Hartailing across the pond

[monty797]

Hey guys!

I'm new to the site, but not new to bikes!

I'm in the process of building up a Blue Pig, and so far liking it quite a bit. Waiting on my fork to show up and it should be done.

Just wanted to say hi and look forward to being an active member here for a long time!

[ace]

I get excited when i hear other side of the pond.

Are you one of those American types ? or maybe Greenland ? or Canadian ?

We gots to know man !!

Welcome on board anyway, add to the international flavor of the site, feel free to post photos if you can, some have had problems getting photos up in the past, feel free to ask for help although computer stuff is best directed at dirtydave (webmaster).

Let us know how you get on with the blue pig, they have gone down rather well over here, i havent seen one in the flesh yet and have yet to see a duff review, i guess Brant got it right again as usual.

Ace

[monty797]

I'm across the pond in America.

I live in Baltimore, Maryland which is right on the eastern coast. I'll post up some build pictures of the Pig as it sits. Still waiting on the fork, so it's still a work in progress!

I'm excited to get back to the hardtail, I started on the HT's close to 15 years ago. I've ridden pretty much every type of bike from DH, AM, XC, FS, 29'er, 69'er, 650b and owned all of em at one point.

Btw the name is Jeff, 31 years old and my wife has the same bike addiction that I do!

[ace]

A wife that bikes, how lucky is that ! i am going to guess that theres been a bit of singlespeed action in there as well (29er/69er/650).

Over here we have a romantic notion that America is hot sunny dusty tracks, this was backed up by serious lack of mud space and the choice of ramming a superfatass back tyre in, on the bikes that got sent here, those where the days, skinny tyres.

Just curious as to what it's like over there, feel free to blog and post photos, and if you do any events let us know ! you could be our American roving reporter (unpaid like the rest of us, we do it for glory).

[monty797]

Originally Posted by ace

A wife that bikes, how lucky is that ! i am going to guess that theres been a bit of singlespeed action in there as well (29er/69er/650).

Over here we have a romantic notion that America is hot sunny dusty tracks, this was backed up by serious lack of mud space and the choice of ramming a superfatass back tyre in, on the bikes that got sent here, those where the days, skinny tyres.

Just curious as to what it's like over there, feel free to blog and post photos, and if you do any events let us know ! you could be our American roving reporter (unpaid like the rest of us, we do it for glory).

I'm a lucky guy!

The terrain is really dependent upon where you live. I live in the North East. We have lots of tight singletrack in loamy rooty woods, the woods riding is known for short steep climbs, and lots of roots.

The south is hot, humid, flat, and fairly open. This is fast riding country, where the big wheels really dominate.

The Midwest is hot, dry, rocky and completely nuts..in a fun way! Again wide open riding here, though unlike the south, you have very technical riding here. Lots of rocks, step ups, drops, and cactus (OUCH!).

The Pacific Northwest is where the crazy people live. This is where you find the majority of American freeride type riding. I've played on this stuff before, while its lots of fun I don't have the "disregard for life" that others have hah.

I have tons of race pictures from here that I'll be happy to post up.

Thats for tomorrow though!