Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

I was wondering whether I could snozocchi one of them...

Marsnowcchi?

Would have thought that an old Shiver would be ideal for fat tyres?

Never actually ridden one. Always liked the look of them though.

As I recall, they were ££££££££

Spose there's always one of these.....

If you are an XC Whippet, ya.

Just get one of these, yo

I loved my SC shiver, sure it twanged about, but it looked ace.

For long travel 1 1/8 forks you can't beat a Bos Deville.

Yes, but a bit spendy, they're holding their value too well as we have an ever increasing number of long-travel sturdy hardtails.

If you are an XC Whippet

What do you mean "if"?

It's a shame @tom13back hasn't come back to put us out of our collective misery. Come on Tom, we need to know if you're putting Pikes on a 100mm alu xc race bike.

I loved my SC shiver

I still love mine. Weighs a ton, but it's built to last.

Sorry, just got back to the thread. Frame can go upto 160 so no issus there. I don't need that much travel, currently run 130 which is fine, and more than my skill level requires, but you know all the gear.......

Or those carbon flex things that were released a few months back.

The Lauf?

That's the bunny.

Stupidest design, basically an undamped spring. But then, anyone stupid enough to buy them, is stupid enough to buy crank bros wheels too.

To be fair, they do look proper cool. Not sure damping is that worthwhile for 60mm?

Agreed on CB wheels though.

By proper cool you must mean disgustingly putrid.

I've been pretty impressed with my sektor (coil version) adjustable travel, nice coil plushness... Cheap and cheerful used, very nice.

I have been known to confuse the two.

Glad to disregard @Howard 's advice and not ride Elites today as I was barely competitive in Experts. First lap I was stuck in a remarkably polite queue to ride a couple of bombholes for a good 40 seconds and then my lap times fell off pretty badly after riding for an hour. Two decent laps in the middle somewhere.

I need to get better at overtaking on singletrack. I'm used to cyclocross where overtaking oppurtunities are frequent. I also need better, lighter, faster, tyres. What's good and wide and seals up okay?

I'm looking for a new trail bike and I rode a Krampus at the weekend. Wow. Great fun. You still have to work through the technical sections and pick your lines - unlike most point-and-shoot FS trail bikes I've ridden recently - but there's bags of grip and it just flies over roots/rocks.

Compared to my rigid Inbred it's more what I'm looking for in a trail bike. Surprisingly the Krampus handles tight stuff much more sweetly, and it doesn't feel like you're about to go over the bars on drop-offs.

It is, however, a bit expendy for what you get. I can get an Ops for about 1000GBP and even that seems steep to me, considering the build kit.

Any opinions here?

Elites - smaller field, no queuing :)

I also need better, lighter, faster, tyres.

What are you using now?

So much overlap in mountain bike fields, but I suppose it's necessary when you've got that many people racing.

Continental X-Kings: 2.4" front and 2.2" rear. They've been okay (good for £15 a tyre) but the sidewalls are too thin to seal up tubeless properly. I've been running 18 psi in the front and 22 psi in the rear without any punctures thus far. I suppose 2.4" lightweight XC tyres are few and far between. Schwalbe looks like the best option thus far, most of their all-round offerings go up to 2.35", get decent reviews and seal up well.