Tallboy

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• Harder Day in the Peaks sign up

  in Rides & Races • 6 hours, 52 minutes

  

  Hope also good for emergency bike mechanics, as is Hathersage. Bakewell I always find touristy but sure it has decent cafes, there’s a solid cafe opposite tideswell church/ cathedral that used to be good- used to do my sprint recovery days to there from Edale, smash a breakfast, do a ten mile loop, eat some tart and trundle home.. happy days.

  Good luck all, would love to join but frankly not fit enough

• Budget mtb bodge

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• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 8 hours, 26 minutes

  

  Thanks to @Aroogah for sorting me a chainring. Can’t believe I didn’t have it built for this weather but I had the kids all day anyway so wouldn’t have ridden.
  Bit of headset trouble so far but I will look later when I don’t have a toddler stealing my Allen keys!

• Wtd- 6 bolt rotor and spd pedals

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• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 1 day, 15 hours

  

  Good day for cheap buying yesterday
  £1 top cap once I found the damn thing hiding in the car- saved me £4
  £20 ring plus £5 donation- saves me £10 approx
  £8 rotors- saved me £20 approx

  Just pedals to sort now and we’re ready to roll I think

• Wtd- 6 bolt rotor and spd pedals

  in Wanted Adverts • 1 day, 18 hours

  

  Sounds good thanks

• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 2 days, 4 hours

  

  Yes- that’s what I was planning to buy but 2 teeth bigger. You want to message a cost?

• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 2 days, 6 hours

  

  Huh.. somehow I deleted the original post by editing a photo in. The gist of it was I want a cheap mtb for local trails in Marple and peaks to replace quick hour runs as currently injured.
  Fuji frame-£ free
  Singular forks-£70 eBay
  Boost roval wheels- £100 ebay with tyres set tubeless
  Bars, stem, seat, brake levers- parts box
  Brakes-£30 off here, new off a surly
  Shifter, mech, cassette, chain- £30 or here
  Cranks- crc - hard to find used boost cheaper than £70
  Post- £4 off crc
  Top cap-£1 from lbs parts

  Still need 104 bcd 1x ring, ss ring bolts and cables.

  In future will consider trying sus forks, dropper post and hydro brakes, though I’ve tried forks and hydro before and struggled to get used to them.

• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 2 days, 6 hours

  

  I’ve used them lots, I just don’t like them and I can’t explain why! Maybe I’ve never used good ones

• Budget mtb bodge

  in Current Projects • 2 days, 7 hours

  

  Thanks pal, I think 104