Graham
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hope discs? or magurers (sp)?
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Greg_M
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham
hope discs? or magurers (sp)?
hope disks are the best ive used. bout £120 a set
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goldfish
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Originally posted by Graham
hope discs? or magurers (sp)?
hopes are fantastic. even with the older XC4 150mm disc I was only using 1 finger to slow down on fast single track decents
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Graham
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was saving up for hopes on my trials but took forever on paper round money 
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Greg_M
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Originally posted by Graham
was saving up for hopes on my trials but took forever on paper round money
must be about the same money at PAH right
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ed
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I got a set of Hope M4's on my bike - the disks are bigger than the ones on my car I think (205mm)
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Graham
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Originally posted by Greg12v
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Originally posted by Graham
was saving up for hopes on my trials but took forever on paper round money
must be about the same money at PAH right
think im on about 20p more not at pets at home 
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chr15barn3s
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Originally posted by Greg12v
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Originally posted by goldfish
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Originally posted by Greg12v
anyone ridden of got a CB cape wrath?
supposed to be pretty good bikes and 470 for dual disks they are great price. maybe a little tooo cheep. hmmmmm
I think 470 is a bit pricey actually
do you know about bikes? 470 with what it has on it is a great price
Yeh it may sound good when you look at what its got but thats not always the case. Yeh it may have discs but they are most likely to be crap and low spec
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nik
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Hope discs and bigun hubs. Ah the good old days of ragging my ATX-1 around the woods  Bloody miss that bike, might get back into DH at somepoint 
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Sidesport
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Right...i WORK in a bike shop and one of our Main ranges of bikes that we sell are CB!
There FANTASTIC bikes and are VERY popular, the cape wrath is a wicked bike, got the GOLD award in What Mountain Bike etc
BUT your going to have MAJOR problems getting one now, as there in the process of launching the new range....were having real problems getting them from our supply ( cb direct ) and i know that customers of ours CAN'T get them off the net. But if you can, good on you.
ANy more quetions you have just ask...i sell them all the time so.... 
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TRL
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Greg,
First things first. THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect of any bike is that it should fit you. If you sit on it and don't feel comfortable then no amount of Deore or XT etc is going to make it a good bike. It will just be horrible.
If you buy a bike that suits your build, then as bit wear out and fall off you can replace them with decent stuff.
I chose my Trek 4500 because it was very comfortable for my 6ft 5 bod, and was all I wanted to spend. That was May '03. Now it has a Hope headset and mag pedals. Next up is Fox Forx. Then the gears will be upped to LX.
Please don't go only on what you read and are told. Try, make up your own mind, then buy.
Tony
good luck and enjoy!
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glasgow_corsa_c
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hope xc4 disks are shit. only goodf if using them for light cross country.
mate had a set on his and they used to over heat quite a lot.
I use the newer hope 4 pots...cant mind their name...
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Sidesport
Right...i WORK in a bike shop and one of our Main ranges of bikes that we sell are CB!
There FANTASTIC bikes and are VERY popular, the cape wrath is a wicked bike, got the GOLD award in What Mountain Bike etc
BUT your going to have MAJOR problems getting one now, as there in the process of launching the new range....were having real problems getting them from our supply ( cb direct ) and i know that customers of ours CAN'T get them off the net. But if you can, good on you.
ANy more quetions you have just ask...i sell them all the time so....
yeah they said that but thay have a contact that has some so i dont know what to go for, sat on the cape wroth and took it out for a quick rade and it felt comfortable, and quite easy to ride as apposed to the bike i have now.
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Greg_M
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Originally posted by chr15barn3s
Yeh it may sound good when you look at what its got but thats not always the case. Yeh it may have discs but they are most likely to be crap and low spec
yeah which is why you look at the quality of the specs .
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