The "Show off your bike" thread!
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kieranbennett said:
The wife isn't confident to offroad on her own, she has done it but its very slow, especially downhill, this way I do all the controls and steering whilst she just pedals, looks at the view (mostly my arse) and passes me cake.
Well if it works for you then more power to ya. The idea of having my girlfriend on the bike of my bike fills me with horror. At least if we're on a bike each I can ditch her! 
kieranbennett said:
Picked this up this week;
Ventana Tandem for sale by bigfoot_on_a_bike, on Flickr
The missus and I are already accomplished tandem riders with hundreds of miles on our touring tandem in the last few years. My love has always been off road however but couldn't really persuade the other half to join me. The perfect solution was an MTB tandem.
I was after a cheap Cannondale MT to slowly upgrade but the above came available for what i considered a reasonable price so I had to have it.
Maiden ride through the Cotswolds last night was really interesting, the bike feels solid as a rock even with both of us out the saddle on some of the climbs. The suspension is really interesting as it doesn't really respond to any weight shifting on the bike, but its flawless on the rough stuff.
Cant wait for tomorrow, we're going to take it for an extended ride round the FoD and possible take in some of the DH trails....
Saw a couple of people racing tandoms at Ard rock at the weekend, you guys must have balls of steel?Ventana Tandem for sale by bigfoot_on_a_bike, on FlickrThe missus and I are already accomplished tandem riders with hundreds of miles on our touring tandem in the last few years. My love has always been off road however but couldn't really persuade the other half to join me. The perfect solution was an MTB tandem.
I was after a cheap Cannondale MT to slowly upgrade but the above came available for what i considered a reasonable price so I had to have it.
Maiden ride through the Cotswolds last night was really interesting, the bike feels solid as a rock even with both of us out the saddle on some of the climbs. The suspension is really interesting as it doesn't really respond to any weight shifting on the bike, but its flawless on the rough stuff.
Cant wait for tomorrow, we're going to take it for an extended ride round the FoD and possible take in some of the DH trails....
Cheers fella's. Have a look at this. it was the inspiration behind the build really. Alloy frame which had a great review and seemed to blur the line sufficiently between road and occasional jaunty off road short cut, whilst riding properly not a crosser. For £900 I'm very impressed. I've been chatting to Dom on the build about stuff, there's something quite cool about that, it genuinely feels like 'my bike' not just another Specialized etc.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 15th August 23:06
guffhoover said:
My first road bike.
Fully expected to leave the LBS with a Defy Advanced 3 and found this beauty tucked away in the corner. The 2014 model so a decent 30% discount made it even more desirable.
I got a Scott Speedster 30 on last years cycle to work scheme, looks just like it. When you get into a good stride, it's a lovely bike to ride, you just need to find the best tyres if possible - running gator hard shells, and it works well if a little hard riding on the arse!Fully expected to leave the LBS with a Defy Advanced 3 and found this beauty tucked away in the corner. The 2014 model so a decent 30% discount made it even more desirable.
Thorpy said:
vwsurfbum said:
Saw a couple of people racing tandoms at Ard rock at the weekend, you guys must have balls of steel?
Yeah i got overtaken on stage 2 by a father daughter combo on a Nicolai, they really weren't hanging about (until they got to the tighter stuff).https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/1109497
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