Mountain motorbike

I think it's only fair to mention that she's married, but you did say the
plastics on yours weren't up to perfection, so there's no real point
haggling. Chuck in the angle grinder and you can have their kid too P

 

cat says...

I don't care if she's married, it won't be me doing the cheating. You
can keep the kid, you might be able to sell it and put the money towards
a good angle grinder. Don't ever dis the CBRs plastics, or you'll be
accused of gingerism.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L

 

These things are oiled, washed down after use, muckoff etc. These are
geeks, they might not be able to ride up an incline without fainting but
they can follow the rules.

My current bike has a steel alloy frame, shit old headset that doesn't
take decent forks, second hand gear bits and a saddle that would make
*any* lady comfortable. It jumps over things and goes down steps[2] that
fatty and his £1000 bike doesn't dare, and they're STILL spending hours
on wiggle replacing cracked bits of aluminium.
I'm quite prepared to believe that the genuine nutters end up replacing
quite a bit of kit (hence [1]) I don't get why our technical IT staff are
breaking as much stuff as them.


[2] occasionally with me still on.

 

I suspect because on bicycles freestyle is already taken by BMX.

 

It depends on how you ride. Mine cost thousands as well, but I've
been riding a long time and I'm very easy on kit, despite weighing in
at around 20 stone with riding gear on. I've seen other riders with
the same gear kill it in a couple of rides.

 

They nicked the term from the snowboarders. Like them, it originally
meant "off-piste", but has become corrupted over the last few years to
mean "jumping of stupidly high shit".

 

If yours is a hardtail, then it's going to take more abuse than something
with the latest light weight rear shock et al. I don't think the
freestylers use suspension, but ICBW.

Well, £1000 isn't that much for a top spec mtn bike, but being fat, he's
going to stress it more than your average race snake.

Tell him to lose weight rather than spending mucho spondoolies on the
latest trick bits. Then maybe the bike will handle regular landings a
little better.

 

Depends, slope-style and freeride bikes tend to have around 8 inches
of front and rear travel.

Dirt jump bikes tend to only have a couple of inches travel at the
front.

Not even close, especially for a full suspension rig. In fact a grand
is the bottom of the market.

Not strictly true, it's down to how smooth you are when you ride IME.
I'm 16.5 stone, so not exactly a lightweight when you add on a few
litres of water and some tools, yet I rarely break stuff.

Skills courses are very useful. They teach you how to ride over
things, rather than at them.