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[Closed] New bike time the haterz are going to hate!

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No weeds on the grass 😉
Ride over Wrynose planned but a fair bit of off road included
Bargin £1350 on bike to work scheme
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Posted : 19/08/2017 8:00 am
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Nice


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:03 am
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Clearly AstroTurf and not real grass.(fake hose as well)

Nice ride tho.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:06 am
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I wouldn't go advertising that they let you have more than the 1k limit (even if it's a top up & yrs i know everyone does it) coz the CTWS people might withdraw the shops agreement which would be financially a bummer for them.

Nice bike, they ride well don't they


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:09 am
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You could have at least raked the gravel bed level.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:13 am
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Great, all you need to do now is level the saddle and flip the stem out of middle age mode 🙂

Enjoy.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:14 am
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Nice ride for going over to ,Waitrose...


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:47 am
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Nice. Sort of bike that makes sense as a winter training bike to me.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:12 am
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Nice wheels. I might also pinch your idea for mounting the Alpkit bag on the seattube instead of the headtube...


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:12 am
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Bike is fine, plastic grass looks shit tho


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:19 am
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Grass looks bizarre. Nice bike though.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:20 am
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Are those blood stains on the wall behind? Guess that explains the new garden and extra time to ride, but you need to hide the evidence better.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:28 am
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Nice, mine arrives on Tuesday 8)

got two sets of tyres on order too, as tyre availability seems to be the biggest potential downside


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:30 am
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Think you need to improve security - someone's nicked half of your forks!

If it only has one blade, does that make it a knife?

Looks alright otherwise. I was gonna do my CX bike in that colour, but decided to do matt black instead.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:36 am
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Nice, the standard tyres are paper thin so best change them as soon as you can, a Thompson stem will fit nicely, I have one on mine and it looks OK.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:40 am
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Very nice OP


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:43 am
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There appears to be A small animal humping the top tube
😯


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:51 am
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Mate of mine is pretty handy at doing those sleeper things. I'll get him to pop round and sort out yours.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:52 am
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One of our riding group has one which he loves and he has had an awful lot of bikes. I had a quick ride and liked it but I think the wheel size would put me off.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:58 am
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Nice bike, hope you enjoy it!


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 10:15 am
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I'm first in the queue for a go on that...


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 10:58 am
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'Haterz gonna hate'.

Yep. Gopping. It needs some flat bars and a re-spray and then it might be a half decent pub bike - you know the sort of thing you can leave outside the pub with a poundland lock, knowing that nobody will ever nick it.

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Posted : 19/08/2017 11:31 am
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No one has mentioned the dropper I am shocked!! ride to work and back and it felt fast 🙂
Sleepers the last one needs an angled cut and my saw was getting stuck so waiting for a mate to come round with a decent one!
Grass is perfect for its intention my daughters kick around area iy was just pebbles before and does not get much light in the winter months so proper grass would be a swamp only just laid waiting for it to dry out before filling in with kiln sand!
Wrynose and Hardnott this afternoon and having a camp so should give me a good idea on what it can handle


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 1:15 pm
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That's rather smart! I'd be interested to see what it's like to ride something like that off road.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 1:48 pm
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Where did you get the astro turf from and what make is it? Thinking about doing the same in my back garden


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 1:51 pm
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No one has mentioned the dropper I am shocked!!

I was then realised it look like it has the lever under the seat, so.... meh

If you used the internal routing and tried to set a remote lever up on the bars you might have piqued my interest 😉


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 2:19 pm
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If you can get some WTB Resolutes then that'll go like a bomb off road. A nice looking bike and a good price too.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:36 pm
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If you can get some WTB Resolutes then that'll go like a bomb off road. A nice looking bike and a good price too.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:37 pm
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If you can get some WTB Resolutes then that'll go like a bomb off road. A nice looking bike and a good price too.
Does the top tube bag rub your thighs in that position?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:39 pm
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If you can get some WTB Resolutes on that it'll go like a bomb off road.
Nice bike and a great price,.
Doesn't that bag rub your thighs placed there?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:43 pm
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If you can get some WTB Resolutes on that it'll go like a bomb off road.
Nice bike and a great price,.
Doesn't that bag rub your thighs placed there? I thought the point of top tube bags is that you can rummage around for things on the go. How do you get on with it there?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:45 pm
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If you can get hold of some WTB Resolutes it'll go like a bomb off road.
Nice bike and a great price.
How do you get on with the top tube bag there? Aren't they placed by the stem so you can rummage around on the go, and doesn't it rub on your thighs?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:52 pm
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I kind of like it - but I have just started recording as many episodes of M*A*S*H as possible, so that might explain it.

I might also pinch your idea for mounting the Alpkit bag on the seattube instead of the headtube...

Depends on how mahoosive your thighs are...

If it only has one blade, does that make it a knife?

That would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that forks have 'tines', not 'blades'


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 4:58 pm
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I'd have one tomorrow.
Then remove those horrid decals which spoil a nice frame colour.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:32 pm
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Don't know if you've heard, but some WTB Resolutes would make it go like a bomb off road.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 8:41 pm
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Nice! That explains why you were selling the Singular - does this mean you have reach the "one bike in, one bike out" limit?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:19 pm
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Like the bike, grass needs hoovering though


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 9:54 pm
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Has anyone tried WTB Resolutes?


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 10:02 pm
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It'd go like a bomb if he fitted some....


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 10:31 pm
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Meh


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 10:52 pm
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The C2W comment. You can pay over 1000 quid if you have licence to do so or can pay extra and have the normal 1k limit so doesn't mean it's dodgy at all.

Bike looks absolutely awesome. Quite like it.


 
Posted : 19/08/2017 11:17 pm
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Sorry about that. Not my fault, honest.
But they would.


 
Posted : 20/08/2017 8:48 am
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Fence needs treating..assume the sleepers do to.


 
Posted : 20/08/2017 8:55 am
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Funnily enough I've just ordered a pair of wtb resolutes (brown sidewalls FTW) for when mine arrives. Any ideas how she'll go off-road with them on?


 
Posted : 20/08/2017 9:02 am
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Resolutes are great, available from the Germans still. If gumwall isn't your thing try maxxis ravager (not sure they do 650 come to think of it).


 
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