Perhaps £1999, given the full SRAM XX build.

In fairness, a full XX groupset is about £1,500. And this isn’t even full XX – they’ve fitted some stupidly expensive FRM cranks. That’ll be €500 for those, with the chainrings. And another €400 for the forks, €145 for the bars, €100 for the post and €114 for the stem.

It also has On-One’s carbon wheelset, which is £799, so it probably isn’t that much more overpriced than most bikes.

That said, it’s still a £5,000 On-One, which is just wronnnng.

If you don’t mind buying from Halfords, the Boardman Team FS is meant to be pretty impressive for the price.

You could also try getting a discounted 2010 or 2011 bike from somewhere like Paul’s Cycles, like this 2011 Giant Anthem X5 at £899.

Or, as BR has suggested, just get a decent HT instead.

That first picture… *shakes head*

Some good work on the shadow there… :lol:

It has all the aspects of a dodgy eBay ad.

Terrible spelling and grammar:

As this is a Ex-Display bik

Optimistic valuation:

From £4,999.00

Description that doesn’t match the item as it was copied-and-pasted from elsewhere:

Note: Price is for frame only

:D

Never thought in a million years id be able to do anything remotely like that, especially when comparing to videos from a year or so ago, still get a bit of a smile every time I watch it back

Very impressive! :wink:

Thanks guys for the offers of yours for sale, appreciated but i dont have paypal account to pay.

I’d accept personal cheque or bank transfer… :wink:

E13 Turbocharger

I have a brand new, packaged one of these if you want it. £30 posted.

More details here. Email in profile.

Trans-Alp from Switzerland to Italy and back again this October. Not just my best ride of this year, but the best trip I’ve done on a bike in any year. Can’t wait to go back!

Well, you can have a go on my imaginary 25lb one if you like

Thanks, but I don’t think I’d get very far without you fitting the missing 15lbs of parts… :D

I do really fancy a go on a Stinky someday though – just to see if they’re as much fun as everyone says. That and a Pitch.

My Kona Stinky frame weighs 25lb

:lol:

That Covert is lovely, but no way is it 26lbs. My Bandit, which is a significantly lighter frame, is over 28lbs and that’s with carbon-crowned Rev World Cup forks. Not that it matters – if you like how it rides then who cares how much it weighs! :-)

I hear Jeremy Beadle has a tiny penis. But on the other hand it’s huge.

Or there’s the other classic Stevie gag:

Appearing on a live television chat show for the first time, the host asks Stevie he manages to cope with his blindness.

“Well, I’m not going to say it hasn’t been tough, but, you know, it could be worse,” he says with trademark humility and charm. “I could be black.”

Actually, have you seen Anti Joke[/url]? It takes classic joke setups but drops the punchline for a literal answer. Here are a few examples:

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? The Holocaust.

Why did the boy drop his ice cream? Because he was hit by a bus.

What’s sad about four black people in a Cadillac going over a cliff? They were my friends.

Your mother’s so fat, she should probably be worried about the increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Also has some pretty good ‘Roses are red…’ gags:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I have a gun.
Get in the van.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I have Alzheimer’s.
Cheese on toast.

Druidh is ‘a’ hilarious …..

:lol:

Getting back on topic, I came up with this LOLtastic gag the other day:

What do you call a medical examiner who really likes Muller yoghurt? A fruit coroner.

:roll:

Can be written as an…related to the pronunciation/sound of the word following ‘an’, iirc. Words beginning with ‘h’…

You use ‘an’ if the proceeding word starts with a vowel sound (but not necessarily a vowel), and ‘a’ if it doesn’t.

So it would be ‘an hour’ but ‘a helicopter’.

On that basis, Druidh is correct (if pedantic).

Depending on how much you want to spend, you can’t go wrong with a Camelbak Mule. 3L bladder, which is plenty, and enough storage for a day ride. Comfy and durable too – had mine for a few years and it’s still in great nick.

EDIT: Currently £50 at Merlin.

could you not dress this up as a PR/Charity stunt

This. I remember reading about some running race up the stairwell of some skyscraper. I guess there would be a much higher chance of injury coming down on a bike, but surely there’s no harm in asking whether you could do it for charity? You’re obviously not too concerned about getting fired, so if they say no you could just do it anyway…

Had a Superlight before it was stolen, which was starting to outride in terms of travel, so looking at more travel, mainly XC but riding. My skills are developing but don’t want to lug weight around and die up the hills.

Then you definitely don’t want a Blood. If you want an Orange, try the ST4 – that sounds like it would be better suited for the sort of general XC/trail riding you describe.

