martin_fry
A fair few years ago and as riden by the MBUK team, my first full sus with a massive 45mm travel carbon Pace RC35 forks, Cooks Brother Revolution Cranks, Magura Race Light hydrolic brakes and a snow flake front wheel.
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martin_fry said on 17 February 2009
Rate my own bike option, ok then...
loved this bike at the time, couldnt fault it, had everything i could afford and more, road like a dream, easily over 50mph of road with the 50tooth middleburn top chain ring, obviously technologies have progresed, but at the time couldnt have dreamed of a better ride personally.
Just wish i had remembered to fir the left hand crank before the photo, or taken the picture again after, but proably ran out of film or something (no digial cameras back then)
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ahsoka said on 12 February 2009
luv it man it rocks
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wadoryu said on 31 January 2009
its a classic nice bike mate
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MTBhollis said on 24 January 2009
nice but a bit old.
ashley_photog replied... on 25 January 2009
that's the point, he's not still ridng it now
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churchychillin said on 21 January 2009
wow looks great please can other users rate my orange airo?
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diamondratuk said on 21 January 2009
Classic... I had the exact same one.
I bought the frame second hand of some shop mechanic down past Weston-Super-Mare somewhere back in the mid 90's. Wish i still had it so i could hang the frame on the wall.
martin_fry replied... on 22 January 2009
LMFAO at thief, and cant believe that i have been on this site for about a day, and found a guy that bought one of my old bikes, glad it served you reasonably well, it was second hand when i bought it from Chris at ProBike in Braunton, so must have had a few years in before the old Ali fatague set in, and it wasnt a thing you didnt want to have a blast on, often gave to much confidence and i broke a few bones on it, full respect to that bike
diamondratuk replied... on 22 January 2009
"I had the exact same one" literally. what are the chances of that? As for the thief, he only lived next door to a copper so I got it back within 24h. He was stripping it in his garden whilst the copper was cutting his hedge.
diamondratuk replied... on 22 January 2009
yep, and i got it back. but unfortunately the back end snapped in half after about 18 months. so I had to retire her for a an LTS.
martin_fry replied... on 21 January 2009
if memory serves correct, and we talking 13 odd years, didnt it get nicked from you after a couple weeks
martin_fry replied... on 21 January 2009
yep, called the Bicycle Chain, it was a small place, prior to the larger establishments that they now have dotted over somerset.
diamondratuk replied... on 21 January 2009
Was the shop on a corner by any chance? I even remember the trip being shattered after a 12h shift and driving down from Hereford.
martin_fry replied... on 21 January 2009
lmao, i was working in Bridgwater just south of WSM as a mechanic and when i sold the frame it was collected from the shop, i bet it was the same one
ashley_photog replied... on 21 January 2009
comes to somthing when the top two bikes at the momment are retro bikes from the early-mid 90's lol
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ashley_photog said on 20 January 2009
wow great to see another one of these on here, and with Cook Bros cranks and Pace Monobox forks too! Must have cost a fortune.
ashley_photog replied... on 21 January 2009
I had a pair of wheels built by Graham Foot who you may remeber built Bigfoot (later Smokstone) bikes in the mid 90's they were E-stay frames. I managed to hit a Concrete Bollard square on flipping me straight over the front of the bike. The front wheel managed to transfer all the force of the impact through to the frame without any damaged. The forks bent, and the tubing around the head tube creased, writing off the frame and forks. ended up transfering most of the parts onto the Giant Cadex on my profile....including the Wheels.
martin_fry replied... on 20 January 2009
i use to work in a bike shop, and i you hassled the reps enough you could often get products below trade cost (which was our normal discount) we use to use all our wages and more to get the latest kit, ride it for a year and sell it for more than we paid, then start all over again. My buddy George built the front wheel for strength, it survived a few large crashes, where i broken a sholder, and then an elbow at another occasion.
ashley_photog replied... on 20 January 2009
wow I haven't seen a snowflake wheel in a long time!
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