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mattk 
| 08 Apr 04:25 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | I thought it may be a good idea to see which bike set-ups members have... I have an '08 Specialized Rockhopper Disc - I added CB Eggbeaters (SL's) and a few scratches due to taking a crash course in how to fly a bike! :-) Other than that it's standard at the moment... I'm really impessed with the bike tho - very light compared to bikes I'm used to, I've never had hydraulic disc brakes before either - take a bit of getting used to... over the bars a few times at first. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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nicola
| 08 Apr 05:41 |
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Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 17 Bike: My Profile | Hi matt, I've been browsing the cycle route forum for a while now and kept wondering what bikes people had. I've just bought a Felt Q5 Ladies bike on saturday but not had chance to ride it yet - hopefully at the weekend! I've not had disc brakes before either to a little apprehensive now you mentioned it. |
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mattk
| 08 Apr 05:48 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Same here - I guess we're just nosey!! I wouldn't worry about the disc brakes... just try not to put the brakes on hard and fast as you would with v-brakes - try to apply them slower and you certainly don't need as much pressure! Let us know how you get on at the weekend... |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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nicola
| 08 Apr 05:50 |
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Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 17 Bike: My Profile | Thanks for the advise! I'll have to search the site for a route to use. |
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happy
| 08 Apr 12:04 |
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Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 302 Bike: Orange P7 with Rock Shox, Michelin Wildgripper Lites, XTR Chainset My Profile | As you can see from the profile I've been riding an Orange P7 for many years now and it's never let me down. I did buy a second hand full suspension Trek Y Series as well. It's been fairly solid, although it does weight quite a bit, the Manitou forks don't help. The most recent thing I bought for my bike though was a new water bottle :( mattk are the egg beaters good? always read good reviews about them but never known anyone who had them. Happy |
| My Latest Route: Oct 2010 Livingston to Ayr Avoiding A71 | |
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mattk
| 08 Apr 12:13 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Hi Happy, I've had the since before xmas, they were fairly hard to get used to for me but that may be because I was used to standard pedals before. They haven't got much of a base to put pressure on when your feet aren't clipped in, but TBH now I've got used to them - they're great... they look fab and they're unbelievably strong considering all the pressure is going through what is effectively a clothes peg (a good looking one though)! |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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mattk
| 08 Apr 12:21 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Happy, I'm guessing you're happy with your Orange? I had my eye on one when I was looking for my specialized... it was a very close contender but the one I got had better components for the money. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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mattk
| 17 Apr 09:12 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Come on guys, I'm fairly certain people who use this site do own or use bikes? I just though it would be a good idea for people new to cycling to have a source of finding tried and tested setups that cyclists are pleased with... then they gain a little more knowledge before they make a decision to what bike they want to spend money on. I found it quite a tough decision when looking for a bike last year because there are so many to choose from and if you don't have an idea of which components do what you may as well pick a bike purely for aesthetics... which can more often than not lead to you taking home a bike you're not going to be happy with - as a result, they're probably not going to ride it as much. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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Bigginger
| 17 Apr 11:27 |
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Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Bike: My Profile | I have a Mongoose Tyex Super with Hydraulic Disk Brakes, I am a 21Stone fatty but the disc brakes have no trouble stopping me. I think Disc brakes are great I used to find that if I wanted to stop the bike to tackle a technical bit my old V Brakes would slip but not these they lock solid. Once you are used to them they give you great control. The bike has suspension forks that you can lock via a handle bar switch, this is great when you want to lock out for climbing and then release for the downhill. |
| My Latest Route: Aug 2009 Leigh on Sea Loop via Canvey Island | |
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happy
| 17 Apr 11:38 |
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Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 302 Bike: Orange P7 with Rock Shox, Michelin Wildgripper Lites, XTR Chainset My Profile | @Bigginger Handlebar switch for locking out your forks, sounds pretty neat! What forks do you have on the bike? happy |
| My Latest Route: Oct 2010 Livingston to Ayr Avoiding A71 | |
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tonythegreek
| 17 Apr 12:25 |
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 Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 45 Bike: My Profile | hi guys where do i start i have got a saracen jet mountain bike along with a cannondale m600, specialized rockhopper pro and a peugeot comete racing bike (can anybody remember them)with upto date mods then the wife has a mountain bike aswell cannot get into the garage for bike bits SO THE WIFE TELLS ME |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2009 New Hartley Circular via Seaton Burn | |
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mattk
| 17 Apr 12:25 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Suspension lockout via your handlebars - thats a cool idea! Mine just has the standard lockout. Is the Mongoose reasonably light (to throw over gates)? Thats a good aspect of mine - the frame is pretty light aluminium - gotta sort my discs out (standard Avid Juicy Hydraulic Discs) but they have great stopping power. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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mattk
| 17 Apr 12:30 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Hey tony, Nice - serious cyclist then? How do you find your rockhopper pro - I was tempted with the pro myself but it was a few hundred quid more... Are you impessed with the other two bikes too? |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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tonythegreek
| 17 Apr 12:35 |
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Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 45 Bike: My Profile | i love the pro apart from the wheels especially the rear knock it out of true every time i go out (shop says it must be you not the wheel) i have also got the nifty lever for to lock out the suspension xtr rear mech as the other got ripped off when i hit a tree stump this is the second one i have had as my son snapped the frame on the first one three days old manufacturers fault that on PHEW |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2009 New Hartley Circular via Seaton Burn | |
