Recent content by thecannibal

WRONG Clockwise.

I reckon that's the part we both like.

OK, now I am going to nit pick. Near-NOS is as bad as 'quite unique'. It's an absolute. It either is or it isn't. Also, NOS means new old stock, not perfect condition. If the OP's bike in question was badly fire-damaged and left in the store room of a bike shop for 20 years it'd be far from...

He's working with the ebay definition.

Click on it.

Yes, I've ridden one. In what sense do they ride extremely well? Are you comparing it to a well-designed and executed full sus mountainbike frame, or a badger perhaps?

Why?

I say it's ruined: it's never going to ride well or look...er...'conventionally attractive' however modernised or modified it is, and so the only thing it had going for it was its originality and the minor historical significance that went with it. A lot of these retro-modded bikes seem...

Michelin Wildgripper? Sorry for your loss.

Be a good nephew and tell him the wild thing is a POS. You could offer to sort out the Muddy Fox for him as it's a quality, usable bike (wild thing is not), and if he's not keen on it (or you want it too much), give him the option of you finding him something else decent he can ride. Surely...

This advice is at best incomplete. I think that's being very kind.

Yeah, maybe, if it works. Buy cheap, buy twice...

Is a workstand good for the money at any price if it doesn't work? Lidl says it has a 3 year warranty; you could return it.

Six months from now: Realistically, all things being equal, the PG, DB or the Alpine IIIs I suggested would likely all be fine for ages. But I don't see the sense in building a wheel for a cargo bike and using anything other than the most appropriate spokes for the sake of less than a...

May I ask why?