BARRA

BARRA here we come. Campsites organised – test surfboards borrowed.

NEW YORK’S FINEST

You’ve got to be glad of British bobbies when you see this idiot.

pretty trails

In the middle east so can’t ride here – but did a hot hard run this morning. Then google earthed some old rides from gps …… aint it pretty.

The Angle of the Dangle ….

is equal to the heat of the ……

So did a dodgy photoshop mockup of angles between the Klein and potential new Carver. So from what I gather (and I actually knew) is that 29″ front raises tipping point so flying over the handlebars might be less frequent. F

Larger front wheel will make rolling over obstacles a lot easier.

BB is raised along with standover height. Chainstay slightly lengthened. Interesting to see that head angle and seat angle pretty spot on. Will have to reverse stem I think to stop bars being too high ….. but on paper all seems to be working.

Demo Custom Carver 96er

tempted – but another bike ……

Here set as 650b hardtail but converted back to plain 96er with rohloff setup – click carver tag or 96er to see more info

BARRA KITESURF TRIP

First Week September on Barra in the Western Isles.

6 of us camping and kiting.

RULES:

1 Everyone has to have facial hair.

2. Formal Evening Wear – every day after kiting the white tux is coming on.

growing very slowly

Do I need another bike? Rhetorical Thursday

CARVER 96er

It’s one of those things that comes up now and again … more so when I am sat in front of the computer, working away from home and instead of riding I get purchase compulsion.

KILLER B

Been looking at the Carver 96er and Killer B – both have 26″ rear wheels and a larger front wheel. The 96er having a 29″ wheel at front and the Killer Bee having a 650b wheel (measures 27.5″) at front. 

Argument is front wheel being larger rolls over obstacles better, descends better while rear wheel being smaller keeps the acceleration intact where normal 29’ers fall down.

Tempting and titanium … $1200/frame with Rohloff specific dropouts – a better option I think than having an EBB or chain tensioners.

MORE DETAILS ON THE CARVER WEBSITE CLICK HERE

Funny Video

A SURLY big dummy geared up for kids – c…

A SURLY big dummy geared up for kids – check out the blog on the right for more info. Or click the Yuba tag on the right to see our set up – two kids and an electric motor …….

He aint heavy he’s my ….

Well actually he is heavy. Finally popped past Alpine Bikes the other day – to pick up some lights for a friend’s bike and took the opportunity to weigh the GT Rohloff.

Well actually was in the shop when one of the guys there said “wow nice build” – so appealing to my vanity – I said I thought it was a smidge over 24lbs. He picked it up and said “Nah more like 26-27”

Then he went a weighed it. 26.5lbs

Almost gutted.

I had just picked up the bike the other day from Carl at Bikelove (the best bike and customer service) after he changed my front chainring to a 36 tooth. Now due to the fact that the rear dropoff (for deralliuer) was snapped off he had to retrofit a downhill chainring tensioner. At the same time he changed cranks to XTR and replaced old BB. The result is the quietest bike I have ever ridden.

Sweet despite the weight issue ….