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My grossman with it's replacement folks.

Own the day

They had a Specialized Mika in stock in the right size at the Rutland Cycling, Grafham store, so popped over this morning for a good look.

That's my Xmas shopping done :)


I don't know about it being a Women's specific MTB, I'd be happy to ride it. It looks the dogs.

Entry level spec...... hydraulic disc brakes front and rear WTF !!!

Edited by Paul S on 16th Dec, 2011.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

ive been riding so much mtb over the last 4 months... been riding a pipedream scion frame... rides lovely

i work in a high end bikeshop called downland cycles so if anyone needs any help feel free to message me

late christmas present for myself this morning :)



red v8's are already on their first coat of satin black untill i get some new ones and a black bashring.

Need to get some new shifters, change the bar and buy more shiney bits.

Thanks to kean for helping get it set up properly this morning :)

Nice one dude, Is that a short frame? the stem looks mighty long!

it's only a medium frame because i'm a stumpy fucker. I prefer a longer stem, feels better for me.

Edited by Nick on 30th Dec, 2011.

Fair enough haha, looks like a good bitta kit anyway!

Is that shot in Kean's back garden/dodgy bike emporium?

Edited by apbellamy on 30th Dec, 2011.

yeah, the new local bike workshop

At least the Tea is good.

it is, i even got breakfast this morning :)

i dare say keans itching for his new shiney to be delivered so he can post his new one up, lol.

Nick, how are you going to sling it on the back of the Nissan?

The sloping top-tube like the wife's Mika above posses a few problems for transport.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

When ive stuck my bmx on a rack when it doesnt fit in the middle of the frame, ive stuck one leg of the rack under the toptube by the seat, and the other one underneath the downtube wedged up against the forks

managed to get it on alright earlier chap, will post a pic up when its on again next week. Off on a trip to Swinley forest tomorrow but it's going on the back of antons mrs's camper.

Yes indeedy that is Kean's dodgy bike emporium, and the tea is good thanks to missus Kean.

I have just spent an hour drooling over a box of shiny bike parts that I can't do anything with until my new frame arrives!

Utter torture it be.

I have Been a Bit DH crazy the last few months been going out ever chance I get,

I upgraded the Big Hit a bi to added some Fox 40s direct mount CNC top clamp and stem and some 790mm bars the difference is amazing.

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Looks like I will be starting a slow painful death on May 12th. Anybody else up for it?

http://events.btrs.org.uk/?p=163l

Wil H - passes through your village, may call in for breakfast

Edited by apbellamy on 18th Jan, 2012.

Finally got my new horsey built up, very pleased with it, climbs like a goat and loves to descend





Now have the new one, I have converted the boardman to singlespeed, so it now weighs even less and is great fun to bomb around on

The marin looks an awesome bit of kit mate!

So I said to Bradley Wiggins on Tuesday moring in Vierzon, I said "Good Luck", he turned and said "Thanks" ! Usually he is too pre-occupied to respond.

Did the job, 1st British winner of Paris-Nice since 1967

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Looks nice kean, single speed is great. Expect some tension issues with the half link chain though, they are crap imo, use a normal chain with a single half link if necessary. :)

Always ran half link chains on my bmx, nowt wrong with em really.

Me and many of my friends dislike them, due to the design of them, when you use them hard the links start to straighten out and the chain becomes longer, this then means you are always taking up the slack in the chain.

Random one for you guys i have a few spair mtb/trials bits i no longer need putting out feelers if anyone is interested

26" white Halo sas front wheel, quick release setup but have 14mm adaptors for it as well (you can get 9mm and 20mm as well from halo)
160mm hope mini trials billit alloy front disk brake setup with disk iirc goodrich black hoses new and boxed
Avid bb5 cable brake rear setup with disk new never used was replaced for trials rear brake

if anyone is interested drop me a pm

paul (will post up pics of mine Bike tomorrow as well)

Drives
-Ford S-max Mk2 Ecoboost
-Rover 100 VVC #2 - track project

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