http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:57:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/6#post-1135535 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:51:59 +0000 jim 1135535@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>c&#39;mon mi©k, whereabouts in leeds? it looks good</blockquote></p> <p>Looks Meanwood-ish to me. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/6#post-1135505 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:16:55 +0000 I_Ache 1135505@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Got some pics with the white bars. Looks are rides loads better now.</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4358828592_2a04cd4625_b.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4358830052_a9dcc11bd5_b.jpg"></p> <p>White balance is a bit out I think my ISO was too high. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1119879 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:28:18 +0000 Spankmonkey 1119879@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>here you go rafe8t7 </p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4342567047_ae678d8dee_m.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1119840 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:20:27 +0000 rafe8t7 1119840@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4342567047_ae678d8dee_m.jpg">**</a><img src="http://http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4342567047_ae678d8dee_m.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1119398 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:10:32 +0000 anotherstan 1119398@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>c&#39;mon mi©k, whereabouts in leeds? it looks good </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1118631 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:17:49 +0000 OCB 1118631@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>@ Scienceofficer - That Genesis Altitude frame was the RRP - £400.00. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117836 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:54 +0000 firestarter 1117836@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>thats right in the middle ctr so its a fair bit bigger than it looks <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> its in leeds and thats all im saying (ive cycled past it hundreds of times as its on my local loop and never spotted it lol</p> <p>lyons the forks are 32 talas 140mm but i never touch the travel adjust so im thinking of sticking the talas on the full sus and putting the floats on this as they feel smoother . but im gonna give a few more weeks before i decide </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117799 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:09:32 +0000 lyons 1117799@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>cool, thats what i want to hear... Just out of interest, which model are your foxes? And the travel? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117774 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:03:48 +0000 Spankmonkey 1117774@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Any bike with EX1750 wheels gets my vote <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>looks a good play spot, where is it? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117764 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:57 +0000 firestarter 1117764@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>its spot on i wouldnt want it any bigger and im 5 10 i had a 70mm post on it but swapped it for a 50mm and its much better. i thought it was gonna be too short and nearly went for an 18 but im so glad i didnt. i found a new place to play (practice) today near my house <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> <img src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/firestarter4075/SDC10529.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117706 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:48:48 +0000 lyons 1117706@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It looks good in that size... How tall are you? I&#39;m 5&#39;10 and debating if its a touch too small. I want it to be easy to pedal, AND chuckable...` </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117659 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:51 +0000 Spankmonkey 1117659@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>rs - Member<br /> mark_b, I think he was taking the piss out of you, not being sarcastic towards your mother </blockquote></p> <p>He’s a hormonal stalker </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117645 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:33:33 +0000 rs 1117645@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>mark_b, I think he was taking the piss out of you, not being sarcastic towards your mother <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117490 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:55:20 +0000 firestarter 1117490@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>lyons its a 16 mate </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117449 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:04 +0000 Spankmonkey 1117449@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>CrAsH_TeSt_RiDeR.... Attracting stalkers since 1974</p> <p>Simple as this Mark, if you insist on posting every time I do on here or Bike Radar to try and get a reaction from me.... guess what, you will get one! but don&#39;t then moan about what you get back, you cannot be sarcastic in every post directed at me but then whinge when you get it back! funny to see you always start without provocation. If you throw stones in glass houses things will break! now please tootle off and stalk someone else </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117344 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:17:14 +0000 Mad Pierre 1117344@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://www.mountainbikerides.co.uk/images/avalanche_enduro/IMG_4225.JPG"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117325 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:12:04 +0000 mark_b 1117325@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Personal insults i can take - sarcasm about mothers (especially as you know her) is sinking to a new low for you. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117261 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:58:45 +0000 Spankmonkey 1117261@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>See, it worked </blockquote></p> <p>Congrats, your mum must be very proud of you</p> <p>Anymore BFE&#39;s around, mate has just ordered one so interested to see them built up! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117225 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:45 +0000 mark_b 1117225@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Although i was only posting to get a rise out of the OP</blockquote></p> <p>See, it worked <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1117143 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:29:29 +0000 Spankmonkey 1117143@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>mark_b - Member </p> <p>Cobblers - re-read where it was raced DH - in the Forest of Dean - so i assume on the mini-DH event ? Hardly going to get a &#39;proper&#39; DH bike up to speed over a 30 second course are you ? 5 minutes in and it&#39;d be a different story. Horses for courses and all that </blockquote></p> <p>I guess Mark the problem is they have not invented a HT to take your godly <strike>skills and mass, </strike> ego.</p> <p>Like I said in my previous post in the right hands a HT is very fast DH, its lighter, more manoverable etc but ofc it needs to be in the hands of a very good rider.... the rest of us mortals need a a FS to compensate!