-merridew- said on 3 February 2008

it's in Jesmond Dean, near the armstrong bridge thing

-merridew- said on 3 February 2008

it's in Jesmond Dean, near the armstrong bridge thing

mega_waster said on 4 February 2008

Oh right. My girlfriend broke her arm at jesmond dene. She came off her bike. She had to ride 5 miles back to gateshead one handed and with a dislocated elbow. At the time I gave her no sympathy as I thought she was just making a big deal about nowt. How bad did I feel?!

I'm thinking about getting an all-mountain machine. How's yours treating you?

-merridew- said on 5 February 2008

it's been pretty good so far. The frame is quite heavy but when your riding it, it doesn't feel that bad. The forks are also pretty good and them along with the chunky tires soak up most of the bumps and stuff. The only problem i have with it is the part that connects the handlebars to the bike looks like it came from a halfords bike. It's good uphill as well as down hill and i think the forks are adjustable at the bottom but I'm not 100% sure.

mega_waster said on 5 February 2008

Nice. I'm looking at the Orange Crush and it's terrible colour scheme or also a one by saracen but I think the spec is a little lower on that one. One of the lads at chopwell had a all-mountain specialized. I had a go. It may have been the same modelas yours actually.