I was bullied as a child about my hands so it sticks.

Proper lolled at that, sorry. If it makes you feel better i have small semi-pointy ears than bend inwards at the top and was called Spock as a child. Like the bike but you should ride it before changing any more stuff.

p.s. Your brakes levers are pointing down quite a bit (sorry if this is to compensate for your weird hands 😛 )

Get those decals on! They’ll look great.
Perfect build now. Ready for the Spring and Summer coming up 😀

Edit: Get ride of that Hope sticker on the lowers. It clashes!

Always hankered after a Five, and you’re not helping. Proper good looking bike that now.

Hmm, maybe a frame swap next year…

i was just moving the bars and hadn’t moved the brakes yet 🙂

The Pikes are an upgrade for me. I just prefer Rockshox and i love the Pikes.

The stem is now 50mm instead of 70 which feels much better on the around the block test. Still got to sort the rear mech out.

Snow day from work today (Primary SEN Teacher) so should get a good few hours tinkering.

I’ll put the decals on then. Worst case ill go stealth if they look awful.

Wasn’t sure when they arrived, but now they are on I think they look great 🙂

IMO of course 🙂 never been one to match colours before.

Cheeky bit of colour

Yep, they look great. Matching decals can look OTT on some bikes/colours but that definitely works.

The next picture it will hopefully be covered in snow and mud. I’m hoping to meet a few of the people who reached out and offered riding groups to help me get fit and out.

Thanks all 🙂

That looks ACE!

Good to hear, enjoy.

I’m in the process of building a Spitfire in the Banshee ‘Mint Green’, I think I will be copying you with the matching fork decals.

reached out

Stop that right now.

Stop that right now.

Is that because of grammar or me stopping with thinking I’m a burden ha

I really like that. Decals look awesome too. I never got round to testing one of these but I kind of wish I did – always had a soft spot for them.

I was going to match my Pikes with the cyan of my Nomad but I was a little too eager to ride it so whacked the Invisiframe on them before I had chance.
Starting to think I should though.

Also, can I have an easter egg?

i really like that. top marks

Because it makes me think of consultancy bingo 🙂

lovely looking bike Mosey,

the decals really clean up the look. where did you get them from? I could do with a colour matched set for mine…

cheers

That looks great Mosey, really like the fork decals. Also be interested to know where you got them.. I’m picking up my Four tomorrow (time permitting).. Can’t wait. Glad you are getting it out for a proper shakedown.

Ps, can I have an Easter egg aswell.

The fork decals came from Invisiframe. Yeah, I really like how they look.

The eggs are for the family I’m afraid. I’ve not even got one of them!

Final update really and a follow on from my honesty thread, today I cracked the gearing issues, got the new grips on and got out for a short ride (and I mean short).

It felt great, the shorter stem will take some getting used too and the brakes squealed like mad! But it felt awesome! 🙂

Final pics, fully built and ready to go.

Looks great!

maxtorque
Nice Bike OP. Would look great with some custom colour matched Fork Decals……

(go the extra mile, you know you want too……. )

Told Ya So! 😆

I think that looks great. Love the fork decals – they add a brilliant finishing touch. Now thinking of this for my next build…!

MoseyMTB
When you threaded the bottom bracket in, did it go in easily or did it require some force? One side of mine required some force..getting the crank in and out requires some force to!
Does your rear wheel sit central inbetween the seat stays? Mine sits to the left..

Goldigger, sorry I’ve only just seen this.

My bottom bracket was stiff. I took it out to remove some a spacer and it went back in much easier. I believe there was some paint overspill left in that wasn’t reamed (?) out.

The wheel I’ll have to check, I think I’ve read something before about it being offset though. I’ll get back to you when I find the thread.