New Toy!

[steviebfromtheoc]

dood , thats sick !

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by J_Sims

Now that is an aliso Bike if I have ever seen one... As long as you can pedal it to TOTW

haha Aliso was just the closest trail that I was familiar with... I believe A LOT of work and some careful tuning I should be able to pedal it up Cholla. Oh and a couple shots of steroids.

Originally Posted by slowSSer

yes, please, do give us a report on how well it climbs

(secretly jealous of the big bike...)

The bike did pretty good for a DH bike. I was only able o do the fire road and most of the small climbs to rock it. Not Cholla, or TOTW.

Originally Posted by Do Work

That is one kick a** looking bike but why the choice to break it in at Aliso
Theres only one place one should break in such a sweet rig...The Fully Loop Baby
Sure, you might need a pressure suit and definitely a FF helmet but its worth it

LOL Aliso is a trail I'm really familiar with so I would be able to do better there. Thanks to Abstrakt77 and his friend for joining the ride.

Originally Posted by DownhillWebKook

You should have no problem descending any trail with that bike. The only problem you might have is not being able to blame your bike if you can't make it down the hill.

As for trying it out at Aliso, Rockit or Lynx might actually bum you out. Those trails don't really let a dh bike get up to the proper speed to make it come alive. You can, however, take her down one of the canyon side trails and let go of the brakes a bit. Once up to speed, those steeper, rockier trails will wake that bike up. You'll be amazed.

It did okay today, I believe the fork may have been underfilled with oil at the factory because it was toping out pretty hard. You are right that the trail don't let me pick up enough speed, but it was nice to just get in a ride on the bike and try to cycle the suspension a little. Besides the topping out the bike felt great, and launched some cool spots I didnt think I could do before.

Originally Posted by scruffylooking

What size is it? Can we be friends?

Small.. We are all friends her..
The bike is sprung to a 150lbs max rider though.

[Oleanshoebox]

holy crap.

[Mudman]

OH yeah., and the bike came in at 43.13lbs!!! plus my 13lbs camelbak. heck yess!!

[Foesnasty]

Sweet ride... congrats

[mazer75]

That has just a *bit* more travel than my Spesh Enduro SL!

Nice bike!! You get that from The Path?

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by mazer75

That has just a *bit* more travel than my Spesh Enduro SL!

Nice bike!! You get that from The Path?

Indeed from the Path. I actually considered getting a different bike because I'm really tight on cash right now but Tani convinced me to buy it anyway.. haha

Hopefully they can fix my fork problem tomorrow and I can get in another ride with it before I start work on Sunday again!

[jonathan_sykes81]

Love the brown saddle. Ever since I saw this one video where this guy had a blue bike with white rims and a brown saddle I have liked brown saddles.

[theclayster]

very nice, looks awesome!

[mntbiker12]

That saddle is the shiat!!! The metal bits hangin' off of it aren't bad either!

[bighit8]

You will get used to it. I used my 43lbs BigHit as my only ride for awhile. I even tackled Blackstar to the motorway. Granted I was second to last to get to the motorway.Climbed it all but some of the really steep parts,due to the fact I could not keep the front tire from wondering.cimg1340(2).jpg

[6packguywith5spot]

Sick looking rig. How much does it cost and what's the weight?

Originally Posted by Mudman

So picked this little thing up yesterday... Gonna give hera roll today at Aliso to break it in...

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by 6packguywith5spot

Sick looking rig. How much does it cost and what's the weight?

I rather not discuss price, lets say its enough to down payment on a middle class motorcycle. Weight is 43.13lbs.


I did Aliso again today with the company of "Big bad Brad" (Dhwebkook) and the bike still needs to be dialed in, but its only been my second ride on it. Riding with Brad though was fun and he gave me some great tips for better riding

We need to set up some weekly rides for big bikes that make hiking fun! haha

[Rob]

That bike is sick man! Congrats! You should come with us to ride Chiquito tomorrow if you don't have plans already.

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by Rob

That bike is sick man! Congrats! You should come with us to ride Chiquito tomorrow if you don't have plans already.

I would but I work. Now that I've got my DH bike I've almost lost all desire to climb.. haha

[trickster]

Stair steps, Aliso Viejo, Is all about that bike. Enjoy!

[chauvinist_youth]

I so thought I was gonna see another xc turner when opening this thread. What a nice suprise (sorry homers).

[Abstrakt77]

Originally Posted by Mudman

I rather not discuss price, lets say its enough to down payment on a middle class motorcycle. Weight is 43.13lbs.


I did Aliso again today with the company of "Big bad Brad" (Dhwebkook) and the bike still needs to be dialed in, but its only been my second ride on it. Riding with Brad though was fun and he gave me some great tips for better riding

We need to set up some weekly rides for big bikes that make hiking fun! haha

I may go back tomorrow. I'm in love with 5 oaks.

[foofighter]

i saw a group of guys at the base of 5 oaks this morning was that you and the group?

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by Abstrakt77

I may go back tomorrow. I'm in love with 5 oaks.

Its good stuff.. you didnt call me back! could have ridden Aliso with Brad and myself. He's an Animal! the whole ride all he had was a hammer gel flask.... OF WATER. thats apparently all he needs.. wth?? he didn't even get tired riding with a full face all day.

Originally Posted by foofighter

i saw a group of guys at the base of 5 oaks this morning was that you and the group?

not too sure... It was just Brad and myself riding out of the bottom of Oaks. We were riding DH bikes so if those guys were riding an ASX and Demo 8 then yeah it was us.