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![]() I have been told that the Full suspension, full Carbon Carrera mountain bike is available soon too, can't wait to get my grasping little paws on that so I can slag it off to anyone who buys it, while secretly wishing I could afford one! ![]() Took my bike for a spin in the snow the other day, just so I could remember what she is like to ride. I miss my mountain bike so much and have decided that poor health or not, I am damn well going riding this year. ![]() I now have to make up for close to three and half years of bad health and broken bits, but do not believe that I will ever be as fit as I was in 2006, the last time I rode her for real. ![]() |
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Speaking of cross country racers and missing things, this is my old Orange P7 which I sold ages ago and wish I hadn't.
![]() I had a Marin Indian Fire Trail years ago, about early nineties, and that was my favorite so far. OK, so I had it sprayed pink, well it was fashionable in the early nineties. ![]() Decided to go for a little bimble today on my current steed, Scott Scale 60. ![]() ![]() Last edited by FG1; 12-01-10 at 01:11 PM. |
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Can these be straightened or do I need to buy a new disc? |
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If it's got an actual bend in it, it's knackered but if it's just out of true you can straighten it usually. The ideal tool weirdly enough is one of those really terrible adjustable spanners you get in cheap toolkits. Or Park Tools will sell you a "proper" tool for about £40. It's not hard but it's a pain in the bum.
If you've got an IS brake with adaptors, there's a trick you can do... Remove the caliper and one of the mounting bolts, then swing the adapter out and thread the bolt back through it, so that when you tighten it, it touches the face of the disc. Back it off so that it doesn't, then spin the wheel and carefully tighten it til it comes in contact- you now have a free, highly accurate runout detector. then, just tweak the disc until it's straight.
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thinking of selling mine not sure yet but i dont use it enough :/ maybe 3 times a year lol if that
what do you lot think price wise spec .azonic Evo ii 18 inch DJ/FR/DH frame all wellds are good .fsa pig head set (DH) .shimano saint crank and external BB with 32tooth sprocket (inc original shimano bash ring and iner sprocket) .Black spire NS-X full chain guide with bash guard .shimano XT shadow rear mech,deor 9 spd caset .deor sifter pod .24seven lock on grips .gusset bear cage pedals .fireeye talon stem .titec hell bent DH bars .HOPE Mono M4 calipers and leavers 4 pot solid caliper design new sinterd pads 203mm brake mount plates front and rear .HOPE 2x203mm black floating rotor's front and back (inc 1 front non floating 203mm rotor and 1 180mm rear non floating with 1 180mm rear brake bracket (for smaller rotor) .Hope bar ends .Hope seat coller .24seven FR seat .cheep seat post .HALO SAS rear wheel special 48 spoke with halo hub and 28 tooth spline 26inch .Magura Phaon forks 125mm -90mm adjustable travel, adjustable preload,dampning and rebound .quick relese squwers all round .Mavic EX721 front rim with shimano deor hub with new spindle 26 spoke 26inch .Mavic EX721 rear rim with broken rear simano deor hub (spline shreaded) 32spoke not quite true (need rebuild) (NOT FITTED replaced with mentiond HALO rim above) .MAXXIS high roller DH tires wire bed 2.1 wide (could be 2.2) no punctures very heavy duty (will include 3 tioga DH tires 1 folding front 2.1 and 1 wire bed HD pro front and one wire bed HD pro rear 2.1, may not have the rear all part used) .Shram chain with gold quick link not a lot of miles done in it some damage EG chips and scraped pedals,brake leavers(cylinder cap),bar ends and slight abrasion to seat(not riped) i have a fair few other spares for it that can go with it as well IF i decide i want to get rid of it so how much do you think i should be getting ? for it £500-700 maybe (wont go lower than £500 as brakes and wheels/hubs are worth that alone) ![]() ![]() ![]() cheers Last edited by barwel1992; 13-01-10 at 02:36 AM. |
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I cant wait for people to get bored of "freeriding" and get back to serious riding again. Dont get me wrong, Its each to their own (I used to race XC, DH and Slalom back in the day as well as Tri and TT as well) but 24 inch wheels and long travel forks to build a "jump bike" I used to do pretty well BITD with the old RS1 and then mag21 (a whopping 40mm) and 26 inch wheels. Before that "jump bikes" were BMX ![]() Time to start campaining to bring back more XC racing ![]() |
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nope i hate twitchy bikes lol if i had it i would have 140mm marzocchi 55R's on it lol but thats just me as i dont like seat up spandex riding
im a DH/FR/Street type of rider ![]() |
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I started with one of these. ![]() and now have one of these. ![]() XC bikes never went away, they just evolved a little. |
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