BF2S Forums Any Mountain Bikers here? Show Us Your Bikes

Well, mine's a Trek 4100. 22 1/2" frame, metallic red paintwork, currently using fancy red bar ends, one of which has broken under the strain of use. Hardtail design, with a stock rear wheel (black, heavy), and an ancient spare front wheel (aluminium alloy of some kind, light, shiney coloured.). Pretty much everything is still stock; I paid almost £300 to be goddamn SURE I got a working bike right out the store.
But I intend to start pimping it soon. Aiming for kevlar-lined tires, slime-coated innertubes (hate hate hate chainging them), switching the bar ends out for the ones off the bike I got off my father to replace the last Trek that got stolen (big aluminium solid things, heavy but strong, properly fixed, and capable of taking off wingmirrors), carbon-fiber seatpost (don't use the damn seat anyway and have the thing set right down so it doesen't whack me in the nuts on landings), best brake blocks I can find at a decent price, and a fresh set of hybrid tires (off-road chunky on the edges, solid line of tread on the middle for efficiency and stability).
Also, I may end up getting fresh brakes on it, since some dickhead picked the bike up by the cables while I was on it and screwed it up, removing any feel from the rear brake and stopping the levers returning properly.
I probably SHOULD get mudguards, but I hate the way they flap around and break at the slightest impact.Too high a price to pay for no mud on the straights coming around the frame. And a front light, but I don't believe in making myself seen. If they can see me, they can hit me.

ghettoperson wrote:

james@alienware wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

I'm surprised that on a forum of 20,000 people we are the only bikers...

I don't think we are, it's not really peak time atm though. More people will be on around 7-9, we'll get it going then.



we need to bump the thread later

*cough* bump *cough*

my buddy recently bought a $2000 mountain bike. i think it's a gary fisher, but i'm not sure.

That is my brothers bike which I occasionally ride.  A very good bike, probably worth close to $1000 Canadian.

I've never tried road bikes, i usually go off road, on trails and all. And ill post my routes around my city, its fun.

http://www.specialized.cz/new/images/ar … _compm.jpg

sorry about only putting up a link but i'm heading off to work right now and that was the fastest option. the only changes i have made to it are putting on lock-on grips and a aerial industries chain guide (exactly the same design as the black spire chain guide if anyone is familiar with that) with a 42 tooth front chain ring . it rides really well.  that is a 24" rear wheel. specialized did that because 24" wheels are much stronger structurally than 26" and by using a 24" you can shorten the chain stay length which provides a stronger rear end.

You surly can go mountain biking with this one.

baggs wrote:

_-_911_-_180891 wrote:

You surly can go mountain biking with this one.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~mccorkhi/brugge32.JPG

lawl could you imagine the first nut case that decided he would batter down some rocky hill on that thing then declared he had invented slalom!

Hahahahah rolfcakes. BTW look at that seat ouch that has to hurt so badly ...

KILLSWITCH wrote:

My girlfriend is a bike.

Can test ride her?

herrr_smity wrote:

looks like there are a lot of freeriders here

Yeah, I'm all gnarly and rad and stuff.

Motorbikes don't count!


Everyone knows that you judge EVERYTHING against effectiveness against zombies; your bike will run out of petrol + cry when it sees a rock!

My bike > your bike





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