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Likes Bikes and Dirt
I bought this bike brand new back in 2008 when I was still living in Perth and it's still with me 10 years later, now in Victoria.
It was originally had triple chain rings and skinny bars but it's been the recipient of many bits and bobs that have come off other bikes over the years. Now running an XT 1x10 transmission, a fancy Chromag bar and stem combo and a dodgy Rockshox Reverb internal dropper setup with me drilling into the seat tube to make it work. Add in some red highlight Panracer tyres and it completes the love it/hate it mismatch setup.
The rear brain still works, with a bit of oil leaking and the original front fork has a bit of a top out clunk, but it all still works.
It's primarily used as a bike to pull the kids trailer around now, even though our youngest is nearly grown out of it. So it might be time to repurpose it again!
It was originally had triple chain rings and skinny bars but it's been the recipient of many bits and bobs that have come off other bikes over the years. Now running an XT 1x10 transmission, a fancy Chromag bar and stem combo and a dodgy Rockshox Reverb internal dropper setup with me drilling into the seat tube to make it work. Add in some red highlight Panracer tyres and it completes the love it/hate it mismatch setup.
The rear brain still works, with a bit of oil leaking and the original front fork has a bit of a top out clunk, but it all still works.
It's primarily used as a bike to pull the kids trailer around now, even though our youngest is nearly grown out of it. So it might be time to repurpose it again!
. There's a reason why I don't buy any bikes with propriety bits on them anymore.
