anyone in to mountain biking?

[saleens7]

well, yesterday i broke the chain (sheered one of the links in half) and bent one of the sprokets on the rear cassette....i took it into the bike shop and they seemed surprised i bent a steel sproket....well anyway, i have a new cassette and chain on it now and they also fixed up my brakes and the wobble in my tires...and i can still to to markham for trail riding today....we were looking around at the bike shop and we found a good GT hardtail....only 460$....seems that wil be the one i get for christmas....the forks on it seem to be pretty good and look to have around 100mm of travel....well i think ill eventually replace them with some that have oh, around 160mm of travel....since there isnt a rear shock, i would want to have alot of travel on the fork to make up for that....

[saleens7]

well i got back from the trails today.....they were alot better than just riding the hills at the local park....i rode mostly on intermediate trails (one advanced beginner trail) and im surprised the bike held up to it...i saw some the expert trails and i know im a long way away from ever riding those....with the bridges that end with 10 foot drops and extremely steep hills that end with super tight turns that if you dont make the turn right, youll be rolling down a 30 foot high hill with trees everywhere...anyway, it was fun, and my bike didnt break, so that was good...

[saleens7]

well, turns out my bike DID break....unknown to me at the time, my rear hub broke (thats the thing that rotates around the axle and holds in the bearings, right?)...i took it to the shop, they fixed it, and also put in new rear brake pads and cable (old cable had a small kink in it and it would catch alot)....ill hopefully take it to the trails tomorrow...ive been biking alot more lately, that way i can build up stamina...normally i can only ride about a mile or so of trails before i need to take a break....and i go through water like nothing...

i also found out the bike im looking at is the GT avalanche 3.0 (the orange 2006 version, although the LBS also has the grey 2007 version too)

[saleens7]

went riding again today....and of course, some else broke again....this time it was the crank...it just got too rounded out and would move on the shaft wether the bolt was on thight....got it replaced though....i only got about 30 mins of riding in before a big ol T storm rolled in....this time earlier than normal...luckily its cleared up since then and ill be off to the trails again soon...man this sport is addicting...

when i was at the bike shop i also noticed a gary fisher wahoo...it looked pretty good and was only 500$ (hardtail)...ill have to check some reviews on it...

[saleens7]

rode again (for like 3 hours too) again today...this time nothing broke..

i also found out that my bike shop also has a gary fisher piranha...i checked some reviews and its an awesome bike..for only 550$

[skidooguymxz550]

bikes are over rated!! if it doesn't have a throttle it's not worht it.....jk guys, i never new there was so much you could do for bikes


as for real modes of transport.....

[skidooguymxz550]

btw. a 200lb hardtail bike doesn't like to fly. stress cracks and bending do fun things to handling

[saleens7]

btw. a 200lb hardtail bike doesn't like to fly. stress cracks and bending do fun things to handling

yeah....i know what your talking about....just cracked the swingarm on my bike...now the rear wheel drifts to the left a few inches when i pedal...and its one more hard hit from falling apart....(the crack wraps halfway around the tube...and its not justa surface crack...it goes strait through....when you try to move the wheel, you can see the crack get bigger

[saleens7]

well....guess what...today...i got a new MTB....after rasing up enough funds by selling my stuff, i was able to pitch it with what my parents were saving up to buy..a Jamis Dakar XLT....here are some pics of it..still clean, but that wont last long...

[saleens7]

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[yz120]

you are going to love it.
i had a dakar pro for 4yrs and it worked very well.
mine was before they used bearings in the pivots,they used bronze bushings.
enjoy it,
mike