The "Show off your bike" thread!

The "Show off your bike" thread!

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Matt_N

8,903 posts

202 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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What a rubbish garage.

:jealous:

Jester27

90 posts

123 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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:-D
cheers! Rather OCD I agree! But that's me.

Streetym89

933 posts

150 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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My first bike in years. Unfortunately I need to change it after only 6 months of ownership as I've signed up to do the coast to coast and I'm going to need gears.

Streetym89

933 posts

150 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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My first bike in years. Unfortunately I need to change it after only 6 months of ownership as I've signed up to do the coast to coast and I'm going to need gears.

Comacchio

1,510 posts

181 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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My first 'real' bike and my first since I was 10!

Scott Aspect 740. Collected it today and took it 3.5 km up a fairly steep ascent and then back down 3.5 km about 4 times quicker! Looking forward to the next time.

Allan

SkinnyBoy

4,635 posts

258 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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walm said:
SkinnyBoy said:
I like this (in particular I love internal cable routing) but:
1. Gumwall?
2. Your poor derailleur - have some mechanical sympathy man! Big cog to big cog is a no-no even for photos!
3. Mavic rims but a Zipp bottle cage? That's like mixing Shimano and Campag!
4. Do you have a higher res photo? wink

From points 1 and 3 I can only assume that's your winter wheelset!
How very dare you.... slating a mans steed.... you bounder!

1. Gumwall - Vittoria Corsa SC, best tyres this side of a single. Like riding on silk. And all the best teams use them!
2. No idea why it was like that, i think i just pulled over sharpish after spotting a photo op and needed a quick shift. I rarely ride it like that honest...
3. The Mavics are a decent enough wheel, although I am lusting after a set of Zipp 303's, and as Winter is Coming™ I will be riding this bike less frequently so the funds for the Zipps are going into a Giant Trance project
4. If you right click the image and open in a new browser it should give you the full res! if not the link to my Flikr account is https://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnyboy/

edit: just looking through my Flikr photos and found my old bike in the same spot hehe



Edited by SkinnyBoy on Friday 18th April 10:03

Jayfish

6,795 posts

203 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Comacchio said:




My first 'real' bike and my first since I was 10!

Scott Aspect 740. Collected it today and took it 3.5 km up a fairly steep ascent and then back down 3.5 km about 4 times quicker! Looking forward to the next time.

Allan
my original reply to this seems to have been deleted...I've just ordered the same in XL, despite some of the bikes offered in this thread being possibly better value, my LBS deals in Scotts so I ordered from them. Added some
to finish it off.

Matt Sketch

162 posts

134 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Just had this carbon fibre beauty delivered..



And before anyone starts, yes, yes I'm buying the forks in instalments. Etc, etc, wink

drgav2005

960 posts

219 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Finally got my hands on my Christmas present... and it was worth the wait biggrin


drgav2005

960 posts

219 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Finally got my hands on my Christmas present... and it was worth the wait biggrin


Jester27

90 posts

123 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Nice! Kinda got the Venge look to it too. Nice colours.

Don't fret that you haven't had it since Xmas, the weather's only just got good enough to take it out!

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

190 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Comacchio said:




My first 'real' bike and my first since I was 10!

Scott Aspect 740. Collected it today and took it 3.5 km up a fairly steep ascent and then back down 3.5 km about 4 times quicker! Looking forward to the next time.

Allan
Looks like a decent bike, but I find it hard to believe that the seat is set to the correct height unless you have an arm/leg ratio like ET.

Might be worth checking out with the bike shop. When the seat is the right height you'll find climbing hills a lot easier.

Don1

15,950 posts

208 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Matt Sketch said:
Just had this carbon fibre beauty delivered..



And before anyone starts, yes, yes I'm buying the forks in instalments. Etc, etc, wink
Bent frames and single forks make my front teeth itch... especially as I don't have them any more.

Jimbo.

3,948 posts

189 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Streetym89 said:


My first bike in years. Unfortunately I need to change it after only 6 months of ownership as I've signed up to do the coast to coast and I'm going to need gears.
Keep it! You'll be fine on SS. Yes you'll be working harder in places, but at the same time it'll be lighter (like-for-like) and less to go wrong. Which, when you're covering ground, is always a nice thought!

Ponk

1,380 posts

192 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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drgav2005 said:
Finally got my hands on my Christmas present... and it was worth the wait biggrin

That is beautiful!

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

239 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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drgav2005 said:
Finally got my hands on my Christmas present... and it was worth the wait biggrin

My OH just said "don't like mountain bikes". Straight over my knee...

Justin S

3,641 posts

261 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Matt Sketch said:
Just had this carbon fibre beauty delivered..



And before anyone starts, yes, yes I'm buying the forks in instalments. Etc, etc, wink
Nice, just bought a Jekyll last night, as a 'talent protector' for Spain in a few weeks time. Roll on Thursday delivery !

james239

412 posts

165 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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My Canyon Torque EX at the top of Hooper Struve at Tidworth Bike Park



And part way down General Berminator


yellowjack

17,078 posts

166 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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james239 said:
My Canyon Torque EX at the top of Hooper Struve at Tidworth Bike Park



And part way down General Berminator

Tidworth Bike Park? Blimey. Where exactly is that? I lived there back in the mid 1990s, off Kennet Road on the Matthews Estate, and I had to make do with the tank roads on the training area, Chalkpit Wood, and the plantation south of Station Road, toward Ashdown Copse.

Is the Bike Park any good? Worth a trip down from Farnborough?

james239

412 posts

165 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Yellowjack - It's on the A338, just North of Shipton Bellinger/South of Tidworth.

I think they're got 6 or 7 runs now - a couple of blues and reds plus one black and a dirt jump area. There's no uplift so you have to push up a chalky track (slippery in the wet!) but it doesn't take too long. Well maintained tracks and a great day out at only £5 for a day pass.

Videos of three of their runs on my YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/239jp/videos

It's about a 40 minute drive for me to get there, can't imagine it's much further from Farnborough so I'd say it's worth the trip. They make good use of the hill and there's some nice big jumps. I'd definitely go to Tidworth rather than Swinley/QE for a bit of fun, but still choose Swinley when I want to get some miles in.

Edited by james239 on Sunday 20th April 17:42

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