TK maxx ftw

are we talking rim brakes? if so, yes theyre fine.

ran it through matlab (mathematical computer program). its 26.

A man made rock garden with perfectly sized/spaced round rocks. It doesnt look rough at all.

not the best vid, but it was all i could find at the time. looks can be decieving

Ha ha.. what a fanny!! you’ll be riding down steps in true STW style next

trolololol

^ yup ive ridden this on a hardtail. granted not as quick as a full susser could’ve but still…

my artistic take on the photo. it was boring so the frog is playing a banjo in mine.

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use it on the fixie bars. just looks badass 8)

i tried it, but a combination of being too young to properly ride a 250 and my lack of throttle/clutch control meant i found it insanely hard. good fun though, its amazing what those bikes are capable of.

holy mother of giant pictures 8O

whatever Danny Hart used at ‘that’ world cup race.

YES! thank god someone else notices this :lol:

i was just a complete bar steward at around ages 11-13. broken into houses, stolen stuff, that kind of thing. wtf was i thinking…? thank god i saw sence and stopped in the end, god knows what wouldve happend if id have kept hanging around with, come to think of it, this one guy :|

fly + stomach acid….. watch innerspace for your answer

no stomach acid in your lungs :wink:

OP, ive done this and im still alive. ive also inhaled a bitesized shredded wheat! itll probably come up sooner or later so i wouldnt worry too much.

if i had a job id get one. they seem to finally be stepping up to the mark.

i think steel has more of a shock absorbing feel than out and out flex.

people laugh when they realise im 20 (almost 21) :(

for that? neither…

d’awwwww :3

i think it was for better gate acceleration.

wait, maybe not :? i was thinking they started with one foot down at the start

i think its only 20% off full retail price

Flowers/choclate/wine are expected when I get home form work on a Friday so won’t be special.

every week?

ah yes i see whats being said now, phew!

my lbs has a broken mmmbop in the window. its a sight to behold.

apparently the guy broke it G’ing out at the bottom of a dip!

To go back to your car example, whilst you choose a lower gear to climb the gravelly hill than you do on the flat, there will still be some cars that do it quicker by applying more power, but in a controlled fashion,

no! if the surface doesnt let you put more power down then more power IS useless.

My point is that you could get a bloke who’s never ridden in his life who needs a 22/32 gear to get up a climb. Your weekend warrior can puff up it in the middle ring, whilst an elite athlete can do it in the big ring in the saddle.

ok, but im not talking a gentle incline, im talking about the kind of hills where a lower gearing gives you more control and better grip. hence why i added the bit about the loose surface. it makes no sence standing up when everytime you turn the pedal your rear wheel just spins, its not about fitness in that case.

All the comments about ‘you can’t ride up this without x gearing’ are total bollocks, what the poster means is ‘I can’t ride up this without x gearing’, what others can achieve is something totally different.

So you’re saying there isnt a hill too steep for you to get up without low gears?! im afraid youre the one talking bollocks. just because you havent ridden a gradient/surface (a loose or hard surface plays as much of a factor on the uphills) that warrents low gears doesnt mean no one else has.

aluminium is softer than steel…

the thing i dont like about doubles is that you have to be flipping the chain around the rear cassette loads to find the right gear. with the triple if i get to a steep hill i’ll just hit the leaver to flip it into the granny and then fine tune that cog with the rear cassette to get a good cadence. likewise for downhill except witht he big cog, and again along the flat with the middle ring.

as has been said. i enjoy the challenge of the ride so all this “there’s no point in the 22/34 because you can walk faster” is null and void (for me). yes along the flat walking would be faster, but when you reach a climb where you’re perched on the very tip of your saddle and the front end is still wandering, walking is both slower and less enjoyable. Also, you get less grip standing on a big gear than keeping a nice smooth cadence spinning while sat down.

for riding up steep hills and down steep hills, with flat bits in between, i believe a triple is still the way to go.

charliemungus hit the nail on the head up there ^

The things that are called dubstep nowadays is sellout garbage that has a flashy new name stuck to it. popstep would be more appropriate than dubstep for most new stuff, but that genre wouldnt sell as many records…

A damn shame.

old bikes are a pain in the ass.

get something that fits down the holes and spend a weekend squidging the buggers

ive got a mk1 blue pig and its fantastic. makes me smile everytime i ride it, even if its a relatively genle ride. i have heard various quality control issues on the mk2 so id be a bit more wary buying one of those but my mk1 has never put a foot wrong. maybe a tad heavy, but i dont have the money to fuss over weight, good thing im fit enough to cope :P

wd-40 should sort you out. says on the tin it stops squeeks.

sorry, i cant be any more help than that. make sure all the disk and caliper bolts are done up tight maybe?

shoe laces done too tight?

good thread title btw :lol:

disneys ‘Up’. seemed to go on for ages and not much happened IMO

ive never noticed flex on a single bike ive had

flex is a marketing term designed to make you buy the latest model

*facepalm* the more i think about this the more stupid it gets. basically, youre wrong. Ive felt two 575s and the rear end flex on both was astonishing. also on one of them, the carbon has de-glued itself at the linkage :|

did they even have a driving test 75 odd years ago?

ive never snapped a chain, so i use the cheapest sram chain i can find.

cool little light then. thanks for the heads up :-)

A briefcase? You’re 21, not 51

lol, i thought a briefcase would be pretty sweet! ‘specially a nice leather one. I could turn up to lectures with it as well so it would get some use.

i like the painting idea, ive got something in mind that could work.

a whore, well it would certainly be memorable but i wouldnt have anything tangeble to remind me of it. At least, i would hope i wouldnt… :|