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Did you see the fella on the hand cranked trike at the 24hr, top fella, he was over the moon when Keith Bontrager had a long chat with him.

Scurries off for a photo of Jonesy racing DH....

Heres the old trike

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The new one he had at the 24hr is bigger wheeled, wider tracked (i think, but not by much) has proper brakes, not a single Magura HS33 and a bit of suspension action........unlike the old rigid raider.
Jonsey has trouble walking and can no longer ride a normal bicycle so he bought and modified an old rigid recumbrant/trike and the went on to design his own.

The old trike on the start gate at Woodland riders Chip shop tracks in Devon (down the road from Gawton for DH types)

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I spoke to him briefly, he's a friend of a friend, seemed like a nice guy and the trike looks a touch mad max but he said it was running well following some mods to the front end

I think Jonesy has many friends of a friend :)

Haven't seen the new wheels in the flesh but going on his FB page he enjoyed the weekend.

A nice clean crisp shot of my Spesh for moments when i feel old and need some comfort :)

(i am from the Cult of Rigid Raiders)

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I'm pretty sure his new front end included more wheels, I think it was 4 wheeler and his feet extended past the front axles, resulting in less over-the-front-end moments. It looks like it's a work in progress

Got my new bike, love it and what a revelation compared to the old rigid!

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Robbed Jonesy FB page :)

Naaa 3 wheeler, the old set up had an awful habit of not being too good in corners, the swap to 2 wheels upfront enables better steering and staying right way up.

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Weather looked great!

I don't do any proper mtb on my own. Waste of time, less fun, and if shit goes wrong you're screwed. Not worth it.

Nice. What do you notice especially in comparison to your old MTB?

Brakes are mighty and confidence inspiring compared to old cantis.

120mm fork vs rigid steel is just so floaty and the gears ratios have a much better range.

Frame is stiffer for pedalling while giving good comfort. Just love it.

Alkali - I bet your bike didn't look like that at the end! I wimped out and am very glad I did.

Buying a full sus on 'value' seems curious to me. I'd go balls out, spend spend spend if I was going to do it. If you ride it and you like the Fuel 9, DO IT.

i have -£22,000 in my bank account :/

Nope, but the benefit of a raw colour bike is it's about the same colour as dry mud, thanks Specialized. The chain, despite being freshly cleaned and lubed with wet condition lube was getting noisy after less than 2 laps. The pic is post race and post clean, racing numbers look cool though, even if I did come last ;-)

PM'd

Have you considered 4" tyres?

Going to Cannock Chase tonight/tomorrow, taking my Salsa Juan Solo SSMTB.

The sidewall of my rear Nobby Nic 26x2.25" was starting to fail, so I swapped front and rear for a spare pair of tyres I had knocking around...

Tioga Factory DH 2.1 F/R

The sidewalls say they're 57mm at the knobble, which is 2.25". Should be fine. The aged rubber should put up with rock abrasion quite well.

Buy me some Zipps, yo

Tioga Factory DH 2.1 F/R

That must be older than you.

I remember wanting factory DHs on all the bikes I built in my head as a kid.

Have you ridden the Fuel? Without that all bets are off. Geo, suspension kinematics, wheelbase etc can make something that looks good on paper be absolutely hateful regardless of spec.

Reading between the lines there are quite a few mediocre FS bikes out there. Rear suspension designs that require lock out or bob etc.

XX1 can be run with XTR M9000 shifter and rearmech for best of bothworlds (bigger lighter non creaky cassette with Shimano feel and changing)

I had Tioga Psychos on my first Mtb, that'll be 25 years ago...