To roll the clock forward a bit, I got that itch.......you know, ........that one..........New Frame Day that is probably due to
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I leapt at the chance of a frame upgrade on a run out 5010 v3 since a model change with a price cut will be as good as it gets. The newer ones are looking a bit too bike park for my lowly nancy skills. Mrs has been talking up an extra room house extension since January so was now or probably not at all. I'm fine to do a bit-sa and recycle whatever parts without getting hung up about it build, I'll figure it out.
Almost got one from Johnny Rockets at Toowoomba (which are a great shop) but was a matt black C and had to be stripped down. Purple funk had to be done. Lusty were about $1.6k more. I asked for a price match to something a bit sharper. Offered to take my money now or I'll just have to import direct and got the geo-blocking 'No, you can't do that' spiel so I took it as a worthy challenge and did it anyhow.
US purchased and shipped to a colleague in Boston who is also a bike nut and much to my surprise didn't swap it with a Giant Yukon. Booked BikeFlights to do the door to door delivery. No problems to report with shipping and took about a week in Covid times. Went really smoothly. Waiting for other small but showstopper parts of all sorts took ages.
Here it is plus a comparison of Ol' Yella the 1996 Heckler to 5010 v3 circa 2019 for a bit of SC trail bike geekery. Both are Large.
New school is long.
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