What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[beeb]

Innocuous enough...

...WTF is this shit, some kind of mountain bike trail? And it's uphill! Blerg...

...but got there in the end! (Even found a good way back downhill and a few forgotten lines to refurbish/sculpt in future.

But f*** me, this ain't no climbing bike that's for sure.

 

[pink poodle]

You a freeride bike now @beeb ! That isn't a climb, it's a push!

 

[beeb]

You a freeride bike now @beeb ! That isn't a climb, it's a push!

Parts were.

 

[Mattyp]

...WTF is this shit, some kind of mountain bike trail? And it's uphill! Blerg...

You're going the wrong way mate....

 

[pink poodle]

Parts were.

Join us @beeb...

 

[Cardy George]

We made a loop!

Still plenty of work to do. At 2.7km this is big enough for us to call it a short track, but it's still going to be plenty busy once everyone is racing on it.

@ozzybmx we shopped at Aldi for this one. It's the same, but different.

 

[ozzybmx]

We made a loop!

Still plenty of work to do. At 2.7km this is big enough for us to call it a short track, but it's still going to be plenty busy once everyone is racing on it.

@ozzybmx we shopped at Aldi for this one. It's the same, but different.

Nice one vollies ! Good to get some trail back on dirt.

 

[beeb]

We made a loop!

Still plenty of work to do. At 2.7km this is big enough for us to call it a short track, but it's still going to be plenty busy once everyone is racing on it.

@ozzybmx we shopped at Aldi for this one. It's the same, but different.

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Mountain less you say? Colour me interested!

 

[shiny]

Mountain less you say? Colour me interested!

You might be over biked. Take the Highball.

 

[ozzybmx]

Mountain less you say? Colour me interested!

Just buy the eeb, beeb !

That uphill push you talk of becomes techy flow.

 

[ozzybmx]

You might be over biked. Take the Highball.

 

[shiny]

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No photos me racing on the Giant Reign… phew. I actually placed better on the Reign then the Mojo. Hmm.

 

[beeb]

Just buy the eeb, beeb !

That uphill push you talk of becomes techy flow.

My fitness sucks right now but can be improved, but more pressingly my technical climbing skills are poor (and that suckage is exaggerated by this thing having all the squish) - and that's what's wreaking havoc here. Eeb wouldn't help with that.

I cleaned a few pinches, but equally ballsed up just as many. I'll just keep trying and will gradually improve. This bike wasn't built for these type of trails, but seems to descend okay - which is what it is intended for.

I can see a short travel bike again in my future - and one would be great fun and a much better match for these trails - but that's a ways off for now. Will just keep plugging away on this in the meantime.

All that being said, if you'd offered to loan me an eeb halfway up the hill I probably would've kissed you.

 

[pink poodle]

Freeride life beckons...

 

[Haakon]

My fitness sucks right now but can be improved, but more pressingly my technical climbing skills are poor (and that suckage is exaggerated by this thing having all the squish) - and that's what's wreaking havoc here. Eeb wouldn't help with that.

I cleaned a few pinches, but equally ballsed up just as many. I'll just keep trying and will gradually improve. This bike wasn't built for these type of trails, but seems to descend okay - which is what it is intended for.

I can see a short travel bike again in my future - and one would be great fun and a much better match for these trails - but that's a ways off for now. Will just keep plugging away on this in the meantime.

All that being said, if you'd offered to loan me an eeb halfway up the hill I probably would've kissed you.

Technical abilities come back with fitness I find…

 

[Mr Crudley]

I can see a short travel bike again in my future - and one would be great fun and a much better match for these trails - but that's a ways off for now. Will just keep plugging away on this in the meantime.

Well, I almost begged you to keep the 5010
Time to make a bit more room in the garage, dust off that credit card and cue the Mexican girl 'Why not both' gif.

Great bike though, just the wrong direction to ride it in.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Technical abilities come back with fitness I find…

True, when you are able to ride without feeling like you are ready for an imminent coronary then you can actually figure out where you are going.

 

[Haakon]

True, when you are able to ride without feeling like you are ready for an imminent coronary then you can actually figure out where you are going.

And also have the strength to push past it when a wheel gets hung up on a rock!

 

[beeb]

Technical abilities come back with fitness I find…

And also have the strength to push past it when a wheel gets hung up on a rock!

Yep - it also means you can push a harder gear, which gives more options for keeping cranks away from rocks. I mostly just need more practice on the randomness of natural rocks tbh, and this place is perfect for it.

Well, I almost begged you to keep the 5010

Gawd no, that thing was horrible to climb on. (Bearing in mind my height/saddle height/bike's STA/stubby chainstays etc...)

Time to make a bit more room in the garage, dust off that credit card and cue the Mexican girl 'Why not both' gif.

I need a meme for "Why not thrice?"

 

[Haakon]

Am finding the Orange to be surprisingly good a climber. Was expecting it to be a bit of a pig compared to the very good and fair bit lighter Trance, but not so. And LOTS of opportunities to test climbing abilities around here....