Pics and words on your downhill bikes please....
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2006 kona stinky got the frame mega cheap on pinkbike, got the rear tuned by loco- made a big difference to the ride, everything else s/h or on sale, apart from the wheels pro2 on mavic freeridey rims rather than full on dh, ifly saddle, lg1+ guide etc managed to get the weight under 40lbs
use it for general mucking about as well as uplifts and the odd race, did the mega on it last year with a gravity dropper, FOD uplift in a couple of weeks and morzine in july- cant wait!
Low price bargain, high price fun. Nice, may see you in July then 🙂
photo's a bit out of date now, but you get the idea:
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A Last Herb. Was trying to find a good-value used 224 Evo, just because I had nice 135mm wheels and 73mm cranks, when CRC stuck this frame in their sale for £700. Rude not to really. It's built pretty light, I'm not hard on kit so I thought I'd see what happens.
Transition tr450, proving that no amount of money can make you a decent rider.
In all probably cost me about 4.2K. I look now at pauls cycles who have giant glorys in small (my size) for 2250, or yt tues downhill, 1899-2499 depending on spec, I'd have the 1899. Not that I don't love the 450, but I realised that you don't have to spend millions. Its a fricking ace bike though, and transition USA are a frickin ace firm, lots of direct contact for advice on sizing and components and set up etc. Small enough to GAS.
tr450 small
fox latest bellsy whistly shock
40mm fox forks
avid elixir 5 brakes (I'm 14 stone and they are more than man enough)
superstar 204 mm discs
superstar switch dh wheels
kore bars
superstar lock ons
sram xo
saint cranks
e13 lg++ chaindevice (easily the toughest, I bent MRP's for fun until I went e13)
high rollers 2.5
maxxis dh tubes, never ever ever get a puncture, 2 weeks in spain, a week in morzine, and 10 odd uk dh days on the same tubes.
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Trek Session 10 (AKA The Beast) , took it for a test ride and everything felt right with the bike... 50lbs of pure downhill Tractor... loving it to bits.. spent a few hundred quid on parts replacement... but for what it cost in total It was a bargain, cam with Marzocchi shivers DC forks.
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That Last frame looks a proper bargain. I'd have nabbed one of those if I'd seen.
Scalp with lots of gold bits
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Short steep and tall but it's fun to ride.
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Top notch.
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Mental
Who else makes motorbike noises when on theirs?
bbrraaaawwwpp bbr bbrr brbrrr braaaawwwwwppp
Orange 222 (2002). Soon to have a second Mono6 caliper, and pink/white camo wheels.
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my son on his norco b line 24 in les croset:
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2006 Norco Team DH
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I paid £600 on Gumtree from Ireland. Consequently spent another £400 getting it running. Now all thats left is too see how it handles Morzine in July
that Orange is probably the ugliest bike i've ever seen
She's basic and cheap but does the job:
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Its changed a bit since this was taken but not a great deal...
Here's mine
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Majority of it was secondhand, but had seen little or no use.
The bike feels as though it'll ride anything, shame the rider doesn't feel the same way.
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Moniex, loving that picture, thats the sort of thing that make me feel good about mountain biking, he looks chuffed as **** so good to see young kids out enjoying our great sport/hobbie (especially with all the protective kit).
Toys19 also a good picture, I bet the landing was all floaty lite? 😉
My Socom, no idea what it weighs at the moment but it was 37lb last year, but that was with a few different (but similar) parts.
Great fun, even better with an angleset and offset bushings. Been very impressed by its composure when i took it to Alwinton a few weeks ago (VERY steep and muddy track if youve not been).
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More FR than DH but I have to ride it 9 miles to the hill and then back home again
Spank bars/stem
FSA sp
Funn saddle
ODI grips/bump stops
e*thirteen guard ring
XTR chain
PD-M530s
Minions f&r
Surprisingly rideable on normal trails for something so DH-orientated.
My old Gemini bitsa. I think my Stumpy EVO probably has a slacker head angle!
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Yeti 303 RDH, now with a Cane Creek DB Air. [IMG] 
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GlennG yup perfect landing. x
Big bike. Turner 6 pack. Not my garden etc etc 😀 😉
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Bigger bike. Old school, yeti dh9.
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Just been TF T'd to keep it going!
Hey Chewie I used to have one like that:
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I didn't sell it to you did I?
Too much bike for me and the shock was cack, but still not a bad bike for blatting through just about anything...
Oh and Kimbers I just realized I was at that same race in March, in masters...
And I beat you by 4 whole seconds... 😉
Photo from when I built it in December, now just covered in mud. The faster you go the better it is! Only 1 month to go before 3 glorious months in Morzine.
