[Closed] New bike...........;o)

Nearly.
Few bits to finish.
Its very GREEN.

hehe - 🙂

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lol ton

Sorry for new bike but questions.

Grumm where did you get the fitting bolts for your bash?? is your back tyre a purgatory if so is it one of the ones with thick er side walls? where did you get that??

Sorry loads of Q's

Got a new one, but she's not ready for the cameras yet, still need to swap a few bits around. It's going to be very shiny.

I am going to stick my neck out and say it is a Spesh njee?

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I am going to stick my neck out and say it is a Spesh njee?

Ha! No! In the absence of a proper photo, I'll post a manufacturers one:

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Gonna be sub-20lbs hopefully!

Iamsam - had to get some longer chainring bolts from a mate's spares box and it was a bit of a PITA to fit.

The tyre is a Spesh Eskar 2Bliss - came on my Pitch.

Njee20 - that'll be v nice, look forward to seeing your pics once it's built up. It'll be better than you're Epic simply because the Trek has got proper forks and no Brain! 😉

If the top of the range one (£5k+) weighs 22lbs how on earth will you get it down below 20lbs though??!!

It is the top of the range one, I've not actually weighed it yet, but the wheels/tyres are heavy, I'm changing them, along with the stem, seat mast, saddle, cables. I suspect it may be <22lbs anyway.

Grumm,

Taa mate, really want one of those bash guards but was struggling to find the bolts to fit it. good tyres round here thems....well I like them

Sam

ok, its not new, but we have been together a while now, i would get bad karma if she was to go... so she got a new group, wheels and fork 😀
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Nick you have too much disposable income.

Nope, I have a credit card with too high a limit, a shop who are very amenable to supporting my whims and a brand new warranty Epic frame to sell to fund it! 🙂

I bought a nice bike in about 2004, then I've just sold it each year to fund the next one! I've not lost money on a bike sale in at least 4 years! That's maybe not great.

Ok....here's a trio all new or rebuilt in the last month (rubbish phone pics soz)

Turner 5 Spot (repainted & rebuilt)

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Sanderson Soloist (cycle to work scheme)

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Road bike (mostly from the spares pile)

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Fitted the first part to the new frame...

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Roll on Christmas for the rest of the build. 😀

ming alert /\

Each to their own my good man.

i like new bikes..............lots

are you [i]really[/i] not going to buy any bikes for a year? i know you are tying to cut back on being a serial bike swapper but what am i going to look at for the next year? could you not have a self enforced 2 week 'cooling off' period bwtween seeing something you want and stumping up the cash?

Yes! It's very orange. My eyes hurt from staring at it.

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i like the new on one colours but that orange is remarkably similar to the 89 quid apollo i used ot try and put customers off buying when i used to be saturday boy at halfords.

I have just finished building this up:

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It started as a standard Scale 35, and I seem to have swapped most of the bits over. It still needs new saddle, stem & bars. I am sure it is still heavier than njee20's new one!

Nice bike Grumm! Have you ridden it much yet? Need a shorter stem though surely? 😉

go on then.. just built 😉

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bit more complete since the last post, awaiting a thomson post and new front hose.......

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Just curious - some of you refer to your bikes as "she" ...

Nice bike Grumm! Have you ridden it much yet? Need a shorter stem though surely?

Cheers Adam. I built it up sort of for Emilie and sort of as a pissing about on jumps etc bike for me. Not really ridden it yet though due to being ill for about 2 months - surprised you haven't seen me whining about it. 😉

Mebbe does need a shorter stem, but that's all I've got for now.

I have an itch which has been scratched but it won't be built till Saturday night.

The beer is in the fridge, pizza menu's by the phone, Spotify playlist is sorted and the tool box has been checked to ensure everything is present and correct......... can't wait 😀 😀 😀

cinnamon_girl - Member
Just curious - some of you refer to your bikes as "she" ...

Have you ridden it much yet?

Sorry 😳

Perhaps my bikes should have gender realignment?

They wouldn't know, would they?

But I would have to give them a different name ...

So ... what are the "she" bikes called?

Building a new one this week. BMC hardtail - cant wait.

So ... what are the "she" bikes called?

I've only ever had 2 'she' bikes . . . [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/p20333432.html ]Clementine[/url] and [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/p46771667.html ]Pandora[/url] 😉

Oh, and I don't have a new bike so I'll just go . . .

'sort of for Emilie'... Yeah right!

cinnamon_girl - Member

Perhaps my bikes should have gender realignment?

Perhaps I should ride my new bike during the day... but here it is anyway:

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'sort of for Emilie'... Yeah right!

Well it was perhaps more of a new bike justification strategy - orange is her favourite colour. She will get to ride it sometimes though. 🙂

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Not the greatest of photos, but quite pleased and ready for a few epic rides 😀

Dano, I have the same kitchen cupboards as you

Like that Stumpjumper, lovely.

Holy Shit it lives Yoshi. So when will it turn a wheel in anger ?

I'm not totally happy that my brakes dont match but until I lengthen the Juicy brake I'm stuck with it this way:(
I was having a final check of bolts, putting chainstay protectors on, indexing gears and setting up the suspension last night - I'm off work tomorrow and monday so tomorrow morning will be the maiden ride, nothing too vigarous, just round the res, up to the pigeon tower, down ice cream run back round the res and up to the nab and home - reckon thats about as much as my overeating, oversmoking body can manage after 5 months not riding! Hopefully by early next year I'll be ready for some of the group rides:)

That green Turner looks lovely, great colour.

Like that Scale, maybe we'll have to hang it on my scales sometime Jason, we can compare 🙂

That S-Works is nice too xcstu, how did you get the frame without the Futureshock fork? Possibly moreover, why did you get it without, I thought it was a great fork.

Crash test - what tyres are they?