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  • 18 2
 yet another really good picture!
  • 51 10
 good riders = good photos
  • 18 3
 Very true!
  • 15 1
 nice one! you down today? should be fun in the snow! ha me and matt are Smile
  • 34 4
 good rider+good photographer= good picture and this is a very nice one Smile
  • 10 2
 podSmile
  • 11 3
 look at the G's on his face! sick photo man
  • 11 3
 left side brake lever.. nice
  • 9 4
 not the best pod but its okay...
  • 8 2
 sick focus! berm looks fresh!
  • 4 3
 good pic but so so pod
  • 7 4
 3,6,9 damn she fine hopin she can sock it to me one mo time...........i think this guy knows the rest!!
  • 13 0
 @ TylerPaget
Cause it's a UK brake Wink
  • 9 12
 good riders,photographers,builders=amazing photos
  • 4 0
 I Love this shot tup That Burm looks SOO nice to ride you guys are lucky Congrats on zee POD!! Beer
  • 6 1
 if anyone ever played half-life.. he somewhat looks like the gman..
  • 3 1
 really cool picture but i dont think it deserves pod
  • 3 0
 i agree good picture but not pod. is he runing slicks?
  • 2 0
 khe dirt tyres Smile
  • 2 0
 yeah the cluth is on the left, I was thinking that if he had another bike with two brakes, he would have the reversed if he was used to motocycles... but apparently they just ride them like that in the UK... which is respectable
  • 2 0
 ZOMG, Sam Pilgrim is wearing mascara!


:P
  • 6 0
 Sick pic man, props to everyone who looks after Woburn's trails. Proper work of art that place, i've watched it evolve from a couple of massive jumps to a minefield of trails and drops over the last 15 years! Awesome place and awesome pic!
  • 4 1
 Come on, 20 laps top and then bottom?????? and u gotta love a bitch crank!!
  • 3 0
 he looks like hes got a bitch of a hangover from christmas day but sick picccccccc podd
  • 4 0
 what a weird thing to say
  • 4 0
 NEW halo purple haze rims OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  • 4 0
 dunno any one could do tht btw tht burm looks lush
  • 4 1
 I hope to God they call this the peanut butter berm. If I was there I couldnt help but taste it.
  • 1 0
 I'm sorry but I am getting seriously sick of berm photos. It's a good photo for sure, but how many freaking PODs are going to be of some rider PINNING SOME SICK BERM? Feel me?
  • 4 1
 nice shot look at this www.pinkbike.com/photo/4400693
  • 3 1
 POD!!!!!!!!!
  • 3 1
 Thanks Big Grin
  • 5 3
 I'm sorry. I'm sure it's fresh and it will get packed in and this, that, and the other, but that is a terrible looking berm.
  • 3 0
 berm
  • 5 1
 sam is the man
  • 3 0
 that berm looks like chocolate pudding or something... yummy
  • 3 0
 smoooooth berm nice picture
  • 4 0
 nice Wink
  • 2 1
 no offense, but all i see in this is descent focus and clarity... the lighting, color ballance, and focus could all be better.
  • 6 0
 look at this photo and tell me what good you see here?
  • 2 1
 ha owned Razz
  • 2 1
 hahahaha you got served buzzard
  • 1 0
 Rode this Berm on the pump track today, its SICK as!!! Just need the place to dry out now after all that snow and rain and the track will be mega fast!
  • 9 8
 Haven't been up since the new pump track was built, have to make it soon Smile
  • 5 3
 i did 20 laps on the top section today then droped down to the other section and did another 20 Smile
  • 4 2
 Dayum Big Grin
  • 4 2
 it was effort Frown lol barney managed 3 Razz
  • 6 10
flag snook (Dec 20, 2009 at 9:22) (Below Threshold)
 Lol at my local park I can literally do as many laps as I feel like, and I'm the only person who can do an opposite lap without bitch cranking Smile
  • 2 2
 What's bitch cranking? Just pedalling?
  • 4 1
 Yeah, like pedalling on a pump track or through trails or anywhere where it would be frowned upon to pedal.
  • 3 3
 Cool. Isnt pedalling on a trail normal?
  • 4 4
 Ah I meant through "trails" as in dirt jumps.
  • 3 3
 Damn crossover terminology! Makes sense now...
  • 3 2
 yeah whats with the lefty? moto rider?
  • 6 1
 its the norm here to have rear brake on the left and front on the right
  • 4 1
 @ Supallac
He's from the UK.. they have the brake levers the other way around.
  • 3 3
 do other countries have them the other way then? =s
  • 4 2
 pretty much everywhere has the back brake on the right and the front brake on the left
  • 3 2
 ahaa its like the side of the road we drive on... we always do it different Razz
  • 11 0
 Nahh we do it the right way its everyone else who is wrong lol
  • 2 1
 ha i didnt say we do it wrong i said we do it different, of course the way we do it is right! Cool
  • 6 1
 is the clutch not on the left on a moto anyway
  • 1 0
 right side makes more sense. less cable rub
  • 2 5
 sam hill runs the back brake on the left so i think its faster
  • 1 0
 I dont think it has anything to do with speed lol I think its just personal preferance and what your used to riding.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 6:43) (Below Threshold)
 if you run the brakes the english way round the cables are shorter which is weight saving which means faster
  • 2 0
 the english way round needs longer cables. the weight would so small it would make a difference to how your bike feels.
  • 4 8
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 11:01) (Below Threshold)
 no, the english way uses shorter cables, if the back brake is on the left its on the same side as the caliper so the cable does not have to reach from the other end of the handlebar to go around to the other side

