[simon]

Wel i'm new here (not new to riding) and i come from belgium. I ride a Big Hit with custom BETD link to run a 26" rear wheel.(other componets are sram x.9, hayes brakes...)

So there will (hopefully) a dorado 2003 on it and a pair of CB mallet's on it, any other suggestions.
This bike will mainly be used for Dh

 

[Pip3r]

nice, my buddy has one of those rear ends and it rides pretty well.

 

[Jeremy R]

nice, my buddy has one of those rear ends and it rides pretty well.

he he he.

 

[JeffD]

he he he.

Piper and Butch would get along reeeaalll well in a queen sizer.

 

[Kntr]

Any other pics?

 

[simon]

Any other pics?

putting it to action

 

[jvnixon]

nice, looks like a fun bike simon

 

[simon]

thanks, last season i raced with it and now i am looking to upgrade it a little bit.

 

[Kntr]

putting it to action

How about a picture from the side so we can actually see the entire bike and the new linkage?

 

[simon]

How about a picture from the side so we can actually see the entire bike and the new linkage?

here you go

 

[Kntr]

The BETD linkage looks nice. Again....How about a pic from the side?

 

[BSX4ever22]

I ride a big hit also. I will be racing it all of next season, which my friend did last year winning the semi pro overall dh champ. i have been very happy with mine. its been the best handling downhill bike i have ridden yet. here is mine pictured

 

[bullcrew]

I ride a big hit also. I will be racing it all of next season, which my friend did last year winning the semi pro overall dh champ. i have been very happy with mine. its been the best handling downhill bike i have ridden yet. here is mine pictured

Like the BH, Nice set up.

 

[Kntr]

Im just curious as to what the older BH looks like with the BETD linkage from the side. I hear it makes the wheelbase around 48" or so on the medium.

 

[simon]

The frame is a 2002 large.
I ve just heard that the dorado is sold to another person so another option is a 05 boxxer worldcup but i'm not a fan of 32mm stanchions(only reasons why i want to change the forks).
So my question is would a 888rc 2005 on 200mm(8inch i think) change the geometrie much, because i don't like it to high.

 

[Pashley 24Mhz]

Thinks I've already been a few times on the inside of that van

Didn't knew the Dorado was already sold (it might be to another mate of me, Bram with the Bullit, who had to go to hospital during the Belgian Championship...), but I'll keep an eye open for a fork . Just let me know in which price area I have to look.

 

[simon]

Well price range doesn't really matter butt the dorado's where a nice chance for 300EUR(=325Dollar i think)



PS: nice to see other belgian's here, bram could pick the fork up @ dejean @antwerp and i had to wait till next week so

 

[Luckybikes]

Nice bighit dude we almost have the same set up I <3 my betd link.

 

[Kntr]

What is the wheelbase on your Big Hits with the link and what size is your BH?

 

[Ozzer]

I have seen "betterer" ones in Canadian mainstream media.

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.pl?db=MtbReview&website=MtbReview&language=&session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&results_format=long&db_id=109825&query=retrieval

 

[DHBIKERPUNK]

not a big hit

 

[Luckybikes]

What is the wheelbase on your Big Hits with the link and what size is your BH?

Mine is an 02 Bighit Dh Size large.
My Shiver isn't on it right now becuase i just rebuilt it but i can tell you from the rear wheel to the headtube is 53inches.

 

[Kntr]

Too long for my type trails.

 

[Kntr]

I have seen "betterer" ones in Canadian mainstream media.

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.pl?db=MtbReview&website=MtbReview&language=&session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&results_format=long&db_id=109825&query=retrieval

Is that yours?

 

[Luckybikes]

Hey Kanter i was wrong last night when i messaured it.
From my rear drop out to my front axle is 47 inches and from the front of my front tire to the rear of my rear tire is 72.5 inches long.
Sorry about that.oster_oops:

 

[Kntr]

Wheelbase is measured axle to axle.

 

[preppie]

Hi Simon,

I'm the previous owner of your bike, the one with the SX trial
I still have the 5th element with 215mm (8.5&#8221 eye2eye that I used on that frame.
The Fox RC you have now is 222mm (8.75&#8221

The shorter shock will :
- Lower your bottom bracket
- Slacken the head angle by 1&#8221;
- Reduce the travel to 8&#8221; (with the BETD link)
- Pedal a little better with the platform shock.

Lot&#8217;s of people drill their frames to get a lower BB and a slacker headangle. The Turner DHR 'mod' is one example.
You don&#8217;t have to drill your frame because it has 9&#8221; travel and with the shorter shock it&#8217;s still 8&#8221; &#8230;plenty for Belgium , France and Germany.
You can test it, next time we go riding.

Any other monkey&#8217;s tried a shorter shock instead of drilling ?

 

[simon]

Hey robin, long time no see
i'm still very happy with the bike (got 3 this season overal in junior class)
When we see eachother again i would like to try the 5th element.
Wich fork would you advice, i can get a boxxer 05 WC for a very nice price butt i'm not a big fan of boxxer's.
hope to see you soon

 

[Ozzer]

Is that yours?

Not really. But I had one like it that weighed 38 lbs. My freeriding license was revoked because I still ran clipless on it.