mrbaker

Bulls of course... 27-17

MTB or Road??

This is a statement taken from Bikeradar.com's review on the GT avalanche pro... Now here's an oddity, a cross-country race bike that has evolved into a hard-hitting all mountain hardtail. The Avalanche Pro wasn't designed from the outset for extreme XC, but has gradually morphed into a long travel machine built for high speed technical trails. They say it is deisgned for a long travel fork of max. 130mm The guys at the bike shop were shocked when they read the review, they hadn't heard of another bike with the same specs... So at least I don't have to worry about anything breaking. And SteveS will be happy nothing is going to change - all records are made to be broken Thanks to everyone for their opinions & advice!!

Wow - thanks so much for all the advice... I will get the bike back tonight & take it for a second opinion. It's definitly going to be more costly if I wipe out and do a face plant-so I must do something... I'll try upload a picture in the morning & also double check which model it is. The other problem I've had since I've been riding this bike is that everytime I jump something I seem to be taking off at an angle- which isn't too bad until I have to land...Much to the delight of my fellow riders...I have had one nasty fall because of this. Could this be related to the fork, as it never used to happen with my last bike, or must I just brush up on my basics? <?: prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /> <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Good morning I need a bit of advice from the technical guru's... I sent my recently aquired second hand hardtail in for a service and the technician said that the shock that is currently on my bike is wrong for the bike. It's a 130mm travel fork (REBA RECON) - where it should be 100mm. They said that it will eventually cause problems & possibly break. The bike did feel a bit difficult to handle when I first rode it, but I thought that was just me getting used to it. The frame is : GT Avalanche Pro Triple triangle design 6061 superlite butted hardtailframe with hydroformed tubeset : Size M My questions are: 1. Do I let them modify the shock down to 100mm travel - cost +/- R500 2. Do I sell the shock I have now & add money in for a new shock. 3. Do I carry on riding the bike as is. Your words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated...