Scott_W
Likes Bikes
Apparently I joined in the old Farkin days, but I haven't posted since 2008.
Now I'm 40, have kids and a mortgage and can't afford ski trips to Japan every year, so I've jumped back on the bike.
I still have the same HT from 12 years ago, but it's a HT with an 80mm(ish) coil fork and it was terrible for pedalling up hills. Apparently it's a DH/DJ frame, so who knows. After taking it to boomers and having my hands take 2 weeks to recover from the pump I decided I needed a dual squish.
So in January I splurged on a cheap Norco Fluid 29 that a mate was selling at a good price. I didn't really want a 29er, but I'm cheap, so I bought it. Much better around Nerang, but after 2 trips to Boomers I'm pretty sure I'm going to kill it.
So last week I purchased a 26" DH bike! I took it to the Coomera dirt jumps to try it out and it rides mint. This weekend it's hopefully getting it's first proper trip out at NV!
I've converted the HT to single speed and changed to some lighter tyres. Now I have a bike for all occasions.
It's great to get back out and riding.
Now I'm 40, have kids and a mortgage and can't afford ski trips to Japan every year, so I've jumped back on the bike.
I still have the same HT from 12 years ago, but it's a HT with an 80mm(ish) coil fork and it was terrible for pedalling up hills. Apparently it's a DH/DJ frame, so who knows. After taking it to boomers and having my hands take 2 weeks to recover from the pump I decided I needed a dual squish.
So in January I splurged on a cheap Norco Fluid 29 that a mate was selling at a good price. I didn't really want a 29er, but I'm cheap, so I bought it. Much better around Nerang, but after 2 trips to Boomers I'm pretty sure I'm going to kill it.
So last week I purchased a 26" DH bike! I took it to the Coomera dirt jumps to try it out and it rides mint. This weekend it's hopefully getting it's first proper trip out at NV!
I've converted the HT to single speed and changed to some lighter tyres. Now I have a bike for all occasions.
It's great to get back out and riding.
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