Mountain Bike - which one for around £450
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Nah, Singletrackworld is okay, but there's not enough muppets there for my liking. That's why I stick to Scoobynet.
And besides, I don't wear body-armour whilst riding XC, so the STW people wouldn't accept me.
And besides, I don't wear body-armour whilst riding XC, so the STW people wouldn't accept me.
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Glentress in a few weeks time?
If my bike ever gets back together, I'll be there. Can you believe I've been waiting for spokes for a month? None in the country, apparently.
I'm reduced to riding Mrs Moose's bike, but I've managed to screw the rear wheel on that now, and the pivots aren't too happy either.
If my bike ever gets back together, I'll be there. Can you believe I've been waiting for spokes for a month? None in the country, apparently.
I'm reduced to riding Mrs Moose's bike, but I've managed to screw the rear wheel on that now, and the pivots aren't too happy either.
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Moose - I know for a fact that there are more spokes than you can shake a stick at @ the Hub. What happened to your bike anyway?
Race against time - will you get spokes before my frame arrives?
ChrisB - they were Ti mince pies with air pastry, so they shouldn'd add too much weight.
Race against time - will you get spokes before my frame arrives?
ChrisB - they were Ti mince pies with air pastry, so they shouldn'd add too much weight.
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Originally Posted by MarkO
Moose - I know for a fact that there are more spokes than you can shake a stick at @ the Hub. What happened to your bike anyway?
Race against time - will you get spokes before my frame arrives?
ChrisB - they were Ti mince pies with air pastry, so they shouldn'd add too much weight.
Race against time - will you get spokes before my frame arrives?
ChrisB - they were Ti mince pies with air pastry, so they shouldn'd add too much weight.
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Originally Posted by the moose
MarkO, if you can get non-driveside spokes for a Crossmax XL (disc) then you're a better man than I! I'm told they're arriving in the UK "imminently", but I've heard that for the last three to four weeks. I'm actually picking up a spare wheel because I'm so frustrated at being unable to ride the black beast, so in reality the bike should be back on the (off)road this weekend.
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Originally Posted by anc-sti
Ouch that sounds expensive, why are you having to replace them? I've got the SL's and was told replacement spokes are about £20 a piece
Cue lots of pain, broken bike ...... and the need for a good few rear spokes.
I was honestly amazed that the forks and front wheel coped with it, and it was just bad luck that my foot got entangled in the rear wheel as I landed, otherwise the bike would have been fine.
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Well, my frame has just turned up and the bike should be ready for the weekend.
Hmmm, concentrating on work is going to be difficult this week.
Hmmm, concentrating on work is going to be difficult this week.
You building it up yourself, or are the Hub staff helping you out?
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The Hub are building it for me. I don't have time to do it myself (not having a personal stand or a particularly well-endowed toolkit would have made it a bit tricky anyway).
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Talking of stands, is there any alternative to shelling out £100 on one?
I want to use my old bike as as self-teaching project - adjusting mech's, replacing cables - that sort of thing. However, I'm too tight to splash out £100 just on a piece of metal and plastic to hold the thing up!
I want to use my old bike as as self-teaching project - adjusting mech's, replacing cables - that sort of thing. However, I'm too tight to splash out £100 just on a piece of metal and plastic to hold the thing up!
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You can adjust mechs, replace cables and do most of that without a stand. It's just fundemental things like fitting headsets and bottom brackets which are a PITA without a stand and the right tools.
You can pick up an okay stand for £50 or so, as long as your bike isn't a 45lb DH rig (which will require some serious counterbalancing of the stand to stop it collapsing and pinning you underneath it ).
You can pick up an okay stand for £50 or so, as long as your bike isn't a 45lb DH rig (which will require some serious counterbalancing of the stand to stop it collapsing and pinning you underneath it ).
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Originally Posted by ChrisB
Talking of stands, is there any alternative to shelling out £100 on one?
I want to use my old bike as as self-teaching project - adjusting mech's, replacing cables - that sort of thing. However, I'm too tight to splash out £100 just on a piece of metal and plastic to hold the thing up!
I want to use my old bike as as self-teaching project - adjusting mech's, replacing cables - that sort of thing. However, I'm too tight to splash out £100 just on a piece of metal and plastic to hold the thing up!
Look here http://www.probikekit.com/display.ph...0%26%20Storage
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Ooo, cheers anc-sti
One of the wall hangers mounted to the garage wall should do the job for £10. Much more like it.
Don't worry Mark, I won't put my cake tin on the stand as well
One of the wall hangers mounted to the garage wall should do the job for £10. Much more like it.
Don't worry Mark, I won't put my cake tin on the stand as well
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Already had two offers of £80 before I even put it on eBay, so I'm starting with a low bit to get some interest.
Yet again, UB, you contribute to an MTB thread and show you have no idea what you're on about.
Yet again, UB, you contribute to an MTB thread and show you have no idea what you're on about.
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Yeah, that must've been what he meant.
Thing is, never under-estimate the stupidity of people who buy stuff on eBay. I mean, if anyone had told me I'd get £60 for a set of 8-year-old XTR V-brakes, I'd have laughed in their face. But the money's in the bank, and I'm not complaining.
Thing is, never under-estimate the stupidity of people who buy stuff on eBay. I mean, if anyone had told me I'd get £60 for a set of 8-year-old XTR V-brakes, I'd have laughed in their face. But the money's in the bank, and I'm not complaining.
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Originally Posted by MarkO
According to Wiggle/ChainReaction, you're talking £45 per-end for brand new XTR V's. It's not entirely clear whether that includes levers though.
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Race against time - will you get spokes before my frame arrives?
****, I'm poor again. But at least the bike's up and running again.
Looks like I won .......
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Bah, humbug. Well, I was never going to get my bike before the weekend, even if it was actually ready. Never mind.
On the upside, it seems there's plenty of interest in the eBay auctions for my frame and forks, so I won't be as poor as I could have been.
On the upside, it seems there's plenty of interest in the eBay auctions for my frame and forks, so I won't be as poor as I could have been.
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