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

Vaguely timewasting as can't buy it but how does the Hammerschmidt work and do you have a close up of the the stem/HT area which looks a little different in the above photo

Can organise for then, no probs, especially if others are interested.

it's amazing, it's basically a sturmy archer but in a crank so you can shift without thinking and it never slips, will shoot more pics this week but it looks funny because there is a horn velcro'd to the bars

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It's hot, dry and dusty out there.

Enjoy before the attack of 20lb chocolate ring doughnuts return :)

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This morning's commute was both off-road and clunky.

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Your shadow appeared to be faster than you as well Emyr :)

Now that's just confusing.

Ah well your photo didn't show and i assumed you used the same one on facebook.........

Ah, that photo was later.

Is the folding mech in good order or are you welding it up ?
A win at Clunker on a folder may upset the Raleigh Bomber crowd :)

Folding mechanism seems fine, still works and isn't floppy. 20" wheels are a lot slower than 26" and the short wheelbase and high CoG make it quite twitchy and unstable.

Also, chrome rims + moisture = no brakes, even with see-through squeally trials pads.
I'm mostly going for teh lulz, I've got four bells fitted. Last year I had one bell and a horn which fell off on the way down.

My brother won it on the GT Dyno cruiser he was given as a punishment, but that was still 26 x 2.3" with wide bars and reasonable bike fit.

Going to start looking for a big-wheel bike/frame earlier next year, I've stuck to 2 clunks per steed so far.

In case anyone is interested I've posted an event here for a guided offroad ride in the Surrey Hills:

https://www.lfgss.com/events/871/

Seriously steep HA? My wrists hurt just looking at it!

Looks like @gabes has finished. Awesome work!

Recommendations for a serious hard tail bike? Just signed up for the Strathpuffer 24hr MTB race (as a member of a team of 4) in January.... don't think the 1987 Spec Rockhopper will hack it and I won't be able to hack the distance on a rigid bike.

Any xc hardtail from recent years with a suspension fork should be allright, a 1987 rockhopper is most likely a 1" steerer so very limited choice on upgrading.

Also get good lights, disc brake equipped bike, take spare brake pads, be able to fix a flat in cold temps.
The event is known for destroying drive trains, so unless you can afford it, maybe look at the lower groupsets, make sure all is running as it should pre race, expect to clean and lube and possibly swap brake pads after your stint ready for the next lap.

Ice tyres might be worth looking into, unless it's changed this is the only event i know where you can use spikes and studs, homemade spike tyres made of wood screws will really tear you a new one..........

:)

Yeah the rockhopper is quill stem and I love riding it but I'm just worried that this event will destroy it. I'm planning on using two lights and a really good head torch.

I was looking at the On-One 45650b SRAM X01

I made a beik, it's well fun but I went too short on the stem.

Depends on the type of course and your build, but for any easy life I'd go light, short travel and go 29". That would hinge a lot on what you intend to do with it after the race though. If it's just for trail lolz then the 456 will do the job. Id you have aspirations to be an XC mile muncher then less so.

In general I enjoy riding natural trails, singletrack and some fire roads. I currently do all this on the rigid Specialized Rockhopper.... I would imagine either an XC or Trail hard tail would be massively more capable! Especially the brakes.

Any one fancy digging out their old bmxs/mountain bikes and going for a 4x ride?

This is what I made the other day but couldn't get the photo to work, longer stem on the way.

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Looking for a possible venue:

3-5 mile descent
6-8% average gradient
mostly offroad singletrack, bit of variety would be nice
doable on a CX bike
ends near a village
nice and rural.

Thought of Cut Gate, but it's barely 5% and doesn't end anywhere useful.

Glen Coe ski mountain, chair lifts up, and a bar at the end :) and camping or free/wild camping with stunning views just down the road and turn left.

Snotty otter, is that a "pre-argos your beik is sarzin" era Killi team flyer..... like when Saracen made high end xc race frames.
Nice. Needs period chainset/cranks :)