Patchelicious Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 as was Wines to Whales last year ...And the sections that weren't were full of idiots who don't know how to ride a MOUNTAIN bike...So how does one ride a MTB? Surely you just get on and pedal?
Thermophage Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 So how does one ride a MTB? Surely you just get on and pedal?Exactly...which is what you should also be able to do on some singletrack around a berm. Withough having to 1-foot hop hop hop around a corner on a 10 degree decline Eddy Gordo 1
fanievb Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Still better than..... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fxUlXqq8KYs/Tfgl5YOboxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/2DIY4KLCvYw/s1600/wf_bike.jpg i'll raise you http://cdn.triathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1-15-603x421.jpg Patchelicious 1
Patchelicious Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Exactly...which is what you should also be able to do on some singletrack around a berm. Withough having to 1-foot hop hop hop around a corner on a 10 degree declineOh ok, so everybody must drop out the womb railing berms and wearing Leatt braces... cool got it. Will be sure to include this when I send "Child Specifications" to my wife. Will be listed as a Critical Success Factor. Underachiever 1
Thermophage Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Oh ok, so everybody must drop out the womb railing berms and wearing Leatt braces... cool got it. Will be sure to include this when I send "Child Specifications" to my wife. Will be listed as a Critical Success Factor.Don't be daft. Okes love to misinterpret or over interpret comments like this. But people who consider themselves experienced enough to enter a multi-day stage race which is WIDELY knows to have some really good singeltrack should be able to ride the very basic trails that are given to them to ride. Patchelicious, Hairy and Myth 3
Mongoose! Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 I present to you exhibit AÂ Â What I like most of this bike is that it takes a road crankSo you can go from compact crank to standard 53 / 39really like this !!
Patchelicious Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Don't be daft. Okes love to misinterpret or over interpret comments like this. But people who consider themselves experienced enough to enter a multi-day stage race which is WIDELY knows to have some really good singeltrack should be able to ride the very basic trails that are given to them to ride.Ah man, but I'm in a mood.... Cant I just make a few more snotty comments first before you become all logical Thermophage and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2
Patchelicious Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 What I like most of this bike is that it takes a road crankSo you can go from compact crank to standard 53 / 39really like this !! That Crank actually looks like the CX Specific Ultra one that runs 36/48.
Mongoose! Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 That Crank actually looks like the CX Specific Ultra one that runs 36/48.jip - but Bcd the same 110mm - so you have a huge choice of chain ringsThe new 11 speed crank of Shimano is very nice - having the same BCD for all rings Patchelicious 1
Shebeen Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 http://www.thegolfbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fun-guy-on-bike.jpg these exist!!http://www.thegolfbike.com/
coppi Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) http://www.thegolfbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fun-guy-on-bike.jpg these exist!!http://www.thegolfbike.com/Yip here they use the camel golf bike and there are plenty golf courses in SA already using them...............check out the their website Edited March 28, 2017 by coppi
'Dale Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Wouldn't mind having a Slate in my choice of bicycles on a damp Autumn's Saturday morning....  http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.bespokecycling.com/app/public/spree/products/1912/large/slate_grn_3.jpg?1458062232 gummibear, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Myth and 1 other 4
Pure Savage Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Wouldn't mind having a Slate in my choice of bicycles on a damp Autumn's Saturday morning....  http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.bespokecycling.com/app/public/spree/products/1912/large/slate_grn_3.jpg?1458062232The 27,5 wheels make getting tyres tricky!!  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
GaryvdM Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 So yes, you could just buy a MTB, and put narrower tires and drop bars on. Now to do that you have to change the shifters. Shifters are quite and expensive item, so you are going to push the price of final bike up quite a bit. This is why the industry is doing this. There are people want a bike with suspension, medium width tires, but with drop bars, who don't want to build the bike themselves. They want to buy a bike in the configuration that they are going to ride it, and not have to fiddle changing components. The industry is catering for these people.  (Admission time: I own a gravel bike.) Hairy, openmind, mikkelz and 3 others 6
'Dale Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 The 27,5 wheels make getting tyres tricky!!  Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkUrrrgghhhh ???? Pure Savage 1
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