Big Bike Thread

Supercow · 2 Dec 2009 at 14:56

crankbro said:
Apprently they are the Gen 2 forks so *hopefully* no problems. But it'll all be fixed on warranty anyways. There aint much difference in spec between the two. Main things are the forks and rear shock. Cranks on mine are 40grams heavier, wheels are the same. Rear mech and shifter lesser models and the brakes.. Nothing to write home about. I changed the bar and stem straight away to 780mm Boobar and Direct Mount sunline. Ill be cutting the bars down to a better size soon

My mate got the 2nd generation World cups and so far so good.

MrKnifey · 2 Dec 2009 at 14:57

Some better pics

Reality|Bites · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:37

Did you pay £3000 for it? and they gave you those crappy pedals?

6thElement · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:46

Decent bikes rarely come with pedals as people like different types. Those pedals look like Welgo MG-1's.

daven1986 · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:47

We need to get some road bikes into this thread!

Supercow · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:51

Reality|Bites said:
Did you pay £3000 for it? and they gave you those crappy pedals?

6thElement said:
Decent bikes rarely come with pedals as people like different types.

What he said ^^

daven1986 said:
We need to get some road bikes into this thread!

No we dont

6thElement · 2 Dec 2009 at 16:14

Fitted some Crud Road Racer mudguards to my roadie the other day. First time out I lost the lower part of the front guard when I caught it. But apart from that they worked great on the damp road sections I rode through.

Appelhanns · 2 Dec 2009 at 22:39

Did the orange factory tour today which was very interesting, the dealer presentation was less so but none the less informative. Saw some of the prototypes and old school crazy frames that didn't make it to production. All in all cool experience. Got a few rubbish pics on my phone if anyones interested.

Also, what are peoples thoughts on getting a frame nickel or zink plated?

janesssssy · 2 Dec 2009 at 22:59

stupid idea!? why, what are the benifits?

Appelhanns · 2 Dec 2009 at 23:35

It will look ****** cool!

On a serious note, what are the negatives?

MrKnifey · 3 Dec 2009 at 00:51

Reality|Bites said:
Did you pay £3000 for it? and they gave you those crappy pedals?

No i didnt give £3000 for it, and the pedals are pretty good actually. They have to by law come with reflectors. The bike came with wheel reflectors, front and rear reflectors and the ones on the pedals and also a bell lol. I got a pair of sunline v1 pedals but tbh these are fine at the moment.

Draeger · 3 Dec 2009 at 08:31

Supercow said:
What he said ^^

No we dont

Yes - we do!.

You dirt munchers get far too much airtime here!.

Supercow · 3 Dec 2009 at 09:30

Speaking of airtime, we've not had a good pic of Bendan for a while.
God I wish I could ride like this kid

MrKnifey · 3 Dec 2009 at 10:19

Brendans got awesome style and he is flat out everywhere

Im a big fan of Brycelands style..

Supercow · 3 Dec 2009 at 11:35

My favourites are, Brendan and Blinky for pure looseness and silly "loose cannon" talent.
Sam for being a genius, and Greg because he's South African and amazingly consistent

Blinky doing something... not entirely sure what

weescott · 3 Dec 2009 at 13:47

New frame and forks ordered.

Santacuz Blur XC Carbon Silver med
Fox F120 RLC 15mm QR

Big Chris · 3 Dec 2009 at 14:22

weescott said:
New frame and forks ordered.

Santacuz Blur XC Carbon Silver med
Fox F120 RLC 15mm QR

Where do you guys find the wonga for this kinda stuff?! That's pretty much £3k on a frame and fork if I'm not mistaken :eek:

I'm still trying to do the maths on an Orange Crush frame... it's that or actually buying The Mrs something for Christmas...

Supercow · 3 Dec 2009 at 15:55

Big Chris said:
Where do you guys find the wonga for this kinda stuff?!

Priorities ... I paid £200 for my car

6thElement · 3 Dec 2009 at 16:15

Priorities, I don't own a car

shauncr91 · 3 Dec 2009 at 22:06

I'm actually considering downgrading my car to go in the DH bike fund