Robbie Finds His Mojo

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:21pm*

jeyboi wrote:
Robbie wrote:XC??

No fun !

you're obviously doing it wrong then.

Just do what the bike industry has done, take cross country riding, and call it all mountain or trail riding, all of a sudden its gone from serious to fun

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:22pm*

needs more colourways

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:25pm*

although I will have to admit to being a bit disapointed in your headset spacer selection, none match, and all appear to be heavy spacers, and such an economy BBB top cap

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:26pm*

I can provide you with some crabon ones from my DH bike

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:28pm*

wachtourak wrote:I can provide you with some crabon ones from my DH bike

Does that mean you're going to cut down the steerer tube on the 888's?

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:32pm*

When I get round to getting a direct mount stem lol, no use cutting it til then

onyabike · *by **onyabike** on Fri 3/Sep/10 9:52pm*

Robbie wrote:What could possibly go wrong?

knuckles on trees springs to mind

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Fri 3/Sep/10 10:27pm*

Correct

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Sat 4/Sep/10 9:30am*

pushbikerider wrote:although I will have to admit to being a bit disapointed in your headset spacer selection, none match, and all appear to be heavy spacers, and such an economy BBB top cap

Yes, in fact the entire headset is a bit of a mongrel selection.

I should Meet The Standard and get a nicer one !

speeding_ant · *by **speeding_ant** on Sat 4/Sep/10 9:55am*

Robbie wrote:
pushbikerider wrote:although I will have to admit to being a bit disapointed in your headset spacer selection, none match, and all appear to be heavy spacers, and such an economy BBB top cap

Yes, in fact the entire headset is a bit of a mongrel selection.

I should Meet The Standard and get a nicer one !

I've got a carbon spacer about that size if you need it!

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Sat 4/Sep/10 10:03am*

The bike needs no spacers at all.....except that I dont really want to knock the top of the steerer :crazy:

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Sat 4/Sep/10 10:52am*

pushbikerider wrote: Just do what the bike industry has done, take cross country riding, and call it all mountain or trail riding, all of a sudden its gone from serious to fun

Well yes and no. I think it is a healthy sign that even a serious MTB is no longer based on an XC race bike geometry

Back in the day we had 135mm stems, and very narrow bars 3.5" below the saddle. Glorious. :crazy:

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Sat 4/Sep/10 6:53pm*

Wide bars and short stem are SO MUCH FUN :lol:

The bike climbs just like before, and the extra agility more than offsets the reduced clearance through the trees.

I found it a lot easier to seperate myself from the bike, I could brake a lot harder downhill with confidence too, while carrying a lot more speed into the tight stuff especially.

Win :love:

onyabike · *by **onyabike** on Sat 4/Sep/10 8:02pm*

awesome

Robbie · *by **Robbie** on Sat 4/Sep/10 9:23pm*

The tracks are in bloody good condition (after a LOT of work over winter), and considering the rain/hailstorm we had yesterday evening.

Sally Alley and Aratihi still had some hail+ice beside them almost 24 hours later. :crazy: