The Cycling Thread

Crikey

Chilly this AM...glad I bought those cheap exercise trousers

New SPD shoes working a treat though..

If Only I Could shift this poxy back pain

Originally Posted by 454697819

Crikey

Chilly this AM...glad I bought those cheap exercise trousers

New SPD shoes working a treat though..

If Only I Could shift this poxy back pain

Have you had a proper bike set up? May well be you're sitting awkwardly on the bike...

[Luckypants]

Bally chilly 35 miles on Saturday! We rode into some freezing fog where the temperature was down to -4.5C, we all had frost on our clothes and ice on our helmets. I also fell off

It brightened up later in the ride though...

Originally Posted by maviczap

Is your LBS trying to make a lot of money from you?

How long you had it?

Wheels, service the bearings & true them if buckled. Only replace them if the rims are worn out or beyond service

The bearing is a sealed unit and part of the wheels, aparently very cheap. Which sort of makes sense as the bike cost me £879 and has a full carbon frame.

I have got the deraileur on warranty and the headset bearings under warranty too. I think the guy was being straight with me. He said that there were places where it looked like it had never been greased, such as the seat post and the headset, where crystal grease should've been used.

I have done quite a few miles on it in all weathers, standing water etc.

Ey up guys, anyone know if the GT avalanche 1.0 is worth a punt, Ive been offered one for £150 in vgc, just had a weekend of walking and riding in the vale of the white horse and kinda fancy doing something other just running all the time, cheers
Stew

[Drew Carey]

Depending on what spec is on it etc they are good bikes. The Avalanche 1 is the mid range of hardtail they do, with the 1 being the best of the Avalanches. Current 2012 model comes with an entry level Rock Shox fork - the XC30 and mostly Diore groupset.

But for £150, I would say that it is a bit of a bargain / depending on age of course and providing it has been well looked after.

Originally Posted by Drew Carey

Depending on what spec is on it etc they are good bikes. The Avalanche 1 is the mid range of hardtail they do, with the 1 being the best of the Avalanches. Current 2012 model comes with an entry level Rock Shox fork - the XC30 and mostly Diore groupset.

But for £150, I would say that it is a bit of a bargain / depending on age of course and providing it has been well looked after.

Cheers Drew, might have to have a pop round an have a better look, he reckons with the mods on it its worth £600 new so a bit of a bargain if genuine
thanks

[Drew Carey]

Yeah the current Avalanche 1 is £799 new......so providing that the bike is from the last 3-4 years it should be ok spec'd. In fact, it may be better spec'd as companies have dropped spec's a lot rather than price increases this year I believe.

They used to come with RShox Tora's which IMHO are a very underated entry level fork. Either way, frames alone currently sale for about £80-£120 on evilbay.....so worth it me thinks.

This years Spec;

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/...-bike-ec030571

Ive got an old GT Timberline atm, decent enough bike but used a Giant with suspension over the weekend and that was an eye opener in comparison, think I'll ring him

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Bally chilly 35 miles on Saturday! We rode into some freezing fog where the temperature was down to -4.5C, we all had frost on our clothes and ice on our helmets. I also fell off

It brightened up later in the ride though...

Sounds like you need some of these

That's twice



Hope you weren't too bruised