http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: mountainbike - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:42:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335469 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:35:19 +0000 steveo 335469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bars on my 29er are 780mm apparently, I feel daft riding it anywhere but rough off road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335465 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:28:48 +0000 Arellcat 335465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Apparently the new normal is 80. My normal is 60, with the 1988 version about 70!</em></p> <p>My old mountain bike is 55cm, the Elephant Bike is 58cm, while the newer mountain bike is 65cm which felt super wide at first! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335464 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:47:01 +0000 ARobComp 335464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had to cut 3 feet off my MTB handlebars so that I could get the thing into my garage. Now at a neat 5'3" I effectively lie almost flat on the stem creating not only a stylish starfish look, but also vastly decreasing the wind resistance as I plummet down near vertical rock faces.</p> <p>(Very pleased you got a bike Fimm! Enjoy the hills!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335442 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:39:31 +0000 fimm 335442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, Mr fimm says the size of the handlebars is something to do with the geometry of the rest of the frame. I'm sure Arellcat's more technical explanation is correct.</p> <p>As someone who usually rides a Brompton and a normal road bike (mostly the latter at the moment) I think it is just 'different' and I will get used to it. My old MTB has small wheels, it is that old. It will be on it's way to the Bike Station in due course (once I've got the nice saddle off it). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335440 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:49:40 +0000 gembo 335440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have those NYC hipsters given up their infeasibly narrow handle bars? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335437 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:11:50 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My H-bars I cut down to 66cm from 71cm which felt like imitating a bird. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335436 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:02:38 +0000 chdot 335436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mmm</p> <p>Apparently the new normal is 80 -</p> <p><a href="https://www.mbr.co.uk/news/product_news/best-mountain-bike-handlebars-330711" rel="nofollow">https://www.mbr.co.uk/news/product_news/best-mountain-bike-handlebars-330711</a></p> <p>My normal is 60, with the 1988 version about 70! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335435 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:01:24 +0000 steveo 335435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going from my modern MTB to a roadish bike is very odd! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335434 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:54:31 +0000 chdot 335434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“and pure fashion“</p> <p>But of course. </p> <p>Think I have similar bars (from about 1988). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335433 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:51:23 +0000 Arellcat 335433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the handlebars are huge</em></p> <p>Modern mountain bikes are like that. I thought the reason was that longer forks and shorter stems plus slacker head tube angles that provide greater stability when rushing down hills (DH bikes predominantly) lead to slower steering and more potential wheel flop, and a wider handlebar helps counter that by providing a longer lever arm, and that the appearance was then aped by freeride and enduro bikes.</p> <p>But apparently I am wrong, and that it's actually about opening up the chest for better breathing, and increasing steering precision, and pure fashion. When I were young, it was the done thing to cut an inch or two off each end of the handlebar, because <em>narrower</em> was better!</p> <p>There is probably valid science in a wider arm stance helping engage the back muscles more effectively. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-335432 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:29:11 +0000 fimm 335432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well Harts and BikeTrax were both helpful but had nothing available at my price point for several months (thanks to Harts for letting me ride the same bike in two different sizes, unfortunately the one that fitted me was already sold).<br /> Edinburgh Bike Coop, possibly by virtue of being a slightly bigger operation, <em>did</em> have bikes, and I now have a new bike :-)<br /> It is green (well it is Whyte really) and the handlebars are <em>huge</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-334013 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:39:11 +0000 Rosie 334013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slightly OTT but there was a nice pensioner, former cycling officer. on You and Yours yesterday. He'd been repairing the odd cycle in his shed and now, since the lockdown, he's been working all the hours God sends working on bikes. He said he had nine waiting for repair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333988 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:22:13 +0000 fimm 333988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Harts, I've sent you an essay... :-)</p> <p>Others, I probably want new as in new from a shop, but I'll send you a PM ARobComp, no harm in seeing what is out there second hand. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333973 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:58:26 +0000 Harts Cyclery 333973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, got some 2021 Kona stock; just arrived, although I sold most of it on Saturday. Ping me an email as have more arriving over the next few weeks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333972 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:56:58 +0000 LaidBack 333972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm - Harts said that nothing much under £1k. Industry can sell everything it ships in these days.<br /> Someone offered me £200 for a full suspension Apollo bike!</p> <p>We are lucky that specialist bikes always have a wait as made to order. That said trying to get parts means scouring around EU. Thanks goodness for the single market!</p> <p>Of course later in the year as driving for fun displaces the summer of cycling there should be some great bargains to be had? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333971 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:26:14 +0000 edinburgh87 333971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm planning to thin out my fleet in the coming weeks and months - could potentially be bringing to market: 1 x Pinnacle Dolomite 3 (2017), 1 x Trek Emonda S5 (2016) and a Ribble 525 Steel (2018 - frame only, frame too big for me so likely to cannabilize rest of bike into my next commuter build). Will post details here as to what I'm selling nearer the time. Can prove purchase and title to all bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333965 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:56:50 +0000 steveo 333965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Halfords and decathlon both look like bicycle eating locus' I got a nice one off gumtree for youngest child. I bet by October November the used market will be saturated for all kinds of bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333964 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:48:01 +0000 Arellcat 333964@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm also in the market for a new(er) mountain bike, full suspension and needs to be an XL frame. I've been watching the 'Bay and also Gumtree, but have missed out on a couple of bikes already because I couldn't travel to them quickly enough. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333963 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:32:33 +0000 ARobComp 333963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of decent second hand ones about - mainly through well curated Facebook groups - PM me if you would like an add to these if you use FB. </p> <p>On that note on the lookout for a kids MTB for a friends 9 year old if anyone is aware of shops still stocking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20273#post-333960 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:27:24 +0000 fimm 333960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm in the market for a new mountain bike. Is it worth even thinking about shopping for one just now, or are the bike shops completely empty? </p>