Anyone into MTB here?

Is anyone into mountain biking here?

I just got a MTB recently and realized i don't know anyone who rides MTB/cross country... and things like tubeless tyres and disc brakes are like a foreign movie without subtitles to me :)

I've been riding mtbs, seriously I would say for the last 15yrs, about half my life! Mountain biking has always been a big part of my life. only just got inti fixed a couple of months though.

What bike have you bought? Sounds like you got a good one!

i ride mtb. off to the alps on saturday for some gravity assisted fun :-)

I'm off the Alps on Saturday too. A week in Chamonix. Where are you going MrSmith?

Les Arcs with trail addiction. not been before really looking forward to it

I was well into mbt was I was a kid but the cost of the bikes and now living in London put an end to that. Best holiday I have ever had was when I was about 21 downhill mbting in the dolomites, plus I got to do a few of the climbs of the giro d' italia.

TheBrick(Tommy) I was well into mbt was I was a kid but the cost of the bikes and now living in London put an end to that.

get on a train. for me a 30min train journey gets me to dorking, the riding is some of the best in the south east (off road)

Alright give me some money and space to store another bike and I'll be there.:) In all seriousness I would love to but our little flat is already at the girlfriend limit of bikes (if I had the space I would just grab my old mbt from my fokes house and single speed it up fo a cheap fun ride), plus the g'unit has just bought a flat so I have about 6 w/e to compleatly strip out and renovate her new flat. Me thinks I will have no time for the rest of the summer.

I have a Cove which was built up with XT and Pace and Race-face, lovely bike - I last rode it four years ago.

I've not been to the Alps moutain biking before either. Staying at a mate's chalet for the week. Nothing properly organised though I have GPS, Memory Map for the Alps and I understand that the trails are well marked. Body armour and spare brake pads arrived this morning!! Going to be needed.

I echo the comments on the North Downs, ride round Ranmore, Leith Hill etc a lot and some of the trails (summer lightening in partciular) are awesome.

so roberto wot you got?

I've got a lightweight MTB on hope singlespeed hubs and semi-slick tyres. Matt black alloy frame with old-school rigid Kona P2 forks and track ends. It's a beauty :-)

sell it or ride it off-road and get a proper road fixed bike. :-)

Haha yeah I have several of those too.

The MTB was built so that i can accompany my young lady on scenic rides along our countryside cycle paths, which are just a touch too bumpy for my Rubinos...

scalpel. bit racey for me, i bet it's got one of those awful lefty forks on it?
Epping? i'll be in the alps :-)

Edit: just realised i publicly replied to roberto's whisper. ( he has a cannondale scalpel :-) )

no, he's trying to groom me. that's nothing to be ashamed of.