biking

[Andy]

I have sen a few post mentioning bikes and just wonderd how many of you ride them seems a lot of peoel here do martail arts of some form and lots a TerryP fans so how much else is common on here

[PC2K]

i got a bicycle and use it, but not for bushcraft uses, i got a road bike which will gets stuck in mud. I broke mine ATB bike not to long ago, which i did mudded up.

[Lithril]

hang on are we talking proper bikes here or bicycles??? If we're talking proper bikes then yup love, had bikes for about 7 years now although at the moment I'm reduced to a 250 Trailie...

[boaty]

hang on are we talking proper bikes here or bicycles???

Bicycles are proper bikes you scoundrel T:

I cycle to work and back daily - never learnt to drive :shock: It guarantees that I spend at least some time every day in the great outdoors!

[MartiniDave]

I got a bicycle I use for fun. I'd like to commute with it but I'm not crazy enough to tackle the A14 :-?

We were having a family ride roung Grafham water the weekend after I did my Intro to Bushcraft with Woodlore, I think my wife was more than a bit perplexed with my sudden desire to dive off into the trees to collect vast quantities of silver birch bark a cramp balls! Oh well, she knew what I was like when she married me!

Dave

[Andy]

mountain bikes are proper bikes ask mr lampkin or the bloke next door one neil hodgson (spelling) they have santa cruz. i cant afford the insurence on a motor bike at my age in education but i will in time. my dad does to get to work (sheffield tyo leeds) and my brother has a SV 650 which he's just fixed after a bump

[alick]

I ride a Santa Cruz Heckler MTB for a bit of exercise. Mainly in Delamere Forest (Cheshire) but I've done some of the routes in the Coed y Brenin area of North Wales - great fun.

"Proper" bikes too - had an Aprilia Falco until 18 months ago when a freak accident left me chewing motorway at 70mph. Not something I fancy repeating but it taught me the value of carbon fibre body armour. :-D

Cheers.

[Lithril]

"Proper" bikes too - had an Aprilia Falco until 18 months ago when a freak accident left me chewing motorway at 70mph. Not something I fancy repeating but it taught me the value of carbon fibre body armour.

Thats why I get so annoyed when I see people riding bikes of the motorised versions in only shorts and T-Shirts. I dislike even riding in Jeans.

I've got a bicycle as well (Carrera, nothing worth writing home about) and really need to get out on it more, trying to give up smoking at the moment... could definatley do with the exercise. Went out on it just after christmas and hit a damp wooden bridge, still got the lump on my leg from the bruising :-(

[boaty]

Thats why I get so annoyed when I see people riding bikes of the motorised versions in only shorts and T-Shirts. I dislike even riding in Jeans.

I won't even ride my (proper ) bicycle wearing only shorts - I've been knocked off by careless motorists enough times to make sure of that!

[Lithril]

I won't even ride my (proper ) bicycle wearing only shorts - I've been knocked off by careless motorists enough times to make sure of that!

Thought you said you didn't have a licence :-D

I'd like to live close enough to work to cycle but 25 miles each way is a bit excessive... mind you where I work everyone seems to be related in the factory and town... keep hearing the duelling banjos.... :-?

[bothyman]

Proper bikes don't have suspension and all that stuff.
I have a couple of Mountain Bikes and a couple of Road racing Bikes,
and a Cyclo Trials Bicycle.
But my favourite is my old Dutch Bicycle 3 Speed with Coaster Brake.
Best Bicycle I have for running round on as it even has a Dynamo and a rack on it, plus I was given it as it was abandoned in a shed after the back tyre went down, it was buried under a pile of Ex army Tents I went to collect, so I asked about it and was told to take it away, the ex owner now wishes he still had it.
I think I better add the fact that I do have a Bicycle Shop.
Hence the reason I have ended up with a Collection.

[Lithril]

Totally agree with about suspension systems on bicycles (although the only ones I've ridden are cheaper models), felt like I was on a rollercoaster, suppose it would add to the adrenaline rush going down a hill - never knowing where the next bump is going to send you. :shock:

[Andy]

my brother has a down hill rig with 8 inches front and back. its fun if you have gravity to help you. i ride a hardtail with front sus. wil have disc by the end of the week. i use kavlar amour for mountain biking as well as when im pillion

[Roving Rich]

I ride everyweek. Bodged up a 12v halogen spotlight and UPS computer back up battery and away we go...Every ride seems to include a pub stop and a few bevvies :uu: Been damn cold lately tho. My mountain bike is an old cannondale with front suspension which is fantastic, and has definetly saved me hundreds of tumbles. IMO full suspension is a waste of time unless your doing serious downhill. Generally its just pose value.
I have done alot of commuting in my time, its pretty grim in the dark during winter time, so i do wear fluo cags n that. My commuter bike is an old post office bike rescued from the back of a shed. Restored, pinsriped and fitted with 7 speed shimano hub gears and hub brakes, and grip shift. Just couldn't get on with the rod brakes! Oh and i put a big old wicker basket on the front so it looks like a bakers bike. Great fun to pride.
Cheers Rich

