Nicolai argon cc 29er

So in your eyes, someone only helps a charity by giving them thousands

Ethiopia to Cape Town is a good chunk of it. Drop my name all you want. on twitter I am @tda2012 so feel free to follow me. also I’ll be blogging here http://www.tda2012.com

I don’t envy anyone who does it on a rigid cx bike….

Not cheap as chips. Adam at Biketart sorted it out at cost price for the trip, s whilst I paid for the bike myself, I guess i did benefit from a discount. 😛

TJ – I never said it was you telling lies, but since you replied….. A few points.

You know I am paying for it all myself. You have been told before, you have even linked to the threads where it says this.

You pop up on every single one of my threads spouting shit, see page 1 of this thread.

I am also spending time working for a charity if you actually bothered reading any of the posts about it with your eyes open you will know it’s a two part thing. Raise the money to build the school. Then as a civil engineer go and build it.

Also there is useful exposure for Build Africa, a relatively unknown charity, in local press, both printed and on the radio, and building working relationships with the ICE, large UK construction companies, which would not have happened if i decided not to support them.

I don’t care if you agree with my methods or not just sod off.

Edit: Soulwood,

Kind off, well except for going to build the school afterwards. it’s more like I was helping building the school, and doing the tour D’Afrique as separate entities. Then we decided that it would be good to combine the two.

Also one off the most expensive bikes in the world…. I think not.

The forks will be the weak point. Though mojo assure me they will last.

FS: Nicolai Hardtail, light use…

Gotama – the gear boxes themselves are not landing at nicolai until april so providing they do not get delayed, then perhaps june time…. just in time for when i get back.

I’ve lost around 40 in total, including adding 12kg of lean body weight, meaning I’ve probably lost about 50kg in total, and dropped by BF% by around 25%

I’ve gone for chris king hubs on mavin a719s. I will be able to do a fairly comprehensive review on them in 6 months, but they seem strong. I was going to go for the tn719s but decided on the a719.

I run a small bit of sealant inside my tubes, takes care of most small punctures

Thank you for everyones kind words.

OK, just to clear this up because certain people are still telling lies because they don’t really have a proper life.

Every penny this trip has cost I have paid for myself. Every single one.

Ir – bandito I know it’s not the best bike for the journey, it is one that I will enjoy riding, and I’m a bit of a brand whore. I ordered the frame before I entered the trip. The frame took so long to come I did actually have a deposit down on a fargo just incase this one didn’t turn up. The thud buster is only for the off road sections, the road sections will be done with a Thompson.

And TJ is right, it’s just a big holiday punctuated with a bit of riding, just a eenie weenie tiny bit of riding.

iDave, I have got 3 different thickness slicks ranging from 32-50. If its a strong headwind i will flip the stem and reduce the risers. Due to an american football injury I can not bend my elbow correctly for try bars.

It’s to raise money to rebuild a school in Kenya, however it’s not the best time of year to be fundraising.

Website is here http://www.tda2012.com

Is on average 123km a day. Around 97 riding days and 23 rest days. Might help with the new years resolution to loose the next 4 stone.

It did cross my mind as I wrote it….. Never mind, best not think of those things. Ride out of Cairo on the 14th of January and arrive in cape town on the 14th of may. So four months!

Yes, it is supported, though I do have a little clip on rack for a small bag of spares, camera, and inner tubes for when my wheels explode

No servicing….

Don’t be daft 🙂

Only takes 10mins for the wiper service! 😉

I did want masochism, however we had trouble getting hold of them. Which was a shame. Tbh most of the time they will be locked out, there is only about 2000 miles of off road bits, the rest is on Tarmac.

Junkyard – Member
why slick tyres and a thudbuster where are you planning to ride it?
Not a troll just curious tbh

Its for the Tour D’Afrique. 7500 miles across africa.

it helps with the aerodynamics

When I got done for speeding I was driving my mums car. Her mot had lapsed by 11 days. When I went to produce my documents I had no mot… They said I must go to court. However they also took my license, gave me the 3 points and I paid the fine.

When the court summons came through it said i need to go to court for speeding. I rang up the court and said whilst I was speeding I had already had the three points and paid the fine. I Email a copy of my bank statement and my driving license with the points on, and they replied that I didn’t have to come in to court.

What did you court summons say?

God help me

How about my fat **** stupid waste of air, time, money, resources pathetic excuse for my sister!!!

Egypt,
Sudan
Kenya,
Tanzania
Malawi
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Austria
And a few others

Nicolai argon cc 29er full build. Didn’t plan on it as a present but it gets finished today so I’ll use that the justify the £1k overspend!

I’ve got an invasion planned for tomorrow!

I’m hoping you raised the seat post to hook it on to the tree?

I earns between £1600-£2200 a month, my bills, including car, rent, gym, elec,sky,broadband, mobile…etc were £400 . For the final week of the month I was living off around £20.

I think I need to budget more.

I had an old pair of brasher gore tex walking boot resold with 5.10 rubber from feet first. Lasted about 6 years and used all year round. Never got wet cold feet!

I live in newton abbot, I’m gonna ask them if i can look at it.

Ride both, see which you prefer?

have you tried emailing mike at nicolai. same email address, just mike instead of simon.

TandemJeremy – Member

Hows the £45 000 target coming on? Still expecting people to pay your entry fee for you?

You should probably grow up and move on.

meehaja – not really a stupid question, in africa you can buy individual ball bearings, however you can not (without major difficulty) buy the other bearings

THey will all be brand new bearings, well i will probably do a couple of hundred miles before i leave. I’m kinda thinking spare hub and bb bearings, not the headset.

i will have the tools to service them,

@rocketdog

That your weird 😆

if you have a source then go for them, an excellent fork for the money. the fox is not worth 50% more then the maz.

I tried to buy a pair, but was waiting and waiting and waiting, issues with supply if you want the new 2012 ones. Went for some new fox ones instead.

Decorate them all?

Done. Takes a lot less then 2 minutes

Must be wrong 😉 I’m 6ft 4 and still 24 stone and apparently im in the acceptable range!

Ok, I bought:

Nicolai DH bike: £5000
Bos vipr: £480
Bos divilles: £750
Nicolai cc 29er: £4000
Garmin: £350
Lights: £200
Wheels: £700
Pub bike: £300
Sixc cranks: £500
Xtr pedals: £120
Alps holiday: £1000
Uk trips: £1000
Other bits and bobs: lots more
Sold almost all of that to pay for:
Tour D’Afrique about £12000 and counting

I would think in the. End it will work out at around £2 a mile.

No debts, no over draft… So happy days.

So far projected costs in 2012 are a nicolai helius am to replace the one I sold, and a nicolai helius ac29er pinion. Just because I can. And another alps trip and maybe another tour.