Mountain Bikers - What bike do you have?

custom rig

ladieu — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:43:51 -0500

custom rig.. 29er hardtail w/ the $200 frame from pricepoint. X9 drivetrain, chris king hubs and stans flow wheels, fox fork

TylerDCA — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:46:06 -0500

My all moutain bike is a Santa Cruz Nomad2. Full XT kit, elka coil on the back, and a RS Lyrik RC2DH on the front.

For cross country type stuff I'm running a Vassago Bandersnatch with a variety of parts. I'm just about to throw a RS Recon Gold TK on the front, because going from the Mad to fully rigid is beating the crap out of me.

update.

RidingPastor — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:37:21 -0500

I now also have a Jamis 650b1 and the cannondale Super V. (until I sell it)

Anyone interested write me.

Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo (bless you!)

riverain — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:54:01 -0500

Have an older hardtail, Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo. I used to trail ride all around VA/DC/MD, but then I got addicted to kayaking. My BF just picked up a Scott hardtail and is rehabbing my bike so we can start checking out trails near our house on days we aren't kayaking. Paddle or Pedal!!

My ride

Hugh_Johnson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:56:45 -0500

I roll a Moots Mooto-x 29'r with an XT group for XC stuff. For downhill I have an 05 SantaCruz Bullit with shimano Saint stuff.

I love them both dearly. snif.

Gary Fisher - My first bike!

lulumel — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:38:22 -0500

Frame

Gold Series 6061 T6 aluminum, G2 Geometry, butted DT, cold-forged dropouts & BB

Wheels

Shimano M65 CenterLock disc hubs, Bontrager Ranger rims, 32h

Componentry

Shimano Acera front derailleur, Shimano Deore rear derailleur, Shimano Acera shifters, Shimano Acera crank, Shimano M416 mechanical disc brakes | (Full Specs)

Suspension

Suntour SF9-XCM-V2, 100mm travel, custom G2 offset

for ATL rides is good engough

flech07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:18:37 -0500

Specialized Epic 2007- V-brakes (everything stock)..for XC riding in NW GA it is just fine!

yesiamtom — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:48:02 -0500

mapk, do you clean and lube your bike after any muddy rides?

If you go offroad its generally worth cleaning the bike after riding it with either soapy water then puting some form of light oil on all the cables on your bike, i usually put a piece of cardboard behind the cables and then just spray some 3-in-1 on them. Move em about a bit and job done.

Simple

Yommo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:46:45 -0500

I have Grand g-110 (made in Poland). Simple and cheap, but manyu km with me.

Giant

mapk — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:17:48 -0500

I've got a 2004 giant VT-2. Bought it off eBay in 2005 for $400. It's been a great bike and has held up well. I get it tuned at the shop once a year and notice a major difference each time. Maybe I should tune it more often.

wirehead — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:44:43 -0500

I have a Fuji Nevada 3.5, which is also not on the Internet (except for when I talk about it). It's basically the Fuji Police Patrol bike with the police labels stripped off.

Fairly low-end parts, but I purchased it after my last bike didn't even last a year before it was stolen, so I was kinda scared to buy anything higher-end. I've already replaced the rear wheel after breaking 4 spokes. Everything else I'm kinda waiting for it to start looking flakey before I upgrade.

Best police part is the rear hub. It's silent, so I can really sneak up on people with it.

The brakes are up next for upgrade. The pads are worn out and I can't find a PDF manual online, which I decided is a good way to declare that a part is a bargan basement part of questionable quality, so I just ordered some new Avid V-brakes. I've decided that, after riding in the rain and the mud, disc brakes are fairly optional and not worth the trouble.

Although the idea of replacing the big ring with a 44 instead of a 42 comes to mind, as does getting a front fork with lockout (which is hard, given that it needs to be a good XC fork with lockout without heavy maintenence requirements that has only about 80mm travel that I feel like spending money on).

I'm currently experimenting about what's the least rolling resistance tires one can put on a XC oriented bike without losing the ability to go off-road. I'm down to a 1.5" slick-with-grooves-so-you-won't-call-it-a-slick in back and a 1.75" tire with a little tread but no knobs in front.

yesiamtom — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:30:53 -0500

I dont know what youd call mine, it was sold as a Dimondback DBX Race but the internet doesnt have any mention of this bike. Anywho, its a hardtail cross country bike. It has Rockshox tora 302's, mavic xm317 rims on deore hubs, Mostly deore drivetrain with sram shifters and gear mechs and hayes stroker ride 160mm brakes. Ive got gusset inca pedals on it.

Its not a hugely expensive bike but the frame is solid and the components are pretty reliable for what i do so i like it.

Only managed to get on it yesterday for the first time in two months due ot illness! 25km totally took it out of me.

Correction...

mpaarating — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:42:32 -0500

I have a 4700 not 3700. Not that it matters much, but I thought accuracy to be important.

Side note: I want a turner. Badly.

my bike

RidingPastor — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:05:25 -0500

cannondale Super V700

it is a good bike. I have had it many years

5-spot

dcgruber — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:45:23 -0500

My little black turner 5-spot. sram 09, fsa crank, fox float. fox vanilla rlc, hope hydraulic disc, hope hubs, cabon here and there. I love it so much I think my wife is jealous (she should be). another do everything turner.

All-in-One Fun

SingleTrackMind — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:13:48 -0500

I've got two mountain bikes: a 2005 Turner 6Pack, SRAM x9 all around, Juicy 7s, Zoke 66 up front, PUSH'd DHX in back, Maxxis High Roller 2.5 in front, Panaracer Rampage 2.3 in back. I use this bike for everything: XC to AM to light Freeride. Going to try a DH run this summer at Willamette Pass resort. Saving up for a DW-Link Turner Sultan.

My other bike is a 2002 Giant Rainier hardtail that has been converted to a commuter bike, with a 1 x 9 setup.

couple

captainspaulding — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:43:59 -0500

My '09 DH Race Rig is a '07 Cove Shocker-DH pretty nice setup, Roco WC coil w/Ti spring, Boxxer WC fork, Avid Codes, SRAM X.9 derailleur/X.0 Shifter, e13 SRS, Maxxis tires, Sun-Ringle Wheelset(probably going to swap the rims for Mavic x823s),bunch of truvativ parts, that I'm probably going to switch over to sunline(one of my sponsors).

For XC rides I have a '04 Trek Liquid, Pike 454, Fox rear shock, Sun-Ringle Str8-line wheelset, Kenda tires, older Shimano XT drivetrain, Avid BB7s, thomson seatpost, WTB seat, not too fancy but gets the job done..

For 4X/Dual Slalom/Messing around I have a Commencal Absolut 4X, Marzocchi 4x Fork, WTB saddle, thomson seatpost, gripshift X.0 Drivetrain, E13 LG-1, Avid Juicy 7's, Gold answer protapers, I run the STR8 lines from my xc bike when racing 4x/dual slalom, and atomlab wheels when doing some street riding..

What Bike?

Kneescar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:52:11 -0500

Mine is a Trek 6000. I bought it at the end of October and got to ride it about 4 times before it got too cold and snowy. I've been rocking the road bike on the few days that it's close to 40 degrees, and I can't wait to get onto the trails in the spring.