Show me your Covert

Gofasterstripes – I’ve just seen your attached photo in all its glory – the warped wheels didn’t show up that well on my phone earlier. As Yoda would say “Your skills as a photoshopper complete are they”! However i’d like to confirm that even the heat of the recent british summer we’ve been basking in this year hasn’t been enough to warp the 29″ wagon wheels on my bike. Though if you feel the weight of those Revolution 28 wheels I think they’d survive a thermonuclear strike. I love the bike though despite the heavy wagon wheels.

@wobbliscott, I feel we need to see a youtube/vimeo film of you riding with Rawhide (from Blues Brothers) as the sound track with a big finale of tail whipping jumpines to prove that a Covert 29er can fly, so get working … 8)

Jambalaya – despite what people may think of the wheelsize debate, the 29er makes more sense on the face of it on a Bandit as it is more of an XC/trail mile muncher of a bike. With the Covert being more of a gravity orientated jumpy trail bike it doesn’t seem to suit the 29″ wheels on the face of it. But I must say they work very well on my Covert for the riding I do. My logic in going for the 29er was that I wanted a true AM bike – so robust and fun plus good XC ability. I do like to get airborne as much as possible and the bike is plenty robust enough for what I do, but I could pedal it all day if necessary so it fits the bill for me. Though the 2014 model is available in all 3 wheel sizes so Transition are covering all bases on the Covert and letting the public decide.

not sure if you can see this one, but its lush

I love this thread. And it’s beginning to sound like I’d love this bike too… Damn I need to work faster so I have more playtime. But then I’d not be on here messing with your pictures and making you smile when I should be doing my coursework 🙂

Here’s to silly days – with that I’m going to have a Pastis!

@gofasterstripes

I spent 3 years riding my beloved Enduro but I have to say the Covert rides better, thankfully Orange pissed me off by taking ages with my new frame otherwise I could’ve been on a 2014 Alpine instead, I absolutely love my Covert and so glad I bought it!

Anyone else eyeing up their next covert build 😀

Jambalya – I missed your note before – tail whips? I think your definition of jumps is very different to mine! I’m defiately at the stage where wheel size is not the limiting factor to my capabilities – but i’m learning and giving it a go! I’m whooping at 12 inches off the ground, and if I ever managed to pull off a tail whip I think i’d cream my pants! My mates been messing around with his GoPro so i’ll see what footage he’s got of me so far – but its purely for comedy value! If its anything like footage of me skiing, what I think I look like in my head is very very different to what I actually look like.

When new a few months ago, new shock going on tomorrow so new pics soon.

@dimonjj

What shock you getting mate!

Awesome bike by the way!

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Nope.

Still can’t crack it!

Cheers enduro kid,
CCDB Air CS.

Sweet!

I fancy a CCDB but will give the CTD a crack first, I’ve literally had it a few months so need to reign in my spending!!

Although I am making the switch to 1×10 🙂

@Jamie, that’s fabulous.

@wobliscott, I was just trying to be funny 😳 Nirvana guys used to jump the Bandit a bit.

@eurokidd – you really are hysterical on the photo imbedding.

Get the web address of the file including the filename and .jpg bit – that has to go into the popup which comes up with the IMG button or in fact you can just post is direct with [im] and [\img] at front and back of the file.

here is the address (from flickr with bit removed) for a photo of my bike at Mam Tor in Peak District, see if you can post it as a picture 🙂

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8110650468_e4b9665741_z.jpg

I’m not sure what I copying when I try to upload my own photos but I just can’t get it, ha!

http://s907.photobucket.com/user/Aaron_Morgan_Osborne/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps49ccce57.jpg

That’s it, I bloody give up!!!!!

I get the bit about how you post and where, it’s just the link I can’t figure out!

Why is this so bloody hard?!!!!

Euro, stop using photobucket. Start with a file on your pc, then go to tinypic.com like i said before and use the instructions i posted ! It works fine like that.

Haha!!

😆

Right,

I’ll give tinypic.com a try!

Gofasterstripes, I’ve only gone and bloody done it!!!!!!!!!

3 days and a 146 posts and you’ve finally done it 🙂

gofasterstripes – Member
Euro, stop using photobucket.

OK!

Congratulations OP. Bike looks well.

This thread made me chuckle. Good gif/pic work gents 😀

Think Ill go for a celebratory ride in the morning!!!!

One more for good luck…….

Sorry Euro – that was my phone’s autocorrect there 🙂

What was that about luck…?

Haha!

Give me another 6 months and I’ll be able to photo shop in some Commandos to shoot those suckas down!!

Excellent, a joyous ending complete with fireworks to such a simple thread. It’s going to be a fine weekend.

@maccruisikeen – fabulous, totally !

Aye that vid is brill. Night all!

Cheers,
SammyF

I can’t believe you filled in your swimming pool! 🙁

Hurray! Congratulations!

What was that about luck…?

It looks like our work here is done.

The student has become the master….