been out riding my BMX today
That brings up the question.
Anyone been riding today?
been out riding my BMX today
That brings up the question.
Anyone been riding today?
For me, the 26" HT is not a dead thing. For the mass market, perhaps. I'll ride my Ridge until it dies, even though the frame is a bit small for me. I would build a Chromag Stylus as a Shore bike and be pleased for years (yes, steel is real). Makes every trail that much harder and every move that much more technical - hence every sense of accomplishment that much greater.
It was the way of the rider to build fundamentals and control alot of good riders have started on Hard tails .
Two reasons the dual suspensions were under gunned,and expensive in the early 2000's.
Trails like Pink Starfish was designed and funner on this type of bike.Mainly because you could do the pedal kick style of dropping to flat. I would say the trails are evolving to today's bikes fast and flow ,slacker bikes.
A trail like lower skull is easier on a retro steeper angle bike,the higher bb does not hang up on rocks and ledges . For the mountain goat style of descending.
In fact it blows my mind that some of the trails like on cypress,and any big mountain were so steep and crazy that all of it was mainstream on your one bike.
I can remember I was one of the last guys in o4 still riding one ,I still would be if i had not of herniated my discs in my back. There are a few hardcores still rocking a 26 inch hardtail the guy that drives a Red Nissan Frontier with a white canopy with a bUnch of old stickers down the side ,he is some what described as a Retro Grouch ,rides a steel .243 must be pushing 56 years old.
There should be a manditory ride your hard tail once a month to pay homage to the bike that really started it all I remember my first good hardtail,was Rocky mountain Fusion full ridgid with Panaracer spiker tires. i had many memorable ones like a Joe Murrey edition kona cindercone i remember when i first put on the judy long travels. The game changer was when i discoverd The Specialized Stumpjumper in 96 the m2 model ,i got another one in 98 ended putting a 2002 bomer z1 on that bike and i first did the Neds gap ,and the big stupid line .Then things started spiraling out of control.
"Looks like a Canoe with the seats kicked out of it !"
Does anyone know where i can get a 24 inch 20 mm hub built wheel for the front? I have one but need to lace a wheel cause its qr.
Pretty sure overtime in coquitlam had one hanging upstairs, I picked up a 24" 9mm front wheel for my sons bike so I could set him up with a disk brake on the front of his hardtail.
There should be a manditory ride your hard tail once a month to pay homage to the bike that really started it all
For some reason that reminded me that my 26ht is a couple of weeks old, and my full suspension bike is 21 years old!
treezz
wow you are a ass
Kperras says he is going to keep his hardtail for ever!
Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:
ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.
I'm going to pull the parts off my Banshee Scirocco and put them on my old DMR Trailstar. I got back on the Banshee recently and don't like it any more. I have had the DMR built up as a single chanring rigid bike for a while and it gets no use at all like that. A bit too bling to leave outside the shops (I might have got carried away building it) and too much work up hills.
Cheers Ben
I'm going to pull the parts off my Banshee Scirocco and put them on my old DMR Trailstar. I got back on the Banshee recently and don't like it any more. I have had the DMR built up as a single chanring rigid bike for a while and it gets no use at all like that. A bit too bling to leave outside the shops (I might have got carried away building it) and too much work up hills.
Cheers Ben
loved my Scirocco back in the day, this was setup for "street" with DJ fork, DMR Moto RT tires, moved to Fox 32 forks and knobbly tires a while after for dirt riding
got to ride one recently, and was shocked how bad it actually felt compared to bikes with modern geometry, and how brutal the frame felt when hitting bumps on the trail
So it was Banshee Prime Vs Trek Scratch Vs Chromag Aperture on Fromme's signature freeride trail (Bobsled) tonight. And the winner was:
None of them. After a couple of runs I'd say that we got to the bottom around the same time irrespective of what style of bike we were on. The Banshee and Trek made short work of the chundery sections, but my Chromag reigned them in on the pumpy sections and corners. Although I'll concede that my Aperture fecking sucked on Griffen :lol:
treezz
wow you are a ass
I just ordered new wheels for my 26er! Wasting my money on an obsolete product.
is going big on a bike the only way to get you stoked on the sport? what happened to riding with your bros, travelling, and riding unique places, to get people stoked on riding?
fines are useless. there needs to be more punches to the throat.
I just ordered new wheels for my 26er! Wasting my money on an obsolete product.
you fool! you won't have any fun at all on your bike! just like I don't have ANY fun on my 26" trailbike! :rolleyes: :lol:
I just ordered new wheels for my 26er! Wasting my money on an obsolete product.
Retrogrouch.
There was a comparison in Mountain Bike Fiction between 3 steel hardtails (from Jamis)-a 26er, a 27.5er and a 29er. They more or less concluded that the 27.5er was the best of both worlds. What they failed to give any attention to was the difference in head angle between the 27.5er and the 26er. The 26er had a steep hta and teh 27.5 was about 68 if I recall correctly. Well no fucking wonder the 27.5er felt way more confident descending.
Angry letter to MBA being penned at this moment.
Wrong. Always.
I took some really bad chest cam footage on Fromme this morning, but this small segment just shows how silky smooth riding a steel 26ht can be. I can't believe why anyone would want to ride anything else heh heh…
treezz
wow you are a ass
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