no thay are usally sat with me on side of track putting our chains back on

because thay are cheap and i currently have isis drive and cant run a decent chain guide and my chain comes off when it gets bumpy

like a friend of mine has just bought some new carbon cranks he had saint 2’s. are thay gona make him any faster? no are thay gona make him have more confidence in his bike? no probly less. do thay look pretty yes. not complaing tho im getting the saints 🙂

not realous at all. my bike progress with my riding. i am not at all sayin thay you shouldnt spend it if u got it. all im saying is why would you want to if its not needed?

really cant be arsed now so whatever you say. carry on spending your money to make youself “faster” and ill carry on riding my bike to make my self faster

by your logic if anyone ever overtakes you on a cheaper bike you should immediately stop them and hand them your bike, as they would be better equipped to use it than you!

who said that? not me. i just laff to my self think ha you have spent all that money and your still shit come on admint it you would be pissed off if you were riding you 4kdh bike and some little chav looking guy on his 150quid stinky (probly achally worth about 700) came rattling past. no one agree???

without the high end, there is no trickle down technology for the low end

yes this is the best thing about plp with mega money to spend on mtb. and the second hand market is ace. you can buy top end products for cheap prices and half the time thay havent even REALLY been used and certainly not abused. although there is sum shit out there aswell

But still cheaper than hobbies that involve engines

yep my dad used to race sidecars. the 2 weeks in the tt alone would cost 15k back in the late 90’s and he was a privateer the top teams were spending mega bucks

because 4k is **** all to some people?

yep very true. i earn 220 a week so 4k to me is a hell of a lot of cash to be exact its 727 hours of work for myself

wow for 80 quid you could defo get a taxi (even marathon distance)

yep defo is. if it looks dodgy then thers a chance it is.

i know plp who have expensive bikes and use them for all sorts of things but would only use helments when riding off road

Trust is a big thing for me. i will spend the money if for some reason or another i dont trust the bike anymore

is that an offer for me to ride your girlfriend or have i miss understood?

wasent trying to be judgemental. was just stating i think a lot of plp waste a lot of money to either compensate for skill or to simple try and keep up with the “jones”

wel sort off unlees u have bottomless pockets and nothing better to spend your cash on, if your enjoy your riding thats all that really matter. them pepole just make me laff tho

I’m far from being a Pro so I get great satisfaction in knowing that my 5k DH rig will be able to take everything I can throw at it and much more.

bet all your parts are choosen on what looks pretty no matter what

because why spend 4k on whats pretty much a pro bike when a lot of pepole cant use them to what the bike is capable of. lots also think buy new parts will improve there riding and this is not always the case some/ most times its just lack off practice.

not sayin anyone on hear is like that. and if i had the cash i would probly spent it on bikes its more the pepole who give it a go on a 3k bike just annoys

that sounds rong. i ment ten times less

i just love coming past pepole on 3k or 4k bikes and knowing i have less than ten times the amount of money in mine!

that place looks sick. just a bit of a ride to get there 🙁 if anyone with van or bike rack wants to go i will pay petrol?

get a hilux.

im not that good in with riding in groups. i tend to piss plp off. not on purpose but everyone overtaes me on the up’s then im trying to get past on the downs. some plp dont like it. what town is white coppice in?

i like to save my energy for the way back down. plus my stinky weighs as much as my house!

billinge wood is okay i just hate walking up there for the 2mins back down. after the trail there is like one decent corder with a little rock garden befor. (two trees trail) tricky sixty is good fun tho 🙂

yea i was thinking maybe a a walk up to darwen tower is on the cards. i have been up these befor and i remember right its quite bumpy and rocky

im in great harwood. and my only transport is my bike

all good advice. set my levers up a lot better now. not done any dh or fr yet tho 🙁

Turn it off for going downhill

do i need to turn it off for going downhill? should the shock not work properly with it on? from what the other guy says “It’s a low speed compression damping circuit” does this not mean its not effecting the main shock funtion??? not sure tho?

wow im ment to have a 350 spring not 600! goona be a massive diffrence

you sould like your after know what brake IS more powerfull. well i have found this might be of intrest.

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/fitness/article/how-we-test-hydraulic-disc-brakes-24345/

cheers guys sorry for the confusion

im 21 but only been riding for about 3 months

pad up??? what are thay? next you will be sayin were a helmet lol. lmao but its true if u got protection its one less thing to worry about

DMR TENSION SEEKER 2. and use a halo hex scewre insteed of qr. chain. i used a norman 9 speed cain and worked fine. if u want a proper ss chain you will have to change chain ring.

as long as your within the set course your fine. if you wasent ment to go down by the fence then it should of been taped off but it wasent so good to go.

so basically i just need to learn how to set up my bike lol

my levers are tilted down. getting loads of good advice hear 🙂

alex thats a good idear. and jambo the end result is no braking. due to not being able to bend my fingers