the front brake will also be shorter a little bit

weight is alot too cables weigh around 6kg/meter

+ sam hill runs it that way
  • 5 0
 6 kg/meter are you crazy?
  • 5 0
 ha yeah thats just over half the weight of my bike Razz
  • 2 6
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 11:23) (Below Threshold)
 i weighed them myself are you calling me a liar
  • 6 0
 Frankly yes, 6kg per meter? You sir are mad
  • 4 0
 haha 6kg that's not right, not saying your a liar surely you weighed it wrong?
  • 2 0
 He's just being funny i guess :p
  • 3 0
 You sure you dont mean 60g?
  • 5 0
 6kg/metre of electrical pylon cable?
  • 2 7
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 11:56) (Below Threshold)
 of standard avid hydraluci cable, 6kg/meter

you guys dont know this?
  • 2 0
 you can't be serious, this is a wind up? a whole bike frame weights less than 3kg
  • 2 7
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 12:40) (Below Threshold)
 so why do you think complete bikes weigh 19kg the cables weigh alot
  • 2 0
 dont forget it does have oil inside... 6kg does seem like alot though
  • 1 10
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 12:44) (Below Threshold)
 dot 5.1 is heavier then dot 4 if u use dot 4 it is around 5.5kg/meter
  • 4 0
 my complete pre-historic hayes with 160meteres of cable plus 240ml of oil dont even get to 1Kg
anyone want to buy?
  • 5 0
 Don't forget, this is Stryke talking.
  • 3 0
 Stryke, if you have two brakes, each with 1 metre cabling, does that mean it weighs 12kg, not including the frame and everything else?
  • 3 5
 yes
  • 1 0
 exactly ^^ duh
:P

