Thread: New MTB projects

Sounds rough Pete....also sounds like it is going to take you a while to recover.

I am going out tomorrow on the bike....going to do Duck Creek Road. Well depending upon if my Series 3 makes it there....but after hearing your story and Dougal's...I will be taking it easy

Get well soon!

Originally Posted by Dougal

Ouch Pete, that's no good.
I got slammed back in April and I'm still feeling it. An afternoon of gondola shuttling to check the bike out before a 6 hour Enduro race. It wasn't the steeps that got me, it wasn't the jumps that got me, it wasn't the trees that got me or the speed.

I was on a flat gravel clearing halfway down the hill, I think I looked back to see how close a mate was following. Front wheel must have gone over a stone and exited stage left. I went straight down onto knuckles, shoulder, then head.
No concussion, but lots lots of skin off knuckles/shoulder, wrenched a lot of muscles, smashed my helmet and made a 2cm egg on the side of my head. No concussion thankfully.

All at about 20km/h on a flat piece of gravel.

Best of luck for your recovery.

Cheers Dougal,

Stupid thing is mine was similar. I got caught out on a flat section of gravel track by one of those rubber water bar things. 27kmh, dead stop, over bars into ground. Wasn't concentrating!

Hope yours all heals up soon as well.

At some point I am keen to come over to NZ for a week or so riding.

Rgds
Pete

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Cheers Dougal,

Stupid thing is mine was similar. I got caught out on a flat section of gravel track by one of those rubber water bar things. 27kmh, dead stop, over bars into ground. Wasn't concentrating!

That's the main cause of most accidents for guys like us. It's only the young guys who keep pushing the limits and running out of talent.

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Hope yours all heals up soon as well.

At some point I am keen to come over to NZ for a week or so riding.

Rgds
Pete

I'm mostly good, just muscles feeling out of place still. PM sent about riding in NZ.

Geez fella's, you're scaring this poor old fart who is self employed and rides alone !

You will be fine Rick! Just dont daydream!

Here's my new toy.

Originally Posted by Dougal

I can see where this is heading Pete.

Performance - YouTube

I picked it.

Another update.

I have sold the Banshee frame and forks..

And just ordered this last night from 'For the Riders'

Devinci Spartan carbon

Just been working out a more detailed spec and had a quick email conversation from Greg at Zelvy Carbon earlier. Most important question from me was if he could colour code the stickers on the wheels with the frame decal colour changes . He can so provisionally my spec for this is as follows:

Devinci Spartan Carbon
ROCKSHOX Monarch Plus
FSA orbit headset
Rockshox Pike
Hope M4 stealth front (have)
Hope M4 Stealth rear (have)
Brake Rotors Hope or Formula (have)
Zelvy 40mm Carbon on Hope
RaceFce Next SL crankset 32t
Raceface bb92 BB
XTR M9000 11 spd cassette
XTR M9000 11 spd Rear Mech
XTR M9000 11 spd Shifter
XTR Chain
RS Reverb
Fizik Ardea Vs (have)
Answer Protaper bars (have this will do for now)
Straitline SSC Stem (have this will do for now)
Nukeprooo Neutron Ti pedals
Schwalbe Hans Dampfs

Better start saving!