Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Be quiet puny man.Sorry was born with mans feet ....
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What bike stuff you get yourself for Christmas?
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Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
Santa got you the right shoes. Most comfy MTB shoes I've had.
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northvanguy
Likes Dirt
My Tevas just died after years of abuse!! If they were a 12 you'd have a PM....
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
They're up against Shimano M240s, which til now have been my most comfy, but after trying them in the shop and a brief blast up the driveway, they've shown promise.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I've got a mate who would fit them. Any chance you could skip back 2 months in your time machine to before he went to Canada?
On a similar note my Chinese road wheels turned up yesterday, running dt350 w/36t, cx ray spokes, the rims are 28mm external, 450 and 500grams F & R respectively, coming in at 1560 total. I'm guessing you have more spokes!Nextie Ultralight 29" hoops, 28mm internal, 350grs, DT 350's with 54t star ratchet. 1,540grs
Warp
Likes Dirt
Probably, mine are 28 spokes. But the spokes are Competitions, so that may make a difference.
Minlak
custom titis
My riding is improving in leaps and bounds but fuck me I want an e-bike so bad. What did you get? Or better yet where is the PYR?
Post it up in the ebike forum. Keen to hear your thoughts about it and why you went there.
Only had it for 3 weeks...
... My general bike handling skills are ok, in that I've got to a level I'm not likely to get significantly better unless I get more riding hours, but my fitness, (mostly climbing) is why...
Short version is: 2 young kids (4.5/2.5), plus working, etc means I get out (sometimes) once a week. Now I ride a lot at Hornsby or Westleigh, both loops I do are about 30km and 650m climbing... This means when I get to descents I'm buggered from all the climbing. Now, I'm not that old (I keep telling myself that), I'm 37... But my uphill climbs in eco (low) are about the same times I was getting 4-5 years ago when I was riding 2+ times a week... Advantage is that the bike now (Merida 900e) is Massively more capable than my bike back then and my downhill times are massively faster and probably safer.
I went into it suspicious that ebikes aren't worth it... Had a proper shop ride with SEB and was hooked... You can ride up things you can't walk up and would never be able to ride up on a normal bike.
In the eco setting you could liken it to having a road bike on the trail in terms of effort, it just moves so much easier, I equate it to getting off an MTB on the road (with big wide tyres), getting on a road bike and feeling how effortless it is.
In higher modes like trail, it's insane. You can do 10-15km/h up rocky, steep and loose firetrails...
Sorry, not really the short version... The spec on the Merida is insane... Fox 36, X2 shock, Saint brakes (which are awesome), etc....
Minlak
custom titis
Love the explanation but don’t feel like you have to justify I am an e-bike believer.Only had it for 3 weeks...
My general bike handling skills are ok, in that I've got to a level I'm not likely to get significantly better unless I get more riding hours, but my fitness, (mostly climbing) is why...
Short version is: 2 young kids (4.5/2.5), plus working, etc means I get out (sometimes) once a week. Now I ride a lot at Hornsby or Westleigh, both loops I do are about 30km and 650m climbing... This means when I get to descents I'm buggered from all the climbing. Now, I'm not that old (I keep telling myself that), I'm 37... But my uphill climbs in eco (low) are about the same times I was getting 4-5 years ago when I was riding 2+ times a week... Advantage is that the bike now (Merida 900e) is Massively more capable than my bike back then and my downhill times are massively faster and probably safer.
I went into it suspicious that ebikes aren't worth it... Had a proper shop ride with SEB and was hooked... You can ride up things you can't walk up and would never be able to ride up on a normal bike.
In the eco setting you could liken it to having a road bike on the trail in terms of effort, it just moves so much easier, I equate it to getting off an MTB on the road (with big wide tyres), getting on a road bike and feeling how effortless it is.
In higher modes like trail, it's insane. You can do 10-15km/h up rocky, steep and loose firetrails...
Sorry, not really the short version... The spec on the Merida is insane... Fox 36, X2 shock, Saint brakes (which are awesome), etc....
The Merida is awesome and I am in love with the Norco VLT currently.
Something you said in there is exactly what my experience with e-bikes has been. I ride regularly with someone that used to have massive issues with pinch climbs and now she has enough power to geg over them her riding overall has improved as she is riding stuff she used to walk as it was a struggle to top over it.
Yup, I know someone else will ask so covered all bases... I can't justify it for others... Once you ride them they are addictive.
I test rode the Norco, things that turned me off it were the carbon frame (really isn't necessary for such a heavy bike anyway), internal battery, so can't just buy a second one and swap them (not a current usecase for me, but you never know), SRAM GX on the Norco is ok, but the Di2 XT on the Merida is awesome... And you can get the Merida quite a bit cheaper... With higher spec