Show us your - winter hack

[gb155]

Im gonna stick on Marathon winters, in the winter and SKS Guards.

 

[fossyant]

It's OK. It's got XT canti's but it's the pad compound that's important - got some Ritchey extreme pads on at the moment. It's got no where near the stopping power of my road bikes though ! PS it looks a bit BSO, but it's an early 90's MTB, so we didn't have this suspension stuff then. It's Tange cro-mo, with a mix of XT and LX components. It's also had some 'adventures' as well. It's also very good if a car hits it - it makes a right mess of a car

Being fully rigid, it stops me descending down mountains too fast for my MTB abilities (which are crap ). It's bloody fast up hill though !

 

[fossyant]

Im gonna stick on Marathon winters, in the winter and SKS Guards.

Just remember, if we get snow, you may find guards a problem. But if you get secu clips, you only need to undo a few bolts.

 

[gb155]

Just remember, if we get snow, you may find guards a problem. But if you get secu clips, you only need to undo a few bolts.

Good point

As for the BSO looking bike, not having a front fork today was much more of a pleasure, felt so much more connected to the path, it does worry me that its a carbon fork tho !

EDIT: Koolstop pads ?

 

[fossyant]

Don't worry about the carbon forks.

Dan_bo crashed his Planet X Kaffenback in a cross race - bent the frame, not the carbon forks.

 

[smokeysmoo]

+1 for pad compound. When I first got the Focus Mares I had it came with Avid Shorty 4's, and I very nearly swopped them within the first week as I was shocked at how bad they seemed, and the the original pads were bobbins, and they mashed in next to no time. Swopped the pads for new ones, (forget the make now, D'oh!), set the brakes up properly with toe in etc, and they were transformed.
Glad I didn't leap into blowing ££££'s on Avid Ultimates or similar

 

[gb155]

Don't worry about the carbon forks.

Dan_bo crashed his Planet X Kaffenback in a cross race - bent the frame, not the carbon forks.

Crap !!!!!!!

I held the speed at around 20mph as I was nervy TBH

Tomorrow i'll let RIP

 

[gb155]

+1 for pad compound. When I first got the Focus Mares I had it came with Avid Shorty 4's, and I very nearly swopped them within the first week as I was shocked at how bad they seemed, and the the original pads were bobbins, and they mashed in next to no time. Swopped the pads for new ones, (forget the make now, D'oh!), set the brakes up properly with toe in etc, and they were transformed.
Glad I didn't leap into blowing ££££'s on Avid Ultimates or similar

Yeah, Im not gonna rush into anything, the bike is amazing but its let down by the brakes, so for now, i'll be happy to try some koolstops or what ever peeps recommend, if worse comes to it, then i'll just get a new hub and disk brake for the rear as I didnt use front braking in the snow anyways

 

[fossyant]

Gaz - you'll be using it on the flat, so don't worry about the brakes. They will bed in. Compound is a key.

 

[gb155]

Gaz - you'll be using it on the flat, so don't worry about the brakes. They will bed in. Compound is a key.

It's not THAT flat, I have 9 locks to drop down, plus in the winter there tends to be MSO MTB'ers (No offence

) coming the other way without lights, forced me to HARD Brake a few times last year LOL.......

 

[fossyant]

You'll have fun. I like the off-road route I have to work down the TPT.

Even expected the snow ball pounding as I neared home.. they missed... but have fun with them...

 

[gb155]

You'll have fun. I like the off-road route I have to work down the TPT.

Even expected the snow ball pounding as I neared home.. they missed... but have fun with them...

Yeah, the snow-ball'in kids are always fun

 

[fossyant]

Yeah, the snow-ball'in kids are always fun

Aye - but my "quick" route to get to the TPT is Brinny

 

[potsy]

Aye - but my "quick" route to get to the TPT is Brinny

OI I'm from Brinny

 

[gb155]

Aye - but my "quick" route to get to the TPT is Brinny

Body guards ????