There are absolutely loads of bikes that could fit the bill, however, so I’d suggest getting out there and trying lots before spanking £3k on something you might not like.

Lapierre Zesty, Trek EX8, Giant Trance, Specialized Camber or Stumpjumper, etc, etc, etc.

What sort of riding do you do? Not sure how you narrowed it down to those – they’re completely different bikes really…

He was a weapons grade bell end

his front tyre blew out

aye, then his face

Two genuine LOLs. :D

However he seems to have a split personality – he’s called Lee on his STW profile but then calls himself Rich on his wanted ads.

He’s eat-my-dirt on PinkBike and seems to be unsure where he lives – it’s N. Wales on here, Cheshire on his Pinkbike ads and Lancashire on his PB profile. Another user (thelumberjack) recently left the comment ‘Scam’ on his Pinkbike wall and a few days earlier had left ‘????????’ – it might be worth messaging him to see if he’s having similar problems.

He’s sold stuff on Ebay under the user name louisev6116 (in Chester)

Try messaging him through Ebay, Pinkbike and phoning his mobile.

One more thing? :D

My first was a tiny thing called the Red Pippin (no idea on the manufacturer) that I had from two up to the age of four. I then had a rad neon green BMX with green plastic wheels and bright green tyres. Might have been called the Invader or something?

I then got my first MTB – an Emmelle Leopard that was so heavy I’m convinced it was made of pig iron. It already had a shocking multicolour neon paintjob, but I obviously decided it wasn’t garish enough as I added an aero wheel cover that was black with bright yellow lightning all over it. Just looking at it while stationary was enough to induce nausea – God knows what that disc looked like while it was spinning.

But I guess my first ‘proper’ bike was a fully rigid Carrera B52. It was made of huuuge oversized aluminium (scratch that – it was aerospace aluminium) tubing and had toe clips and weird rubber-coated bars with integrated barends. I still have it holed away in my parents’ garage. I actually spruced it up (and replaced those godawful bars with a cheap EA30 riser) and took it for a ride last summer. Not anywhere near as light as I remember it being (it’s amazing how much lighter bikes have got in the past 15 years), but it was actually lot of fun. It felt very, very fast – particularly when trying to slow down with V-brakes… :D

Edit: wrong thread. :oops:

When the video finishes did any of you watch the girl beats up her boyfriend vid?

No, but I did watch this.

Treadmill fail.

Lucky he was wearing that super cool pork pie hat. Something new to add to the endless helmet debate?

Bikes don’t count as presents.

An excellent policy – gold star Dadding. I’m sure your son will be delighted with it! :D

Christmas present?

Mark – why when you select the XL-XXL size on your site does the word “special!” appear? It only happens for that size, and the price is still the same, so is this some sort of dig at people with big heads? :D

HiBike have S-Works Enduro carbon frames in stock in both M and XL. See here.

I’ve bought from them before and they were great. €2999, however.

I think he’s being sarcastic. :wink:

Fixie Inc Peacemaker. I’ve got one, it’s great.

Is that the belt drive one? I quite like the look of the Backspin, but not sure I can convince myself that I actually need one…

Bring the bikes into the house, and store a wolverine/honey badger/angry rottweiler in the garage. Don’t feed it.

Great call on the honey badger. They’re really pretty badass.

Canary Warf has a lot of CCTV and my bike was right in from of a camera… but the police were not interested enough to even look through it.

I know this has been said a lot on here in the past, but why? Surely it’s time for the police to recognise that high-end bike theft involves sums similar to lower-end GTA and treat it accordingly – particularly if the crime included breaking in to someone’s house or garage?

I’ve luckily never had a bike stolen, so have never had to deal with the police, but the number of experiences people on here seem to have had of “it’s only a bike” is pretty disappointing.

Nice and light.

I’ve got a 2×10 X7 drivetrain with a X9 rear mech and X0 shifters. My first experience of SRAM (always used Shimano up to now) and contrary to popular opinion I’ve been really impressed. The shifters are particularly fantastic. As others have said, I’d usually get the best shifters you can afford, decent cranks then just get mid-range mechs and cassette.

If it’s real I want them, but I suspect it’s an epic photoshop fail?

Surely the latter.

EDIT: nice slick tyres too. Maybe it’s their take on a commuter? :D

Photo of non-drive side and chain in smaller chainring fail. Patio is literally spotless, however.

Not a photo, but is festive and does make me laugh.

iolo – that cable guide on the shock is pretty neat. Did you do that yourself?