cydewaze

First serious ride, and the rear suspension started to disassemble itself. I guess I should pick up some lock-tite or something. At least it came apart at the end of the ride, and not halfway through at the turn-around point.

Other than that, it was a good ride. I built the bike up from the frame, and I think I chose a good mix of components and fork. I need to spend more time on the bike, because its potential exceeds my ability right now.

Oh, and the hydraulic disc brakes seriously rock. I was thinking of switching them out for Avid mechs, but not anymore.

madbiker555

A lot of people will say that the first thing that you should do is get lock-tite and use it on your rear shock to prevent that from happening.
And, hydraulic disks all the way.

zx108

i think hydraulics are overkill. my 2-cents.

madbiker555

Not for freeriding, (which I do). I need all the stopping power I can get.

zx108

you might be right since when i was using hydraulics i was doing anything drastic.(since it wasnt my bike)

they still seemed a little overkill for xc, i can see someone doing dh or freeriding using them.

cydewaze

That sounds like good advice.


As far as the discs go, the main thing for me was that on a 4-hr ride, I had absolutely no hand fatigue from braking. The terrain here is basically steep climb followed by fast decent. Lather, rinse, repeat. Eventually your hands get tired, although I will admit I've never used mech discs, so I'm comparing to LX V-brakes.

The price for the hydraulic discs was right though. For $50 I got:

Disc wheelset (XT hubs and Mavic 223 rims)
Front & rear Hayes Hyd Discs w/ levers.

Bought from a friend because he found the brakes too difficult to modulate. It was a deal I could not pass up, since this bike was built on a budget.

zx108

you got hayes disc for $50

madbiker555

Lucky!

snakehunter

DAMN thats a STEAL...... I just recently broke in my FS too... A Transition Dirtbag... took er out on Snowshoe for Monster Park.... if anyone is familiar w/ SS I broke in my hydros on that fire road that leads to the trails, the first two decents left my calipers SMOKING before they where a little laggy but now they bite like a pirrhanna and me gusta!!!!!

Dannihilator

Not true. Ever try a set of properly set up Avid BB7's?

madbiker555

Nope.