me :) at . in Aberdeen, United Kingdom - photo by bobj

My glory, almost complete. Just needs chain, gear cable and offset bushings fitted.

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wyldeman1 (Dec 26, 2011 at 15:41)

yes mate...good route--off set bushings-..as adjustable headsets-WILL...add more stress to frame..bushing will not...

bobj (Dec 26, 2011 at 16:09)

Never thought of that...main reason i got them was because they're cheaper than the headsets lol

But that is another good thing about them Big Grin

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kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 15:18)

Lovely Glory, get my Giant next month..

bobj (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:06)

Cheers

What you getting?

kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:07)

2011 Defy 4 lol

Be a couple of years until I get another MTB.

bobj (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:10)

similar colour scheme then (black and red) Razz

why are you not mtbing?

kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:15)

To put it briefly, I have no car to get to trails, so gave up MTB last year.

Road is brilliant though, just miss riding dirt as well : /

bobj (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:27)

That sucks Confused

I take it you have a car on the way then?

Having never tried it I wouldn't understand the fun you can get from road, but i'm sure it is there! Dirt is good though Smile

kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:30)

Soon enough, I just need to get the ££ together!

And been riding road for a few months, it's not that bad, but XC will be good when I can do it again.

bobj (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:33)

That's good, what are you thinking of getting?

What sort of riding do you have around you? Just xc or any dh or fr?

kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:39)

Still thinking on that part Smile

I have Woburn and Chicksands as my local trails which have XC and DH/FR trails

Might go in between and get an AM bike as after buying a car and paying out all the bills that come with it will leave me short on cash too.

bobj (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:47)

What!! You have woburn and chicksands near you! You are amongst the luckiest bikers in britain haha.

An AM bike sounds like the right thing to do, it means you can still shred the dh trails, but also do xc too Smile

kinetic-uk Plus (Feb 18, 2012 at 16:50)

Yup that's what I was thinking. And I am lucky, but the shitter is, I can't get to the trails Jail

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Nashmeyer (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:03)

This is sick as f*ck

bobj (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:29)

Cheers

Nashmeyer (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:41)

is she done yet ?

bobj (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:51)

yeah been done since christmas, rides pretty sick!

Nashmeyer (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:54)

I can imagine , looks great anyways colours are sick

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mini-freerider (Dec 25, 2011 at 9:43)

Siiiick!

bobj (Dec 25, 2011 at 9:44)

haha cheers Big Grin

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olly-geary (Dec 25, 2011 at 10:20)

this is sick man !

bobj (Dec 25, 2011 at 10:23)

thanks

need to get out on it now!

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wyldeman1 (Dec 25, 2011 at 11:32)

happy hucking xmas...

bobj (Dec 25, 2011 at 12:18)

you too haha Salute

got some offset bushings on the way to slacken it out a bit Pimp

EuanBisset145 (Dec 25, 2011 at 13:43)

How much did they cost? I ended up going for a offset headset http://www.workscomponents.co.uk/20-degree-zs49---zs49---traditional-15-reducer-headset-59-p.asp

bobj (Dec 25, 2011 at 13:54)

They cost 20 quid. They won't have as big of an offset as the headset, but theyre cheaper haha.

EuanBisset145 (Dec 26, 2011 at 10:56)

I only got the headset as i didn't want my wheel to come any closer to the seat as i already had clearance issues.

bobj (Dec 26, 2011 at 11:03)

ah fair enough, i havent rode this yet so it'll be interesting with the bushings fitted for my first ride Smile

EuanBisset145 (Dec 26, 2011 at 11:10)

The slacker head angle on my trek made a huge difference, lowered the front made the handling less twitchy so hopefully it'll have a similar effect on your giant.

bobj (Dec 26, 2011 at 11:14)

yeah, it's the fr model so it has a pretty steep stock HA, but hopefully it'll be reasonable with the bushings fitted Smile

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olly-geary (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:49)

I can haz forks?

bobj (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:51)

You can haz rebates Wink