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  • How burly does a bike have to be….
  • wilko1999
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    …before it can be classed as a ‘rig’?

    weeksy
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    35lb

    wilko1999
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    Thanks for humouring me 🙂

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    chakaping
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    I think Weeksy is about right, but with the caveat that if it’s slacker than 65deg head angle it then becomes a “sled”.

    wilko1999
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    Ah yes, another mystery unravelled, nice one!

    mikewsmith
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    Just apply the would Josh Bender ride it test

    Northwind
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    I’m still working on the exact parameters to become a gnarpoon.

    fatladridesbikes
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    That’s not a bike! It’s a unicycle with a hard on 😆

    I_Ache
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    weeksy – Member
    35lb

    chakaping – Member
    I think Weeksy is about right, but with the caveat that if it’s slacker than 65deg head angle it then becomes a “sled”.

    Crikey my bike is only just a rig then and very nearly a sled. Does this mean that according to the spirit of STW agreement I can refer to it as a rig without getting chastised?

    wobbliscott
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    surely its if you have to push it up hill?

    greeble
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    Where’s Elbry when you need him.

    chakaping
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    according to the spirit of STW agreement

    Agreement? On here?

    Pffft!

    wrecker
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    GNARPOON! 😀

    honourablegeorge
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    There was a bloke who used work in the wee bike shop at the Mabie trail head, had a DH bike liek the one above, but on 24″ wheels, 3.0 Nokian tyres, massive forks, BMW pedals, crazy looking thing. I was fascinated with it. Must have been a pig to ride, mind.

    trevron73
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    My Bike came with a sticker from the factory that says” Burly Iron” and i way 110k so i reckon together me and my Steed are a “Burly unit”

    chakaping
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    Saw this sweet rig out in the Alps this summer…

    Surely even Bender would think it was a tad overbuilt.

    CaptainFlashheart
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    GNARPOON!

    This is the single greatest word used on STW in ages. Bravo!

    greeble
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    Les Gets 2007

    chakaping
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    Toe overlap unlikely to be a problem on that badboy Greeble.

    IA
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    Gnarpoon? genius. Can I use that as a verb too?

    wrecker
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    This is the single greatest word used on STW in ages. Bravo!

    Alas, I can’t take credit. It belongs to northwind. I share your sentiment though.

    wilko1999
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    Agreed, gnarpoon is awesome. Still don’t know what one is though. Maybe its down to the amount of chain devices/sprockets (not cogs) fitted in the drivetrain. Look at Josh Benders bike above – there’s 7 – including the cassette, mech jockey wheels, chain devices, chainring and another sprocket (not cog) of some sort above the chainring. > 5 = gnarpoon maybe (obviously it also has to comply with the rig and sled requirements)

    brakes
    Free Member

    what is a burly bike that weighs less than 35lbs called?

    hot_fiat
    Full Member

    French?

    chakaping
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    what is a burly bike that weighs less than 35lbs called?

    A steed of course.

    Northwind
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    wilko1999 – Member

    Still don’t know what one is though.

    You use them to kill gnarwhals.

    chives
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    If it’s only c.25lbs but still gets used for downhill would that be classed as ‘lampoon’ then? 😉

    rOcKeTdOg
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    Gnarpoon

    Worth the STW subscription alone

    rOcKeTdOg
    Full Member

    Same rule for Gnardtails?

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