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Bigginger
| 17 Apr 14:50 |
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Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Bike: My Profile | Hi Happy The forks are Suntour SR XCR's Oli one side and Spring the other Mattx Yikes! the bike ways 32lbs, that makes it a tractor doesn't it? Regards Bigginger |
| My Latest Route: Aug 2009 Leigh on Sea Loop via Canvey Island | |
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mattk
| 17 Apr 15:03 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | My specialized is 28lbs so its not too bad! Being a Mongoose I'm sure the build quality is fantastic. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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Bigginger
| 17 Apr 15:07 |
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Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Bike: My Profile | Hi Matt It is solid and it needs to be, I am heavy, when my 300lb hits a dip my bike knows about it. I need tp concentrate on loosing weight befor I start worrying about how heavy my bike is. I have no trouble chucking over fences or gates though. |
| My Latest Route: Aug 2009 Leigh on Sea Loop via Canvey Island | |
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skudupnorth
| 18 Apr 05:25 |
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 Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 48 Bike: My Profile | 08 Rockhopper for me too and a Specialized Sirrus Elite for the road and work commute.Both brilliant at what they do but getting fed up with dodging pot-holes on those nice slim 700C wheels !!!! |
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mrcoke
| 20 Apr 18:33 |
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Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 1 Bike: My Profile | Hi, I just bought my first road bike for years Giant defy 2.5-I even bought some clip in shoes and lycra. Yet I still use my old kona fire mountain to commute -my racer can do the miles but it can't carry the shopping. |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2009 Hainford Circular via Norwich | |
| nicky_7751 | 21 Apr 08:03 |
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Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Bike: | Focus Culebro 2008. Just fitted SPD-SL pedals which I am getting used to slowly!! |
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mattk
| 21 Apr 08:11 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Lol, I'm finding my SPD pedals quite hard to get used to... great looking pedals but every time I think I've mastered them I fall off again! Luckily it's when I've stopped or near enough stopped so not travelling at speed. I think I'm panicking when my foot hasn't got freedom instead of taking my foot out in advance. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
| nicky_7751 | 21 Apr 09:46 |
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Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Bike: | Seems to be a mental block with me....fallen off a couple of times, always when stopped having unclipped 1 foot then gone to put the other down and once you start you just topple over!!!! Only bruised ego luckily but do feel a right plonker lol |
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mattk
| 21 Apr 09:50 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Yeah sounds familiar! The first fall was when I went to rest my left foot on a wall and didn't release my right foot - lost my balance and couldn't release in time... must have looked a right lemon! |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
| ShrewsAde | 23 Apr 07:29 |
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Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 2 Bike: | Gary Fisher - Kaitai Hybrid - picking it up in an hour! |
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BOOMER
| 23 Apr 07:35 |
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 Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 1 Bike: My Profile | Im relatively new to the whole cycling experience, just getting into over the last few years. Did originally start on a muddy fox glide road bike i upgraded to tiagra compact chainset / gears. Just bought a Trek 1.2 road bike which i love. This is a triple chainset which i love. Brilliant for the hills around the ribble valley (which i was struggling on with my muddy fox) Its an intro level bike in the Trek range but in a year or two i expect to invest in a more expensive model. Its all Good :-) |
| My Latest Route: Aug 2008 Rishton to Billington | |
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stuartkendall
| 23 Apr 16:49 |
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 25 Bike: My Profile | Gary fisher hifi here 27Lbs of responsive XC fun. Alright so i snapped a chainstay at xmas :) Also have a Kona Blast hardtail for either the road or messing about in the woods. |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2009 St Mellons to Coed Coesau and Draethen Loop | |
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merveilleusmark
| 28 Apr 04:34 |
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Joined: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 7 Bike: My Profile | Not many road-riders on this site then. I prefer the road bikes...I think it might be the lycra! I have a Cannondale CAAD5 at the moment. I do have a Cannondale Road Warrior Hybrib which I use for commutes and shopping and I have a 2002 Specialized Rockhopper which is just for fun - new wheels and rear mech fitted recently otherwise it has lasted well for what I have put it through! |
| My Latest Route: May 2009 Hailsham to Seaford via Ditchling Beacon | |
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mattk
| 28 Apr 04:43 |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Bike: My Profile | Hi Mark, Good to hear your Rockhopper's survived a pasting! It seems there are a few Rockhopper owners on here so I'm sure they'll be glad to hear that too! I tend to cover my lycra with normal overshorts to save the embarrassment - but I guess some just love the stuff! |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2010 National Cycle Network 15 NCN | |
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Cycling Dude
| 29 Apr 16:07 |
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Joined: 29 Apr 2009 Posts: 38 Bike: My Profile | I have teo bikes both Trax, Trax Xcellerate and fearless. Both good bikes, I do alot of cycling, I have my own group and I cycle everyday! They never go wrong! Disc brakes don't build up as much resistance as V brakes, thats why you get a stronger pull! Also, it's hard to get them dirty, my advice to you is to keep sticking at it and you will get used to them! Good luck |
| My Latest Route: Jun 2009 Silkworth and Herrington Circular | |
| avcon | 02 May 13:26 |
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 Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 6 Bike: | I have 2 bikes. The classic roadie and the stunning trackie: ROAD - Eddie McGrath Everest - Shimano components, Eddie McGrath stem/handlebars, Bontrager Seatpost, Selle Italia saddle, Shimano spds, Mavic wheelset, Conti GP 4 Season tyres TRACK - Surosa Pista. Mieche components, Cinelli stem/handlebars, Alpina forks & seatpost, Selle Italia saddle, Look Keo Sprint pedals, Surosa handbuilt wheels, Vredestein tyres |
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