wickerman1's posts

I have not set up gears on this bike yet. maybe this fall. Ian did a great job with these drops. with my surly I had to loosen the brake and move it out of the way to take off the rear wheel. I do not have to do that with this bike. I suspect with a derailleur it will be harder to remove the rear wheel.

with the 8mm bolt on hope axle/hub I have not had wheel move at all. I had to use a tug nut when I used a QR. and the brake side still seemed to drift.

more testing to come.

I used to run SS with vertical dropouts but I got a wheel built around a White Industries ENO eccentric hub…it came with a eccentric brake adapter as well which made it easy for removal of the wheel.

Thanks to everyone who recommended the Purgatory, they worked great for the loamy [HTML_REMOVED] sometimes muddy conditions on Burke today. They only thing that packed them up and became slippery is clay but I'm not sure anything would work for that.

I'm running the 2.2 and didn't find myself wanting the bigger 2.4

Hey Craig I just put Bontrager 29.4 EXP on mine….great traction, same tread pattern as the previous poster posted on the bontrager XR? I think it was. I got 2.3's and i cant upgrade my front derailleur because it rubs on the derailleur…tried 4 different derailleurs, none worked…may single speed the bike, considering it.

"Malware dectected!"

Looks like the site still isn't safe? (No idea what malware is though….)

malware is short form for malicious software

Yep, staying positive. I disagree with covering it because I'm not convinced it would have helped. The bike was locked in the canopy and the canopy has small windows. You can literally see just the end of the handle bar. That being said, I had the intention of tinting the canopy windows. So frustrating now when I look back at it. As Grandpa Simpson says "It angers up the blood!" haha.

I do try to keep a positive outlook however. I'm trying to cobble together a bike with the spare parts I have kicking around so this summer doesn't turn into a write off. I have a WAY WAY old school Kona Stinky frame "out of bounds" edition. Remember those? It was before they even had RAD tubing so it's all round tubing with a big fat triangle gusset with the letters O.B. engraved in it (nostalgia anyone?). It's pretty jalopy but will suffice in a pinch.

The only thing holding me back now is that I have no front brake (it was on my Brodie when it got stolen), the rear hayes has a blown line (fixable of course) and I have an '02 boxxer with blown seals. I tried replacing the seals but every mechanic I talk to says "they don't make seals that old, you can try the '06 seals but they never fully seal" which doesn't do much good when you have hydraulic disc brakes. So, no front brake, busted but repairable rear brake and I guess you could say I need a new fork.

I'm going to look into the police officer in the stolen thread.

HOw long is your headtube? I have a new take off Manitou Sherman Slider. Steer tube is short though at 6.5 inches. If it fits, you can have the fork for free. It has been sitting in my storage for a year

I'll try and make it, although i don't drink, I'll see if I canmake it out.

I was there. Was on a 09 shore 2 and my friend was on like an 06 commencal meta 4by or something. Was on the new bender trail if thats what its called and the dhish trail that I don't know the name.

I rode by a bunch of people standing by a trail that looked like they just finished trail maintenance, is that the new bender trail?

Anyone from this forum riding in there today? I seen a couple guys sessioning the bowl. one was a Bottle Rocket, green and a ETSX orange in colour. I was watching, still trying to get rid of my phlegm casserole in my chest .

re: OP

what a stupid thing to care about

people tend to stereo type and categorize people by what type of bike they ride at said trail/mountain. So in other words, whoever it was, if they are on here, hope lesson was learned to not shove your foot in your ya trap.

To be fair, no one would have said or thought a thing about a fellow biker pushing the bike had that biker not opened his big mouth and stuck a foot in it…

exactly.

Deffinatly no need to be mouthing off anyone for their gear on a mountain.

As long as you didnt bring a motor your cool in my books.

However thinking or acting like your better than someone else because you can pedal up faster or make it down a trail with a more xc bike is likened to being the meathead at the gym. Sorry but who cares if they pushed up, I have, its called being out of shape.

He;s probably the nicest guy you'll ever meet, but, if you're going to shoot your mouth off telling someone his bike isnt apropriate for the Shore, and then tell him he is lost because he basically can't ride there with that bike.

His "xc" bike isn't that light either, it's a 29er steel HT and just over 30 pounds which is light compared to FR/Dh but heavy for XC.

I think I saw that guy on 7th. I gave props to him for riding it better than me on half the bike. I sure hope he didn't take my comment as rude. I think it was pretty clear that I was being complementary.

if he was thin as a rail, riding a black 29'er clipped in, that was more and likely him.
He did ride 7th, but he said the arrogance were from people part way up the fire road telling him his bike would not work on the shore… I find it kind of funny being he rides a SS up and they are pushing their bike up LOL. If I was pushing my bike up, and saw someone riding a SS up no problem, I certainly wouldn't be in a position to say he isn't on the right bike LOL .

As long as you're having fun, who cares what you're riding?

According to those guys, riding anything under 6 and 6 is not Shore approved.:rolleyes: He rides 3 and 0 and still managed to get up and down and part way back up before they made it to the bottom.

I'd say this is typical. :lol: I bet the same kind blames their bikes when the stunt is a bit too gnarly for their liking. I say let them be, who cares?

yeah that's the thing. He does 3 or 4 loops on Fromme with a 34/18 gearing, climbing all of it and descending. He doesn't ride the big drops, but he's rolls anything less than 5 feet.
The guy is a fuckin cardio monster to climbthat thing with a SS 3 or 4 times in a ride on average.

no, trying to keep my calves from cramping..

Eat more bananas…seriously. I used to get cramps a lot too, I eat at least one banana in the morning blended with milk, and drink it.That has been my breakfast for years now, and I get a cramp maybe once or twice a year.