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Russ
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30th Mar 06 at 21:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jason2004
i bought a used bike off ebay for £180 delivered... the parts on it would have been worth well over £1000
spec?
Jas
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dr jekyll frame, z1 forks, d321 rims, hope hubs, hope c2 disks and callipers, xt crank, xt shifters, xt front and rear mech, race face handle bars, carbon seatpost, fsa headset....

thats prob nearer to 1500+
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not a fan of identiti frames, but not a bad spec for 180squid
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lol considering the frames retail at 200-300..

the crank would have been worth not far off £180 when it was new
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I woudn't trust a carbon seatpost Could get painfull.
Jas
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nah i had a tioga one off my old planet x that fitted
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason2004
lol considering the frames retail at 200-300..

the crank would have been worth not far off £180 when it was new
xt cranks aint that expensive mate :X
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I wouldn't spend £180 on a Shimano crankset. Every one I have had has ended up getting rounded off and being totally useless!!
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I wouldn't spend £180 on a Shimano crankset. Every one I have had has ended up getting rounded off and being totally useless!!
which bit rounded off?
Jas
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30th Mar 06 at 22:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
an xt crank without looking for the cheapest would be about over £100 though
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oh and i had a set of dmr v12's
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30th Mar 06 at 22:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nope : £55

v12 am sexy



[Edited on 30-03-2006 by Russ]
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shiiit! how much is deore?

£55 is prob the lowest price going.. i sold it for like £80 on ebay used about 2 months back
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deore is around same, deore and xt is almost and in some cases exactly the same anyway.
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but if you wanted xt with hollowtech arms, ur looking at 100 smackers
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by ed
I wouldn't spend £180 on a Shimano crankset. Every one I have had has ended up getting rounded off and being totally useless!!
which bit rounded off?
The tapers on the old style ones and the tapers on the new style splines... I also rounded off a £200 set of Race Face cranks too It was just a design fault at the end of the day, hence them using the new style splined bottom brackets.
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i have a kraken and do daft things on it, but at the end of the day
you get what you pay for, even 2 grand bikes fuck up
Scott McKenzie
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Exactly, I havn`t had any probs with my Kraken, if I were to spend a fortune on a bike I`d be too scared to use it properly incase i damaged it
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30th Mar 06 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
but, you will speed/run red lights/overtake in your car, but wouldnt fuk about on an expensive bike
Scott McKenzie
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Who says I speed & run red lights? I wouldn`t spend a lot of money on a bike, I`ve got other things to spend my money on
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downhill... on a hardtail


yup used it most in the local woods on the jumps couldnt afford a downhill bike at the time so put some downhill tires and a downhill stem on tyres helped loads
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quote:
Originally posted by morpheus22
downhill... on a hardtail


yup used it most in the local woods on the jumps couldnt afford a downhill bike at the time so put some downhill tires and a downhill stem on tyres helped loads
you shoula bought the forks instead
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funny enough everyones said that oh well learn by your mistakes
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i bought the cheapest one they had.... crank shaft is buggered after a month... i do lots of milege though.... and i cant find my fecking reciept to bring it back...

[Edited on 31-03-2006 by Siberia]

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