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wkdrider
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ill stick up a review of the new maxxis ardent dh tyre soon
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Datsane
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Joined: May 25, 2004
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Location: V8 Street Race NZ
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| Posted: Thu 17th Jul 10:12pm Post subject: |
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How long do we have?
I do like breaking stuff  I was just riding along when
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Nick_K
Joined: Oct 05, 2004
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| Posted: Thu 17th Jul 10:18pm Post subject: |
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| SlackBoy wrote: | | *sreggin* |
Thats cause I'm x-stream. You wouldn't understand.
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SlackBoy
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Joined: Dec 25, 2001
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Location: Showing my tan lines
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| Posted: Thu 17th Jul 10:25pm Post subject: |
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sweet, so when I run a dig day on livewires to put some more X-Streamness in it, you'll be there to help. Oarsome
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Robbie
stonemason
Joined: Sep 07, 2004
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Location: Wellington
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 9:28am Post subject: |
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"If the Mojo Carbon was an ugly duckling, all day epic riders, or any accomplished trail rider would still fall in love with it before they rode three miles beyond the trailhead. The fact that the Ibis is drop-dead beautiful probably means that wedding bells will be ringing well before that third mile."
I wonder if Robbies ridden that far yet? |
Keep wondering, big nose 
Long term test to come.
Although a story of my two most recent crashes should thrill the masses more, wooden tit?
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big_daddy_jj
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Joined: May 16, 2005
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 10:41am Post subject: |
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| SlackBoy wrote: | | *sreggin* |
Racist
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Nick_K
Joined: Oct 05, 2004
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 11:26am Post subject: |
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| Robbie wrote: | | Nick_K wrote: |
"If the Mojo Carbon was an ugly duckling, all day epic riders, or any accomplished trail rider would still fall in love with it before they rode three miles beyond the trailhead. The fact that the Ibis is drop-dead beautiful probably means that wedding bells will be ringing well before that third mile."
I wonder if Robbies ridden that far yet? |
Keep wondering, big nose
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Geeze Robbie, I know you have a rather bitter perspective here on Vorb, but that rant really was nasty and insulting.
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CaptainCaveman
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 11:40am Post subject: |
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| Nick_K wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | | Nick_K wrote: |
"If the Mojo Carbon was an ugly duckling, all day epic riders, or any accomplished trail rider would still fall in love with it before they rode three miles beyond the trailhead. The fact that the Ibis is drop-dead beautiful probably means that wedding bells will be ringing well before that third mile."
I wonder if Robbies ridden that far yet? |
Keep wondering, big nose
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Geeze Robbie, I know you have a rather bitter perspective here on Vorb, but that rant really was nasty and insulting. |
HA-ha!@! 
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Robbie
stonemason
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 11:46am Post subject: |
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That was a quote from the Life of Brian 
.........unlike your silly repetition of my comment about Caveman being a rude kcirp to Count Stylie.
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inzane
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Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Posts: 6,571
Location: churchur
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 11:51am Post subject: |
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| Robbie wrote: | That was a quote from the Life of Brian
.........unlike your silly repetition of my comment about Caveman being a rude kcirp to Count Stylie. |
Your mother was a goat and your father smelt of Elderberries!!
oh hang on... that is from the holy grail...
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Phat-Mikey
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 11:55am Post subject: |
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Being a big boy, shall we say beef cake! I thought I would try the new Trek EX8 to see how it compaired to the trusty old Reign.
I borrowed the bike from a friend set the suspension to take the weight of my rather heavy esra. First things first the rear shock is easy to adjust and in aaccessible position. First thoughts, the bike certainly is Aestheticallt pleasing and weighing in under 30 pounds it seems to be a good bike. After taking the bike for a good mission a few things sprang to mind The rear suspension design leaves little to be desired with no pedal bob while climbing yet remaining supple and responsive as soon as it points any direction that is gravity assisted! The front seemed a little twitchy and it felt as the the back out performed the front, but to be honest I could have spent a little more time tuning the forks to fix the problem. The bike really came into its own on tight single track and was nimble and accellerated well and the rear end tracked beautifully and hugged the gound as if on rails, and to be honest its not the rider in this case causing those tires to stick, shall we say muppet! After only one ride I really liked the bike pedals extreamly well and decends with confidence and the suspension design eats most anything in its path. I feel this bike having 5 inch of travel will suit the bigger boys looking for something a bit different and still performs well like the trusty reign! I reccommend giving this bike by Trek a go when you are next thinking about replacement. 4 out of 5 stars.
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Robbie
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Yarr the new Treks using the Split Pivot are interesting beasts indeed.
They should pedal like a single pivot, and brake like a 4 bar (Specialized) bike.
This is because the drive side is a single pivot, and the braking side is just like a Speshy
A very good compromise I woulda thunk. But as always the devil is in the details......
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Friendly Llama
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Location: Hamilton
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 12:33pm Post subject: |
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| Robbie wrote: | Yarr the new Treks using the Split Pivot are interesting beasts indeed.
They should pedal like a single pivot, and brake like a 4 bar (Specialized) bike.
This is because the drive side is a single pivot, and the braking side is just like a Speshy
A very good compromise I woulda thunk. But as always the devil is in the details...... |
He does it without even meaning to.
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Wobbler
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Location: doing a skid
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| Posted: Fri 18th Jul 12:45pm Post subject: |
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| Friendly Llama wrote: | | Robbie wrote: | Yarr the new Treks using the Split Pivot are interesting beasts indeed.
They should pedal like a single pivot, and brake like a 4 bar (Specialized) bike.
This is because the drive side is a single pivot, and the braking side is just like a Speshy
A very good compromise I woulda thunk. But as always the devil is in the details...... |
He does it without even meaning to. |
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herbman
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Joined: May 30, 2003
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Location: the alexs, the land that time forgot
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best line ever in MBA
"fork felt harsh over bumps with lock out on"
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