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Rebuilt my gary fisher, it's cracked at the seattube, the rear wheel was rebuilt with spokes that are too long and the dishing is completely off. 2.5'' tyre on a 23mm rim on the front, headset installed with a mallet and it's too small for me. Most fun MTB I've owned and it owes me about £100.
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That's no deathtrap, just [i]shonky[/i], bit like my 69er'd 15.5" HJ - the BB is so high it interferes with satellites.
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Weld on the rear pivot of my Scott G Zero. The weld was done two years ago, and the bike is still going strong after frequent use
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What you have to do when a bike company goes under.
What you have to do when a bike company goes under.
Attach a piece of tire to your shock? ❓ Is that some sort of outward display that you are mourning the brand's passing? 😉
is that a torture device from Saw?
My death trap- old Giant Cadex which has been bastardized into a fixie, with bars off an old raleigh girls bike. It's a proper hipster sled, and I think the lugs are coming away from the carbon tubes, but i ****ing love it. The frame is dated around 1990-1992- gotta be one of the oldest carbon ones around, eh?
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^^^ That's a proper bike!
A fixie with a tensioner like that wins the deathtrap race to death so far!
Not sure it's actually a death trap, I did over 5000 miles on this including some reckless alpine descents believing it to be a lacquer crack...
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Defo counts as a deathtrap if you rode it with a Stanley blade in it
I stick 'em in the cracks in my carbon bars too...
This thread is seriously lacking cutlery.
I should point out at this point, that the bike had a freewheel at this point- It's now a proper fixie with no tensioner. It's vertical dropouts, but running it 42/16 with a half-link chain seems to fit perfectly! It's also got a deep section front wheel now to make it even more hipsterrific!
I wouldn't class these as death traps, but I've frequently been told they are!
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Finished it on friday - let hope it holds up!!!!
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Been riding to for about 10 months now - only tried to kill me a few times - my favorite was when the bb shell came debonded around cannock (below)
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EDIT: thinking about it, I've also been told the disc mount is a death trap too
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a bit of tyre wear 😳
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