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Turns out the seller is a c*nt who'd renege on an agreed sale for the sake of an extra pair of tenners selling parts separately Oh well, the search continues for a light, cheap FS XC frame / forks Perhaps I should start scouring eBay for some upstanding sellers who aren't tw*ts... ![]()
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I have one of these frames (not this exact one), a lot lighter compared to my old Raleigh MTB
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/101739.html Just swapped parts over, has disc mounts if I wanted to upgrade. Got some carp forks from Decathlon, which I'll change at some point, but even they had disc mounts to
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Have a Mongoose Amasa Comp at the moment and it does the job just fine, but would be nice to have a little bounce in the back while maintaining the same overall weight
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Less cabbage then jabba
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I have now reclaimed my bike..... (drew having got one on friday he has given me mine back)
my crosstrail sport I haven't been out on it in ages ![]() I want to get some tryes for off roading as currently they would not stand up to anything other than a dirt track! ![]() |
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I've just been out on this.....
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Did you know that if you bend the wheel you can straighten them by putting them in a freezer?
Or so I remember reading this somewhere Retro classic
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