Official MTB thread

[thai-wronghorse]

This ^^^

[brett]

as above
i always keep a spare quick release for my wheel as flying throug the woods one day and my cones decided to pack up shearing my qr, good job i wasnt doin a wheelie lol

[golf-sib]

SRAM powerlinks?

How do I know which ones I need as I noticed they come as 7spd, 8spd, 9spd etc... MY rear cassette is 6 speed. Also am I better off replace the entire chain now or not?

[cullygti]

when my chain snaps i just replace the lot with a new one as its probably stretched 

thats just me though 

[thai-wronghorse]

I'm the same with replacement. I only use the powerlinks to get me out of trouble on the trail

[Steve_PD]

Same here power link with me and new chain at home. Haven't had to use it yet

[Khare]

http://vimeo.com/21034147 

Is it me that thinks I'd pretty easily get down that hill? Done DH plenty of times with only a handful of falls.

I've just got into road cycling, always had a MTB before. First impressions I prefer the MTB for fun but nothing beats looking down to your trip computer and noticing you've already racked up a load of kilometres. Just bought a Viking Giro D'Italia (not a great bike) but already bought some Vittoria Rubino pro tyres and my dad is giving me some Q-Rings as a present, as he gets them extremely cheap. Hopefully will have a decent road bike by the end of the year 

[Steve_PD]

when your in a race trying to go as fast as you can on mud and on a xc bike with smaller not as grippy tyres its hard.

Most the people who made it down that had F/S bikes with wider tyres so its a lot easier.

Plus you got the crowd trying to put you off.

Anyone see any pics from Mountain Mayhem last weekend?
  Mud fest

[VeeDubGTI16v]

was that the endurance team race? if so a guy at work did it on his ghey little 29er xc bike

i don't think you would have expected that hill to be so slippery khare 

[Steve_PD]

No idea it was on singletrackworld.
A team done it on this