New Guy.

[Mr. Newbiker]

New Guy here. New to MTBiking.
Bought a Trek Roscoe 7. Love it, learned a lot on it.
Just bought a Rail 9.8 GX, carbon frame. In shop having carbon rims and wireless shifting installed at the moment

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[Mr. Newbiker]

Any UT riders that want to ride with a noob?

 

[Paulquattro]

Nice
Welcome to the forum

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

Nice
Welcome to the forum

Thanks Paul 4.

 

[irie]

New Guy here. New to MTBiking.
Bought a Trek Roscoe 7. Love it, learned a lot on it.
Just bought a Rail 9.8 GX, carbon frame. In shop having carbon rims and wireless shifting installed at the moment View attachment 151593 .

Very nice bike and great colour.

Perhaps it's the angle the picture is taken from, but the wheel does look to be very close to the rear triangle cross stay?

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

Very nice bike and great colour.

Perhaps it's the angle the picture is taken from, but the wheel does look to be very close to the rear triangle cross stay?

I hope not, but could be. It is in the shop getting carbon wheels now, I will call and point it out.

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

I hope not, but could be. It is in the shop getting carbon wheels now, I will call and point it out.

Had another pic from a different angle. Look ok?

 

[irie]

Yes, looks My bad.

 

[steve_sordy]

@Mr. Newbiker welcome to the forum!

Where on earth is UT? I'd guess at somewhere in the USA (Utah?)

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

Yes. UT is the state abbreviation for Utah.
Lincolnshire UK sounds like an awesome place to be!

 

[steve_sordy]

Yes. UT is the state abbreviation for Utah.
Lincolnshire UK sounds like an awesome place to be!

Well, it's got proper castles, magnificent cathedrals, 2000-year old Roman buildings and walls, ancient bridleways, and some pretty towns, but it is flat!

It grows a lot of potatoes. In the olden days, the standard treatment for potato blight was to spray with arsenic. When old fields are built on, the builders can get into problems when they dig up a layer of arsenic in the soil. One of my warehouses had that problem with an extension and all the soil had to stay on site or pay a huge amount for deep burial far away. Just across the road was a children's school that was directly in line with the contaminated line of soil that we found. Surprisingly, the "authorities" were not interested in that! (Maybe because it was a local authority school? Who knows?)

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

Wireless shifting is great. Unbelievable actually. Shifts under load and does so immediately.

 

[flyingjack]

Newbiker, where are you located? I'm on eastern slope CO and occasionally travel to MOAB.

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

St George.

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

I’ve been in your neck of the woods several years ago. Denver and Canon City for a while. I go to Moab, UT all the time.

 

[flyingjack]

I’ve been in your neck of the woods several years ago, I go to Moab, UT all the time.

Wife/I recently sold our 4 place airplane; got a partner and bought a cargo six place so we can carry our two emtbs. Moab will be one of our spring stops. Apparently, lots of good folks on this forum are not from US so let's not bore them; I'll PM you with my email.

 

[steve_sordy]

................ Apparently, lots of good folks on this forum are not from US so let's not bore them; I'll PM you with my email.

Oh you noticed?
Locations like 80516 or "UT" may mean something to any Brits that might have watched "Beverly Hills 90210" on the TV, or travelled to USA and seen the bewildering variety of abbreviations for the individual states. I'm not just having a mild go at Americans, because many Brits seem to think that everyone on here not only speaks English, but also is intimately familiar with all of our cultural oddities and the latest TV programs. When writing my posts, I try to make a point of catering for our global differences where I can. But I haven't been everywhere, so I frequently fail. I have even been criticised for trying.

 

[flyingjack]

Oh you noticed?
Locations like 80516 or "UT" may mean something to any Brits that might have watched "Beverly Hills 90210" on the TV, or travelled to USA and seen the bewildering variety of abbreviations for the individual states. I'm not just having a mild go at Americans, because many Brits seem to think that everyone on here not only speaks English, but also is intimately familiar with all of our cultural oddities and the latest TV programs. When writing my posts, I try to make a point of catering for our global differences where I can. But I haven't been everywhere, so I frequently fail. I have even been criticised for trying.

Seems if you're trying ANYTHING somebody on the internet is going to criticize; world we live it. At 72, I'm too thin skinned for all the criticism so I just read the great stuff you knowledgeable people post and enjoy.

 

[Mr. Newbiker]

Thanks for your comment about catering to global differences, and in my opinion, criticism is offered by fools who are unable to provide quality content of their own.
In reference to location, if I don't understand an abbreviation as to where someone is from, I just google it. Usually does the trick.

 

[JP-NZ]

Welcome along. I knew UT was Utah.

Great bike! I have the same one in the same colour alas no carbon wheels or AXS