Front fork breaks mid-air

It happens, but front forks breaking is definitely not common. What has taken down more than a few of my fellow riders is a flat tire. Try landing a 10' gap jump with a flat front tire, and you'll know the real definition of " bringing her in for a crash landing".

:lol

That, and the GLC drop, are the only 2 sizable drops I ever had the cajones to do. Not sure why, but on local trails even drops half the size sketch me way the hell out and I'd never try something that size around the local trails

ridng in Whistler brings out the hero in all of us, but damn has it gotten expensive for a day of riding up there

Can't wait to go up to Whistler. I bought a 3 day edge card for the ski season and only used 1 day so got 2 days to use at the bike park. Gotta get my brakes replaced first though..

Is it just me or Schwinn's bike line ups have gone down

Schewinn back in the day... you could only buy them from actual bike shops.

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Schwinn today... they're sold at Canadian Tire FailFish

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Schwinn took a dump when they were bought out by Dorel.
They took the name and slapped it on cheap bikes to sell at big box stores. Dorel also owns big names such as

GT bikes
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The Carbon Fury is their top level DH bike, and a sick steed.

Cannondale
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The Scalpel Carbon 29'er is a top XC and enduro contender. Not my bag, but whatever floats the boat.

Ironhorse
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I found this pic for you, Timpo

:D


Ironhorse used to be a good, but niche name in the Mtn bike world. Acquired by Dorel, they're trying to revive the name. But the bottom line is that it's far more profitable to sell shitty Canadian Tire bikes to ignorant people, than it is to engineer and sell proper DH or road bikes.

Fuck Dorel. That's all I have to say about that. They are the Chevy of our industry.

Anyone have experience with cyclocross bikes??

Im currently in the market for picking up a bike and debating between cyclocross and hardtail mountain bike.
I'll mainly be riding pavement and trail- loose gravel, dirt etc
Dont have any big jumps in mind.
Was told at the bike shop that cyclocross bikes can put up with a lot like a hardtail, but the weight of a road bike.
Thoughts?

I had an ironhorse Sunday years ago. Last good bike they built, and still a good few people running them. Such a linear rear suspension design, super predictable bike.

These are the only bikes of mine I can find pictures of:

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My trials bike.

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Old workhorse. I got this after my Sunday World Cup. This bike was followed by a Demo 8, which I didn't like.

Now I have my Session 10:

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and I also have a bottle rocket I bought off Pinkbike. No pictures.

Supercycle Hooligan
MSRP: $249

Quite possibly the cheapest DH bike you can buy? Somebody should buy it, take it to Whistler and give us a review :)

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The bike looks like it wants to hurt me

LOL those things are a joke. Looks like its all rugged and DH built but theres in reality like 1 inch of travel. No disks either :lawl:

The small amount of knowledge I've picked up from my coworker who does a lot of downhill leads me to believe he would completely destroy that thing within minutes.

LOL the Hooligan, oh the irony. That is one heavy piece of crap. For the money you would spend at Canadian Tire you're better off buying something used off Pink bike. Norco Shores can be had for pretty cheap these days and they're fairly good bikes.

*edit* in addition, police auction is happening this Saturday so I bet you can find a stolen recovery for pretty cheap (NOT that I'm condoning buying stolen bikes cuz that shit is weak).

I was under the impression that an item had to be unclaimed for a set amount of time before it could be auctioned off? If it isn't sold, it goes to the scrapyard, that's weak.

This is exactly right, they give every opportunity and try as best they can to reunite their bikes with the owners (or atleast they say they do), but they are still left with a ton of unclaimed bikes, so they have to flip them if only for storage needs.

Everyone should go register their bikes online:

Home

This means that your bike will never be auctioned off, because the cops will always be able to search who the owner is.

I still prefer to buy off pinkbike, but sometimes good deals can be had at the auctions. The brilliant thing about pinkbike is that the comments on Forsale ads are turned on, which means that knowledgeable members will roast someone for listing something at an unfair price. That means that even the most noob members can purchase with relative confidence in the fact that they aren't getting ripped off.

ok you can buy Supercycle Hooligan here
Supercycle Hooligan 26" Full Suspension Mountain Bike | Canadian Tire

and people are doing some reviews already
RFD Cycling Thread [OFFICIAL] - Page 54 - RedFlagDeals.com Forums
Just a huge question- Mtbr.com

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Why don't you guys talk about our Canadian Bicycle.
Cervelo
Argon 18

Why don't we talk about Knolly, Cove, and Devinci?

Instead of talking about bikes who only chest waxing pansies would ride...?

If you're not planning on doing DH or all-mountain trails, the cyclocross bike will be faster on the road and on relatively smooth cross-country tracks.

It's basically a beefier road frame. It depends on your riding plans as well. Though, I'd definitely get one with disk brakes on it.

:fuckyea:

WOOT!! I ride a Knolly and a Cove.
And a Transition, but they're always in Whistler so I consider them Canadian.


Anyone else heading up this weekend?
If you see an old guy ripping the pump track on a red Cove Sanchez, come say hello! Or that same guy being transported to the clinic with a Pabst Blue Ribbon Bottlerocket. But hopefully that won't happen.
:smug:

you forgot CCM CCM (cycle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Why are we talking about Canadian Tire bikes jesus :facepalm:

Check this out.
$138 :accepted:
Not a bad price for full suspension MTB. Only comes with V-brakes but that's ok for the price I guess.
Walmart Canada
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ok this one is $198 but comes with front disk brake.
Walmart Canada
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