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More bike than I'll ever be able to use properly.
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Not the best photo to show the bike but here's my Summum. Handled everything I can throw at it and more and even got me down Champery (relatively) safely:
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Edit - d'oh, double post.
Cookeaa, no you didn't sell it to me! Had mine from new. Always got on fine with the shock, but yes I agree it can handle pretty much whatever you throw at it! Never seen another one while out riding.
partickbateman - Is that Ben Lomond?
rocketman, what bike is it? Looks cool. Really want a DH bike but can't justify it at the mo. YT Industries DH bikes look good.
And yeah pretty sure that's Ben Lomond.
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GT IT1 with the old internal hub shenanigans. Still yet to collect it from my brothers (bought it 3 months ago) but, well, its got gears...in the frame...mental
(My brother did an uplift day on it and said it was quite 'steep' but felt bombproof and very quiet - bizarre)
Thought so... Whilst we were coming down BL there were a few points where I was thinking a DH bike would be fun!
Really want a DH bike but can't justify it at the mo
Hit the Classifieds here and on SDH (now "Ride IO" apparently) and the bay of fleas, cheap DH bikes is where it's at...
A bit like banger racing...
To give you an idea of 'cheap', my 222 cost around about £600 to put together (taking into account upgrades over the years - selling old part to put towards new).
Only gets used occasionally though 🙁
It's easy to build a cheap bike if you know what to look for.
I got massively fed up with my nice DH bikes getting wrecked on crap uplifts, so I sold it off, bought 2 bikes, kept the bits I wanted to make one and sold everything else off. All in my Sunday owes me less than £600.
Personally I wouldn't go too old, otherwise you enter the world of jacked up BB heights & wacky head angles, which isn't much fun on a DH bike.
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here's my 224 when it arrived last year. taking it to chopwell to session the new dh stuff at the bottom tonight 😀
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Hob Nob - my frames from 2002, and when matched with boxxers (2004), it rides fantastically. 7" travel front, 7.5" rear.
Thanks grum it's a Scott Voltage FR20rocketman, what bike is it? Looks cool.
The Voltage won't bulldoze its way downhill like a real DH bike but it's slack enough to feel stable and at the same time short enough to feel fairly agile for what it is. If you're looking for something to ride to-and-from the hill and then throw it down the hill over and over and over again without having to rebuild it every time it's a tough little bike.Really want a DH bike but can't justify it at the mo
Cheers folks - yeah quite tempting to get a cheap DH bike, especially cos I really want to go back to the Alps this summer. The thing is, my only mountain bike is a Pitch now with 36 Vans and coil shock, so it's pretty much a 'freeride' bike anyway.
I'm quite happy to ride it up hills in the Lakes etc but I sometimes wonder if I would be better off having a more sensible XC bike and a dedicated DH/freeride bike for uplift days/bike parks. Trouble is there's no decent uplift stuff anywhere near me that I know of. Pretty sure the missus wouldn't be too impressed either 🙂
grum - Member
Cheers folks - yeah quite tempting to get a cheap DH bike, especially cos I really want to go back to the Alps this summer. The thing is, my only mountain bike is a Pitch now with 36 Vans and coil shock, so it's pretty much a 'freeride' bike anyway.I'm quite happy to ride it up hills in the Lakes etc but I sometimes wonder if I would be better off having a more sensible XC bike and a dedicated DH/freeride bike for uplift days/bike parks. Trouble is there's no decent uplift stuff anywhere near me that I know of. Pretty sure the missus wouldn't be too impressed either
Plan A - Just one bike: Total bikes - 1
Plan B - XC Bike & DH Bike: Total bikes - 2
Plan B is clearly better, by 1 full bike. Can't argue it. It's SCIENCE.
Plan A - Just one bike: Total bikes - 1
Plan B - XC Bike & DH Bike: Total bikes - 2Plan B is clearly better, by 1 full bike. Can't argue it. It's SCIENCE.
It's also MATHS. You can't argue with maths AND science.
Hmm it's difficult to find a flaw in that logic - I'm sure the missus will find it convincing too. 🙂
Trek Session 88, built up for around £1.5k.
Only used it at Aston and Woburn so far I'm ashamed to say, keen to see some bigger hills this summer if I ever get a day off work though...
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grum - MemberHmm it's difficult to find a flaw in that logic - I'm sure the missus will find it convincing too.
Plan A - Just the Missus: Total ladies - 1
Plan B - The Missus, and a yound bit ont he side: Total ladies - 2
SCIENCE.
