When just out riding I could care less if I have a computer while on my mountain bike. However when racing on a course that I have not ridden before I really like to have the computer. It helps me pace quite a bit, plus when you feel like you are about to blow up it is nice to know if you still have one mile or five miles.

I'll never forget a race I was in last year. I blew up really bad so everytime I saw someone handing out water or telling me which way to go I would ask them how far I had to go. Every one of them told me 6 miles. At one point there had to be at least 10 miles left, I rode another 20 minutes asked someone how much further, they told me 6 miles, I rode another 30 minutes asked someone how much longer, they told me 6 miles. I was ready to kill someone. I had no idea if I would finish or not and not knowing how much longer I had to suffer only made it worse.

I love it when I'm able to contribute to this thread.

Here's my P.3, I threw a '00 jr.T on it because my other fork is shot so much that it would have ended up costing me more almost as much to fix it as it was to put this fork on. So far I like it, it raised the standover a bit but it is MUCH nicer than what I had on it before. I also threw the wheelset from my diamondback on it (mavic x223 rims, nothing special but I'm not going big anyways... yet) I have a set of Alexrims that I can put on it but those things are SO heavy.



Also, it's now 66* and hardly any snow on the ground!

I just got this yesterday, but now I've got a killer cold
I was sick all last week from my first spring ride and riding my new bike home made me even sicker I think I'm just going to take it easy so with luck, I'll be good to ride all day on the weekend!

Wow, nice bike. I like the colours!

Sars,

Nice setup. Gotta love early marz...

New homemade chainstay protector and bashring !

I have the same forks...I'm pretty sure the owner's manual advises against having that much stanchion extending above the upper crown. Just so you know...

Nice bike, however.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to check into that. It's my first DC fork so I don't really know a whole lot about what to do and what not to do with it yet.

Nice job. I need to make myself a chainstay protector.

Chainstays are certainly recommended for keeping your wheel in place.

No...they keep your chain from dropping when you wheels off.
Chain-Stay. Pretty obvious I think.

if there was no chain stays, i dont think the wheel would exactly be attatched to the bike... it was a joke, the dude made a chain stay protector, not a chain stay

Here's a couple of quick and easy ideas that I use

The first one is a section of an old Specialized road tire (with the Flak Jacket) that I cut the beads off.

On my trail bike I use a section of water suppy hose I got at Home Depot

Of course the ubiquitous zip ties are in full effect here, but it's a quick and easy method of attaching things

By tomorrow i'll have something and I'll post some pictures. I could have that tire re-arranged too. Thanks for some of the ideas Raiyn.

No problem.
I'm a cheap bastard when it comes to stuff like that.
Why spend $8 for a pretty piece of neoprene that's going to get torn up when you can use common household items that will provide many times the wear characteristics for a fraction of the cost?

The main reason why I used a tube.

I tried that once and while it works I didn't care for it. My method is a lot quicker and easier especially since the rear derailieur cable runs on the underside of my commuter. It also seems to last a bit longer too at least from what I've observed.

The thing that gets me is: How much chain slap are you really getting on a single speed?

I took the chain tensioner off, It was a bit too noisy for my likings but I'm not quite sure if I will leave it off. And my older protector had a huge hole in it so I figured; why not make another one.

new tires...new pic...

Hmmm... that saddle is really pushed forward. Also, I'm curious as to why you decided to put the larger diameter rotor in the back.

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I love my saddle like that...no clue why, I just do. It is basically as forward as it gets. As far as the rear rotor it's a odd story...I ordered the rotor and the adapter...well I ordered the rear adapter and not the front adapter...then I hear 8" rotors aren't always a great idea on a QR fork due to the fact they can pull the wheel out or something of that nature....so I just left it on my back wheel, if I sling myself back over the rear wheel some it's just as potent as my front brake and it doesn't fade nearly as bad...I'm still tempted to go 8" in the front though

Something about Red Sidewalls on a bike, they will match practically anything, and as you've just proved, they work pretty damn well with Sh** brown

Looks nice PWRD

Those tires look sweet!

i have been planning on stepping it up to 8" rotors on the front of my enduro but a couple times rescently i've heard the same thing and it makes me a bit concerned. is this really true? i just got a job at the local R.E.I. and our bike & parts selection is ok so i think the only thing that's available to me as far as rotors is avid are they good? or does quality even vary that much on rotors between the brands?