[Neil Evans]

Hi,

I was just wondering if there are any mountain bikers here? I am a total addict, and have been for many years...

I have three bikes, a Cannondale Taurine 3, a Cove Handjob and a Cannondale road bike. All of which get serious hammer ripping the trails here in the Dordogne France.

Cheers

Neil

[Bubbaloo]

Cove Handjob

Pardon?

[mrcharles]

Stiff suspension?

[seco7]

Funny, I just got back from Mammoth Mountain in California a couple days ago. Fantastic place to ride!

http://www.mammothmountain.com/Mountain ... /TrailMap/

[iker]

I've got an specialized Enduro, an specialized HardRock (my wife uses it) and a old DH Mondraker.

...and I have had a Kona Lava Dome, a Specialized Stumpjumper M2, a Klein Pinnacle (italian flag painted,a limited edition signed by Tinker Juarez...the best I ever had!)...

I love mountainbiking!

[rusteberg]

Redline Monocog 29er !!!!!! It's a beast!!! i'll never go back to standard 27 inch wheel base again.

oh, and a frankenstein fixie i built myself with Weinmann dp 18 wheel set on vintage vista frame with mustache bar.

[Maximus3D]

I'm also a mountainbike nerd but unfortunately without a mountainbike at the moment. But when/if i can afford one in the future i will bike again.

/ Max

[Neil Evans]

YEAH, glad to see there are other mtb addicts and a nice selection of bikes too.

In the past I have had a specialised rockhopper(my first mtb), a Team Marin(killed by a car, which broke my arm too!!), a Proflex(terrible), a wierd purple hibrid thing with no name, a Giant cadex cfm1, a Sunn chrome monster thing, a Santa Cruz Superlight and a Pace hard tail.

Cove make some very strange named bikes, there is also a Stiffee, foreplay and a g-spot. I once spoke to a guy who helped come up with some of the names, on a beach after many beers.. or so he said

Hey Magnus, good to hear from you, how is London ?

[Maximus3D]

Hiya Neil i'm not gonna hijack your interresting mtb thread here but from my 2 day long experience of it so far i can sum it up with these words..
- people here are extremly friendly and helpful. I'm actually impressed!
- what little i've seen of the city so far looks great!
- brits have a great sense of humor
- i noticed i am a newbie in comparison to the others here
- my english is unfortunately pretty rusty
- traffic is a nightmare!!
- brits drive on the wrong side of the road
- food, drinks and groceries are cheap and fresh here
- i7 machines are very fast! (that's my workstation here)
- money seems to last longer here than in Sweden

I guess that sums it up pretty well so far, still the friendliness of the brits is what made the biggest impact on me, and the politeness. They deserve a better reputation.

/ Max

[rusteberg]

- food, drinks and groceries are cheap and fresh here
- money seems to last longer here than in Sweden

..... come to the states and you will live like a KING!