Mention that your Pitch is 'dangerous' or somehow unsafe for FR/DH, or alternatively go on for weeks about a carbon V10/Session or some other megabuck DH bike, wait until it blows up into an argument then capitulate and 'settle' for the bike you wanted in the first place.Hmm it's difficult to find a flaw in that logic - I'm sure the missus will find it convincing too.
Aim high shoot low etc it works every time
or use sex as a weapon, see who cracks first 🙂
no pics as yet but ive just got a Norco A Line and its wicked. 888 Bombers up front (very plush)and super stable at speed. will post some up as soon as i get chance
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As per Carlosg - as much bike as I need, although I did figure out I needed a bigger size so this frame's up for grabs...
Gazc - I s was going to say taking a spangly clean 224 to Chopwell was a bit of a waste - but then I heard "new stuff" would be interesting to know how new
rocketman - the 'safety' argument is always good. I like your other persuasion techniques too 🙂
Some nice looking bikes here. Keep em coming.....
Wibble89 - 3 months in the Alps?!! 😯 what are your plans? jealous....
oliverd1981 - ha no problem i do feel its a bit extravagant taking my dh bike there but i only ride the steeper stuff at the bottom on it really as its good fun. if you know the area the old jump trail at the bottom of the woods has been rebuilt relatively recently after tree felling, plenty of other lines with reasonable drops off the side too (including gap jumps which you will certainly want a bit of squish). there's a good newish (to me anyway) trail which starts further back up the ridge past the gate near the houses. steep with tricky corners definitely not like the usual chopwell trail! 🙂
ps: it ain't so spangly now! 😆
Pretty sure the missus wouldn't be too impressed either
Is anyone else hearing dolphin noises...?
that Orange is probably the ugliest bike i've ever seen
Not any more..................
'99 Trek DH Pro - mercifully not built up at the moment. One day I shall once again inflict it on the general public 😳
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the world of jacked up BB heights & wacky head angles, which isn't much fun on a DH bike.
Dunno I find it pretty fun! Think my fs has the same wheelbase as my hardtail, higher bb and a slightly slacker head angle though it's still about 68/69 degrees. Such a fun bike to ride, I don't think I'd like it as much if it just ploughed through everything and took more effort to jump with.
The Orange is a bit marmite.....
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2006 kona stinky got the frame mega cheap on pinkbike, got the rear tuned by loco- made a big difference to the ride, everything else s/h or on sale, apart from the wheels pro2 on mavic freeridey rims rather than full on dh, ifly saddle, lg1+ guide etc managed to get the weight under 40lbs
use it for general mucking about as well as uplifts and the odd race, did the mega on it last year with a gravity dropper, FOD uplift in a couple of weeks and morzine in july- cant wait!
Nice theft of my photo there Kimbers, I'll email you an invoice for usage of it.
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Cove Shocker DH
This bike broke more bones in one accident than all my other bikes put together over my life. Oh wait a minute, the bike didn't actually do anything, I just can't ride for toffee 🙂
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Nice theft of my photo there Kimbers, I'll email you an invoice for usage of it.
*Chuckle* You know fine well that your photos on the Roots and Rain website will get nabbed, which is why you go to the bother of extensively watermarking them. Thus, when someone doesn't buy one it's obvious where the photo came from (took me a couple of minutes to find the original), or who took it/owns the copyright. Presumably after you've threatened him and he's paid up, you'll send him a nice, full-size, non-watermarked photo which he can proudly display without all the extra gubbins on it? 🙂
Not a DH bike but hey ho. It's what Ive got for the job. Budget toy.
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That white Cover Shocker is [i]really[/i] nice
Nice theft of my photo there Kimbers, I'll email you an invoice for usage of it.
Photographer in misplaced sense of entitlement *shocker*
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Agreed about the shocker, looks awesome.......
And I thought I was happy with just getting the g spot sorted out.
Hmm photographer is whinging about someone show a pic of his with massive watermarking? Guess being a stroppy photographer is going to help loads with selling!
finners - MemberSome nice looking bikes here. Keep em coming.....
Wibble89 - 3 months in the Alps?!! what are your plans? jealous....
Working as a bike mechanic. Going to be hard work building up near 200 bikes at the start of the season and checking over/ servicing them twice a week but half a days riding every day and the odd day off will make it all worth while. I've got a friend who is also going out for 3 months but he's not working as he is living off a game he made for android phones, lucky ****.
Jesus, a whole computing degree and all i had to do instead was design an app!?! Well done that man. What shop / where you working in? May pop in and say hello.
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Haven't even had a spin on Penelope yet, back home in a few weeks so she's coming out then!
My M9. It's fantastic!
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Sunday evening bunch?