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[Closed] Anyone else get themselves a £220 Handjob (in the CRC price drop....)

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Mine arrived yesterday - it is yellow, it is bright yellow and @ <£220, a bargain*

Swapping all the bits over from my 2006 Gary Fisher Ziggurat so, a touch heavier, a touch shorter and a touch slacker on the head angle...

*retains right to revise opinion when it is built and ridden 😉


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:24 pm
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Hag down the roads knocking them out for a tenner, get what you pays for mind. Her liver failure makes her a kinda dull death glow yellow.


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:45 pm
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You'll love it Chris!!

They are ace frames..

Had one sine 2006. Great fun.


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:48 pm
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£220?

You could have had two Pompinos for that!


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:49 pm
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LOL @qwerty!

Teeto - forgot you have one - how could I - IIRC, it's pink!


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:50 pm
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Damn! I paid a lot more than that.
Anyway you won't like it... they're crap
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Posted : 31/01/2013 3:51 pm
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<goes off to look up Pompino>
two for £220 - lordy - still as the say, there is no such thing as a bad pompino!


 
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Teeto - forgot you have one - how could I - IIRC, it's pink!

Correct!!

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Now with new XT brakes and Renthal Fatbars..


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 3:53 pm
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they look great in any colour
I was taken with the Kermit Green when I got mine (2011) but how can you not love the yellow !!


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 4:06 pm
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Were these specials or limited sizes? Cheapest I can see is 269. There is one 15.5 cheaper but were the others cosmetic damage as well?


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 4:06 pm
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£20 more than I paid for my Curtis from CRC :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 4:30 pm
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cb. IIRC, it was all sizes but just white and yellow that they dropped from £299.
edit - just looked - sorry dude, they have lifted back to £269....


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 5:08 pm
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Nick - how tall are you & what stem length are you running, please?
that's my only minor worry now - 740 wide bars and a 45mm stem, works fine on current bike but the cove is, I think, around 20mm shorter on the effective top tube length than my current bike.
I figure it'll be a ride or 3 to get used to it / decide changes are required.

edit - elshal - yep, that very yellow! Had wanted the red but they were not discounted.


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 5:13 pm
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my finger was hovering for 2 days. the yellow one also. i just wanted it to drop one more time ( i know !!)

sigh maybe next time 😉


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 7:18 pm
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I saw the offer while I was at work, was after a stiffee rather than a handjob but by the time I'd got home the 17.5's had sold out, gutted 🙁 they're both good frames though, enjoy yours!


 
Posted : 31/01/2013 7:52 pm
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skeetsgb - i'd seen the Friday lunchtime drop was the last one so I knew £219 was as low as it was going (until they do a huge clear out on remaining stock!)
House move means no phone line / broadband so I had a bit of a sweat on when I was able to log in on Saturday morning - seems I got lucky 🙂

hareydan - cheers - better luck when the next offer comes up 🙂


 
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Nick - how tall are you & what stem length are you running, please?

Apologies Chris, only just seen this..

I'm just under 6ft, but little legs- 30"..

Mines a 17.5" frame.

I'm running a 70mm Thomson, with uncut 780mm Renthals..

Spotty dog IMHO.


 
Posted : 01/02/2013 12:01 am
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Cheers Nick - i'm 5'10" with a 31" inside leg. Expecting I might be needing to swap the stem for something longer but, time will tell 🙂


 
Posted : 01/02/2013 1:05 pm
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Here is mine

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full fat, 2007ish, 15.5", 100/120/140mm


 
Posted : 01/02/2013 1:08 pm
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We must meet up soon Chris- Its been far too long fella..


 
Posted : 01/02/2013 1:17 pm
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Sorry for the delay guys -

qwerty - i'd best not tell MrsMM that they need be stores on the table!

nick - yep, been a long while. Hope to catch you on a forum ride sometime soon!

edit - btw, mine is still in the box.... on Sunday I took my 'old one' out for one last ride - just looking to make time to strip and reassemble things into the new yellow machine... 🙂


 
Posted : 05/02/2013 3:01 pm
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C'mon... get it built
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I want to see another yellow one.


 
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