Recent content by hawkhill97

Go on then, let's have another crack with my Marin 🙂 @hawkhill97's 2000 Marin Mount Vision Build thread: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/2000-marin-mount-vision-build.400588/

Nice, good luck with the auction!

I also wonder if it's worth looking at 24" jump bike frames... Though not sure if 24" wheels would be utterly horrible on rough trails on a hardtail.

I built up a Saracen xess last year and it's been amazing for the local pump tracks and skate parks. It's also extremely short in the top tube (it's the only MTB frame I've ever experienced toe overlap on). If you're really struggling to find a short enough frame, might be worth giving one a...

Very shiny! Love it 😎

Should make a really fun trails bike! I had a GT Chucker years ago that filled a similar role, not quite small enough for the pump track but definitely smaller than you'd want for long XC rides - it was great fun in the woods!

Yeah that's going to look well nice! What sort of riding have you got planned for it?

Love those massive Tioga DH saddles! Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out 😎

Really appreciate the advice @novocaine btw!

Never heard it explained quite that way before but makes total sense. Cheers for the tip, I'll have a play with that. There is a small double on one of the XC trails I ride regularly that I can clear on a good day - it takes a good bit of physical oomph as well as mental commitment. On steep...

Another little edit from a session at one of the Bristol pump tracks. Pretty pleased with how it all looks on the pump track, the less said about the jump line the better. I know what I should be doing, but my lizard brain kicks in and tells my firmly that I'm not doing that in case I get too...

Cheers for the tips! Sounds like I'm more or less on the right track with what I'm *trying* to do on the little transition jump. Just need to get enough reps in that it's no longer intimidating to give it a bit of pop rather than sucking it up. If I manage to find a slightly bigger stair set...

Loving this little bike. Never fancied doing stair drops on a rigid fork, but this feels rock solid and surprisingly smooth 😎

Any of the rockshox early 2000s forks with motion control damping (recon, reba, Tora) would be ideal. They pop up cheap on FB marketplace fairly regularly, and are easy to service at home if you need to. That's what I'd be looking for if it were mine.