My bike.. been doing me pretty good for the years for a cheap bike.

2001 GT Backwoods, Manitou X-Vert E's, Deore Stuff except cranks, Misc other parts.

khuon,

Yep it's a HollyWood Teamrider; gotta love em.. I still like to think of my bike a pretty stock. Even has the stock pedals lol

Okay... well... I tell my wife that same thing about my bikes. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

I love these, here we go:

1997 Gary Fisher Kaitai
Race Face XC cranks/ISIS bb
Marzocchi MX 100 forks
Azonic stem
Sella saddle
Generic seatpost
Shimano XT shifters/brakes
Front disk, Avid Mechanical
Shimano 536 clipless pedals
Oury grips
Panaracer Smoke rr tire, Moto Raptor fr (both 2.1")
Sun Rhyno Lite/XT front wheel, Bontrager/XT rear

I'm currently building a Cove Handjob with RaceFace and Sram parts, I'll post a pic when it's done-next month or so.

Here's mine.

Stock '04 Giant XTC-se2, except for "mudflaps". :-)

and my bike!

Giant ATX team
Full New Shimano XT (disk brakes, hubs, crankset, shifters, bottom bracket, front-rear der. etc)
Ritchey pro stem, headset,
KORE koranioum Elite XC riser bar (not in this picture)
rims Mavic X317 disc
Selle Italia Genuine Gel Ti bars
Roox S4 Post
Rock Shox Duke XC U-turn
Shimano SPD (not in this picture)
tyres Hutchinson Gold Python
Setlaz Kevlar frame protection

the weight of that thing is 11.1 Kg (if i had the SID 10,3 )
i fixed it piece by piece!
(this picture is taken by Sony DSC-F717)

Thanks! It is now for sale! I am getting bored of it now. Cool collectors item tough.

this is my welfare bike from walmart. im new to the biking scene and didnt really want to spend alot of money in case i lost interest. my bike is actually burgundy and i removed the decals.

My Big Hit DH with a Rohloff. Damn I loved that bike, I later threw a 03 Super T on the front which made a world of difference, still the nicest bike I've ridden.

The skinny tires and steep angles are because I was taking it on a XC'ish ride with friends and threw on my skinny tires and a 26" rear rim which jacked the back of the bike up, then I set the linkage for the higher bottom braken/steeper head angle. It actually felt surprisingly similar to my Enduro setup like that. It was the last ride before I moved from Washington to Whistler. Four days after getting to Whistler it was stolen

And my Specialized Enduro. Fun bike, I had it in numerous builds, from skinny tires and light with a 5" fork to big fat tires and a Jr T for freeriding.

How do I get the pictures to display in my post instead of being attachments anyway?

Is that a Thudbuster on your Enduro? If so, may I ask as to, "why?". I guess you would get about 6.5" of total travel.


L8R

Duble crown for XC?

Good for you. Did you remove the kick stand too? Take it off if not.

I use one now too. You would be surprised how many drops and how fast you can go on xc using a dc (especially out here where most xc trails have lots of drops etc..). That and if you only have 1 bike to play with it is easier to just leave as it.

I really would have liked to try that roholff...man that sucks, you have had no luck in this town...

Some suggestions:

Get rid of the yellow tire
Get rid of those wheels and put a 24" back on the rear end
Get fatter tires
That fork is super ugly on there
Get a bigger seat
Lower that seatpost when you take pics of the bike
Thats pretty much it, and you will have a sweet riding (and looking) bike.

Quote- "it's like if an xc bike and dh frame had kids"

some good suggestions... although i don't think he'll be able to implement them. in the same post he said it was stolen shortly after he moved to whistler. bummer.

Regarding comments about my old Big Hit. The picture was taken by a friend when I had it setup for XC, it was three days after I got the frame so I took all the parts off of my XC bike and put them on the Big Hit. Within a week the seat was down, the rear wheel was 24", the tires were 2.5 back, 2.7 front, the seat was a Berserker, and the fork was a black 2003 Super T which matched the bike perfectly. It was a sweet riding and looking bike, even at Whistler where there are a ton of nice bikes I was getting constant compliments on it.

Regarding the Enduro, I had two forks, a Junior T and a Fox Vanilla. I had the same headset race put on both forks so I could swap them in about 10 minutes, when I was doing more DH or Freeride I would put the Junior T on it, otherwise the Vanilla. This was before I bought my Big Hit so I was just extending the range of my Enduro, it works fine that way, I keep up with people on bigger bikes down the mountain all the time and it just surprises the hell out of them. Only problem is that the short rear travel does get a bit hard on the feet after a while.

The seatpost isn't a thudbuster, it has no suspension in it. It is adjustable by a lever on the handlebar, press the lever and the seatpost lays down and out of the way, it's great on rough trails with a lot of pedalling because you can have the seat high enough to pedal up hills then when you have to get over a 2' high log or go down a short steep section you can drop the seat back and down without having to get off your bike.

Too bad they don't make them anymore, but two other manufacturers are currently working on something similar, freeriders keep begging for them, something to put their seat up for pedaling then at the press of a button drop it down for jumps, drops, and obstacles.

That is sweet dude, I was just kinda joking anyway but it did look like kinda crappy in that pic. I hope to get out to whistler sometime and ride, maybe I will meet up with you or somethin. The bighit got stolen? That isnt cool at all, if any of my bikes ever got stolen I would find the person and beat the sh*T out of them. That flip down seatpost thing is sweet!!!!! I have always wanted one

Here's a picture of it laid back if you're interested. It's not the same as slamming all the way down to the frame but for most stuff you'd encounter on the trail besides full on DH just those few inches down and back is enough.

That's pretty cool. You say they're not made anymore. Who did when they did?

Pretty smart concept and design.

L8R

Actually the one I saw went forward and folded all the way down to the top tube really. Are you sure yo dont have yours on backward? It would make more sense to have the post get out in front of you since you lean back when going downhill.

It does fold forward, and when I've occasionally ridden with it like for super steep sections when I couldn't get the seat low enough, but my seat is a little wide so it rubs on my thighs in that position and annoys me. The folding forward position was actually only meant to be used for storage, I've found it nice when throwing it in the back of a friends SUV to make the bike shorter.

They were made by PowerPost. It's been over 5 years since they were made, nice design but the wrong time. There are other companies looking at similar designs now, with the freeride crowd growing we're finally starting to have more people who want a seat there for pedaling and out of the way for stunts. Picture the scene 5 years ago though, everyone was into XC and was a weight weenie, nobody would consider putting a one pound seatpost on their bike. Good idea, bad time.

Nice bikes so far.

Rohloff, Romic, Dorado, Hopes. Comes with a free towel to wipe up the drool.

:O...holy smokes you got it. Thats awesome, can't wait to see her in person.

Oh and lock her in a vault...you don't need that one gone too (knock on wood)

Can you please stop posting walmart type bikes ? Just joking man! Awesome DH bike. You definately need a drool-towel, congrats. Another fine piece of German Engineering.