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

The dream.

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Just expanded on my answer a bit above. Pinion is interesting. You can dump a load of gears in one go, going from 1-12 and back in one full sweep of the shifter. Well, at least conceivably. I can dump a few whilst shifting but it takes a contorsional twist of the wrist to achieve a full 1-12 sweep.

I'll write some more about it all after the demo is done.

Seat tube angle is not on point.

Seat tube angle is not on point.

The wheelbase is

You can dump a load of gears one go

I like doing this

Hopefully, my Rohloff shifting habits should carry over well to a Pinion

but do your legs like it? I remember shifting 8-9 down/up in one twist of the wrist (with Sram/Gripshift) meant your muscles needed some seconds to adapt. One-cog-at-the-time shifting is more gentle to the muscles imo.

I'm already starting to get used to it. Being able to shift whilst not pedalling and dumping five gears, great when you want to stomp on the pedals when going into a steeper, faster descent or shifting to an appropriate low gear when coming into a climb is great.

Again, the central position of the weight in the frame really does help handling. You seem to pivot strongly around that central mass whilst manoeuvring on the trail.

The wheelbase is

Good point, but how well does it wheelie?

Not nearly enough suspension on that Megatower.

wake me up when pinion gear ratio chat starts

Stop lurking and get a bike already

not this year :(

too much adult shit going on this year but I am 100% committed, even doing my driving lessons and all

OR I might get a cheap hardtail in the meantime, but it'll have to be very cheap

Beik is sweet. Needs attention to the brakes but full bounce is a bit of a revelation.

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OR I might get a cheap hardtail in the meantime, but it'll have to be very cheap

This. Figuring out what bike you want is nice. Finding out if you actually enjoy falling over in the mud would be more important at this stage :-)

Just borrow one of mine you nobber

Or that

The Deviate is the one bike, to rule all bikes. Megatowers over any competitors.

Never ridden anything like it, tbh. Fucking utterly bonkers performance.

I bought my old Kona Coiler for €400 and loved it to bits. It was a pig uphill but so much fun to shred downhill. Worth a look if you want something cheap and cheerful to get started...

You could do far worse than something like this...

https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/2447582/

Trying to resist this locally. Probably sold already as it was barely over a ton. I should actually save and pay off the credit card, and if anything buy disc wheels and brakes for the acid... but this marin was so so so bouncy.

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probably weighs over a ton with that useless fork and shock, too.

Anyone interested in my Genesis Latitude? Looking for £550. Includes nice pro dropper and tubeless wheelset.

I'm in Scotland so it would need to be posted.

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Cc: @amey

@platypus has a solution (i think)

Does it involve the words "Just get" ?

Not a big Manitou fan?