spent the day fettling got new bars and stem as wanted shorter stem and wider bars. pinched the dropper from my full sus as i drop the post more on this bike. and thought what the hell im not using the full sus i'll pinch the white wheels and other bits too lol

most happy with my pimped pig and it rides great too. buy one you wont regret it 😉

and yes pedals need fitting but ive only just finished

king pimp…

go on then

Taka, that really isn't pimped, it's just a dogs dinner of parts thrown at a frame, try not to confuse the two.

I'm trying to help you here, so don't take offence at these observations:

1. Green stem – matches nothing and is too long, just because it's 'team only' doesn't make it right.
2. Seat post – silver and with a curve at the top. You need a black one with a machined head.
3. Your saddle is far too big for your bike.
4. Ditch the chainstay protector
5. Either get a black headset or red spacers. Also, you have too many spacers. You should have a little extra rise on your bars, a little angle on your stem and remove as many spacers as you can.
6. SLX cranks – no objections, other than the bashguard is horrific. You might strugle to sort this without new cranks.
7. Blackk fork stantions – this only really works on Bomber 888s. Sorry.

Let me know if you need any more help.

OP – that looks good, first time I've seen a gravity dropper with the corrugated sleeve thing that didn't look shit, would be interested in a picture of it with a normal seat post though?

Cheers

paul heres a pic from last week pre swap

wow paul, what a comprehensive cuss down 😆
fully agree about stem + seatpost tee hee

still chuckling too paul btw 😉 one mans pimp is another mans pig , or something like that

paulrockliffe- i agree with everything you have just said… 😉

paul

I'm trying to help you here, so don't take offence at these observations:

you are a c ock………….. 8)

7. Blackk fork stantions – this only really works on Bomber 888s. Sorry.

[defensive mode]
It works with 66's too.
[/defensive mode]

I do very much hope that paul's observations were intended to be taken in the spirit of friendly banter. A proper bitching otherwise. 🙂

red bars- cheapest widest things i could find
slx cranks- i dont thin theres anything wrong with them
silver seatpost- free from the shop
stem- bought off a mate has now been sold
forks- they work so i dont give a sh!t
headset- only one i had
chainstay protector- beeter than chainslap

😉

well i figured it was in jest

It was in jest, don't worry. Well so long as taka's first post was in jest 😉

one mans pimp is another mans pig

Definitely, me and my housemate are currently in disagreement whether my baby-blue frame can be ridden with the following mix of colours:

Frame – Baby blue
Seat/Stem/hubs – white
Headset/Seat clamp/valve caps/grips – red
Wheels/bars – green

I think it looks ace. I am right. I think.

Actually hang on, it's a slow news day, I should really put up a pic…..

Blackk fork stantions – this only really works on Bomber 888s. Sorry.

DT Swiss forks too

Paulrockliffe fashion guru can you help me with my bike

Ade – try covering the forks in blue foam?

Can I link to a photo on Flickr? Can't find the direct url.

It's here though:

Send abuse!

PS – I know the front hose is too long, someone should tell Magura.

Ade, you're running one v-brake, one disk, start with that and we'll take it from there…..

Crikey, Ade is that single speed? My word.

Oof paulrockliffe.

Preston does have to disk brakes on it,, as it's currently got a alfine back end rather than it's single speed

Wow I'm really struggling to find the right words but hideous is definitely one of them. 😆 😛

that should be in this thread -> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/lets-see-your-dogs-dinners 😕

Paul, alas, it's not as bad as it sounded 😉

"I know the front hose is too long" – Best understatement of the day!!

I don't think it's beyong hope though Ade, black rims make a big difference and the primer grey bits look dog rough, I'd say paint the frame green and work on the praying mantis theme.

Ade, you can't go posting old pictures when you've already fixed the issues, it just makes people look silly! Alfine is cool, good thinking, but the chain tensioner leaves a lot of room for work.

Pike, I really don't know why Magura supply their brakes with the same length hose front and back? It's a tough call, curl it up, or chop it and re-bleed? I've decided to sort it when it does need bleeding. Magura were kind enough to supply all the fiddly parts to shorten it though.

Kingtut, how did you get the url off of flickr?

My 'pimped' Pig; (complete with used jizz rag on the flags)

Now, i reckon all the bikes pictured look great, apart from the Preston, which rather than 'pimped my pig' should more appropriately read 'pumped my pug' !

"I really don't know why Magura supply their brakes with the same length hose front and back"

I think it's so that you can run either lever as the rear just by shortening the other hose to be the front, particularly now most stuff use adapters rather than front/rearspecific caliper bodies.