Bought 2 new Vehicles today!!
Bought 2 new Vehicles today!!
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Mr Noble

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6,538 posts

262 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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An A4 Avant for work and a rather attractive pub bike. smile

One was £11k the other £199 smile

Anyone want to buy a mint X5?

G


Matt172

12,415 posts

273 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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11K for a pushbike is a bit pricey don't you think wink nice car though biggrin

DanH

12,287 posts

289 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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Matt172 said:
11K for a pushbike is a bit pricey don't you think wink nice car though biggrin
Not really for Greg no. He doesn't like bikes that aren't at least 90% carbon fibre wink

Why do you think he wants a cheap bike to go to the pub on!

ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

269 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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Full mudguard's - Check!
Rear carrier - Check!
Bell - Check!
Gay - Check!

Matt172

12,415 posts

273 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Full mudguard's - Check!
Rear carrier - Check!
Bell - Check!
Gay - Check!
hehe you missed off the rather fetching chain guard wink

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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Matt172 said:
ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Full mudguard's - Check!
Rear carrier - Check!
Bell - Check!
Gay - Check!
hehe you missed off the rather fetching chain guard wink
...and look at the point on that saddle! smile

Lawrence5

1,254 posts

264 months

Wednesday 20th June 2007
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You really are from Cambridge then rolleyes Like bikes but let down by a poor engine frown

Glad you're happy

Elliott_3R

291 posts

286 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Now this is a pub bike....




smile

Elliott

Mr Noble

Original Poster:

6,538 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Its been stolen already! One of the downsides of living in Cambridge. wink




AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Mr Noble said:
Its been stolen already! One of the downsides of living in Cambridge. wink
Hoping that's a (bad) Joke Gregor?!

Mr Noble

Original Poster:

6,538 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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wink

DanH

12,287 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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My new bike arrived Greg and its got a big chip in the paintwork. Gutted. Sat home all day waiting for it and then this.

Oh and bast*rds didn't even set the shocks up for me as promised. I hate mail order - would never have got it this way if I had a choice (that cycle to work thing forced me to mail order from leisure-lakes in the North)

Was going to go out on it tonight, having gone and bought a shock pump (grrr) but now I can't until I get the damage sorted.

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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DanH said:
Oh and bast*rds didn't even set the shocks up for me as promised
Nitrons? Try Plans smile

DanH

12,287 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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AMG Merc said:
DanH said:
Oh and bast*rds didn't even set the shocks up for me as promised
Nitrons? Try Plans smile
Do they do mountain bikes? wink

Adrian W

15,492 posts

257 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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DanH said:
My new bike arrived Greg and its got a big chip in the paintwork. Gutted. Sat home all day waiting for it and then this.

Oh and bast*rds didn't even set the shocks up for me as promised. I hate mail order - would never have got it this way if I had a choice (that cycle to work thing forced me to mail order from leisure-lakes in the North)

Was going to go out on it tonight, having gone and bought a shock pump (grrr) but now I can't until I get the damage sorted.
Should have gone to chainreaction, most of the parts for my bike came from them.
www.chainreactioncycles.com

DanH

12,287 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Adrian W said:
DanH said:
My new bike arrived Greg and its got a big chip in the paintwork. Gutted. Sat home all day waiting for it and then this.

Oh and bast*rds didn't even set the shocks up for me as promised. I hate mail order - would never have got it this way if I had a choice (that cycle to work thing forced me to mail order from leisure-lakes in the North)

Was going to go out on it tonight, having gone and bought a shock pump (grrr) but now I can't until I get the damage sorted.
Should have gone to chainreaction, most of the parts for my bike came from them.
www.chainreactioncycles.com
Like I said, I had no choice. I'd have rather have bought from my local bike shop who would have discounted and set it up for me properly. Waiting in all day for a damaged bike to be delivered doesn't rate high on my list of fun!

Its annoying that its such a nasty chip to the paint too, as I want to keep the bike nice so I can sell it on if I get into the sport and upgrade. It also looks like a tool mark to me, so I think it was done during assembly and the guy thought he'd ship it out anyway and hope I didn't care.

Edited by DanH on Thursday 21st June 20:59

Mr Noble

Original Poster:

6,538 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Which one did you go for in the end?

Mine had one or 2 dinks in it, but as it was a very kind favour from a fellow Nobler, I just kept stum!


TBH, after you've thrashed it through mud and rocks and fallen off a few times, you won't care about the chip!! I also doubt if you ever expect to sell it for much, it'll have depreciated by half as soon as you opened the box!


Enjoy!

G smile

DanH

12,287 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Mr Noble said:
Which one did you go for in the end?

Mine had one or 2 dinks in it, but as it was a very kind favour from a fellow Nobler, I just kept stum!


TBH, after you've thrashed it through mud and rocks and fallen off a few times, you won't care about the chip!! I also doubt if you ever expect to sell it for much, it'll have depreciated by half as soon as you opened the box!


Enjoy!

G smile
Well there is that, but its all shiney! Its like getting a new car with chips in it. Even though you know it will get battered over time, there no reason to expect it to come like that new! Its about a 1cm long tool gouge through the paint just above where it says FSR on the rear arm.

I went for the one I was planning all along as the fellow Nobler never did get back to me. That'll teach me to sell the car!




p.s. you'll note the lack of mud guards + granny basket wink

Edited by DanH on Thursday 21st June 21:46

Seasider

12,728 posts

278 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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DanH said:
I went for the one I was planning all along
It suits you sir smile


specially the saddle wink

Adrian W

15,492 posts

257 months

Thursday 21st June 2007
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Does that mean theres enough of us with good bikes to go for a ride somewhere,