Yes when I was a boy the lowest gear available for climbing hills as 24-28 and if you got the line really wrong on fast rocky stuff your rims got smashed to pieces...
Its interesting though that while some parts back then were quite fragile other things like old 6, 7and 8 speed XT were...
I’m not being encouraging or discouraging. I’m pretty hopeless on the downs too but to me the comment (as you've written it) from the other rider is just part of the banter at races. Ok you were on the ground at the time but other than your pride you can’t have been that hurt as you caught them...
Drive to the west coast, park at Trial Harbour and ride from there to Granville Harbour and back. Park at Roseberry and ride to Montezuma Falls or do Stirling Valley. That should be enough to fill your days along with driving and exploring
My $0.02 worth…
I use my cross bike for commuting to work most of the time and its great except the gearing for cross racing/riding with a 46/36 up front and 27-12 cassette is a rather limiting as far as maximum speed goes. If you aren’t really interested in a cross bike or riding one off...
I think I’m old and wise enough to separate the athlete and admiring their performance from them being a good public role model. Warnie may be a complete tosser but he was a good spinner, similarly Chris Jongewaard is a great rider even though I watched him smoke like a chimney and I wouldn’t...
I have a set of Tomac Maguras and a Tioga Disk Drive pretty much because the man used them and he was cool…
These days I pay no attention to what the pros ride at all and I seriously doubt they have much choice what they ride/wear/drink anyway. When I do race at bigger events I also hate...
I think you’ll find that it’s us the mountain bike buying public as a whole that made the decision for larger wheels and not the manufacturers who forced them on us.
It’s not like they suddenly dropped all 26” bikes overnight, there has been a slow shift to the bigger wheels over the last 10...
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