Ok so its arrived, well last night to be precise, but its only in the 'Daylight' that i can now fully survey my latest aquisition at last..........
Its heavy, weighs as much as a small planet, the welds are shockingly shoddy, and the front forks despite the condition of the bike dont actually move........the rear suspension if you can call it that does give about 1cm of movement, nice and plush eh? SAKAE, Sachs-Huret and a mixture of early Shimano dresses this beast up, and kinda keeps it moving and stopping. The saddle is beyond use seems to have had a small fire started within it???? Maybe caused by the heat generated to pedal this thing.......
So what are my plans?? have i lost my marbles?? well simply, No!!! There is something intriguing about this bike, ok its caused a stir on this thread alone, and also came top in the 'Worst Bike Poll', its like that WET PAINT sign warning you, however you just want to touch it to see if its really wet!!!! Its like the BIG RED BUTTON that says 'DONT PRESS' you just want to go and press it and see if it unleashes Armageddon.
Anyway, you get the picture, despite the comments this bike has raised, the accolades of being the worst, the fact its not really a pedigree MTB, just makes it all the more quirky and interesting. I have one, and i intend to tinker with it, and see what happens, so watch this space.........
Oh yeah, already i have shaved 4Kg of the weight of the bike by removing the Kickstand and Front Forks, replacing them with Rigids from an old Ridgeback........
Its heavy, weighs as much as a small planet, the welds are shockingly shoddy, and the front forks despite the condition of the bike dont actually move........the rear suspension if you can call it that does give about 1cm of movement, nice and plush eh? SAKAE, Sachs-Huret and a mixture of early Shimano dresses this beast up, and kinda keeps it moving and stopping. The saddle is beyond use seems to have had a small fire started within it???? Maybe caused by the heat generated to pedal this thing.......
So what are my plans?? have i lost my marbles?? well simply, No!!! There is something intriguing about this bike, ok its caused a stir on this thread alone, and also came top in the 'Worst Bike Poll', its like that WET PAINT sign warning you, however you just want to touch it to see if its really wet!!!! Its like the BIG RED BUTTON that says 'DONT PRESS' you just want to go and press it and see if it unleashes Armageddon.
Anyway, you get the picture, despite the comments this bike has raised, the accolades of being the worst, the fact its not really a pedigree MTB, just makes it all the more quirky and interesting. I have one, and i intend to tinker with it, and see what happens, so watch this space.........
Oh yeah, already i have shaved 4Kg of the weight of the bike by removing the Kickstand and Front Forks, replacing them with Rigids from an old Ridgeback........