[alick]

I've got a bicycle as well ... Went out on it just after christmas and hit a damp wooden bridge, still got the lump on my leg from the bruising :-(

:-D According to one of the MTB magazines "the chicks like scars" ... but if you're married and over 40 like me somehow I don't thinks so ! :-D

On the full sus mountain bike thing, it's interesting. The Heckler I ride is a reasonably high spec machine - far better than my skills warrant - and front & back air shocks really work. I like the taught and solid feel of a decent hardtail but a rear shock can really cut down the battering you take on harder trails.

Cheers.

[Roving Rich]

Yeh i go for a brooks sprung saddle instead and stick with my hardtail.
I have heard that there is alot of power loss with full suss, bobing up and down on the springs rather than transfering it to motion. Even down hill i still beat em on my hardtail. 8-)
Rich

[Andy]

the power transefer is getting a lot better now with these propedal shocks. has anyone heard about the whtye bike with 6inches of travel for a trail bike

[Wayne]

i ride a cannondale scapel. after the last cannondale i had got stolen. it costs me more to insure than the landy and cost more to buy.

the downside of a stupidly expensive mountain bike is that you cannot leave it anywhere. it takes me longer to lock it than ride to work.

The wife is not too keen on its place next to the TV either but its more interesting to look at than eastenders.

[Andy]

i use a road bike for knocking round on. my parents pay for the insurence at the moment. i put some new stuff on and the house insurence went up £20

[alick]

the power transefer is getting a lot better now with these propedal shocks. has anyone heard about the whtye bike with 6inches of travel for a trail bike

Yeah - designed by I think it was Stuart Whyte - he worked for a formula 1 race team as his day job. I've seen them but not ridden one. There's a second generation model out now. Reputed to be the smoothest ride on the block but not meant as an extreme down hiller. The forks move back as well as up when they hit a bump. Not cheap, but far from the dearest kit out there. Stocked by the Leisure Lakes chain.

[alick]

the downside of a stupidly expensive mountain bike is that you cannot leave it anywhere. it takes me longer to lock it than ride to work.

:-D spend a grand getting the weight of the bike down by half a pound then you have to lug 2Kilo's of kryptonite chain around to tie it up ! Been there, done that. :-?

[Roving Rich]

But if the forks move back then the chain has to stretch?
We were out last night and my friend snapped a crank arm! never known the likes snapped clean off, we had to tow him 3 or 4 miles back to the cars using a stick. Then packing the bikes up he trod on my glasses :evil:
Still made it to the pub early.
Rich :shock:

[Andy]

the power transefer is getting a lot better now with these propedal shocks. has anyone heard about the whtye bike with 6inches of travel for a trail bike

Yeah - designed by I think it was Stuart Whyte - he worked for a formula 1 race team as his day job. I've seen them but not ridden one. There's a second generation model out now. Reputed to be the smoothest ride on the block but not meant as an extreme down hiller. The forks move back as well as up when they hit a bump. Not cheap, but far from the dearest kit out there. Stocked by the Leisure Lakes chain.

the bike with 6 inches of travel doesn't have the telelever forks it have marerik carbon upsidedown forks. i thought it was Jon whyte in an interview he was quoted as saying MTB suspension is much harder to develope as the rider moves around. a driver stays in the same place.

[Roving Rich]

...and neither are as surefooted as a horse! The ultimate all terrain transport. (No your landrover can't swim!!!!)
Cheers
Rich 8-)

[Adi007]

Of course not ... for that you need a Sea Rover!

(No your landrover can't swim!!!!)

[Andy]

"landrovers cant swim" you haven't seen scrapheap challange then

[Mikey P]

Currently using an old Puegeot race bike for commute (13 miles each way into Central London - A3 gets interesting...), a Carrera MTB with front bouncers for off-road duathlons/triathlons and occasional trail riding, and - my pride and joy - 2-month old Pearsons carbon monocoque with campy Daytona 10-spd and Mavic Ksyriums for triathlon/time trialling.

I have just realised that that means sod all to most people.

[Roving Rich]

Ooooh sounds flash. Sounds like it might get used too :biggthump
And thats a serious commute ! Rather you than me, especially into London.
I used to do 7 each way, but having just moved its about 4 now, 3 of which are off road :-) my rush hour is just me pedaling faster

Rich

[Mikey P]

God, I wish my commute was off-road.

[Quill]

I ride a MTB at times. I ride my motorcycle more often. In the summer only in the early morning or late evening. Full leathers and helmet get a little hot at 90degrees F. and above. I believe my motorcycle goes by Aquilla over your way.