I’ve spent the last 2 and a bit years riding a medium size Santa Cruz Blur 4X and as much as I love that bike, at 6’1″ it’s too short for me – I keep smacking my knees on the bars when climbing out of the saddle!
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BlurFrontOn[/url] by le_grande_momo[/url], on Flickr
I have been on the lookout for a large Blur frame, but they’re like hens teeth!
I decided that I would try to find something that was the correct size for a start, and that would take my Fox 36’s up front and that I could run my reverb on too, and ideally all without spending too much money!
Last week I spotted a large BFe in green that Bigmantrials was advertising in the classifieds on here, emails were exchanged and a deal was agreed. So on Friday afternoon I set off for the sunny west midlands to collect this
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Newly collected[/url] by le_grande_momo[/url], on Flickr
MrsMomo was staying at my house all weekend, so I had to be a good boy and stay out of the garage until Sunday night, but once I got out there, the Blur was stripped down to its component parts in double quick fashion and the Cotic build began!
First job was to sort out the chainstay protection – self amalgamating tape from screwfix
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BFe taped chainstay[/url] by le_grande_momo[/url], on Flickr
And this is the end result
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BFe[/url] by le_grande_momo[/url], on Flickr
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Riders eye view[/url] by le_grande_momo[/url], on Flickr
I’ve only had a quick spin on it so far, hoping to get out for a proper ride tonight, but so far I’m liking it.