say hmmmmmmm.... The resemblance is a little uncanny in my mind.

And I saw a diesel one the other day, I mean, who buys a diesel Afla. That's like kissing your sister, or running knobblies on a road bike... just not right.