</p> <p><blockquote>mark_b - Member<br /> 5 minutes in and it&#39;d be a different story. </blockquote></p> <p>Please explain why it takes 5 mins for a FS to pawn a HT? most UK courses are only sub 5 min anyway... so basically what your saying is any 5 min decent and a HT will win? a FS should only be 10 seconds at most slower to get up speed... fail </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116932 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:36:55 +0000 mark_b 1116932@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Although i was only posting to get a rise out of the OP <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> I think you are missing my point - i&#39;m saying that a hardtail is probably the best bike for a mini-Dh event and certainly one in the Forest of Dean. watching that video hasn&#39;t done anything to change that view - although the chap at 1:00minute in is letting the side down a little <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116875 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:40 +0000 benjag 1116875@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.pinkbike.com/video/120849/">mini dh</a></p> <p>mark_b I take it you didn&#39;t do the mini dh event? average time down was about 1.18 and bar about 10 hardtails the other 250 were &#39;proper&#39; DH bikes. I admit there was only very small rocky sections but they was some decent speed, watch one of the video&#39;s </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116869 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:21:49 +0000 slowrider 1116869@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>its a large, full build weighs 30lbs ish, frame is around 6lbs i think?</p> <p>the frame is £595 from crc, could only guess at the cost of thr build because ive funded it by selling stuff. prob in the region of 2k? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116769 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:57:34 +0000 yossarian 1116769@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>slowrider - like the sovereign! what size is that? any idea of weight and cost? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116570 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:02:04 +0000 mark_b 1116570@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote> CrAsH...tEsT..RiDeR - Member</p> <p>I think the HT being used for DH answered some questions about VS FS bikes </blockquote></p> <p>Cobblers - re-read where it was raced DH - in the Forest of Dean - so i assume on the mini-DH event ? Hardly going to get a &#39;proper&#39; DH bike up to speed over a 30 second course are you ? 5 minutes in and it&#39;d be a different story. Horses for courses and all that <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116488 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:38:21 +0000 lyons 1116488@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>oh, and what size frame is miccks pimped pig? It looks nice... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116454 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:30:05 +0000 lyons 1116454@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>nice bikes... I even kida like the preston. HAs anyone got a ragley Mmmmbop? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116411 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:15:15 +0000 Scienceofficer 1116411@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>How much was that genesis frame? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116404 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:13:15 +0000 rafe8t7 1116404@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567075/in/photostream/"><img src="http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567077/in/photostream/"></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567077/in/photostream/">DMR trailstar - now single speeded!</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567075/">Cove stiffee in Choccy Brown</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1116381 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:07:15 +0000 rafe8t7 1116381@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567077/in/photostream/">DMR trailstar - now single speeded!</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47298542@N02/4342567075/">Cove stiffee in Choccy Brown</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1115987 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:50:06 +0000 OCB 1115987@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>@slowrider -&gt; &#39;Tis a Genesis Altitude in M (17.5), [over]built with stuff that came off my far-too-stiff-to-ride-for-very-long 4X HT frame.</p> <p>Here&#39;s another shot from the same place, all a bit gloomen&#39; tho&#39; as it was getting on in the day.</p> <p><a href="http://flickr.com"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4338273744_9a88df50f2.jpg"></a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1112078 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:05:01 +0000 benjag 1112078@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>definitley not but they&#39;d both be having fun, and thats all that matters! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111869 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:00 +0000 AJ 1111869@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>twice </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111867 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:24:13 +0000 AJ 1111867@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>there is no way a skilled rider would be faster downhill or over the rough stuff with as much control and poise on HT than FS</blockquote></p> <p>Hey fotorat i&#39;ll race ya? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111865 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:23:18 +0000 AJ 1111865@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>there is no way a skilled rider would be faster downhill or over the rough stuff with as much control and poise on HT than FS</blockquote></p> <p>Hey fotorat i&#39;ll race ya? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111738 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:53:39 +0000 slowrider 1111738@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>what frame is that ocb? cant make it out </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111674 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:43:26 +0000 OCB 1111674@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>[Mostly] Finished off this build-up last night, but I&#39;m still sorting a bit of final fit and finish as I go along, so yeah, there <em>is</em> excess steerer for now... </p> <p>Only 130mm tho&#39;.<br /> <a href="http://flickr.com"><br /> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4338273738_6b39a61a16.jpg"></a></p> <p>The proportions look a bit weird, as my camera has an oddly curious sense of perspective. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111631 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:38:22 +0000 slowrider 1111631@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>bloody hell! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> looks like its about to tip over backwards!</p> <p>my new un</p> <p> <img src="http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/4558/pbpic4558887.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1111585 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:32:00 +0000 Mary Hinge 1111585@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4338696256_f53cdd4b0c_m.jpg"></p> <p>Gate size 456. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-long-travel-hard-tail-builds-please-its-friday-after-all/page/5#post-1104596 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:06:08 +0000 Spankmonkey 1104596@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think the HT being used for DH answered some questions about VS FS bikes </p>