The "Show off your bike" thread!
Discussion
walm said:
SkinnyBoy said:
1. Gumwall?
2. Your poor derailleur - have some mechanical sympathy man! Big cog to big cog is a no-no even for photos!
3. Mavic rims but a Zipp bottle cage? That's like mixing Shimano and Campag!
4. Do you have a higher res photo?
From points 1 and 3 I can only assume that's your winter wheelset!
1. Gumwall - Vittoria Corsa SC, best tyres this side of a single. Like riding on silk. And all the best teams use them!
2. No idea why it was like that, i think i just pulled over sharpish after spotting a photo op and needed a quick shift. I rarely ride it like that honest...
3. The Mavics are a decent enough wheel, although I am lusting after a set of Zipp 303's, and as Winter is Coming™ I will be riding this bike less frequently so the funds for the Zipps are going into a Giant Trance project
4. If you right click the image and open in a new browser it should give you the full res! if not the link to my Flikr account is https://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnyboy/
edit: just looking through my Flikr photos and found my old bike in the same spot hehe
Edited by SkinnyBoy on Friday 18th April 10:03
Comacchio said:
My first 'real' bike and my first since I was 10!
Scott Aspect 740. Collected it today and took it 3.5 km up a fairly steep ascent and then back down 3.5 km about 4 times quicker! Looking forward to the next time.
Allan
to finish it off.
Comacchio said:
My first 'real' bike and my first since I was 10!
Scott Aspect 740. Collected it today and took it 3.5 km up a fairly steep ascent and then back down 3.5 km about 4 times quicker! Looking forward to the next time.
Allan
Might be worth checking out with the bike shop. When the seat is the right height you'll find climbing hills a lot easier.
Streetym89 said:
My first bike in years. Unfortunately I need to change it after only 6 months of ownership as I've signed up to do the coast to coast and I'm going to need gears.
james239 said:
My Canyon Torque EX at the top of Hooper Struve at Tidworth Bike Park
And part way down General Berminator
Tidworth Bike Park? Blimey. Where exactly is that? I lived there back in the mid 1990s, off Kennet Road on the Matthews Estate, and I had to make do with the tank roads on the training area, Chalkpit Wood, and the plantation south of Station Road, toward Ashdown Copse.And part way down General Berminator
Is the Bike Park any good? Worth a trip down from Farnborough?
Yellowjack - It's on the A338, just North of Shipton Bellinger/South of Tidworth.
I think they're got 6 or 7 runs now - a couple of blues and reds plus one black and a dirt jump area. There's no uplift so you have to push up a chalky track (slippery in the wet!) but it doesn't take too long. Well maintained tracks and a great day out at only £5 for a day pass.
Videos of three of their runs on my YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/239jp/videos
It's about a 40 minute drive for me to get there, can't imagine it's much further from Farnborough so I'd say it's worth the trip. They make good use of the hill and there's some nice big jumps. I'd definitely go to Tidworth rather than Swinley/QE for a bit of fun, but still choose Swinley when I want to get some miles in.
I think they're got 6 or 7 runs now - a couple of blues and reds plus one black and a dirt jump area. There's no uplift so you have to push up a chalky track (slippery in the wet!) but it doesn't take too long. Well maintained tracks and a great day out at only £5 for a day pass.
Videos of three of their runs on my YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/239jp/videos
It's about a 40 minute drive for me to get there, can't imagine it's much further from Farnborough so I'd say it's worth the trip. They make good use of the hill and there's some nice big jumps. I'd definitely go to Tidworth rather than Swinley/QE for a bit of fun, but still choose Swinley when I want to get some miles in.
Edited by james239 on Sunday 20th April 17:42
Looks like they've packed a lot into a small space there. I looked it up, and there's a bit on the CTC website.
It looks good in your photos, but pushing a bike up to the top doesn't sound like my thing, really, and I'm not a fan of paying to ride trails when I can ride many other places for free. I'll stick with Hawley/Minley and Swinley for the time being, I think. I might change my mind later in the year, and give Tidworth a crack, but I've been off the bike since February with a shoulder injury, so Blacks and Reds probably aren't a good idea until I get my strength back. Thanks for the info, though. It's always nice to have the option of something different
It looks good in your photos, but pushing a bike up to the top doesn't sound like my thing, really, and I'm not a fan of paying to ride trails when I can ride many other places for free. I'll stick with Hawley/Minley and Swinley for the time being, I think. I might change my mind later in the year, and give Tidworth a crack, but I've been off the bike since February with a shoulder injury, so Blacks and Reds probably aren't a good idea until I get my strength back. Thanks for the info, though. It's always nice to have the option of something different
james239 said:
Yellowjack - It's on the A338, just North of Shipton Bellinger/South of Tidworth.
I think they're got 6 or 7 runs now - a couple of blues and reds plus one black and a dirt jump area. There's no uplift so you have to push up a chalky track (slippery in the wet!) but it doesn't take too long. Well maintained tracks and a great day out at only £5 for a day pass.
Videos of three of their runs on my YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/239jp/videos
It's about a 40 minute drive for me to get there, can't imagine it's much further from Farnborough so I'd say it's worth the trip. They make good use of the hill and there's some nice big jumps. I'd definitely go to Tidworth rather than Swinley/QE for a bit of fun, but still choose Swinley when I want to get some miles in.
And about 400 yds from my front door! I never go there as I am too old for that stuff (and my wife won't let me). Nice Canyon.I think they're got 6 or 7 runs now - a couple of blues and reds plus one black and a dirt jump area. There's no uplift so you have to push up a chalky track (slippery in the wet!) but it doesn't take too long. Well maintained tracks and a great day out at only £5 for a day pass.
Videos of three of their runs on my YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/239jp/videos
It's about a 40 minute drive for me to get there, can't imagine it's much further from Farnborough so I'd say it's worth the trip. They make good use of the hill and there's some nice big jumps. I'd definitely go to Tidworth rather than Swinley/QE for a bit of fun, but still choose Swinley when I want to get some miles in.
Edited by james239 on Sunday 20th April 17:42
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