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

File this under 'ugly but effective'

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Enjoyed riding ‘Zeist’ this afternoon and mad probs for my gf riding it with her dropper malfunctioning stuck in the down position, she didn’t want to quite and ride back to the van.
Question: what mtb pants by Decathlon are decent?

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the whole bike? okay

Are you getting much grip from that tyre in winter conditions?

I have a day off tomorrow- anyone fancy some Swinley followed by Fleet jump/pump track?

Question: what mtb pants by Decathlon are decent?

these are the ones you want. I highly rate them.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/mountain-biking-trail-pants/_/R-p-309674

It's 'ok'. I'd like a 3" Minion DHF, but I dithered when they were still available.

@amey not wrong

I have a pair of these as well as the AM trousers and I think I prefer them..https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-country-walking-trousers-nh500-slim/_/R-p-301649

https://youtu.be/XGFR2tYVWBg

Watched this earlier and worth a watch

Edited.

Do you reckon the ankle would work with a winter boot? Ideally I’d want the trouser to tuck over the neoprene ankle of the boot

I'm going to have to sell my Moxie- if anyone is interested, please PM:
Rough spec:
2020 size Long Moxie.
Fox Rhythm 34 140mm travel
Bonty Wheels
XT brakes
NX groupset, pretty new.
Brand-X Ascend XL dropper
£1500.

I’ve just had my shoulder rebuilt pretty extensively with multiple pieces of titanium. Have been strongly advised against any form of ‘spirited’ MTB’ing for at least 6-8 months. So have decided to move on my Habit. I was planning on getting a new Scalpel HT instead of this anyway, so out the door it must go.

It’s a medium alloy frame with a custom army green Cerakote paint finish, with raw alloy logos (slight rubbing on headtube from frame bag). I bought a Habit Carbon SE, and did a frame swap, so spec is identical to this bar maxiss tyres.

Unfortunately I’m based in Frome, and unable to drive for circa six weeks, so will
Need to be collected.

Excellent condition and will give it a full service & fresh tubeless goo after Xmas.

Looking for circa £2k.

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(Will also come with OG plain black fabric saddle, not the one pictured)

so cool - would buy if it were bigger

🙏🙏

Two guys just stole my girlfriends bike from our garage- in front of us, we saw them out the window, they’d opened the door and legged it before I could get down the stairs.

It’s a yellow Bird AM, Pike fork, I’ll get the rest of the build kit.

Bird Zero AM - Shimano 12 Speed
RockShox Pike Ultimate RCT3 150mm, Gloss Black 27.5" (1841g)
Bird Headset - Black
Bird Rear Axle (148x12)
Bird Quick Release Seat Clamp, Quick Release, 34.9 (38g)
Shimano Deore 12 Speed Groupset With Deore Cranks
Shimano Deore 12 Speed Rear Derailleur (321g)
Shimano Deore M6100 Cassette 10-51 (594g)
Shimano Deore M6100 12 Speed Shifter
Shimano Deore M6100 Chain
Shimano Deore M6100 Chainset - Boost 32T 170mm
Shimano SM-BB52 Bottom Bracket
Shimano M6100 Deore Brakes
Shimano 180/160 RT66 Disc Rotors
Shimano RT66 180mm Rotor
Shimano RT66 160mm Rotor
Bird 35 Stem - 40mm Black
Bird Big Baw Bar, 20mm Rise 760mm Wide
Gusset S2 Extra Soft Grip Black
Bird Down Dropper V2.1 Seat Post - 150mm
Ergon saddle
Unite Instinct Pedals - Black
Rapid Racer Products - ProGuard Standard front mudguard
DT SWISS EX1700 WHEELSET 30MM MICROSPLINE 27.5" (1920g)
Maxxis Rekon 27.5 x 2.6 120TPI EXO TR 3C Maxx Terra (730g)
Zero AM Mk3 Frame, Medium Yellow

They walked straight up to our garage and started to open the lock, my girlfriend spotted them (the kitchen window overlooks the garages) and asked them what they were doing. They gave a story about a mate telling them to get something from garage 16 (ours is garage 6), and they walked off. Clearly they went round the corner, then five minutes later they were back, and as I ran down the stairs they opened the combination lock (!), pulled up the door, grabbed Fenella's bike and legged it with it. They shut the door and took the padlock with them, oddly.

Here's the bike

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Fuck
That’s terrible. And so brazen.

Are you on the bird Facebook group?

I'm not.

I have posted about it on the group. Hope you don’t mind

Thanks James.

Gah 😫

Is GF ok? These sort of things can be rather unsettling.