Bicycles
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Solid bike! I kind of wish I had a long travel full suspension bike for some downhill/bike resort riding.. Maybe next summer?
I was just looking at old pics of me riding all kinds of cool stuff at a local bike park, skinnies, teeter-totters and stuff like that and got that urge again…
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Great bike Daynym!
Jii, I ended up with some Endura Singletrack pants and some Gore Bike Wear Path Goretex overtrousers. Waiting for them to arrive. Don't suppose you could point me in the direction of some good lights for night riding? I need a helmet, handlebar and rear lights. The helmet light is proving a bit tricky as I have an Urge Enduromatic and there aren't many vents. The only one i've found so far is the Exposure Joystick (which is quite pricey!). Any lighting suggestions gratefully received:) -
'Proper' MTB lights all seem to be just ridiculously spendy. From what I hear the Magic Shine units are a good low-cost alternative.
I bought one of the many Hong Kong-produced no-name lights from eBay. They have good Cree LEDs in them and are very bright. I got four of them shipped for GBP20 and mounted two on my 'bars and two on my helmet. This gives me plenty of light for moderately fast trail riding in the dark and they're so cheap you could just buy as many spares as you think necessary.
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This is the current version I think: http://www.magicshineuk.co.uk/products/MJ-816E-1800-lumens-Magicshine
Ridiculously cheap for 1800 lumens and (reportedly) they are solid units as well.
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I'm using a Magishine 856b unit with the helmet mount and have been very happy with it. The battery's quite small and the light has ample power in it for pitch black dark technical trails. Haven't even used the most powerful setting yet
3/4 is powerful enough. A two hour ride uses up about half of the battery. No good for commuting though, as it's a friggin' motor vehicle driver blinder -
Yeah i've looked at the Magicshine ones but I don't think i'll be able to attach one to my helmet. The only solution i've found so far is the Exposure Joystick. Silly money for what amounts to a torch with attachment. The Urge Enduromatic is a bit awkward unfortunately.
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I use some of these to attach mine to my lid:
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Here's my helmet:
http://www.urgebike.com/fr/vtt/enduromatic
Would the Fenixtorch straps work on this?
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There are two orientations of the Lock Blocks: one where the torch sits perpendicular to the block and one parallel. From looking at the pics, I would guess the parallel one would work threaded through the two holes on either side of the front of your helmet but that's just a guess.
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Anyone know anything about Ay Ups lights? Sound like a good option from a small, quality company (just how I like 'em
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A friend of mine just uploaded loads of pics of bikes we've had along the way. This is the one I miss the most, it was so much fun:
The rear triangle gave up on me after three years of heavy use, and I got this frame as a replacement. It was really nice as well but we never really clicked (and I got offered a nice sum of money for the bike) so off it went…
I've got that trailbike urge again (and bad), been looking at both 29er FS bikes and regular 26" ones. This might turn out to be an expensive year for me…
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Awesome bikes Jii, those look like they'd be a blast to ride!
