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My Spoon arrived this morning. White frame and brown saddle = win. 
Just awaiting my stans wheels and new crankset and its sorted.....for a while.
#Chri5# I'm going for AC hubs and race 7000 rims I think.
SDK^ no I dont race, I'm not competetive enough, I just prefer light bikes with race geometry
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And still have to replace the cups (or at least the bearings) in them...
I dunno,they last ******* ages from what I've saw. I havent used my bike hard much at all so can't comment personally.
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SDK^ no I dont race, I'm not competetive enough, I just prefer light bikes with race geometry
Does anyone race on here or just me?
I'm qualified for the US Nationals, but can't compete due to not being a US citizen
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I did a race last year and 1 a couple of years before. Pals do Scottish XC and DH proper. Maybe next year I'll do some races once I lose the beer gut.
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Just ordered myself a mountain bike from evans.£100 off the list price too Cannondale F4 Z 2008
Cannondale F4 Z 2008
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Finally got a chance to try the avalanche out properly this afternoon, been almost a week since I got it, and it'd barely been touched!
Went on a good 18 mile slog about, jumps, bumps, downhill bits.
It's truly a massive step up from what I had, I love it Quite surprised how much the decent front fork helps getting uphill, never mind down, actually.
Shot from a bench on top of a cliff near a big long path (called the Wirral Way), looking over to Wales:
I love where I live
Went on a good 18 mile slog about, jumps, bumps, downhill bits.
It's truly a massive step up from what I had, I love it
Quite surprised how much the decent front fork helps getting uphill, never mind down, actually.Shot from a bench on top of a cliff near a big long path (called the Wirral Way), looking over to Wales:
I love where I live
Finally got a chance to try the avalanche out properly this afternoon, been almost a week since I got it, and it'd barely been touched!
Went on a good 18 mile slog about, jumps, bumps, downhill bits.
It's truly a massive step up from what I had, I love it
Shot from a bench on top of a cliff near a big long path (called the Wirral Way), looking over to Wales:
I love where I live
i rode the wirral way today, got the train from liverpool to west kirby and facing the station you can get on the wirral way, made our way to williaston were we hit the roads through little sutton/elsmere port/helsby/frodshham/runcorn and back home over runcorn/widness bridge and through hale/speke/aigburth.
all in all about 50 odd miles in 8 hours inc stops etc. good day, caught a bit of sunshine too.
love the wirral way , rode it lots of times, one of my favourite cycle paths.
Don
Finally got a chance to try the avalanche out properly this afternoon, been almost a week since I got it, and it'd barely been touched!
Went on a good 18 mile slog about, jumps, bumps, downhill bits.
It's truly a massive step up from what I had, I love it
Shot from a bench on top of a cliff near a big long path (called the Wirral Way), looking over to Wales:
I love where I live
Is that the 2008 1.0 mate?
I got the same bike about a month ago. It's great
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i rode the wirral way today, got the train from liverpool to west kirby and facing the station you can get on the wirral way, made our way to williaston were we hit the roads through little sutton/elsmere port/helsby/frodshham/runcorn and back home over runcorn/widness bridge and through hale/speke/aigburth.
all in all about 50 odd miles in 8 hours inc stops etc. good day, caught a bit of sunshine too.
love the wirral way , rode it lots of times, one of my favourite cycle paths.
Awesome, sounds like a hell of a ride. Wirral way really is a nice gentle finish off to a good ride! And yeah, my arms caught the sun a fair bit, too.
Indeed it is, great bike
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Where did you guys get your Avalanche 1.0s from? I'm very close to getting one, just deciding who to give my money too?
My Enduro
I'm swapped the forks over for Pikes which are arriving at the end of the week, so my Rockhopper now has the Fox forks on it. Plush forks and a wider bar on a Rockhopper makes a lot of difference, it is now great fun to ride!
I'm swapped the forks over for Pikes which are arriving at the end of the week, so my Rockhopper now has the Fox forks on it. Plush forks and a wider bar on a Rockhopper makes a lot of difference, it is now great fun to ride!
Don
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DMR Motos I think.
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Birkenhead Cycles.
It's a local bike shop, not exactly helpful for a bloke from Nottingham
My Enduro
I'm swapped the forks over for Pikes which are arriving at the end of the week, so my Rockhopper now has the Fox forks on it. Plush forks and a wider bar on a Rockhopper makes a lot of difference, it is now great fun to ride!
Make that stem shorter too, would make such a difference to your bike!
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