jon
02-03-2003, 07:12 PM
Ok,
I christened my new bike at the weekend in spectacular (read exhausting) 22-mile 'yomp' across the moorland of west-yorks, just west of Keighley
The bike is without doubt a better climber than the old bullit - it feels much lighter when you're on it, and the 5th element helps to channel more of your pedal power to the rear wheel.
*However* those manitou shermans are not marzocchi z1s.. I'm not sure I like the progressive action of the forks, especially as you can't set the preload :roll: They don't feel too bad overall - i'll not be rushing to change them, but because they're so soft at the beginning of their travel, they're not overly inspiring in extra steep descents, of which there are plenty on the route i undertook on Saturday!
The Maxxis Hi-Roller tyres are quite easily the worst tyre i've tried in mud - i was all over the shop in places, which with the forks behaving as mentioned above, left me feeling far from confident on more than one occasion. The Wildgripper DH and IRC Kujo DH tyres i've tried previously both gripped better, and clogged up far less readily. I'll be changing these just as soon as i can get some pennies together...
Not wanting to finish on a low note, other than the forks not being world-beaters and the tyres feeling sketchy, the job's a goodun :D oh, and that WTB Cr-Mo Rocket V saddle is simply the most comfortable saddle i've sat on in a long time!
I christened my new bike at the weekend in spectacular (read exhausting) 22-mile 'yomp' across the moorland of west-yorks, just west of Keighley
The bike is without doubt a better climber than the old bullit - it feels much lighter when you're on it, and the 5th element helps to channel more of your pedal power to the rear wheel.
*However* those manitou shermans are not marzocchi z1s.. I'm not sure I like the progressive action of the forks, especially as you can't set the preload :roll: They don't feel too bad overall - i'll not be rushing to change them, but because they're so soft at the beginning of their travel, they're not overly inspiring in extra steep descents, of which there are plenty on the route i undertook on Saturday!
The Maxxis Hi-Roller tyres are quite easily the worst tyre i've tried in mud - i was all over the shop in places, which with the forks behaving as mentioned above, left me feeling far from confident on more than one occasion. The Wildgripper DH and IRC Kujo DH tyres i've tried previously both gripped better, and clogged up far less readily. I'll be changing these just as soon as i can get some pennies together...
Not wanting to finish on a low note, other than the forks not being world-beaters and the tyres feeling sketchy, the job's a goodun :D oh, and that WTB Cr-Mo Rocket V saddle is simply the most comfortable saddle i've sat on in a long time!