TF90
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Reged: 15/07/2008
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First of all.... Hi All... new member here....Just fitted new forks, which i know are about one & a half pounds heavier than my old ones,also iv fitted a pair of MAXXIS swamp things, the problem is the bike feels alot heavier on the move,will the combination be about 50/50 or could the change be put more down to one or the other.....
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glasdrum
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Loc: Fort William (mostly)
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Welcome mate. Thought that I'd get in here before you get swamped with newbie questions. I just know that someone will ask you abut juicy fruit!!!
The extra 1.5 pounds on the forks will make the bike feel heavier, but heavier tyres (if there is a noticable difference in weight) will make a real difference.
The problem is, I believe, that tyres/wheels also have to be pushed round (I don't know technical speak). So not only are you lugging the extra weight of the tyres but you are also having to rotate the weight, making the bike feel heavier/more sluggish.
I would put it down to a 50/50 split. Looking on the positive side...when you do go back to lighter tyres then you will fly!
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Glasdrum
my other bike's got thumbshifters
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TF90
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Reged: 15/07/2008
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juicy Fruit ?????????????........
After a little research, the swamp things are off up to the room in the sky (loft).......... the pair of them nearly three times heavier than the pair which came off.. 
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Reged: 05/12/2007
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Loc: South Cheshire
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There are unions you know! 
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder 
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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glasdrum
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Just ask the question...you know you want to...
Or is the answer that gives you the buzz??
I do have a bit of a problem with it...far too juicy.. and that makes me chew it too fast. Sometimes it gets out of centrol and I have to put a paperbag over my head. (saw it in a film once, I think!
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Glasdrum
my other bike's got thumbshifters
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Nnnggghhhh.....
No I won't be forced into it, I am a free man...
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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glasdrum
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Posts: 106
Loc: Fort William (mostly)
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Sir_Q...
90 wants you to ask him...you know he does...
Heck! We all want you to ask the question.
Just the once, what harm can it do...You can control it you know, as long as you dont ask it every day
People say that it leads on to other questions, but that's just rumour to scare you into not asking it...
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Glasdrum
my other bike's got thumbshifters
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Sir_Queuesalot
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No no I say!!
I've moved on, sure you start out with the odd small enquiry, the statement with your voice raising a little at the end of the sentence but soon enough it leads to other, bigger, things!
A probe followed by a bit of pumping for an answer regarding chewing gum preferences....
Then you start to thinking about the next step, the interviewing, the grilling and bang your into fully blown interrogations and you have to know, you can't leave it alone you just need the information, you lie awake at night wondering, your mind in turmoil and then you can't help yourself oh my God!!!
Do YOU like Juicy Fruit?????
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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gorehound
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Ask him!!!!!!!
oops too late  
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I was a teenage werewolf!
andifalloffwithstyle!!!!!!
Edited by gorehound (16/07/2008 20:37)
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Wow, now that's what I call therapy! 
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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TF90
journeyman
Reged: 15/07/2008
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Tbh im an airwaves man........The red one,as on shakeys 1098 which is really a 1200 is that fair, i think not......
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greeneye
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juicy fruit look so inviting when you see the people on the adds folding them into there mouths and chew with such delight as all of lifes problems disappear as quickly as the taste does.
the reality is some what different, yes i like juicy fruit but there not all that.
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I. falloffalot
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greeneye
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hi TF90, 1.5lbs is a fair bit to add onto the steed if you are trying to keep the rig light as possible.
the heavier tyres though will cause the bike to feel heavier as the lighter the wheels are the faster the bike will accelerate so the heavier the wheels the slower and heavier on the move the bike will feel.
what did the bike feel like after you ditched the maxxis's?
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I. falloffalot
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TF90
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Ok......Ok.... i like juicy fruit............Its juicy and its fruity who couldnt not like it, although it makes me think of old people??????????
Greeneye the maxxis,s gone...... off out now to give it a try, up and over rookhope, i think or might just spend the day in Hamsterley.......... so will post later to let u know if i have wasted more money..... Gulp........lol...
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gorehound
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Rookhope.
Should be fun up there today. Nice and muddy cos it p155ed down for about eight hours yesterday.good place to see what your tyres are like.
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I was a teenage werewolf!
andifalloffwithstyle!!!!!!
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Loc: South Cheshire
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Hey TF,
So what tyres have you eventually gone with??
I've kinda lost track in all the gum related-ness of stuff
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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TF90
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Reged: 15/07/2008
Posts: 63
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Sir_ Que, i went for a set of specialised chunder pro.... and what a fine set of rubber they are, in my opionion.. £19.99 each a bloody steel... light and duel compound what more could could a fellow ask for..... if anyone would like a pair of swamp things with about 30 miles on them, for £15..... well im ur man so to speak......
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greeneye
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rookhope!! i have rode that a few times, its part of an annual charity ride i do or did anyway. nice climb and beautiful surroundings.
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I. falloffalot
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Loc: South Cheshire
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Hi TF,
Why not try sticking them on the swap shop post, you never know...
Gotta say I'm taken my the swampies myself but all that weight... Ouch, with my knees, has no one considered the consequences?
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My LBS couldn't fix my brakes so they made my bell louder
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!!
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TF90
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Reged: 15/07/2008
Posts: 63
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Err............ pause and cough followed by more uncomfortable silence.......................... would it be fair to say judging by a few commements (green) OR DID ANYWAY........ and (sir)WITH MY KNEES that there is a few lets call older chaps on this site....
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