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Inigo Montoya
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:23 pm 
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took ages (1,5 years) to get all the parts together. hope to finish it this weekend. i'd love to take it out for a ride next week.
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saltyman
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8) like the look of this.......stealthy colours.
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JeRkY
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Looks a nice bike but ...Sorry, taking 1.5 years to gather a load of modern currently available or only just out of production parts smacks of laziness rather than a huge amount of effort. :lol:

A nice modern bike but no extra points awarded in my mind for completing a difficult or challenging build.

Maybe I'm missing the point, I have been at the ale and it has a habit of making me miss points.
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Nick C
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Maybe financial constraints...

Love the build and I've always thought the Maguras are some of the nicest looking forks on the market.
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graham1975
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Fantastic bike, handle really well, and slightly trail/AM bike and design, will handle anything you throw at it, what the hell is that wierd looking stem you have on it?
Do you drink often Jerky!? :wink:
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Inigo Montoya
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Nick C wrote:
Maybe financial constraints...

yes, that was the main reason. apart from that it took a while to decide on how to build it up and i didn't want to settle with cheap stuff.
the current setup leans pretty much to the freeride side with the 160mm forks and heavy 2,4" tubeless tires. in theory it should be a beast on the descent.
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Inigo Montoya
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graham1975 wrote:
what the hell is that wierd looking stem you have on it?

its a syntace VRO onepointfive stem with a shim for a 1 1/8" steerer.
http://www.syntace.de/index.cfm?pid=3&pk=412
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Inigo Montoya
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Neil G
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Now that does look nice, bet it's going to be very quick on the downhills!
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Inigo Montoya
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Neil G wrote:
Now that does look nice, bet it's going to be very quick on the downhills!

yes, that's what i expect it to be. having ridden it twice i haven't adopted to the full suspension thing yet. the flat pedals are an even bigger challenge for me. i guess it takes time...
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