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  • Alps season 2013 – what bike are you taking this year?
  • dantsw13
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    My Heckler is all ready for Les Gets this Thursday!! I built it up from a frame specifically for this purpose.

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    What are you taking this year?

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    I’ll be taking this to Verbier shortly.
    Now has angle reducer bushes on the shock, a slackset up front and 203 rotors with icetech pads.

    Should be teh awsumz.

    TBLTC by multispeedstu, on Flickr

    getonyourbike
    Free Member

    I’ll be taking this to Les Arcs and the Megavalanche. Can’t wait! 🙂

    nickc
    Full Member

    Just to complete the SC line up, I’ll be on my Chameleon (just like every other year) 😆

    dantsw what chainring on the front of that??

    Alex
    Full Member

    Rocket with added alps-ness in terms of fat tyres, chain device, 1×10 and a proper set of non noodly forks. 10 days before we go, a couple more before PPDS 🙂


    Rocket in Alps mode by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

    Far more excited than befits a middle aged man!

    loddrik
    Free Member

    I wish I had the money to build up an ‘alps bike’, dunno where I’m headed yet but I’ll be going somewhere in August and I’ll be taking the same bike I ride on trails over here. Damn light it is too, though I’ll prob for a shorter stem.

    nickc
    Full Member

    Al, is that front rotor on the right way? looks weird, but.. (answering my own question) I guess they only go on one way, right?

    mikey74
    Free Member

    In order not to feel left out, can I throw in the bike I am taking to Whistler in August?

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    Alex
    Full Member

    I’ll double check as it’s first time its been on there since I bought the new forks. But I’m sure they only go one way. Still if I’m involved with it, probably the wrong way.

    Still not sure about flats tho, last ‘proper’ ride tomorrow before we go and shall be flipping back to SPDs to see which I prefer.

    ChunkyMTB
    Free Member

    bosh! (now with Reverb)

    wallop
    Full Member

    My only bike – Five.

    MSP
    Full Member

    Got one of these arriving in the next couple of weeks.

    Karl33to
    Free Member

    Orange Alpine, off to Les Gets on 23rd 😀


    DSC_0062 by Karl33to, on Flickr

    nickc
    Full Member

    ChunkyMTB I hate FS’ers but that is way cool 8)

    ChunkyMTB
    Free Member

    8)

    Clink
    Full Member

    Should be teh awsumz

    sstu – might be worth fitting a rock-guard thingy?

    David cracked his down-tube in Spain recently, needed new frame 😯

    godzilla
    Free Member

    Going to treat it to a dropper.


    And this if i have space.

    getonyourbike
    Free Member

    Clink – Member
    sstu – might be worth fitting a rock-guard thingy?

    Tadah.

    http://www.rockguardz.com/santa-cruz/santa-cruz-tallboy-ltc.html?___SID=U

    captcaveman
    Free Member

    Taking my Canyon Nerve XC 120mm travel but then I’m not doing the gnarl, more an XC thing. Still gonna get me some pads though

    BoardinBob
    Full Member

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Tadah.

    I’ve had a guard on it since i took it to the Pyrenees last year. 8)

    Clink
    Full Member

    I’ve had a guard on it since i took it to the Pyrenees last year.

    Good man!

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    Loddrik – I split and sold my C456, bought the frame/forks second hand for a steal, used my old Hope Pro2/XM819 wheels, and put a hacksaw on my old slx cranks to make a single front ring, so all in cost me about £150 for an Alps bike 🙂

    NickC – it’s a gold Hope 32t single ring, with a DaBomb chain guide cheap s/h from eBay.

    nammynake
    Free Member


    photo 1 by nammynake, on Flickr

    cbmotorsport
    Free Member

    Any of you pussies taking a hardtail?

    Scamper
    Free Member

    😆 For sure! Bfe in its normal spec (arch ex, slx brakes 203/180, slant 34’s, dropper, 1×9), just wider bar and nobbly tyres

    thegman67
    Full Member


    image by thegman1968, on Flickr
    Morzine July25/7

    kudos100
    Free Member

    Nice gman67. Mine is the same bike, but beefed up a little more 🙂

    Not going to be doing much uphill on this badboy! Chairlift up and ride down.

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    appy
    Free Member

    Ill be taking these two. Took my Nukeproof Mega last year and kind of wish i still had it.

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    cardo
    Full Member

    Looking forward to a week on this…

    Sancho
    Free Member

    Taking the yamaha wr 290, the carbon covert, kona operator and lapierre xelius 200.

    Will be there a while

    ianv
    Free Member

    Mine


    Untitled by ianvincent, on Flickr

    Junior’s


    bighit grom by ianvincent, on Flickr

    Better shock on this one now.

    KingofBiscuits
    Free Member

    Lots of big bikes here…so here’s my little bike. 140/127mm travel, 180/160mm brakes. Now with Havoc bars and High Rollers. I’ll be taking lots of spare brake pads. Verbier 8 weeks and counting….

    carlphillips
    Free Member

    @IANV tiewraps leave sharp edges, maybe cut them off on the inside of jnrs swingarm, could be a nasty leg scratcher!

    hazza123
    Free Member

    This, Scott Gambler.
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    ianv
    Free Member

    @IANV tiewraps leave sharp edges, maybe cut them off on the inside of jnrs swingarm, could be a nasty leg scratcher!

    Its an old photo, that has changed now

    maxtorque
    Full Member

    A change of tyres (and brake pads) away from this years “Alps” spec:

    Limiting factor is almost certainly me…….. DOH 😉

    torihada
    Free Member

    Old photo, as in preparation for Chatel in 3 weeks, the bike’s in bits: forks/shock at J-TECH, wheels at LBS, brakes dissembled waiting new hoses and a TI shock in the post.

    I_Ache
    Free Member

    I’ve got the perfect bike for the Alps but I have never managed to go over there to ride. I’m going to try to organise a trip over there next summer with this beast.


    Enduro Evo 2011 mid build by i_ache, on Flickr

    dmw536
    Free Member

    Going to bounce my way down the megavalanche on this: needs lightening up somewhat first though!

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