Recent content by JackLedin

Long time no post. Sold my gravel bike a while ago but got the hankering for another, and had always wanted to put drops on the Marin. So here we go. Needs a shorter stem but it’s a ripper.

Hey all, Ive recently bought some Girvin Vector 1s with the elastomer. I was looking at replacing the elastomer and refurbing them but to be honest if im going to restore them and use them I think id actually prefer to fit a shock in place of the elastomer damper. Does anyone have an ODS...

Finally gave in and fitted a stem adapter to run some different bars on the Muirwoods. I really do love this bike.

So my girlfriend has always eyed up the Coldrock and now that she’s moving to the city and needs a commuter bike I told her that if I found something cool to build she could use that. I wanted something aluminium as I need to carry it up loads of stairs and the giant is a beefcake. I also...

The other week I picked up this "Coventry Eagle" 100 years mtb because everything on it was Deore LX and I wanted the bits for my Marin build. Then the more I looked at it I thought the forks/stem looked awfully like my Marin parts. It's a double butted Spinner fork and the roller stem is cromo...

Granted I only go to the office 2 or 3 times a week but it’s a mission and I take this 1991 Giant Coldrock

Just a few snaps from today’s blast. 30 miles from Leith out to the Pentlands and back. It was really boggy and muddy. There was a point where I was washing the bike off in a stream because the clay was like riding with the brakes on 😂. But aside from all that it was perfect. Lots of gear...

Sort of impulsively bought some bikes. Actually went to go and pick up this Hardrock for £5 with a stuck seat post. I’ve got enough bits to make this a working bike so I’ll sell it on as it’s too big for me really. And whilst I was there the guy gave me a look at so other tat he had. Ended...

I could find out if you’re curious? The guy I use does loads of bike frames. He just said he had a sparkly purple and I said aye, so never found out the ral number!

Cheers for the comments on the Giant, it’s a pretty neat bike for commuting and pottering on but it’s a bit of a heavy lump! Managed to do some bits to the Marin. Decided when cleaning the frame that it really needed re-stickered, and if it needed that then it was getting powder coated. So I...

Been riding around on old 26” mountain bikes for a while now and have had the odd lurk on here for info, but have only recently really gotten into them. I have a 1991~ Giant Coldrock that I built up as a commuter. It’s wide range 1x8. I bought a 2000 specialized hard rock and stole most of the...