New "trail bike" for 2016 thread
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Somehow I'm not surprised the dog is brown,If you go full Romney, you could even bring them with you!
That seat is rape ready. Don't know about "trail ready".My trail ready Nomad.
This little treasure arrived at my doorstep yesterday. XL Yeti SB5.5. The reverb is going to go (may be an idiot beta tester, read "early adopter") for the new Fox dropper. Going to stick with the GX build for the time being and then possibly swap it out for the XT di stuff this fall.
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Just put a new boingy thing on tonight, so I'll play ball. Shitty instagram photo full res, please forgive.
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wow, matchy matchy, but nice.
But, dog, so, win! Good looking ride dude.Just put a new boingy thing on tonight, so I'll play ball. Shitty instagram photo full res, please forgive.
Yeah man, she was not psyched on bike photos, wanted action.
Awesome rig and awesomer pup. I know that thousand yard stare well...if my trail bandit hears a freehub it's immediate go time or there is hell to pay.
I figured this thread is the best place to post this, even if i don't own one. I haven't been a fan of the brand in the past, but i rode their 160mm SAM in Italy last year and was very pleasantly surprised - this looks like a nice 140mm option:
http://flowmountainbike.com/tests/flows-first-bite-focus-o1e-and-focus-jam/
http://flowmountainbike.com/tests/flows-first-bite-focus-o1e-and-focus-jam/
Loving the clean lines of the bike, but why the heck they did this?I figured this thread is the best place to post this, even if i don't own one. I haven't been a fan of the brand in the past, but i rode their 160mm SAM in Italy last year and was very pleasantly surprised - this looks like a nice 140mm option:
http://flowmountainbike.com/tests/flows-first-bite-focus-o1e-and-focus-jam/
The leverage curve of a VPP bike, with the pedaling characteristics of a single pivot. ALLLL RIGHT
*sigh*
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
that might appeal to anorexics*sigh*
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
minus the concentric pivot
*sigh*
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
i'd bet he's also deep in thought about his Strava time
I dunno... is he pedaling out of a corner (approved), or he leading outside foot forward (not approved)*sigh*
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
*sigh*
Why mountain biking will always look stupid from the outside. Dear companies: This makes me want to kick your bikes, not buy them.
Dirt road biking. Its all the rage these days.
You do know that greater lean angles can allow you to corner without dropping the outside foot? Check out a pump track
But I digress, there is a whole lot of not approved in that picture.
The biggest sin is that he looked in the mirror, thought "fuck yeah, that looks sweet, I can really make out my ass contours" and then went outside in public.
He's even got a damn roadie helmet.
He's even got a damn roadie helmet.
endurbro™ is definitely the new skinsuit
Loving the clean lines of the bike, but why the heck they did this?
But yeah, that's dumb.
Interesting how your fixed photo left the plum smuggling shorts fully intact. Interesting indeed....A dab of North Shore plaid, and a pinch of enduro™, and all fixed!
Well, not the Killswitch but that other one with the adjustable dropouts for 26/27.5/29. Can't remember the name.
Bring on the haters! 
Got my new bike last week, after 8 months of waiting... Not lazy, just a shitload of health problems and still wanting to ride...
Anyone also running the Float X Factory Evol shock? 77kg, and have already 250psi in it, en it goes veeeeeeery easy trough its travel...
Got my new bike last week, after 8 months of waiting... Not lazy, just a shitload of health problems and still wanting to ride...
Anyone also running the Float X Factory Evol shock? 77kg, and have already 250psi in it, en it goes veeeeeeery easy trough its travel...
You forgot the 137 kg of the mot... ahm, bike.Bring on the haters!
Got my new bike last week, after 8 months of waiting... Not lazy, just a shitload of health problems and still wanting to ride...
Anyone also running the Float X Factory Evol shock? 77kg, and have already 250psi in it, en it goes veeeeeeery easy trough its travel...
Do you plan taking it off some sweet jumps?Bring on the haters!
Got my new bike last week, after 8 months of waiting... Not lazy, just a shitload of health problems and still wanting to ride...
Anyone also running the Float X Factory Evol shock? 77kg, and have already 250psi in it, en it goes veeeeeeery easy trough its travel...
Weight isn't much different from my DH bikes back in the day 
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Sold my M6 and 303 last year, so yeah, planning on using it for everything, from xc loops, to bikeparks. Switched rides this weekend with my buddy on his YT, and apart from te weight, they had a pretty similar riding position.
No acces to a non-Evol shock at the moment...
.Sold my M6 and 303 last year, so yeah, planning on using it for everything, from xc loops, to bikeparks. Switched rides this weekend with my buddy on his YT, and apart from te weight, they had a pretty similar riding position.
No acces to a non-Evol shock at the moment...
"The F.O.L.D. system's travel can be viewed as two phases. Along the first phase of travel, the system is regressive with the aim to make a super sensitive beginning stroke to absorb small bumps and increase traction towards the sag point"Loving the clean lines of the bike, but why the heck they did this?
A Black Market Roam.
Getting this thing back on track.
The Spitty is a bit of a frankenbike at the moment but should serve him better than his former bike--you can see his beat to hell 2009 C'dale Perp in the vid. Admittedly, it does not appear to hold him back but the drivetrain, brakes and suspension all qualify as legitimately dangerous at this point. Anyhow, here is the first (and hopefully not the last) gift bike I've been a part of.
I figured I'd give an update as we finally scrounged enough parts to get my old spitfire running again. It is now a new trail bike for Sam who shreds but needs a new rig. See him on one of the trails @jackalope and work on here:
The Spitty is a bit of a frankenbike at the moment but should serve him better than his former bike--you can see his beat to hell 2009 C'dale Perp in the vid. Admittedly, it does not appear to hold him back but the drivetrain, brakes and suspension all qualify as legitimately dangerous at this point. Anyhow, here is the first (and hopefully not the last) gift bike I've been a part of.
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seems to have worked out better than the transition preston we put together for a local guy a few years back...i do believe he quit riding not long thereafter...
Having also piloted a Preston (with a fycking Marz Z150 on it) I can understand....
I think ours had a 55
blurry pic of bike + new owner back in the day:
even had custom decals:
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