Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by 308

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KLX650

Heavy old and ugly like it's owner

Bet it still goes good though.

Originally Posted by 308

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KLX650

Heavy old and ugly like it's owner

Is that the ally frame, kick start KLX?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Just went for a quick spin on the Stumpy.
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Where were you that has a natural ice skating pond, Naseby?

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Where were you that has a natural ice skating pond, Naseby?

St Arnaud. Rode the fat bike on it last winter when it was frozen. That was a bit of fun.

Originally Posted by Shearer

St Arnaud.

Nice, didn't realise it got cold enough for that up there.

Three days of frost in a row and we're in

Never tried a fatbike, must be a bit of a laugh. Been thinking about upsizing from the original 2.3 tyres to 2.5 or 2.6 on the Trance at some stage for an experiment, but thats still a long way off full fattie.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Never tried a fatbike, must be a bit of a laugh. Been thinking about upsizing from the original 2.3 tyres to 2.5 or 2.6 on the Trance at some stage for an experiment, but thats still a long way off full fattie.

My Stumpy is a 6Fattie so 3.0" tyres. In a word...awesome. Much better grip and very forgiving. I run them at 14psi so there is the trade off of having to pedal a bit harder on the smooth stuff but well worth it when you start going down on the rough stuff.
PS Added a photo of the Fat bike on the ice.

You can take a fatbike some interesting places. I run these tyres at 4psi.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Just went for a quick spin on the Stumpy.
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Those real small front rings bikes have nowdays......is the ratio stepped up threw the hub or bottom bracket and is the ratio adjustable or whats the go?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Those real small front rings bikes have nowdays......is the ratio stepped up threw the hub or bottom bracket and is the ratio adjustable or whats the go?

They just compensate with a wider range of cogs on the rear sprocket than they used to have, most new MTBs now are 11 or 12 speed with only one front ring to keep it lighter and simpler. No front derailler, less to go wrong, less likely to have chain jump off.

Mine is 12 speed, I find the 1x12 doesn't have quite as wide a gear range as my old 3x9 27-speed did - notice it mostly at the top end if riding on the road where you can spin out top gear and still be wanting more. No problem off road (better because its simpler), it still has a granny gear plently low enough for steep climbs and if you're going fast off road you're generally standing up on the pedals downhill not sitting down pedalling.

@Shearer that looks great fun, 4psi is funny as. Even 14psi on the Stumpy is super low compared to the 23-24 front and 27-28 rear I run on 29", must get great traction.

I might experiment again with lower pressures once I'm back riding interesting stuff after the lockdown is over, but that seemed the sweet spot before for my >100kg on those tyres.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

They just compensate with a wider range of cogs on the rear sprocket than they used to have, most new MTBs now are 11 or 12 speed with only one front ring to keep it lighter and simpler. No front derailler, less to go wrong, less likely to have chain jump off.

Mine is 12 speed, I find the 1x12 doesn't have quite as wide a gear range as my old 3x9 27-speed did - notice it mostly at the top end if riding on the road where you can spin out top gear and still be wanting more. No problem off road (better because its simpler), it still has a granny gear plently low enough for steep climbs and if you're going fast off road you're generally standing up on the pedals downhill not sitting down pedalling.

Ah I've never pedalled uphill....I got a downhill especially so I couldn't!
my 2000 giant team bike I got a bigger front gear because over about 80kph I couldn't put any meaningful effort into the bike.

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2002 me and my new Fireblade.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

@Shearer that looks great fun, 4psi is funny as. Even 14psi on the Stumpy is super low compared to the 23-24 front and 27-28 rear I run on 29", must get great traction.

I might experiment again with lower pressures once I'm back riding interesting stuff after the lockdown is over, but that seemed the sweet spot before for my >100kg on those tyres.

Yeah. I'm a bit of a runt so that helps with the low pressures.