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  • Building a bike and then not liking it
  • Jamie
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    *note to self: get ass down to Woburn to test new build this weekend*

    NZCol
    Full Member

    After a long courtship i managed to get hold of a Ti Litespeed Unicoi.
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    Hated it. Fckn awful thing, noodly out the back, steep angles, just weird geometry (for me). I mean, i knew all about it and somehow though it would be great. I was gutted.

    0pt1cal
    Free Member

    Evil Sovereign was tolerated for a time but did not hack it on the technical stuff. Used it for the commute but it had to go.

    ken_shields
    Free Member

    Even tho' I've sorted out the riding position and the handling I'm still not feeling the love for the Curtis.

    I've been out on it a few times but it just ain't happening. It's anew toy so I should be dead keen to ride it but everytime I look at it in the garage I just keep thinking how much nicer it would be with a Heckler frame (although that is probably not that big a departure from or significantly better than my 5 Spot).

    I can feel the need to sell it coming on 😕

    druidh
    Free Member

    Here's another problem: liking your bike until you try an alternative!

    I've always reckoned my Ti hardtail was the bees knees. Light, flickable, load it up for off-road tours, fit rigid forks for local routes and commuting. However, I was trying out an Ibis Tranny last night and it brought home to me how "sharp" the steering and handling on the Ti bike are. I'm now hankering after a replacement – mibbe a Ragley Ti?

    ken_shields
    Free Member

    druidh – Member
    Here's another problem: liking your bike until you try an alternative!

    Thanks druidh…….something else to think about

    I'm ok with finding one I like more. I can always justify that. It's trying to convince myself that I like the Curtis that I'm struggling with

    molgrips
    Free Member

    I spent about £200 converting a £300 hybrid to drop bars (and a few other things). It was crap, so I've converted it ALL back apart from the new wheels it got. Waste of frigging money and time that was!

    ken_shields
    Free Member

    Waste of frigging money and time

    There's a huge amount of this happening on here everyday.

    I could have stuck with my GT Avalanche 12 years ago and saved so much of the above I could have probably bought a really nice Porsche but it's not always about what you put in but what you get out that makes it worthwhile

    ken_shields
    Free Member

    Right descision is made. It's going.

    I'm going to see if I can swap the frame and put all the bits onto something else

    I just need to decide what I want to get

    molgrips
    Free Member

    it's not always about what you put in but what you get out that makes it worthwhile

    Yes but in my case the bike is almost exactly the same as it was to begin with.

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