Pic of the Day

[Redlemon]

Riding for the last few times this year, winter is about to kick in here in Canada.

Lots of fun and pretty hot weather these last few days!

 

[etoni]

indian summer.

 

[irie]

indian summer.
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I think we're at least about 2 weeks behind you. Windy and rain but no frost yet to make most tree leaves change colour and drop.

 

[Mcharza]

In the morning it was chilly around -2 Celsius, but the sun started to warm up during the day.

 

[etoni]

I think we're at least about 2 weeks behind you. Windy and rain but no frost yet to make most tree leaves change colour and drop.

this place is at 2k over sea level.

 

[RustyMTB]

Forgot to get the phone out until we got to the pub. But we did make it to the pub though.

 

[Slymobi]

Macc Forest and the Three Shires Head - Dark Peak

 

[Binhill1]

Balmy 14 today amazing.

 

[Slymobi]

Absolutely crazy ride today, punching well above my limit on the "Are you local" trail but survived to ride another day.

 

[Binhill1]

Dava Moor. Huntlys cave . The old Forres to Grantown on Spey railway line .

 

[LePaddy]

Above dalby forest..

 

[steve_sordy]

Absolutely crazy ride today, punching well above my limit on the "Are you local" trail but survived to ride another day. View attachment 100230 View attachment 100231 View attachment 100232 View attachment 100233 View attachment 100234

What width are those bars?
It's probably an optical illusion, but they look like commuter width!

 

[Slymobi]

What width are those bars?
It's probably an optical illusion, but they look like commuter width!

Mmmmm your not the 1st to mention my lack of width ( bars ) but they are 760 !!
What are the benefits of going bigger like 800 ? As I just feel it will risk clipping more stuff and my shoulders still haven't recovered fully from my last 2 offs lol.

 

[etoni]

170mm fox grip2 185mm bike yoke droper..
test sucessfull!

 

[billwarwick]

Stunning pictures

 

[SwampNut]

 

[Jeff McD]

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Thaaat's a lotta rock! Cool.

 

[Mteam]

Absolutely crazy ride today, punching well above my limit on the "Are you local" trail but survived to ride another day. View attachment 100230 View attachment 100231 View attachment 100232

Where were those shots taken?

edit: never mind ,found it, over near stalybridge. Looks like a good trail

 

[Slymobi]

Yep that's the place, quite a few options once you are up Gallowsclough road.
Thin grey line and Are you local start from the Wildbank triangulation point.
There is another good run if you carry on going up Gallowsclough without turning off up to trig, you need to go across the fields just after the farm ( small gate just on your right ) this leads you down too and joins onto the lower parts of each of the trig runs.

 

[steve_sordy]

Mmmmm your not the 1st to mention my lack of width ( bars ) but they are 760 !!
What are the benefits of going bigger like 800 ? As I just feel it will risk clipping more stuff and my shoulders still haven't recovered fully from my last 2 offs lol.

They look narrower (I said it might be an optical illusion). My current bike is 780, my last bike was 760 and the two before that were 740. In my opinion, 760 is a 100% normal width bar. My 5'9" 15-years old grandson has always preferred a wide bar and his are 800, as was his last bike bought when he was just over 13! I first went wide quite a few years ago now when I went from 660 to 720 and my first problem (imaginary as it turned out) was getting through the trees at Cannock (UK). Many of the tree gaps had gouges in them caused by all the wider bars hitting them at speed. My mate said not to worry as he had 740mm and he wasn't hitting them! My grandson got through there OK too, but I reckon the gouges had got deeper by the time he had a go.

As for the benefits...
You will have more leverage to resist the deflecting forces exerted on the front wheel by rocks and roots. Consequently, your ride is easier and straighter and will feel smoother and less troublesome. There were some rocky downhill bends that I seemed to float through once I went wide. But the wider bars will move your body weight forward. That will contribute to easier climbing but bring you closer to going OTB on the descents. If that is something you discover that you don't like, then you may need to shorten your stem to restore your centre of gravity. Shortening your stem will quicken your steering. If you can't imagine that, then think what the steering would feel like if your stem was 200mm, then how it would feel if it was 20mm! A wider bar also puts your hands at a slightly different angle to the bars. Again, that may be something you like or not. Consider rotating the bars slightly to alter the angle. Still no joy? Then you may have to get bars with a different angle of sweep.

