[SA Chris]

I assume you are taking the piss? Agree it's probably not the most sensible / practical colour, but the price was right, so hey ho.

Old one is bright yellow, also got it on a cheap deal, probably why.

[unclesomebody]

Personally I think white is a great colour for a bike (or a car). I saw a kid riding a very similar bike on saturday and thought it looked great. I was tempted to ask for a go but I don't know if it's kosher to do that kind of thing...

[cofe]

I assume you are taking the piss?

i can be a sarcy twat but i'm deadly serious here. white looks ace. check out this commencal i've been perving over:

[Yossarian]

not to mention this...

[Falling Down]

White is a cool colour for a bike. I'm going to get my hardtail powder coated over the winter in a nice matt white and then pimp up the rest of it it.  A total waste of money for no extra performance but hey, I'm a vain bastard.

Nice ride Chris...

[SA Chris]

It's all about looking good.

Cheers FD. Just had boiler man round to tell us boiler is out of date and in terminal decline. Going to be an expensive month, luckily I bought the bike on the never never.

[fatdoc]

Thoughts and opinions please.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200249763848&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010

I'm not really ready to get anything yet but if this is a decent set up and the price is reasonable I might have to go for it.

the fork predates the frame.

it will more as need a service, but they are reliable. running gear all OK, those Hope bulb hubs are very very heavy duty affairs!


the stem looks too long for hardcore hardtail activities.


but, it's gonna be a great ride!

[nik at work]

Cheers Fatdoc, just wanted to make sure all the components weren't complete bobbins. I can ungrade stuff on an ongoing basis but would prefer not to have to completely rebuild the bike as soon as I get it.

Now I just need to get some of these outstanding accounts settled, the joys of chasing up customers

[Norton Sharley]

Nik, for £150+ it's a bargain, but some points to check when you go to pick it up (hopefully):

As per FD those forks are ancient
Disc rotors are running backwards so whoever built it might not have a clue
Stem is waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too long but easily replaced.
Chainset might be xt but is certainly not external bearings so check the taper or expect to replace regularly if its isis type (but they are cheap)
rear derailleur is deore, not xt, the guy doesn't know what he's talking about?
They don't look like Mavic rims.

Still looks good value though

[Munkii]

ive got a shitty mountainbike that i use for crazy stuff and just completely wreck it.

back to the point i have crap cable disk brake that constantly drag on the disk. anyone know howw to adjust them?

cheers

[nik at work]

Cheers Norton, will check said points if I decide to go for it. Although I've just been shafted by a going bust client, arse, so treat shopping might have to wait....

[Bubba]

Are you sure you want a small frame Nik?

[Bubba]

back to the point i have crap cable disk brake that constantly drag on the disk. anyone know howw to adjust them?

http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/fix/diskmech.htm

[nik at work]

Well I'm pretty small but there is also a medium frame listed on ebay which might be better. At the start of this week it was all looking pretty promising for getting one and I was keen to sort out a bit of frame size testing etc. But now it is all very unlikely and I'm probably going to have to leave it until I start doing work for clients who can actually pay, grrrrrr.
Anyway all the advice has been very useful and most welcome. I still plan to join the biking masses but just not right now it would seem....

[Norton Sharley]

ive got a shitty mountainbike that i use for crazy stuff and just completely wreck it.

back to the point i have crap cable disk brake that constantly drag on the disk. anyone know howw to adjust them?

cheers

chuck it away and buy one of these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/SearchResults.aspx?Search=avid+juicy+3

cable brakes are shit 

[Oli]

Rear mech question; I had an XT shadow mech, which was really good, then either through maladjustment or snapping my mech hanger (not quite sure which was cause and effect) it ended up in my back wheel. The actual body is alright and the cages are knackered. So I've disassembled it into it's component parts and was wandering if i could by a cheap mech and stick the cage off that on the shadow body? I presume that the way the cages are attached (securing pin going into a groove on the cage shaft) are the same for all shimano rear mechs? Or taking it one step further, does anyone know if a really short roadie cage would fit on it for a truly compact rear mech.

In doing this, I've found that getting mech hangers for old frames can be a right pain, I reckon that's a good excuse as any to start looking for a new frame...

[Yossarian]

if you use a short roadie mech then you'll have to use a fairly low ratio cassette, and two chainrings rather than three...

[Oli]

Yes. I'm on a single with a close ratio cassette so a roadie mech would work. Just wondering about the compatability to make an uber-mech for DH.

[Yossarian]

well, i would've thought that it would work fine.

i read an interview with some kid who race a cove DH thing, and he said his ultegra mech was bent like the roadie whose bike it came off. or something.

[Oli]

Excellent.
I'm not sure I explained my concept of this uber-mech very well. I was wondering if anyone knew whether i could get a roadie cage to bodge onto the body of my XT-shadow mech (now semi deceased) to create a very compact/out of the way mech.

[Norton Sharley]

Sounds like you have too much time on your hands to me, or not enough cash.   The results should be interesting, photos please.

[Oli]

A combination of time/rain and being tight. 

[fatdoc]

buy a cheap 105 steel mech. Strong as..

[Munkii]

if a bike has cable disks, is it possible to upgrade to hydraulics?

[Munkii]

ive got £300 or less to spend on a full sus mtb. any ideas apart from the deacathlon rockrider 6.3?