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hi everyone, a couple of months ago i decided to make a fast forward/time lapse video of building up my bike. I was wondering if you could give me some opinions on it. Is any good or just pure rubbish?
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cheers
I know where you live!
lol
Nice marigolds !
Wearing your mums best yellow marigolds for fitting the chain = fail
haha, still better than bare handed lol
Valves - logos? No alignment at all.
Liked the marigolds too.
I can't believe that you actually fitted the dork disc on purpose! Its one thing not removing it from a whole bike but I have never seen anybody actively fit one on a bike they have built.
Well I liked it.
nice work
I can't believe that you actually fitted the dork disc on purpose! Its one thing not removing it from a whole bike but I have never seen anybody actively fit one on a bike they have built.
Well what's wrong with it anyway? It doesn't weight a ton and its extra protection for your spokes, so why not?
I thought you said it was speeded up 😕 That is how fast I work anyway
You should get yourself a decent workbench. Better to do stuff on a bench then crouching on the floor.
extra protection for your spokes
You don't need it if you set your mech up properly.
Well done mate, good to see a young bloke getting know how to build his bike up from scratch, there are alot of d@ickheads out there who would be just running to mummys bike shop. 8)
Id be too embarrassed to admit i owned a carrera !, let alone film it ! ..
good job for having a go though 😀
nice work..
I'll be dead proud if my lads are that capable when they're a similar age..
No grease on the freehub when fitting the cassette?
It's no bother to do with marigolds 😀
Good effort but check everything that needs to be greased is greased and everything that needs threadlock is threadlocked!
why would you put the calipers on before the wheels? also your frame seems to be broken? whats that dodgy lettering on the side of it.... think it says "carrera"?
I enjoyed it, nice one!
Love it. One of life's little pleasures is building a bike from a pile of bits.
Dub, time lapse and bikes. Not sure what else anyone wants?
Personally I think its good. I couldnt do that now. So fair play
Nice one, enjoyed that.
I watched it with the sound off first time round..
you can have extra points for the soundtrack 😀
Oh come on, stop being snobbish about his bike - all because he's not building an Orange to go with the Audi.
Good effort on the build. I dare say there are a lot of people on here who have no idea how all the bits fit together.
Really good 🙂 nice one!
Ignore all the negative comments. Carerras are actually not bad bikes at all and great value.
Ripping someone for having a Carerra is pure ****tery.
Well done, two minutes of entertainment
Good work fella, Carrera is a sound brand - take no notice of the negativity.
Good to see a young lad buliding bikes rather than stuck indoors playing Xbox!
might seam picky but what was custom about your build i saw the diffrent coloured grips,pedals and discs but from what i could see was that you took your bike to bits and filmed yourself putting it back together which is fair play but not custom in anyway
Great stuff, You faffed a lot less than when build up a bike I usually have to do everything at least twice because I am useless 😀
A mate of mine has a Trek remedy 4K and Carrera Fury, when he takes the Fury out he still beats my ass every time and he really rates it.
I think there are a lot of purple on here today who have had a sense of humour bypass.
I enjoyed that. Quite different from when I build up a bike: No blood, sweat or swearing!
Nice double garage too 🙂
Funny comment about the dork-disc - I was expecting a ribbing for my cross bike still having that AND the spoke reflectors! Can't be bothered to take em off.
I don't understand, where are the bits where you take off the bits you've put on wrongly, or when you throw the tool at the wall and kick the bike over, and cry as you google frantically?
Good sound track. Like the garage door opening closing sequence.
Put your wheels on before the calipers would mean less chance off scuffing the brake pads.
Other than that good effort.
EDIT: Ignore the miserable bast**ds ^^^^^^^
Well done mate, great little video. Ignore those picking holes, you've achieved something there that many don't.
Bike looked nice in the end, those of us that can look beyond whether the name on the tube is trendy or not know that Carrera hardtails are decent.
Did you film with camcorder or Go Pro? Look forward to the first ride video if the latter.
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I don't understand, where are the bits where you take off the bits you've put on wrongly, or when you throw the tool at the wall and kick the bike over, and cry as you google frantically?POSTED 25 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST
Nice one mate, cool vid and nice bike at the end! 🙂
Id be too embarrassed to admit i owned a carrera !, let alone film it !
also your frame seems to be broken? whats that dodgy lettering on the side of it.... think it says "carrera"
wow you guys are so sad. I wonder if the bikes that you ride get 5* reviews and and are at the top of rankings in bike mags in their class.
You don't need a £6000 trek remedy 9.9 to enjoy mountain biking. I hope that you will understand that some day. 🙄 🙄
Well done mate, great little video. Ignore those picking holes, you've achieved something there that many don't.Bike looked nice in the end, those of us that can look beyond whether the name on the tube is trendy or not know that Carrera hardtails are decent.
Did you film with camcorder or Go Pro? Look forward to the first ride video if the latter.
i used my phone lol. The app is called lapse it pro 🙂
I'm guessing it was meant to be light hearted piss-taking rather than being nasty/snobby (I hope anyway).
thank you for all the nice comments btw 🙂
jedimaster - Memberwow you guys are so sad. I wonder if the bikes that you ride get 5* reviews and and are at the top of rankings in bike mags in their class.
You don't need a £6000 trek remedy 9.9 to enjoy mountain biking. I hope that you will understand that some day. 🙄
Chill out chap, they are joking. I'm 99% sure that nobody on this thread is actually properly taking the piss out of you for having a carrera. My comment was definitely meant in jest.
Jedi, don't bite.
Nice looking bike, you need a splash of colour I reckon as well, just a bit...red? 😀
Good effort and enjoy (and don't bite!).
All-time king of the £500 bikes, that Fury- brilliant bikes. There was a point where Halfords were selling them for £370 new, meanwhile one of the bike mags stuck the downgraded model that followed it in a £750 hardtails test and it won 🙂
If I was going to be mean I might say that it's not very custom! Fake Mavics aside 😉 But doesn't matter, there was nothing on it that needed changing. Shorter stem maybe, and cranks once the BB wears out.