chainslap thats a monster truck of a bike, id imagine the tyres negate the need for a fork, but without sounding like a donut how hard is it to get it and keep it moving ?

ah thought kinesis but didnt want to embarass myself lol

lovely bike, great picture.

what is it ?

Nice one chris will look sweet when finished.
Might be worth popping an add in wanted for anything you still require.
Unless of course your taking your time and want to buy everything new if so crc is your friend.
Looks good though mate.

Me to thought you had a super long rear mech

Must say I like it and am tempted to go down the fully rigid route myself, also 20lb is not to be sniffed at bet its fast as

Thanks guys id looked at both those prems but not being to familiar with londond didnt know how difficult it would be to get to and from.

Sainsburys premium cover
Shed theft recently had stolen trek remedy 2010 new build bfe and ragley piglet
And my bag of riding gear
They supplied 1x stumpy evo carbon 1x cannindale sl2 1 payment of 2800 to cover bfe and riding gear.
I cannot believe how good they have been bikes were not insured separately.
Just had renewal through and its gone from 23 pound to 26 pound.
No receipts needed just crime number.
Brilliant insurer.
Underwritten by rbos I think.
Excuse the scatty writing im typing from my phone.

Hi mate im a trader, ive had a few of these and they are pigs to get rid of they have a bad reputation.
That being said they drive ok but all seem to have had lots of niggles, wheel bearings, engine lights, faulty mirrors and windows, lots of little bits and bobs that you dont want on a 5 year old motor.

x fusion at wiggle 120£ much much better imo if not quite up there with reverbs and ks posts but half the price to

Thanks guys, Rob I’m pretty sure that’s it going to investigate more than me buddy

cheers guys well i picked up the frame today and built her straight up (thanks st4anly) here she is only been around the car park so far, but will be testing her properly tommorow.

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Cheers guys, are you running 120mm forks they look quite slack at the front

ouch snapping sounds bad lol,great pic at the top, is that a 16″

Cheers brigante good idea I havnt come across one of those yet

Cheers guys I like the look of the grapil but while I’m in This chopping and changing scenario I’d prefer to buy second hand and as yet I bet there are not many of those around

It’s a mondraker factor, I did take the bearings out if an old enduro once which was a pain, hoping as technology has moved in its become easier

Wow catvet that is a light soul.

thnaks mtbfix but all the suggestions in that thread seem to be out of stock.

gonzy that link isnt working mate.

just for the record im not weight obsessed, it doesnt have to be mega light just “relatively light”, i know that its never going to be as light as an alli frame or carbon.

i would consider chief’s bike above to be light enough at 26lb.

cheers ceepers looks a bargain but the dent puts me off otherwise i would have been interested.

bargain yunki, i would love a second hand frame, but they are never around when you want one,lol.

also if any one has a soul built up in green id love to see a pic

Could probably get away with a large but not an excel, thanks though

Hopefully a medium buy would also consider a large

thanks guys still looking

hi guys thanks the nerve sounds good, ill check it out. hi br it was an insurance replacment

P.s they are now kept in the house to the Mrs dispair.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the posts some very helpful
Still no sign if my bikes as you would probably expect.
Not all bad news though my insurance company have replaced my bikes with no fuss at all, so while I’m still angry that it happened, I have shiny new bikes.

The insurers were sainsburys who have been brilliant(just incase anyone wants good no hassle bike cover).

Anyway thanks again.

done and dusted, looks far better in the flesh, and in comparison to a lot of other brands very well specced for the price.

Cheers guys off to try one out Tommorow fingers x I’ll like it.

This happened to me recently, purchased a bike recently in good faith did all my usual checks (frame number,searched forums etc) nothing came up.

Sold on eBay, police come to door with a description of a stolen bike that matches this one, the officer had a list of specifics about the bike ,ie the brand of The aftermarket pedals that had been fitted but no frame number or in fact anything that could not have been picked up from the pictures on my add.

The officer was pretty good really, I had kept the advert from where I had purchased the bike which he was happy with,no mention of handling stolen goods as could prove that the bike was purchased in good faith.
I was told to keep hold of bike while the investigation continues at the end of all this it becomes a civil matter between myself and original owner as to who owns the bike, of course I am more than happy to return the bike to original owner, as getting your bike stolen is the worst feeling as I found out for the second time last week when my shed was broken into again.

lmt, thats a bizzare story, fingers x you will finally get your bike back, hope it not quite so long untill i see mine.

Lol cheers ripper

gary-c that is the post of the day, that is a definate, although id probably forget about it and scare the mrs to death while shes putting the washing out 😆

already on it jekkyl, although did the same thing when my ariel got stolen last year all my self builds are pretty colour co-ordinated (or completely garish) depending on your opinion lol, some pretty decent kit that im sure i would have recognised if i had come across it but to this day i never have.

ok canal dredger on order, 😀

makes you feek sick that hundreds of pounds worth of frames could be rusting in the cut.

cant help wondering what happens to all the bikes that are pinched?

i know they are probably stripped and sold that way but next to none of our stolen bikes or parts are ever recovered.

is there a shed somewhere with 1000’s of stolen frames in? or are they somehow sold abroad?

im sure no one really has the answers to these questions but would sure like to know.

Thanks for the responses guys,I’m unsure to be honest Davey boy how they knew they were in there, makes you feel slightly paranoid!!!

Someone above mentioned that thieves sometimes return so I’m thinking it’s something along those lines.

No Windows in shed so they couldn’t have known what level of locks and security I had.

Worrying to think that there’s scum bags wandering about my place of residence with crow bars and cutting gear.

Good calls,hadn’t given much thought to a shed alarm, I’ll look into this for the future,although I won’t be keeping my prized possession in the shed from now on

While we are on the subject, what do you guys use to secure your bikes is there a really secure method to keep your bike safe?

How far do you really need to go?