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

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=yotOZVELSMc

@frankenbike you're really over thinking strathpuffer, you will find the cycling part of it is the least of your worries

I can relate

Is ice the primary concern? No wait, locals! Or, maybe polar bears? Too much whisky? Not enough whisky?

Motorbikers?

https://singletrackworld.com/2016/01/12-days-of-christmas-day-11-the-king-and-the-joker/

"17 hours of darkness and the weather is nearly always awful"

#100 be like 'shit I think I left the gas on'

"Did I bring enough teabags?"

17” for a 6ft person... hmm...

Does look promising though.

Couldn’t check the dungeon, maybe tomorrow.

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Marin Pine Mountain - lockable rst, deore 3x8, beat up a bit

Kona Fire Mountain - 3x8, rock shox judy tt

Kona dr dew - 3x9 sora, missing a few parts

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wait wait wait, where did that GT LTS come from?

Oh yea. That too

The hell that was late 90s/ early 2000s full sus mountain biking?

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/now-that-was-a-bike-1995-gt-lts.html

It’s an LTS 2 and in need of some serious tlc.

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Now that's a worthy project.

For real?

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Front forks are seized. No idea, can I get parts for the back end?

Haha NO.

So Plan B, what about my inital shortlist?

Would be a pig of a project if you're just looking for some relativly simple trouble free light mountain biking - the marin or kona would be much better bets.

It's just a bit a rarity to see lying around. What is it destined for down there?

Marin looks like it has newish forks. I'd go for that.

Okay I’ll see what I can get the Marin for, it was my first (only) choice initially. That LTS2, shop manager said “yea, no, no good as a winter hack, it was built for downhill, I’d sell it as-is to an avid MTB collector to tart up as a project”...

Bargs. Got home and realised there’s a split in the sidewall of the rear tyre, but I can grab loads of 559’s off the ever-growing pile out back. Will try to find a pair of jumbo slicks and a pair of monster treads.

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Where do you put the brake rotors?

On the other bike