When I got my current bike with its 780, I thought it would be too wide for where I ride (mainly forest) and I was considering reducing to 760 because I knew that width worked. But I thought I should at least try it before such a drastic move. It worked OK and apart from having to do an occasional shimmy to get through the narrower gaps I have kept the width intact.

 

[Crash Logan]

So what did you break? Pics or it didn't happen

Luckily only soft tissue damage that can be fixed by time. I’m not 25 anymore.. I think I am but, I’m not.

 

[Slymobi]

They look narrower (I said it might be an optical illusion). My current bike is 780, my last bike was 760 and the two before that were 740. In my opinion, 760 is a 100% normal width bar. My 5'9" 15-years old grandson has always preferred a wide bar and his are 800, as was his last bike bought when he was just over 13! I first went wide quite a few years ago now when I went from 660 to 720 and my first problem (imaginary as it turned out) was getting through the trees at Cannock (UK). Many of the tree gaps had gouges in them caused by all the wider bars hitting them at speed. My mate said not to worry as he had 740mm and he wasn't hitting them! My grandson got through there OK too, but I reckon the gouges had got deeper by the time he had a go.

As for the benefits...
You will have more leverage to resist the deflecting forces exerted on the front wheel by rocks and roots. Consequently, your ride is easier and straighter and will feel smoother and less troublesome. There were some rocky downhill bends that I seemed to float through once I went wide. But the wider bars will move your body weight forward. That will contribute to easier climbing but bring you closer to going OTB on the descents. If that is something you discover that you don't like, then you may need to shorten your stem to restore your centre of gravity. Shortening your stem will quicken your steering. If you can't imagine that, then think what the steering would feel like if your stem was 200mm, then how it would feel if it was 20mm! A wider bar also puts your hands at a slightly different angle to the bars. Again, that may be something you like or not. Consider rotating the bars slightly to alter the angle. Still no joy? Then you may have to get bars with a different angle of sweep.

When I got my current bike with its 780, I thought it would be too wide for where I ride (mainly forest) and I was considering reducing to 760 because I knew that width worked. But I thought I should at least try it before such a drastic move. It worked OK and apart from having to do an occasional shimmy to get through the narrower gaps I have kept the width intact.

I'm happy with my 760's and can't get my stem any shorter lol that's why I have riser bars to centre me a bit more.

 

[etoni]

hometrails.

 

[irie]

I also use 760 bars, works for me.

We were out today in T's in 18-20C in Slindon, Bignor etc. Southern England. No pics, sorry, but because as yet having had no frost everything is still green except for ancient plants such as ferns which are hundreds of millions of years old so know what time of year it really is. Was just like above with an amazing tree leaf carpet.

 

[irie]

Luckily only soft tissue damage that can be fixed by time. I’m not 25 anymore.. I think I am but, I’m not.

Still no pics? Thats really not good enough enuff. And yeah, my head tells me I can do stuff but my body doesn't comply. Getting older is not fun

 

[billwarwick]

Mud is back and so is the ugly mudguard

 

[2WheelsNot4]

Mud is back and so is the ugly mudguard

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I like the no dropper.
Was thinking of swopping mine out for a much lighter carbon post, but the handiness of the dropper is holding me back. Good to see someone else dropper-less.

 

[vikino1]

inversion

 

[luna87824]

True words were never spoken!@

 

[Tankboy]

Thought I'd throw these pics up for a bit historical reference

There roughly all in line on at the bottom brackets, although the Voima is more forward a bit, you can judge the difference between the frame sizing, reach and wheel bases etc. First bike is a 2009 DH Foes Mono 2:1 26 inch in large (with non standard dropper post), next 2019 SC Nomad V4 27.5 inch in X-Large, then the Voima 29 inch in a K3 size.

You can see how the seat posts have come forward over the years although not a really a fair comparison as the DH bike would never be running a seat post that long back in the day. You can guess which one is easy to wheelie seated??

The Voima hasn't got the saddle extender fitted in these pics so that's a bit further back now.