BIKES

My weapon of choice for a season of riding in BC. Instead of the usual parts list, here's the death toll after >3 months of riding hard across the province:

• Fox DHX4.0 - blown twice (shonky repair 1st time I reckon)
• 05 66Rs - rebound cartridge tightened, later replaced, seals replaced, oil changed twice. Stanchions now beaten to hell.
• Thomson seatpost - replaced for Titec Scoper for hauling up Mt.Fromme
• SRAM shifter - torn off at Silverstar Bike Park, replaced with 07 version
• Tyres - High Roller SR front almost dead, Minion ST rear - on no.2 so far
• SRAM X7 rear mech - bent beyond reasonable doubt
• Saint brakes - rear bled just the once. Pads replaced. Awesome stoppers

Not a bad bodycount given the amount of riding it's notched up - okay, so not too much actual pedalling ... but I've killed more stuff at Chicksands over a similar period.

Here's Gary's Condor Pista. It cost over a million pounds and is made from Bourbon 1153 alloy.

• Condor Pista
• Poo brown bar tape
• Dura-Ace front brake
• goldec hubs
• 46x17, 72 gear inches

My new Dialledbikes Holeshot, proven to be 10% faster in gloss red.

• Long Holeshot 4X Frame
• Avid Juicy 3s
• 321s and Larsen TT 2.3 Supertackys
• Blackspire NS-1
• SRAM shifter, XT mech
• Monkey playing an accordian

David "Dango" Dickenson's new Enduro.

• Medium Enduro with DHX air shock
• Fox 36R
• Mavic Deetraks
• RaceFace Evolve DH cranks
• Hayes El Camino 8” stoppers
• Sram shifters and mech

Yeah, whatever. As long as it's not as nice as mine I don't care.

Dom L's Intense M1 looking buff against the rugged alpine backdrop.

It has the following mad spec:

• Redness, lots of it
• Wheels
• Cranks
• And a chain
• Oh and Dorados and a Ti spring for a Big Fella ™.

It's also seen a fairly spectacular crash that put Dom in the care of alpine nurses until he regained his memory (which he put off for as long as possible).

The all-rounder's all-rounder of choice. Riz has binned the rest of his fleet now he's got this little beauty.

• Specialized Enduro SX Trail (M) Frame
• Escort XR3i Cabriolet 66 Forks
• DHX5.0 rear shock
• Big ol' bars
• Saint kit all over it
• E-13 chain device
• High Rollers

Resident bargain hunter extraordinaire Dango, hunted far and wide to build up this macked-out Demo 8:

• 2006 Poo brown Demo 8 medium with Fox DHX 5.0
• 2006 Boxxer Team fork
• 2006 MKII Hope six pots
• Singletrack wheels 26F/24R
• Hope CNC’d oversize DH stem with Truvativ bar
• E13 SRS
• DMR V12’s

That doesn't mean we forgive him for his collection of Christian Death Rock records though.

Bakes' Mongoose Black Diamond, his weapon of choice for the 06 season (having taken half of the 05 season to build up).

• Mongoose Black Diamond frame with DHX4.0
• Marzocchi 66 RC2X 170mm forks
• WTB and Mavic rims on Hope Bulbs
• Hone cranks with e-thirteen MTX
• Hope M4 brakes
• Titec knock-rated stem and seatpost
• Easton EA70 bars with ODI lock-on
• Shimano XT gears
• Michelin and WTB Tyres
• SDG I-drive saddle

Big L's badboy SX Trail. Based on his current bike turnover it'd be sold within a couple of months, but this time ... I'm not so sure.

• 2006 SX Trail frame, with added lightning bolts
• Marzocchi 66RC bouncies
• Saint goers
• Saint stoppas
• Mavic 729 round bits

UPDATE: He's sold the forks...

The ginga singlespeed. No, not the white one, the GREEN ONE.

• Dialled Bikes prototype singlespeedable frame with phil wood eccentric bottom bracket
• Deore bits
• Wheels with spokes
• Round tyres with nobs
• King Cog
• Chain
• ...and cheap Bubba type brakes!

My S-Works Enduro. A new ride for a new year (and a nearly new lung). The most macced out ride I've ever built, thanks to an xmas bonus and CIS Insurance for paying out for my nicked 03 SX.

• S-Works Enduro Frameset
• Black things
• Silver Things
• 2 notoriously unreliable suss bits - Nixons, 5th Air. Both on probation only.
• HFX9 Carbon brakes
• Holy Rollers - ideal for the mud

The Cod's Cove. So nice, it keeps a Turner 6-pack stuck firmly in the garage.

• Cove Stiffee FR 19.5" frame
• Flakeaway™ Paintjob
• Minis
• Fox 130mm forks
• Squishy post
• Handbuilt XM321 wheels

Dobbo's Dave Hinde M3: The Bastard. It just keeps on trucking.

• Bacofoil 7005 tubing (2.3g frame weight)
• Hammerite Matt finish
• 3" lateral travel
• Old fucked cheap and squelchy Marzocchi forks
• Minis

Flange's mutant Orange MsIsle pi55 edition (Cushtie's old one).

• DJ3's off Badgers bike
• EA70 bars
• Trouserfelt stem, cranks and chain device
• Deore 8 speed, although only three really work
• Knackered chain from grinding
• Bald tyres
• Some wheels I bought off Big L
• Hayes brake with Shimano rotor - rubs a bit which makes manuals harder

Chrissyboy is now the proud owner of this, the ultimate Chocolatefoot.co.uk cast-off.

It's an original prototype Dialledbikes Prince Albert once owned by our forum's own "special interest" photographer Mr.Smith. It's been custom sprayed in a spangly silver by Norman - who else?

Bits include:

• Rog's old cranks 'n' pre-bashed bash ring
• Communal Z1's
• Alex's old seatpost
• 8's old bars
• Tom's old D521s, mega noisy Hope XC hubs and Moto Raptors
• The rest of it is new - yeah, course it is.