and i meant 1.6metres Smile
  • 7 0
 Hilarious lol I think he is having a good time laughing at everyone being so serious about it
  • 4 0
 stryke, what bike do you have?
  • 4 0
 my road bike weighs 12Kg, if it take my brakes off its 0Kg now beat that
  • 4 0
 oh stryke what you been smoking, can I have some? must be honky sh*t lol
  • 1 7
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 13:35) (Below Threshold)
 the weight is for hydraulic not cable, everyone knows cable weighs nothing
  • 2 0
 yeh but 6kg of oil would have a volume of about 6 litres, and theres no way theres even half a litre in a meter of cable
  • 2 0
 lol i think we all know it doesnt weigh 6kg...
  • 2 7
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 13:46) (Below Threshold)
 cables are very bizarre object and can hold a large amount of fluid while looking like it cant you should drain your brake and see how much fluid comes out, they weigh alot
  • 3 0
 haha stryke, i took my Giant MPH 3 hydro disc brake off last night, which is a burly old thing, and it weighs NOTHING. Google the Giant mph brake it is HUGE. I think its fair to say stryke should have kept his mouth shut this time.
  • 3 0
 haha you saying there's 6 litres of fluid in a cable, your crazy
  • 1 0
 Greg what country is that? xD
  • 1 0
 seychelles
  • 1 0
 Yeah I just saw Greg wtf?
  • 1 9
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 14:05) (Below Threshold)
 gmeister because a cable is long from one end to the other the weight will very spread out making it feel lighter then it is (think a box of pizza holding it underneath and in the center)

the reason downhill bikes are so heavy are the brakes, and nothing else
  • 3 0
 Ok enough already FFS, tomorrow I'm weighing my bottle of brake fluid (mineral oil not DOT) and posting a picture of the scales here and if I hear another work out of you about it I'm getting the Terri on your arse.
  • 2 4
 the scale may be inaccurate
  • 1 0
 excuses excuses Facepalm admit it stryke, this argument will be over if you just confess, you ARE wrong.
  • 2 0
 Stryke never admits he's wrong, we know that.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 14:22) (Below Threshold)
 just because you refuse to belive i am right does not make me wrong
  • 4 0
 No, but being wrong makes you wrong.
  • 1 4
 just because you dont belive it doesnt make me wrong
  • 1 0
 My bike weighs 12.7 kilograms, that's all I'm saying, I'm out, you can't argue with a guy whose blatantly either taking the piss or just stupid.
  • 1 6
flag stryke (Dec 27, 2009 at 14:39) (Below Threshold)
 maybe your scale is inaccurate
  • 1 0
 my bike ways like ten mate Razz
  • 2 0
 wow i cant believe this has gone for so long, even stryke knows it doesnt weigh 6Kg...
Facepalm
  • 2 0
 he seems to think hes right
  • 4 0
 Ok lets just leave it now if Stryke chooses to use Brake Hoses made from cast iron its his choice.
  • 2 0
 ummmm american weight please!!!!
  • 4 0
 stryke i love your sense of humor but i think you may have taken that one a bit over the top
  • 2 0
 well. a pair of sas wheels weighs abt 2.5 kg. so ur saying that 5 sas wheels wud weigh the same as 100cm of hose? na m8. a pair of full magura hs33's dont even weigh a kg. i dont think ur talkin the same measurment.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Dec 31, 2009 at 14:09) (Below Threshold)
 if you haven't noticed you are guessing where as i have taken the weights myself on a incredibly accurate scale, you cant guess weights as the dimensions of the product can make the weight feel lighter or heaver it is
  • 3 0
 stryke just go back to school. for the benefit of everyone.
  • 2 0
 yea im from the US wher we dont even use the metric system and i know forsure that my 29 pound hardtails brake cables dont weigh 13.2 lbs when the fork weighs 5.5 lbs....it just doesnt add up im sorry
  • 1 6
flag stryke (Dec 31, 2009 at 22:46) (Below Threshold)
 maybe you should weigh them and see, and your bike scale may be inaccurate
  • 3 0
 this is ridiculous, has it crossed your mind that it is your scale which is innacurate, because at the moment every other set of scale seems to be inaccurate compared to yours.
  • 3 0
 i dont think my white trash fish scale is inaccurate... my dad has been using it since before i was born... it may be a bit old but it sure is accurate and trusty
  • 7 7
 my scale is not inaccurate and i find it very insulting that you would say such a thing fish scales are known to be inaccurate for bike products because they're not fish
  • 1 1
 i meant stryke, not tstep3, and fish scales would be just as accurate for bikes, different objects do not use differents units of weight.
  • 3 7
flag stryke (Jan 1, 2010 at 6:02) (Below Threshold)
 if they do not then why are they called fish scales and not 'general scales' ? fish scales are made for fish and not bike products and this is the reason you are not getting the real weight of brake cables
  • 1 0
 if your so certain. upload a picture of a brake cable on some scales which read 6kg
  • 1 0
 stryke, you are a pikey
  • 1 3
 i am not uncertain, i do not have a camera
  • 2 0
 End of Convo now then? seen as though he can't proove it then no-one cares?
  • 2 0
 wat he said.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 1, 2010 at 9:58) (Below Threshold)
 i have no need to prove it maybe you should be proving it rather then me, as i am the person who is right and you are the person who is wrong
  • 3 0
 dont feed the trolls
  • 1 0
 Fine, on Sunday I shall take off my brakes and weigh both of them including cables levers and calipers. I bet they still weigh under 6kg. In fact way under.
  • 1 4
 i think you will be very surprised
  • 3 0
 i think your gonna be very suprised to learn my rear brake weighs 420 grams which didnt seem that light to me tbh Razz
  • 1 0
 hahaha thats really funny
  • 3 0
 i also think its funny how stryke thinks bike products are a different measurement than dead fish
  • 2 0
 tstep3 lmfao!!! wat a noob. maybe he thinks a kg is 10g or 100g or something. hey stryke, how many grams is there in a kilogram?
  • 2 1
 there is 1000 grams in a kilogram

