my san andreas is finally here UPDATED 7/4/11

[MAXTHEROTTI]

Noooooooooooooo. It LOOKS so "right".

it does that chap

 

[DegsUk]

:roll: such a shame after your long wait, only ever experienced a full suspension bike once a saracen havoc (oh yeah mock as you wish) but in 94/95 ish they were new stuff but as you say try going upwards !!
You could lock the rear out , so I did and forgot to unlock it and decided to go on the local dirt track . First decent bump the bloody thing bent hahha still got the scars on my shins !!

 

[CAPIN]

Get some rigid MOHO
I think maybe you need some time for adjusting your riding style. Coming from responsive hardtail can be difficult.
From my experience its quite important to make your FS bike as LIGHT as possible.
You know.. that bomber, azonic, hone,shimano BB, tires, rims, saddle. Its all very heavy what you have there!

If you change all these, you can get as much as 2 kg off the bike. that would make a huge difference uphill!!

 

[serottabob]

just a thought how about keeping the bike lose any excess weight u are carrying get fitter and power that munster up the hills,,,,

 

[marin man]

Or here is an idea max.....take up golf mate

I sold my trek y because of that.....my mount vision was great on the hills though

 

[Chris]

Don't give up on it yet

I managed to build mine to 24 pounds and it was excellent at xc, plus it had superb downhill capabilities

Great allrounders I think.

 

[xizang]

KEEP IT. Can't you just change the rear shock to one with a remote lockout? That way it WILL be a hardtail for the climbs but with a flick of the thumb, turn it into a DH beastie.

 

[MAXTHEROTTI]

no its going chaps
once i decide somethings going thats it game over lol

on to the next one lol

 

[MAXTHEROTTI]

i should also add the issue is with me not the bike
im simply too heavy for a full suss bike (at least one with such a short stroke shock)
anyone up to 15stone could prob fly up hills on it but alas i cant but i can on a hardtail so sometimes its better the devil you know i guess :?

 

[MAXTHEROTTI]

well got a little bored today so thought i would try to give the main frame a bit of shine as the paint was a little flat

so got a the D.A polisher out and here are the results

will prob order some new decals up from gil this week will make it look better