[Closed] It's so... white...

Was it really £135? I didn't get that in your previous 3 or 4 threads about whether or not this frame was good vfm for £135.

How much was it again? £200?

sorry about the post spamming. but hay ho.
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The frame only[/url], was £135 with a £15 voucher code on CRC. it's really heavy, geometry is kinda funny, but its a good deal, and I'm guessing it can take alot of abuse. 🙂

Nice bike, go enjoy 😀

plus I think I'll use it as an all mountain.

i'm not at all jealous of all these bloody short-arses who get fun bikes made to fit them.

not at all.

(the only bikes that fit me are sold as 'comfortable', and 'efficient')

I just found a dent in it...
It's almost soul destroying, the fact that I've got to cups put in and the frame prepped and then to find, that... dunno what I'm gunna do I haven't even ridden it...I think I'm gonna ask CRC to take it back and stuff since its a manufacturer defect...
Any advice?
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Where's the dent? If it's somewhere unimportant I'd keep it, as you'll not find a similar frame for the money.

top tube

real men ride hard tails.....

not that white though... black rims, bars, cranks...

enjoy!

Okay send it back, I wouldn't want to be picking my teeth out of my stem...

Okay send it back, I wouldn't want to be picking my teeth out of my stem...

Thanks sambob for the advice seriously it's much appreciated. : )

Took some snaps of it, am I being overly anal? I mean it's a new frame so we it should be well, in good condition.
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How did you not spot that?

I was so delirious about getting it. It was my 18th birthday pressie.

My mum, sat down like an hour ago and said "hey Mik-ee you know there's a dent in your' frame?"

My stomach kinda sank...

Oh well what ya' gonna do, It's a gooden isn't it.

if i had ridden it for a bit and did that I'd keep riding it, but as it's a new frame and you're sure you've not dented it it's worth sending it back to get a refund or an exchange if they have another frame available.

I've seen tidier looking squats.

Bike's smart though.

Yeah, but I'm gunna see if they are willing to pay to get the frame prepped plus new cups.

I've seen tidier looking squats.

It's my man area. : )

Is the dent in line with your bars when you spin them?

I reckon your mum's trying to cover for dropping something on it.
Assuming it's steel, it's nothing.

Assuming it's steel, it's nothing.

even though it's a DJ frame, i'd send that back. always check stuff when you get it!

btw you're allowed to be juvenile if you're 18 🙂 if that was a mid-like crisis bike, maybe i'd take the piss.. 😉

always check stuff when you get it!

They've still got some more in stock, send it back.

I reckon your ma's been dirt jumping on that whilst you've been out. 😀
She's not gained a plaster cast or a bad limp in the last few days has she?

I reckon your ma's been dirt jumping on that whilst you've been out.
She's not gained a plaster cast or a bad limp in the last few days has she?

No Rusty, although she went to bed rather early, a sign of some intense mountain biking I think, maybe she didn't land one of her 720, double backflip, supermans and dented it : ) shes always doing that : P

e-mailed CRC and they said no need to send back the frame, a new one will be dispatched in 24hrs (Friday) and all labor costs for transferring parts and frame prepping.

Used the above photos.

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So my second frame arrived today...
Cheers to Nick at CRC 🙂
Gunna get everything changed ova!

Good outcome!
Thumbs up crc (is that a banning offence now - bigging up crc?!)

DrP

CRC were super cool about it
Not sure what to do with the old frame

Nice...sell it, just be honest...you'll still get a decent price.

Nice...sell it, just be honest...you'll still get a decent price.

You could donate some or all of the sale cash to charity?

Mountain Rescue? Or my favourite is [url= http://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate ]Oxfam.[/url]

APF

I'd possibly buy it for fifty quid

If I had a bachelor pad I'd buy it & put it on the wall for that price!

I'd eBay it, let the bidders decide its value, I reckon it'd go for more RRP is like loads more!

I was thinking about swapping it for a cheap cyclocross frame.

[b]@thepodge[/b]

I'd possibly buy it for fifty quid

You could donate some or all of the sale cash to charity?

Mountain Rescue? Or my favourite is Oxfam.

APF

Thanks a nice idea man. If I was going to do that I think I'd choose RNLI or Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

[b]@nwill1[/b]

If I had a bachelor pad I'd buy it & put it on the wall...

black bars, forks and saddle? Amateur. 😉

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Must try harder.

[b]@samuri
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Amateur.

Very nice on-one though, is it yours?

Just spotted this... if you want to sell the dented one, I'll give you £50 plus reasonable postage for it.

email in my profile

Dave

Just spotted this... if you want to sell the dented one, I'll give you £50 plus reasonable postage for it.

email in my profile

Dave

I think I'm gonna eBay

no worries.

One thing to consider - selling on ebay will mean a minimum of a week of hassle, endless questions from idiots and the possibility of ending up with a non-paying bidder or someone who doesn't read your description and then complains about the dent.

How much would you take from me for a simple deal and the money transferred today?

Dave

PS - Completely understand if you still want to go the ebay route - just offering the easy way out 🙂 Feel free to check my history; it should show that I'm genuine.

[b]@alfabu[/b]
dunno man, I think that I'll sleep on it.
Have you got any frames that you'd possibly swap? : )

Yes mike, it was mine. I built it up, loved how it looked, liked how it rode less. It was a nice enough bike but I eventually found I wasn't riding it very much and sold it.

[b]@samuri[/b]
Are on-one frames good, or are there better ones for the money?

mikehopkins - Member
@alfabu
dunno man, I think that I'll sleep on it.
Have you got any frames that you'd possibly swap? : )

Let me know.

No suitable frames to swap really... I've got lots of bikes, but I don't like parting with them 😉 n+1 and all that!

Dave

[b]@Dave[/b]
Yup I'll let you know tomorrow lunch time-ish man. : )
n+1 is unfortunately a black hole for my money...I want my +1 bike to be like samuri's, a nice cyclocross.

[b]@Dave[/b]
Sorry it took so long man, I've been ill. I was thinking about it and £80, but it's still attached to the bike.

but it's still attached to the bike.

Not sure what that means...

anyway, that's too high for me. The most I'm willing to go to is £70 posted.

Take it or leave it.

Cheers,
Dave