do you think im stupid?
  • 5 0
 DOnt feed teh trollz!
  • 3 0
 tbh i do think ur stupid Big Grin go and get a girlfriend and a job and some kids so that will distract you from infecting pb with this bs.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 2, 2010 at 4:18) (Below Threshold)
 just because i am right does not mean you can call me stupid
  • 3 0
 if u were right then i wudnt call u stupid. lets say... 50 people (i cba to count) think ur wrong. has it ever occured that u might be wrong. shut ur pie hole before i fill it with dirty y-fronts.
  • 1 3
 you cant even count how can you talk about this subject
  • 1 0
 i didnt say i cant count i said i cant be arsed. which in modern slang means, "i do not wish to spend any effort on such a thing" euronob
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 2, 2010 at 8:55) (Below Threshold)
 i think youre just mad you cant count
  • 3 0
 why cant u just admit that youre wrong. u will still know ur "right" but we all will think you are wrong.
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 2, 2010 at 9:20) (Below Threshold)
 dont be getting all offensive now because you cant count Frown
  • 8 0
 I love you Stryke. This had me in tears. The rest of you guys need a sense of humour. Well, most of you anyway.
  • 2 0
 stryke, just admit it that are wrong and let it go
  • 4 0
 You do know that he is just simply taking the piss and you all are doing exactly what he wants and playing along?

Everyone knows that a metre of brake cable weighs around 11kg, not 8.
  • 2 0
 Stryke is never wrong. I am guessing there is nothing to do out in france and he's waiting for his new bike.

"euronob" that made me lol.
  • 2 0
 oh, i see now i feeelz stoopid now
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 2, 2010 at 9:33) (Below Threshold)
 you will when you see brake cables actually weigh alot its very important to run the brakes the english way around as you save alot of weight because you cut more cable
  • 3 0
 And it is more aerodynamic because the cable doesn't go all around the headtube.
  • 4 0
 Don't laugh at yourself, that's not gonna do your ego any good!
  • 1 5
flag stryke (Jan 2, 2010 at 13:52) (Below Threshold)
 my summum has internal cable routing for derailleur cable and brake cable but its made by euros so the back brake cable comes from the right side rather then the left so it looks rather gay for me
  • 3 0
 My pizza weighs 6kg
  • 3 0
 lol

