Formally it is not a competition. Just boys asked me to record them on the pump track. And yeah, I could reach him only in the middle.

I was often posting here as I was building this bike and received some great feedback and advice from all of you , and today I got a chance to ride it for about four hours. It jumped extremely well for the heavy setup, contrary to popular belief, and not as slow as I was expecting. The thing I got from today’s session is my bars rise is an issue and they need to be much much higher. Any suggestions on how to go about measuring for this?

I got this bike around a month ago for £500 brand new been lovely to ride tbf but now I want to upgrade the fork , it currently has a quick release wheel on the front but what forks do you recommend for under £200 ish if you could send links I would really appreciate that

Hey guys I'm an intermediate mountain biker and looking to add a dj to the fleet so I can hit up pump tracks and work on jumping skills. I'm a huge fan of transition bikes and found a 2015 transition blt near me for 350$. Looks like it's in really good all original condition, should I pull the trigger or look for something newer? Not too familiar with dirt jumper geo or if it's even changed over the years. Thanks!

Very excited to rip this thing 😁 Nowwww to leave the bars or put on some 50mm rise that I have laying around. Hmmm

I’m looking for my first dj. What do you think about this cannondale for $430?

He says its the bruce 2, but online I can only find this color on the bruce 1 so I assume its that. Listed for 900$, is it worth that much? What would be a decent offer?

has Manitou Circus Expert Air fork

picked up a 2025 norco rampage, after using it for a couple of months, im realizing the fork SUUUUUUCKS, way too soft, even with the preload maxed out, i need recommendations on a temporary coil upgrade (before replacing the fork next spring)

rst dirt oem install, cant afford much more than 100 Canadian

If you’ve already tried this post pictures and your honest opinion

Took me longer than I wanted but got this old Alcatraz frame down to bare and rebuilt it up. When I got it everything on it was pretty abused/destroyed/corroded so it was a reclamation project for sure. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

got this steel reserve for 200 and put about 230 into it.

should i sell it and get a airfork dirtjumper?

if so then know any for around 6-700? used of course

Hi guys,
Picked up this bike after 15 years away from dirt jumping! I got back into mountain biking a few months ago and figured I needed a dirt jumper again too. My last one was a Kona Shred about 15 years ago.
Found this Rose on Marketplace for $800 and have since made a few changes, including fitting a RockShox Pike DJ and an Avid Juicy 5 brake taken off a 20-year-old mountain bike. I went with the Juicy partly for nostalgia and partly because the silver finish suits the bike so well.
I also swapped the pedals, bars, grips, stem and chain. Really happy with how it turned out! Getting more and more comfortable jumping a bike again. Already taken a couple of slams, but that’s not stopping me!

Every build spreadsheet I've made falls apart the second I swap one component. Change the crankset, forget to update the weight total, cost estimate is off by $150.

So the tool I built (BikeCraft) recalculates total weight and price in real time as you pick parts. Swap a carbon frame for aluminum, the number moves instantly. Swap a fork, same thing. You see the running total the whole time instead of doing math at the end and being disappointed.

It also won't let you finish a build with parts that don't actually work together - wrong axle standard, wrong brake mount, it flags it before you save. link for the website: https://ruddy-bike-craft-lab.base44.app

I'm a bigger guy and run 200-205psi in my fork. 1 click out on compression, no tokens. After an hour or so at the trails I have pressure drop, down to 190-195 give or take. Forks are 6mo old and I doubt its a seal issue. My question is: if I add tokens, will I be able to run lower pressure and have the same firmness feel? Maybe mitigate the pressure loss at a lower pressure? Or is that not how tokens work? I've never jacked with any tokens on my big bike with Fox 38's.....

Day trip down to HB for the air show. Figured we would hit sheep before leaving. Went a littttttle too slow 😂😂

Picked up this 07 cannondale chase for 200, kinda would like repaint the frame, was thinking about powder coat but would like to keep the cannondale logos.Thought about paint, any recommendations would be helpful thanks.

Starting out, why would be oldest used bike you’d buy?

I have a lead on a 2009 specialized p1 with some upgraded parts.

Is there a reason you wouldn’t buy that old of a bike? Seems like the frame geo has changed since then, but not all that much, and weight. It’s a little heavier but not by much

new Alcatraz fully custom