Show us your Whyte bits

[EebStrider]

Great weather to be out. The going on south Dartmoor was surprisingly good today.

Here near Avon Dam reservoir.
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Time to get those mudguards off!

 

[Mikerb]

I fit the mudhugger rear mudguard over my existing shorter mudguard with re-useable zip ties. So I can decide on a ride by ride basis whether it is needed or not and it only takes a couple of minutes to fix or remove.

 

[Tribey]

Time to get those mudguards off!

Been on for 14 months now!

I needed them last week on the moors. This week it's remarkably dry......and I can't be bothered!

 

[EebStrider]

Been on for 14 months now!

I needed them last week on the moors. This week it's remarkably dry......and I can't be bothered!

Yeah but think of the photos! ?

 

[Clubby]

Was thinking of taking mudguards off before today’s ride but glad I didn’t. Heathery parts of hills still holding a bit of moisture and still slimy out.

Pretty sure the tower in photo 3 would be easier to lift over all the fences that this bike!!
Still love it though.

 

[Jamze]

Got my Whyte back ?

Guess fancy anodised valves aren't great then? One snapped yesterday, at the end of a ride luckily.

 

[Rahr85]

All ready for the first proper bike park session of the year. So excited.

 

[Jamze]

Sorted my valves and went exploring. Perfect weather

 

[Rahr85]

 

[DaveBailey]

Loving getting out on the bike, it allows me to go to places my fitness on a std bike just wouldn’t get me too. In a reasonable time anyway ?

 

[Matthew87]

E-150 with a sweet Öhlins on the rear

 

[Mikerb]

thats pretty steep

 

[The Hodge]

thats pretty steep

..and I would guess taken on the level..

 

[Matthew87]

..and I would guess taken on the level..

Im Swedish. What does "taken on the level" mean?

 

[The Hodge]

That the terrain was flat ..

 

[Matthew87]

That the terrain was flat ..

Ok. No, its a pretty gnarly trail with several almost vertical rock rolls.

 

[The Hodge]

Ok. No, its a pretty gnarly trail with several almost vertical rock rolls.

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Shit ( hope you don't need that translating ?)..
Respect !?

 

[Matthew87]

Shit ( hope you don't need that translating ?)..
Respect !?

No, I think I got it ?

 

[EebStrider]

Im Swedish. What does "taken on the level" mean?

The camera was on it’s side! ?

 

[kenevo Nige]

Ok. No, its a pretty gnarly trail with several almost vertical rock rolls.

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Wow, well done dude , that looks epic ?

 

[Matthew87]

Wow, well done dude , that looks epic ?

More pictures, video and info about the trail here if curious ?

Gothenburg Hardline: Is this Sweden’s gnarliest trail?

Watch as one man tackles a 66-degree rock roll plus a load of other "no fall zone" features in what could be the scariest trail in the country.

www.redbull.com

 

[The Hodge]

I will give that a look ..but way out of my comfort zone ..unless I suddenly get a death wish ?

 

[crazyknowledge]

E-150 with a sweet Öhlins on the rear

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Did you have the Ohlins sprayed / anodised ?

 

[Matthew87]

Did you have the Ohlins sprayed / anodised ?

Plastic padding ? And Cane Creek spring.

 

[Bomble]

Wow what a trail and great riding?

 

[ERambo]

Everyone is scared to post a picture now that he bar has been set that high

 

[EchoLima21]

MegNeg. I’m 72kg in my riding kit, with two bands and nigh-on 30% sag fitted to my E-160 S.
Thoughts: it took about 10 minutes of riding off kerbs and a few runs on a local rooty trail to get the rebound (that’s all owners get to play with on the S’s shock) there or thereabouts.
It appears to me that the shock has more character; I can feel the movement better and the bike feels more poised, helping me ride the front.
This makes it feel (to me) less tiresome to ride and on my 20-mile shakedown returned improved times on pretty familiar trails (I am fairly certain I can look beyond the shiny bike/placebo effect on this front having tested and raced motorbikes professionally, but we’re all vulnerable to it).
The shock seems to respond better to smaller and bigger hits and overall I would say has proved its worth at least to me.
Will I experiment with more/fewer bands? Good question. Probably, but not now.
Would I have been better to save my cash and go for a more sophisticated shock? Possibly, but for now the MegNeg has given me new parameters to explore and made rides more satisfying which, at that price point, seems very good VFM.

 

[N9VNS]

My mate and I took ours to the top of pen y fan yesterday morning.

 

[EchoLima21]

My mate and I took ours to the top of pen y fan yesterday morning.
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I’ve slogged up and down that horror show more than I care to remember. ‘Orrible!

 

[The Hodge]

I've just watched Matthews video again ..bloody awesome riding and shows what these bikes are capable of ...not that this rider will ever be that capable ..
If I was 13 years old that second pic might have found a place on my bedroom wall..!
( At 64 ..it might yet find a place on my office wall ! ? )