Thread: MTB Etiquette

Went into UQ to pick up my ride this arvo after work - but left empty handed... The good news is that the bike is absolute filth - I went weak at the knees when I saw it

But the shop is having trouble with routing the cables (which are inside the frame) and reckon the rear shifter mechanism is defective. Brand new XTR defective - WTF?? Anyway, they are ordering a new shifter so hopefully I'll have the bike soon.

Hey - If you haven't seen a Trek Elite 9.9 SSL then wait till you do - it is absolute porn, the shape of the tubes...the carbon wheel set...with white spokes....blinged bling everywhere you look...God, I need to take a cold shower!

Originally Posted by rainman

Ah yes, but around Murgon you should have enough land and the means (ie ready supply of tractors and timber) to create your own trails and Northshore!

Ha! Yes, this is true. If I did this I'd be needing to quadruple my income protection insurance I think...

I recall riding at some of the "MTB parks" like Glentress and Peebles in Scotland - they had some seriously monster platforms and north-shore style ramps. I also remember fairly consistently riding the chicken runs around the worst/best of them!

Originally Posted by Scallops

Went into UQ to pick up my ride this arvo after work - but left empty handed... The good news is that the bike is absolute filth - I went weak at the knees when I saw it

But the shop is having trouble with routing the cables (which are inside the frame) and reckon the rear shifter mechanism is defective. Brand new XTR defective - WTF?? Anyway, they are ordering a new shifter so hopefully I'll have the bike soon.

Hey - If you haven't seen a Trek Elite 9.9 SSL then wait till you do - it is absolute porn, the shape of the tubes...the carbon wheel set...with white spokes....blinged bling everywhere you look...God, I need to take a cold shower!

Taken delivery yet? Got the pedals sorted?

Originally Posted by Scallops

Some advice from the MTB fraternity please....I have just bought myself a bike, and have already been given a few tips....

1. No lycra
2. No lycra
3. no lycra



So I'm wondering what to wear! I'm thinking of cheating and using my trusty bib and brace knicks, under a pair of shorts - but what do you wear as a top?

Also - I took my Elite biddon holders off my (for sale) roady - is it kosher to use these on a MTB or do all the cool kids just use a camelback?

WTF ??

I always wear lycra bibs and always have ?
As did the blokes I used to ride with back in the Blue Mts ?
Hell, most did back when I started.

I have dual bidons and use them, (el cheapo cateyes, but you never lose a bottle) but I have a Camelback as well for longer rides

re pedals, always used Time ATAC's. (even on the roadie )

Not the lightest, but probably still the most reliable clip-less pedals.

Come on Scallops, where are you? Give us a report, hang on... I seem to remember that when he picked up his Puma he went AWOL for ages as well.

Cheers, Mick.

Sorry! Yes - got the bike 1 week ago. It's sad but I actually went a little weak in the knees when I saw it. Oh - said that above! I've riden it to work each day, stretching the cables, bedding it in...gees I enjoy riding it!

Kat and I are riding from Moore to Bernakin together tomorrow.

And I'm with you Rick - I say bollocks to no lycra! It might be ugly, but I'm comfortable!

Originally Posted by Scallops

Sorry! Yes - got the bike 1 week ago. It's sad but I actually went a little weak in the knees when I saw it. Oh - said that above! I've riden it to work each day, stretching the cables, bedding it in...gees I enjoy riding it!

Kat and I are riding from Moore to Bernakin together tomorrow.

And I'm with you Rick - I say bollocks to no lycra! It might be ugly, but I'm comfortable!

Apologies for the shameful thread dredge but I'm thinking of Inc's server space..why post a new thread and waste 3Mb.

Hey Scallops (sorry forgotten your real name...).

How's the Trek been for you?

Did you know that QRail have been ripping up all the rail lines further up than Moore?

If my info is correct they have started on the line up near Tiaro (Scaryborough) and they have just gone through us here in Murgon. Apparently they will be done in Kingaroy by years' end.

Sooooo, if the Council here gets their poo together they could actually extend that ride for another 40+ kms.

It's fairly mundane riding but as a means of getting in some time on the pedals without seeing bitumen/cars/trucks/dropkicks sitting inside 2t of steel at the ready to put you into a wheelchair or coffin, it wouldn't be too bad.

Even for me at the moment it would be great if they could 'maintain' 2.5kms either side of the main street of town and slash it/spray the weeds along it so that it becomes a 10km out/back running route.

I'm going to scroll up again after I post this and check out the bike. It was truly a piece of art when I saw one last year in Brissy.

Originally Posted by rick130

WTF ??

I always wear lycra bibs and always have ?
As did the blokes I used to ride with back in the Blue Mts ?
Hell, most did back when I started.

I have dual bidons and use them, (el cheapo cateyes, but you never lose a bottle) but I have a Camelback as well for longer rides

re pedals, always used Time ATAC's. (even on the roadie )

Not the lightest, but probably still the most reliable clip-less pedals.

Same, always wear Lycra but it also depends on how comfortable you are with yourself and if you're out for the riding. By far the better clothing for riding rather than parachute clothing. If you're commuting or riding to the pub then thats a different story. Biddon holders, Specialised have got a beauty out now that holds the bottle at the top of the holder rather than 1/2 way down and so far have never dropped a bottle with one - but thats on a TT bike using Xlab on the rear and in the aerobars rather than the MTB. They're about $20ea.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Biddon holders, Specialised have got a beauty out now that holds the bottle at the top of the holder rather than 1/2 way down and so far have never dropped a bottle with one - but thats on a TT bike using Xlab on the rear and in the aerobars rather than the MTB. They're about $20ea.

Ta, the Cateye's are sort of the 110/130 of the bidon world, functional but not, err, aesthetically pleasing to most eyes They look pretty ordinary on the roadie.

Not sure about adding a Specialised bit to a Cannondale though