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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: jeffhop on September 28, 2007, 05:47:40 am

Title: my new ride
Post by: jeffhop on September 28, 2007, 05:47:40 am
there was a topic not so long back about what can replace a proflex/k2 well heres my new winter bike (oz now in hibernation for the forthcoming winter)  built up from a nos frame some free forks and a load of bits i had kicking about the house cost in the region of £180. vpp anyone??

(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/finishedarticle.jpg)

(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/theboingybit.jpg)

(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/foxvanilla130rlc.jpg)
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: orange on September 28, 2007, 06:32:01 am
tidy looking bike
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: asylum_inc on September 28, 2007, 07:29:14 am
Do you have any more free forks lying about?  :)  Nice 'winter' bike.  I hope my 'all the time bike' comes out as good as that one.  :)
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: Matno on September 28, 2007, 01:55:52 pm
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Do you have any more free forks lying about?  :)  Nice 'winter' bike.  I hope my 'all the time bike' comes out as good as that one.  :)

Gonna have to agree with Asylum on this one!!! Nice ride... Looks to be the exact same color as MY winter ride, which is a single speed hardtail. (Love that color). Yours probably rides a ton nicer though. However, mine cost about the same as yours, except in US dollars... ($180). I think you got the better deal...
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: jeffhop on September 28, 2007, 07:08:06 pm
to be honest i think it was a case of `right place right time` for the forks, a guy on another forum was giving them away as the steerer tube was too short for his bike, no one took him up on the offer for 3 months, then he mentioned it again in a different thread and i thought `hello` im sure they will fit my hardtail, so i emailed the guy and 2 months later they were in my sweaty palms (busy guy!!) i bought the frame for myself as a birthday pressie last month so i could take the k2 out of action for the winter and also as id read about them being a vpp frame that santa cruz objected to. the headtube on the new frame was actuallly shorter than my hardtail which was a bonus, now i have lots of dials with which to play with and havent a clue what most of them do  lol
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: shovelon on September 29, 2007, 05:59:05 am
What a great deal. How do you like the vpp?
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: jeffhop on September 30, 2007, 02:31:37 am
rides really nice, totally different to the oz, back end is very plush, climbs ok considering its got 130mm forks on it and the brakes (bb5`s) are awesome, better than the hopes on the oz.
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: asylum_inc on October 02, 2007, 05:11:42 am
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the brakes (bb5`s) are awesome, better than the hopes on the oz.


The lower line Avid mechanicals are better than hope hydro's?  Now I am even more excited about putting discs on my Oz :)
Title: Re: my new ride
Post by: willem on October 02, 2007, 12:08:41 pm
The Avid 7's are fantastic. Some companies are devoted to the word "quality" but Avid actually practices it.

Oh... and the BB's 5 or 7 are super easy to bleed compared to the Hopes!