MacRetro chat and rides thread

[RobMac]

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Take a full suspension XC mountain bike with 100mm travel, do you think you'd notice much difference fitting 90mm forks?

 

[clubby]

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Nope. Check the axle to crown length of both. As long as they're fairly similar you'll be fine.

 

[jimo746]

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Take a full suspension XC mountain bike with 100mm travel, do you think you'd notice much difference fitting 90mm forks?

Yes mate. You'd notice exactly 10mm difference

In the real world though I doubt you could tell any difference at all.
Just check the A-C length as Clubby mentioned.

 

[Jamiedyer]

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Haven't see owt - how's abouts a trip to the north west ?


Skye, Torridon or beyond....

Cape Wrath?

Jamie

 

[velomaniac]

Apparently that's a good one, think I read a magazine article about riding to the Cape up the west coast approaching from the south. Mind you its all subject to whether the RAF are bombing the f**k out of some rocky isle just off the coast !

 

[RobMac]

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Planning on having a wee knock about up at Pitmedden over the wkend, probably Sunday.

 

[jimo746]

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I'm thinking I'd quite like a single speed road bike for the summer.
I'm also thinking my On One 29er with drop bars might work.....

Feasible? Or laughable? :?

 

[epicyclo]

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I'm thinking I'd quite like a single speed road bike for the summer.
I'm also thinking my On One 29er with drop bars might work.....

Feasible? Or laughable? :?

The laughing will be done by you.

Put Big Apples on it (or a similar 2.35" balloon tyre) and you'll love the way it floats along effortlessly. Not to mention the ability to really use brakes hard or corner like a motorbike.

I did it with my On-One Scandal a few years back. It was very successful, loved it. Did a 125 mile day ride round Wester Ross and it just demolished the crap road surfaces.

Your On-One has a reasonably steep HA, so it's perfect for this use.




You'll also discover you're riding the future of the gravel bike because it will still be perfectly competent offroad within the limitations of slick tyres. In 5 years time no one will want a gravel bike limited to 47mm tyres.

 

[velomaniac]

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I have a pair of schwalbe big apple tyres 29 x 2.35 that you can have cheap.

 

[velomaniac]

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PS I think Brian made his 5 year prediction 5 years ago but he's nothing if not optimistic.