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Thread: Pushy love v300001

  1. #2626
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    Quote Originally Posted by rexhunta View Post
    I can ask a mate whose pretty involved in Brissy scene to see if he knows anything about ? Fair few guys ride Commencals over there.
    i'll hassle you in a month once i'm over there! not after anything urgent, i can throw myself and the 29er off hills until i pick something up.

    Quote Originally Posted by cplagz View Post
    fixed for truth!
    that explains your stint over there then...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ADZ View Post
    No offence Joe but after you're first ride of a trail with that bike and you won't want to come out again.

    For the type of rider that you are.. *and I have no doubt the flaming will follow* you need to get yourself a dually.

    Having ridden both types (hard/soft tail) and still being fairly unfit, you will simply not enjoy the riding the hard tail as much as you would on the dually (can get QUALITY 2nd hand bikes for cheaper than that hard tail). Try not to incorporate road bike/fixie/hipster idealisms when it comes to the trail stuff.
    And I'd disagree haha

    My fitness wasn't and isn't exactly great but as long as you pick your line all the single track we've done I don't think Joe would struggle on. Dual suspension annoys me with the power loss. Whilst its comfier I don't think it's nesecsarily better on a single track style road.

    However throw in jumps or drops in a downhill scenario and I'd for sure be going down the dual route

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    Quote Originally Posted by karnage View Post
    So i've been walking past my fully built jump bike and my dh bike now for about 2 years. None of my friends ride anymore and so I lack motivation. I'm keen to go ride park/street/bmx tracks/dirt/downhill if anyone is still in it and riding will also help me stay fit and save some cashola. If anyone rides still pm me!
    A few of us frequent Kalamunda Circuit every few weekends if you're ever keen.

    That Surly fat bike....spotted a guy once on KC with some Ti hardtail frame, 11-speed hub gear etc....he powered along! Especially on the Rocky Balboa section.

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    Eric from Collie Cycles owns a Surly, and has won many comps on it. It's insane, stuff that. Stick to my dually !

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    mitchy - do som emore research about those niner forks - read about alot of them failing when i was researching for mine. I went with trigon's

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    Quote Originally Posted by iluv2moan View Post
    mitchy - do som emore research about those niner forks - read about alot of them failing when i was researching for mine. I went with trigon's
    have seen a few reports of that... but every time i see the words bike and carbon together, someone always mentions it exploding.
    i dare say mine will barely, if ever touch a trail though. the 29er will be for cruising around.... like it is now.

    will look into trigons though! i just love the look of the white and carbon, so hot...


  7. #2632
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    Won on eBay last night for $650. Full 105 with Ultegra RD.


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    Niiiiiice!

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    dont know if i would call that winning. but whatever floats your boat

  10. #2635
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4SLIDE View Post
    dont know if i would call that winning. but whatever floats your boat
    $650 on road bike means more to spend on MTB Roady is only a training tool, MTB is where the fun is.

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    I think I just bought the Commencal. Again. Maybe.

    Sending money before he changes his mind again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mitchy View Post
    I think I just bought the Commencal. Again. Maybe.

    Sending money before he changes his mind again.
    Farken I'd be only paypal'ing him so he doesn't take the $ and run.

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    I'm not as silly as you think.

    Just ordered niner forks and going to go anodize crazy.

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    Purpo anno always seems to suit


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    cant! hardtail has red bits in the paint, dually has green.
    althought i still want to powder coat at least one of them matte white...

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    Got my bike back on Saturday and raced D grade in the SPR/RCCC Crit at Technology Park.

    I really had no idea what to expect going in, so my plan was just to stay with the bunch and not get dropped (I figured I could start to think about strategy once I've actually finished one).
    The pace was decent, I think I averaged 34km/h for the 30 minutes. I rode in the front 1/4 of the group (I think there were about 15-16) but on the bell lap I didn't really try anything and finished up around 9-10th.

    It was awesome fun and I will definitely head out again.

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    I saw you on youtube. you look hammered

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4SLIDE View Post
    I saw you on youtube. you look hammered
    I was on youtube?

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    Went back to KC on the weekend, 3 reps up Rocky Balboa and down Mercury, bit of Lancasters and I'm feeling much more comfortable on the downhills. Now the boring routine of S&E intervals, enduro sessions and begin the ramp up for Tour De Perth :-(

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    Was at Bivouac in northbridge on saturday pre-laneway, Spotted this thing in the alleyway on the way to the loo.



    thought it was pretty fucking cool. Turns out it belonged to a waitress in there, she seen me looking at the pic on my phone and asked if I was planning on steeling it haha

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    Looks like a China fixie to me.. Definitely pre built (reflectors, long brake cables, bright colour chain and tyres)..

    Also 43mm rims with machined braking surface are generally China too (all the legit high end 43mm rims have no brake surfaces).

    Looks cool, would be heavy as shit though :-)

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    Still looks a million times better than my brother's china fixie he picked up for $250 (I actually went with him to pick it up...but was too hungover at the time to tell him it was shit)

    Rims are near 100mm deep, painted braking surface...so the brakes don't really work, the squealing sound is more effecting than a bell though.
    Hubs don't roll smoothly (my 30 year old Shimano 600 hubs that have only been serviced once in their life roll better).
    80mm stack of headset spacers
    40degree rise, 100mm stem.

    Managed to convince him to swap the lame riser bars for some bullhorns....still working on better stem/slam setup

  23. #2648
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    Went for a ride this morning ... riding down the DNA Tower hill @ Kings Park on a road bike SUCKS hahaha. I pretty much had to let go of the bars so my hands didn't rattle apart

    Mrs rear shock blew up too, pissed fluid and air out the pro-pedal lever $200 rebuild FTL.

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    All Kings Park roads are stupidly harsh on a roadie. Nice altitude changes/flow though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cplagz View Post
    Went for a ride this morning ... riding down the DNA Tower hill @ Kings Park on a road bike SUCKS hahaha. I pretty much had to let go of the bars so my hands didn't rattle apart

    Mrs rear shock blew up too, pissed fluid and air out the pro-pedal lever $200 rebuild FTL.
    If your keen for some company , let me know next time you go for a ride on the road bike, I really need to get back into the habit of riding a few times a week..
    Jailbait

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