asif so many people took that seriously!!
  • 7 1
 EVERYONE! Check this out http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3044762/
I think it just about backs me up Razz
  • 1 1
 He's fiddled with the scale.
  • 1 1
 He's filled the hoses with nitrogen to give them a negative weight.
  • 1 3
 how do i know theres fluid in the cable? i never said its the housing what weighs so much
  • 1 0
 Gmeister, you are cheating. everyone knows that a brake worth of fluid weighs 5.5kg! Na just kidding mate. Good man Gmeister. have a prop
  • 1 0
 Hahah thanks man, ive been looking for a photo like that for ages Razz
  • 1 2
 But thats clearly not a metre, its about 5 inches max.
  • 3 1
 erm, no its not.
  • 2 0
 I think you'll find that until you give me a measurement of that exact cable, I still stand at my 5 inches.
  • 1 0
 Gmeister, until you weigh one yourself you have no hard evidence that was a fair scale shot.
  • 2 1
 ginj will always be five inches. he also thinks your cable is 5 inches.
  • 1 0
 You know what, I knew someone immature would say that after reading what I posted. Thing is, I'm not a guy. Work it out.
  • 2 1
 thats fair enuff. also, congrats for being a female rider. theres not enuff Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Danke.
  • 2 1
 Hahaha, he got owned! What a fag, then he goes to try and make it up to you ginj. That was funneh!
  • 2 1
 Did you know that if you say orange backwards it sounds like gullable?
  • 2 0
 i respect that. i wud rather let it go and admit im wrong. unlike stryke. most of this page is taken up by his mistake
  • 2 0
 His mistake? What mistake? I see no mistake?
  • 2 2
 it is not a mistake

i will admit i am wrong when you prove to me that it brake fluid in a cable weighs 6kg/meter, until then i have weighed it myself (been a weight weenie) and i am correct
  • 2 0
 he knows it doesnt weigh 6Kg, we all do, but for some reason, someone always posts another comment, its getting old now...
  • 3 1
 did you know that stryke is gay Big Grin and he caused all this. what a sandwich.
  • 3 1
 Thats a good point. im leaving now.
  • 3 1
 As long as people refuse to believe the truth, then yeah, these comments will carry on.
  • 3 2
 calling me gay because i am right is not very nice
  • 2 0
 its also very childish, don't you think?
  • 2 1
 well i think seeing as he knows nothing about my sexual preference i think its fighting a solid point with childish insults and hoping one hits me hard
  • 2 0
 Ahahaa thats hilarious, stryke everyone knows your wrong so just give up and admit it Salute
  • 2 0
 I don't think people get this at all.
  • 2 1
 i am not wrong and you are showing no proof to prove that i am wrong
  • 2 0
 im back for a bit. its getting old now stryke. i dont think anyone cares anymore. everyones brake cables weight different. everyone let it go. whoevers right or wrong, just let it go. nobody here is going to "see the light" and admit they are wrong.
  • 2 0
 thats no problem, ill weigh my own, ive just taken it off, brb, just going getting pictures Smile
  • 2 0
 so stop coming back and trying to make up for the fact that you're wrong! and a picture won't do, how do we know that you haven't messed with the scale?
  • 1 1
 + how do i know there is fluid within the housing?
  • 2 0
 There You Go http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/4438536/ And check out the other pics too
  • 3 1
 what is that supposed to prove?

1. the scale is not digital so the results are 99.9% inaccurate up to 5kg
2. the cable is obviously very short
3. how do i know there is fluid in the cable?
  • 2 0
 You can easily alter an 'analogue' scale. Not accepted.
  • 2 0
 And how do we know that its not gone completely round once and weighs 5340g?
  • 2 0
 even if gmeister is right, nothing is going to be any better. let it go everyone. im now not biased anymore. someone has had their photo comments raided.
  • 3 0
 stryke, you upload a picture of your 6 kg cable Smile
  • 2 1
 i will try and find a camera tomorrow
  • 3 0
 kit front standard (caliper-hose-M/C-fluid) 239g
kit rear standard (caliper-hose-M/C-fluid) 254g

weights for a Formula Oro 18 brake.

