lol, i cant say ive had that problem, they can generally keep up.

Dang, Killington i take it is the DH you do? Ive been there.And wanna go again. Id like to ride with someone, most of my friends only do Dj now....

What did you do to blow 2 shocks?

Thats pretty conservative. lol.

Cool, how much do u think u have put into it?
Thanks, my glory needs some upgrades(Wheelset, derailluer, shifters..)

Define close.
I like the Slash, very unique.

It's very light. You forget it's there after a while.

hey thanks for the help , does that mean the trail hose with its fittings will work in my carbon break yeah ?

you ever find people to ride with? are there good fr spots where youre at? I'm interested in finding new riding spots close by.

the khs dj 300 has a 30mm seat post

thank for the info,

GMC? whats that?

The setup sounds immense, should ride like a dream and be tough as hell. Should be really low maintenance too, which is always a bonus (anything that increases worry free ride time). The half link chains look really tidy, cant wait to see this all come together. Hopefully once i have the next few weeks of exams out of the way I will be able to get out on the bike again. btw the helmets look swish, have been looking at the fox ones myself.

hey i was lookin around for three inch riser bars with a 31.8 clamp size and i noticed you posted in a thread about the sette duo bars, do you have any side view pics so i could possibly see how much backsweep they have? thanks in advace

Meh, it's alright over here. I've jst been working a lot so I haven't had time to be on PB much. I'm hopeing I can get some riding n in the next few days, but we'll see how that works out.

I only needed a single chain. With my chainstays at 14 5/8", 33/16 gearing, I still had 7" of chain left over. I got mine from Albes, it was the same price as Dan's.

Man that sucks!..Ah well, it will be worth the wait once shes all up and running. Yeah the DMR kit is really nice, good value and great performance. Could always try the web and see what deliver yestimates are for the stuff. Got kinda lucky as my local bike shop does trek bikes and DMR parts.....hence why I ended up with the jack 2, lol. Havent been riding much either....need to sort out a new chain at the very least as well before getting back into it. always the way.

Good commitment there! Its paid off though, that tensioner runs real neat and tucked in under the chainstay.

Thanks !!!

Haha, well not for the moment i dont think. As its my only bike i have to keep the gears on her to make sure i can do AM / DH stuff.

Good stuff, I can understand what you mean about the stinky. Thats fair enough, look forward to seeing it all finished. Should see you through an awesome season.

dude, let me know how you get on with this, and the sproket size u use etc, this is what i am hoping to do soon with my jack.

New trek upgrades sound sweet, cant wait to see the pics when you get them up. notice your getting rid of the stinky, change of direction or change of bike?

Actually they were kind of always together. They have shared engineering as long as GF has been around but it was a few years before they actually combined financially. GF has always been engineered by Trek.

That sounds about right. You're probably going to regret it next summer when you do have time to ride it, but life takes mistakes. Personally, I'd hang on to it and see what happens, but if the wife says it's going, it usually ends up going.

Why are you selling the Stinky?

Ouch, that sucks. At least you have the Howler to play with for now.

Sweet. I'm just waiting for Stowe to realize how much money they are loseing by not having trails. Once they realize that, Stowe will have trails (on the mountain, we have XC/AM stuff...lots of it) open in about 2 months.

I'm Thinking of buying the Storm 180mm
They seem like nice forks.

Only 2 months! Stowe STILL has a good 72 inch base.

Works for me, it's your bike. Cough cough lift cough cough.

Okay, your Stank has about 7 pounds on my Coiler, but a front D is still never needed. IMO.

yeah same here. Its the only part on my bike that I dont care about weight on! Its damn heavy, but soooooo worth it!

Haha! I knew mine was a tank, then I put it on a scale. Now if I hear ANYONE b*tching about climbing any bike, I'll smack them. Anyone with a granny gear get's nutted too.

Thanks, arent they great stems?!! It was such a tight fit the first time I put mine on that I had to make a press fixture to get it down! Everyone that sees it is like "OMG, thats beautiful!"

Oh come on! I took off my front deraileur about a week after I got my bike. They're not needed at all.

Have you weighed you Stinky yet?

nice ride btw

yhep dude its just in wwales wich u can see frm the wirral.

I'm pretty sure I'll buy another stock bike at one point. Not because I want to, but because building one up is more expensive to get the same or better quality. I'm saving for my dream DH build, but it's a ways out for now.

Yeah, the amount of idiots on here is amazing. At least there are a few people who are smart enough to get the retards to shut up.

That reminds me of one of my favorite sayings: Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experiance.

Hey, not much. How's it going? Still have a lot of snow in VT?

Yeah, I live close enough to the trails that I can just ride to them and home from them. Also, driving a car with no room for a bike and no bike rack kind of limits my mud covering to driving potential. This summer I'll get a bike rack though...or see if I can take my dad's truck. I hate driving his truck though. It's way to big, slow, and unresponsive for me.

Yeah, we stil have a good 2 feet of snow in most places. Once that melts, then we'll get mud for about another month. Then it dries out mostly and I can ride at full speed.

Yes I did and it was awsome. I got about half way over the snow bank into the trail and had to hike from there. The way back down was so much fun though. I had a line that was hard enough to ride on that was about a foot wide. If you went off to either side, you sank in enough to stop you...fast. I lost count of how many times I had to bail. There was one time I went off to the left, my front wheel sank so deep. The snow was almost to the seal on my fork. I got off the bike and looked at it like, "Huh, shouldn't a 2 wheeled thing fall over when you get off of it?"

I already am and thanks.

This week is going to be filled up for me. I've got phsical therapy twice, I've got to get the oil changed in my car, (my dad won't let me do it on my own ) and I've got to go to the chiroprater twice. I THINK I'll be able to squeeze a ride in on wednesday.

I'm definetly going out once I get out of school on wednesday. It's supposed to be like 65!!! I think I need to find all my biking crap.

I was so close to going for a ride today. I would have if my knee was better and my tires weren't so worn. I did bring in my Fuji and replace my Coiler as my knee rehab bike though. You probably saw the pics.

Nice, whereabouts? If you ever head down this way bring a bike and we would be glad to show you some local stuff.

Sweet. I didn't think they came out yet. I love the levers. Nice bike!