It's Happened...A Skip Find!

Iwasgoodonce · Jan 20, 2009

A Focus Black Comp Ltd. I think it is some sort of German import as the brakes were the wrong way around and there is a stick in German on it. A weird groupset hanging from a cast iro Suntour chainset to an LX rear mech that oddly shifts the wrong way. 9 speed though.
Oh, and the worst forks in the whole world. Suntour XC60s with rusty chrome sliders and 0.1mm travel and a weight of around 1078Kg. I may well be looking for a replacement set!

icantthinkofausername · Jan 20, 2009

Focus are sold by Wiggle and they seem to get good reviews. Im still waiting for my tip find :twisted:

JeRkY · Jan 20, 2009

im still trying to find the skip

Andy B · Jan 20, 2009

Yup Focus are German, as said earlier Wiggle sell 'em, they're pretty good bits of kit.

The rear mech is a rapid rise by the sound of it, it's sprung to return to the large sprocket on the cassette, supposedly to aid shifting under load whilst changing to a lower ratio

IMHO it's a load of bull, if your mech is set up right & you change gears at the correct time you don't need rapid rise, just another marketing ploy by Shimano to sell you something that's not really needed, all IMHO of course

dyna-ti · Jan 21, 2009

When my bikes up and running im going to the Clydebank recycle center,from what i hear from guys like bigcheese is that they are dripping in rare /retro bike stuff
A bit like an open air Aladdins cave

xizang · Jan 21, 2009

I had a skip find a few years ago. It was a bike I gave to my nephew which he decided that he didn't want anymore

nimbus · Jan 21, 2009

Iwasgoodonce":uxzv4ub9 said:
Oh, and the worst forks in the whole world. Suntour XC60s with rusty chrome sliders and 0.1mm travel and a weight of around 1078Kg. I may well be looking for a replacement set!

A replacement set of what - Suntour forks? I've got some in the house; yours for the cost of postage.

You may not want them though, since it sounds like you already have the lightweight and extended travel version

cheers

Old Ned · Jan 21, 2009

Focus was something to do with Mike Kluge I think. He always seemed to ride them.

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