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I have just built my first bike and I couldn't have done it without you. It weighs just under 11k with pedals, bar-ends and mud guard. I am very happy with it.
Great. For your next lesson, read the instruction on posting photos 😉
Lol. I'm blaming tinypic for that.
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Ooh- that looks rather spiffing!
*So proud*
😀
Lawn looks good.
As does bike 8)
What sort of lawn mower do you use ?
A nice contrast of modern (dropper post) and retro (ski bar ends)!
Can't crit the bike or the lawn.
Horizon could do with a tad of a straighten. Left hand down a touch.
looks like you have photoshopped part of that tree out through the back wheel spokes
mud guard is bloody awful, other than that it's nice!
Are they bar-ends or tri-bars? 😉
tyre logos and valves?
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What sort of lawn mower do you use ?
Big lawn, I'm guessing a ride on.
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Something fancy pants like this.
11kg? No way!
There may a crisp bag about 75m back.
The bike is a bit fugly, but so is mine. Well done.
Looks like a 96er... weird.
seat looks like a storm troopers cod piece, mud guard will be horrific in mud. Otherwise good effort. Also your garden needs more log sheds.
Cheers, I will congratulate the council park's dept on the lawn.
The bar-ends are standard size, the photo just makes them look huge.
I agree the tree looks weird.
I thought I would give the mud guard a go as keep being blinded by muddy water.
It is just a standard 26inch small frame carbon Whippet. Have weighed it at 10.94 kilos.
I did try to line up the logos but obviously failed.
I don't care if he is ugly. I am going to call him Norman.
Yes I do need a log shed.
my cats called Norman
OP are you feline?? Some of the language you use suggests you are a *Gulp* Girl!! 😯
Apols if you're a fella...Good job on building your own bike if you're a "wimmins"...Bar-ends aside, a very good job indeed!
Yes, I am a girl, hence the stormtrooper's cod piece saddle.
I know bar-ends aren't cool but I get pain in my hands and being able to change hand position really helps.
Fenred I want you to know that I didn't find your post in anyway immensely patronising 😀
Norman is a silly name for a cat. My cat is called Howard.
Fenred I want you to know that I didn't find your post in anyway immensely patronising
Nice one! Wasn't patronising! Just an observation and a doth of the cap to a good job well done!
*applauds*
...For a girl! 😆
flat bars and bar ends are for real riders!
Well done putting your first bike together, feels good doesn't it. 🙂
The trouble is you wont stop building bikes/swapping stuff about now.....
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+1 for the ski bends
Norman is a silly name for a cat. My cat is called Howard.
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The trouble is you wont stop building bikes/swapping stuff about now.....
Hmm...I do feel I've grown enough as a rider to need a full sus. ..
Keep quiet though. Him indoors looks on this site.
OP - did he get mad when you built the bike in [s]his[/s]the kitchen? 😉
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Hmmm, a man in his thirties who spent his time socialising with high-school kids in a toilet.
Sit on it.... Ayyy...
OP -
+1seat looks like a storm troopers cod piece, mud guard will be horrific in mud
Nice bike.
organdonor i must admit that you are right 😳 (it's years since i saw happy days).
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Now [u]that's[/u] cool 😀
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Funny thing is, I did build it in the kitchen. I can't get in his shed. I had a mucky nutz on my old bike and it was fine. It just modelled the clag into an extra thick slick tyre.
That's a cracking first go, I'd be pround of that myself.
[b]And[/b] you've managed to take a decent photo of it, which I could never do!