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Soldato
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I do indeed Neil, just need the straight axle with bolts, you wouldnt believe what a pain they are to find as everyone seems to make axles that only fit their own hubs!
Thanks though rhys
Thanks though rhys
would it not be one of these:
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/ultralight-hollow-axle.htm
(might be worth an email to check)
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/ultralight-hollow-axle.htm
(might be worth an email to check)
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That might just be the ticket mate, not sure what the difference is between the standard and the XL though, email time! 
It was worth going down there
Cancelled the order for the Zero.AM and got a Zero.1 demo bike (stock components) for £1175 and it already had the 3M Invisiframe protection. Placed a pre-order for an Aeris
Any word on your bike?
It was worth going down there
Cancelled the order for the Zero.AM and got a Zero.1 demo bike (stock components) for £1175 and it already had the 3M Invisiframe protection. Placed a pre-order for an Aeris
Any word on your bike?
Yep, it's not here!
Allegedly will be here Monday, got a funny feeling there waiting on new stock or at best it's only been picked up by UPS today.
Annoyed as sat in today, will now need to sit in Monday and means a hire bike tomorrow!
Not holding up any hope for Monday though.
Nice, how much is it normally? £1300? If so that's a good saving, and you shouldn't lose much selling it on now!
To be honest, I just want some communication when I've spent £1600. No email of delivery is the worst thing, tempted to ask for my postage back. Seen as I paid for next day delivery and now taking 5 days!
sounds like Planet X to me - same thing - great bikes, cheap, well built but if anything goes wrong - customer service is poor at best!
Dont forget a reverb!!!!!
This bike will only be with me until March so I'm going to hold off on any upgrades. The Aeris (full sus) comes standard with a Reverb though
Argh man. They were talking about UPS while I was in the office and how they were supposed to phone them back within 60 min and it had been 90 with no response. Maybe Bird is not entirely to blame but it's difficult to know because you don't know when it was shipped.
The Zero.1 I bought is a £1500 bike and the Invisiframe stuff is about another £89 on top. £1175 for all of it seemed like a good deal to me! He even put a brand new chain on the bike and serviced and cleaned it for me. They had a Zero.AM available that had only been ridden by MBUK but it was £1400 (down from £1650 - the bike will be in this month's magazine). It was just too much to spend on a temporary bike.
Went out for a 15 minute blast around the park and she's lovely. The RockShox Revelation fork is way better than the Fox 32 Talas that my Giant Trance had.
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Hang on.. let me get something straight in my head.
You've spent ~£1200 on a "temporary" bike. Why? What was so badly wrong with your Trance that you had to sell it and buy something else until the Aeris is available in what is it.. 6 months?
It seems like an awful lot of hassle for nothing...
You've spent ~£1200 on a "temporary" bike. Why? What was so badly wrong with your Trance that you had to sell it and buy something else until the Aeris is available in what is it.. 6 months?
It seems like an awful lot of hassle for nothing...
It makes no sense on any level. A friend of mine said exactly the same thing. There was just something about the Trance I didn't like. I can't describe what or why.
I like the way a hardtail rides (mostly), so if I get to play with one for 5/6 months until my full-sus arrives and not lose too much money, then it's worth it to me.
This bike will only be with me until March so I'm going to hold off on any upgrades. The Aeris (full sus) comes standard with a Reverb though
Argh man. They were talking about UPS while I was in the office and how they were supposed to phone them back within 60 min and it had been 90 with no response. Maybe Bird is not entirely to blame but it's difficult to know because you don't know when it was shipped.
The Zero.1 I bought is a £1500 bike and the Invisiframe stuff is about another £89 on top. £1175 for all of it seemed like a good deal to me! He even put a brand new chain on the bike and serviced and cleaned it for me. They had a Zero.AM available that had only been ridden by MBUK but it was £1400 (down from £1650 - the bike will be in this month's magazine). It was just too much to spend on a temporary bike.
Went out for a 15 minute blast around the park and she's lovely. The RockShox Revelation fork is way better than the Fox 32 Talas that my Giant Trance had.
Sounds good!
Checked UPS tracking just now, and says was picked up from near there HQ today at 1700. Think there has been some porky pies going about. Not going to throw accusations at them just now, shall just wait till Monday and hope I get it in time to ride Monday.
Shall enjoy my whopping 80mm of travel tomorrow
Hardtail will help you be a smoother, better rider tbh dude. If you didn't enjoy the trance then its pointless sticking with it! Get some pics up of the bike dood
Let's hope so! I can't keep my bike at work anymore, so now I have a Bird in my bedroom (queue the "first time ever" responses
).Waiting for the rain to stop and then we might hit Swinley Forest.
That would've been cool but the weather isn't great at the moment
Tomorrow's supposed to be alright though!The weather looks good in Cwmcarn. You're not tempted to do a few runs of Cafall?
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