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    89/90 Emmelle Xerama

    @Antwack gave them to a neighbour for his commuter, still going strong! @sam_white was gonna say you already asked that a few months back and I couldn't find one but figured I'd double check, maybe the t-cut and cleaning brought it out more. SL201387. Did end up cabling this with some Tektro...
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    Today's Ride

    Great to be back out on a roadie but christ my road legs are shot - tried to supplement it with running and being out on the mtb but it's nowhere near the same, I do not feel like the same person who was doing 5am 70 mile 5k elevation rides less than two months ago but it'll come back 🤞
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    2010 Felt Flite Z100

    Thought I may as well start a thread due to interest when mentioning it in other areas of the forum. To cut a long story short I got knocked off in June which wrote off my Bianchi and whilst I will be compensated for it, solicitors are slow and theres only so much pottering about on an mtb I can...
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    Today's Ride

    Early and short, traffic doesn't get bad around here until around 8am but with it being the first day back for schoolkids I got home a bit earlier. There's a pretty short but taxing climb right before I get home which I'd normally go full pelt at but that road ends up essentially being a single...
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    Today's Ride

    Don't get me wrong I don't mind it and there's a lot of nice routes here but as I've mentioned in the past for me getting back into cycling coincided with a lot of lifestyle changes in terms of becoming healthier/fitter etc, and as enjoyable as riding my Kona/Inbred was there's a definite...
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    Today's Ride

    Cheers mate, still some aches and pains but much better than a month ago (meds help hah), glad to be back out on the bike mostly especially considering recent news ie Froome's crash, I think TDF this year had 13 or 14 abandons due to crash injury etc. Feels a bit bland for me pottering about on...
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    Today's Ride

    Slight amount of bike anxiety the last few days, I do try and get out as early as possible but some days due to schedule (or just straight up not being bothered) it's not possible. I'd say I'm more comfortable on road compared to bridleways/shared paths/etc (odd I know) but as much as there's a...
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    09 On One Inbred

    Various stages of Inbreeding, after turning into a roadie it sat unused for a while before I picked up a cheap Rockshox fork off FB. XC30 so techically a 27.5 fork but not insane amounts of travel at 120mm so has been fine. Set up single speed for a while at 38:16, deore front ring and a 16t DMR...
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    Forgive me fellow retrobikers for I have sinned...

    I vaguely remember them popping up around 2012 or 2013, friend had an mtb from them which from recollection had Deore group and Rockshox fork but much like this was letdown by low quality own brand frame/wheelset. Carbon fork or just painted black?
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    89/90 Emmelle Xerama

    I suspect the title of the thread just sent shivers down the collective spines of most UK based members. Pulled this out of a skip about a year ago right when I got back into cycling with the intention of modernizing it. Stripped it down to the frame, pretty much everything ended up in the...
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    Today's Ride

    21.5 miles this morning, mostly road/paved but a bit offroad to test out the gravel kings. Pretty speedy tyre by all accounts though I suspect jumping to a 46t also helped out. No problem spinning a good 27ish mph on the flats, offroad pace was pretty nippy too with good grip on the gravel...
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    Bargain Kona with mint XTR brakes & 517s

    @SantasLoneCruzer you get it?
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    Today's Ride

    Bit further this morning, a hair over 20 miles and pretty much all on road which accounts for the higher than usual average speed - not bad for a steel mtb considering I've had similar paces doing a route not too dissimilar on a carbon roadie. 6am start, very quiet. Went and checked out one...
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    Today's Ride

    So nice, I reckon next few years will see a rise in the early 2000s Splat graphic Konas. My first bike/project last year was kinda similar to yours; rigid fork, billy bonkers etc. Geometry looks pretty similar too though I think the year after yours is when they started to square out the tubes a...
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