Stryke, lol I like your style but these are the claimed weights from formula.
  • 3 0
 Owned
  • 4 5
 like you said, CLAIMED means nothing.. look at clamed weights and real weights, there is usually a big difference between the 2

if avid said their brake weighs 6.5kg with 1meter of cable and formula said it weighs 250g with 1 meter of cable people are going to buy the formula brake

dont fall for marketing, look at real weights (incl. fluid)
  • 2 1
 Exactly. My bmx forks were a claimed weight of 2.1lbs. Turns out they actually weighed 9.7lbs. It got me to buy them by saying them were lighter.
  • 3 0
 were they cast iron like strykes cables?
  • 3 3
 Stryke is spot on, the cables are so heavy per meter, Why does no-one understand this?
  • 4 0
 ive always found that a meter of cable weighs around 7kgs, maybe because of the fact that i use mineral oil... not sure, but i do wish they wernt so damn heavy.
  • 5 0
 guys, honestly. let me find a quote from Professor Jakob Anoskey (aka CCK aka lights). ah, here it is. "all thats happended is the (strykes) scale is misreading. see, due to being around 400km south of the large hadron collider, and its position in relation to the center of the earth and the sun, no matter the time of day or year, a magnetic field has been created, so weak that no machine could ever register it, but the sinusoidal wave of this magnetic field is identical to that of the measuring device inside the (stryke's) scale, and causes it to misread. and the Dot fluid inside these brakes has a wave of exactly half, causing it to repel, but earths gravity forces them to stay together. this causes brake lines containing Dot fluid in Marseille, France to be horribly inaccurate. sources: Google." dont argue, everyone knows Googles ALWAYS right, and its lights. he'd never lie...
  • 2 0
 Well there you go. You know its true, lights is legit.
  • 2 0
 haha i love how stryke is still saying those scales are wrong and saying there is not fluid in those cables when he originally said just 1 meter of cable with fluid not with a caliper and lever
  • 5 3
 Looks straight outta DIRT magazine......nice!
  • 7 3
 i wish you could be them main editor hehehe
  • 8 7
 no not at all POD this is like the 30th berm shot in a month its not even that good
  • 14 1
 you try finding 365 beautiful shots a year, not re-using any, and all in high quality. suck it up and wait for a better one
  • 4 2
 That berm looks sick. btw is it berm or burm? I can never get it right...
  • 3 0
 props to sam!
  • 3 0
 im enjoying the face
  • 3 0
 gnarly!!!
  • 4 1
 PODDD
  • 4 2
 good Picture Of the Day!
  • 3 0
 solid berm!
  • 3 0
 such a mint burm
  • 1 0
 wow with that expresion in his face it seems to be a huge jump nice photo!!!! great
  • 3 1
 BOD = Berm of the day. sick shot.
  • 5 3
 sick berm!!!
  • 3 2
 i love the dirt its like clay id kill to work with that kinda soil
  • 4 2
 his face = intense!
  • 4 2
 thats a sick pod
  • 4 3
 im sorry, BUT, how is this POD?
  • 3 1
 extremely good shot !
  • 3 1
 so sick
  • 3 1
 could b betr
  • 2 0
 chill
  • 2 0
 Good ^^
  • 2 0
 Really clear pic
  • 2 0
 nice shot , POD
  • 1 0
 wow awesome berm needs some dirt
  • 1 1
 to Pfffffffft:
really i didnt think u could do that
nice that is what i like to see
is it sticky
  • 1 0
 i like how your berm face is the same as your poo face men!
  • 4 3
 he looks possesed lol
  • 3 2
 best pod in a while.
  • 3 2
 good POD Smile
  • 2 1
 bars are tiny
  • 1 0
 DIALED in berm. love it.
  • 1 1
 i think that berm needs to be packed because it looks like crap right now
  • 1 0
 lol bod!
  • 1 0
 sick rider, sick photo
  • 1 0
 `zat sam pilgrim?
  • 3 3
 pretty cool
  • 3 4
 POD!
  • 5 6
 not POD !
  • 6 8
 nice, POD potential.
  • 2 3
 hehe neg props, but it really had POD potential as you can see Wink
  • 2 0
 Well Soltan said that before it was POD so he was right
  • 5 7
 fuck all ya hoes
  • 2 4
 SICK IN THE FACE.
  • 4 7
 Sick shot!







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