Your help needed

Andy

I want ideas to make my bikes a bit more unique.

All the parts and stuff just seem so 'standard' and I want them to be something a bit special. Paintjobs are out of the questions but any other ideas welcome!

supersonic

Raid posh bikes for all its worth!

Bladed spoked wheels?
Customized ti cassette?

dennisn

http://fairwheelbikes.com

dennis noward

ride_whenever

if you want an idea of the parts you can get pimped check out my scott utterly pimped.

also, get hope parts, mainly brakes, uberpimpage to be had there. They'll also do custom laser etching for you on some bits, as well as custom brake rotors.

Anonymous

put links to your bike pics to give us an idea of what is needed

BlackSpur

Salsa skewers and seat clamp look good.

ride_whenever

chainring bolts, jockey wheels, dérailleur bolt, bolt kit, seat clamp, floating rotors, hubs, odi clamps, valve caps, hose guides, qr skewers, v12's with pimp kit, chainrings, chain, spoke nipples, spokes, spacers, stem

i think that is everything,

ride_whenever

chainring bolts, jockey wheels, dérailleur bolt, bolt kit, seat clamp, floating rotors, hubs, odi clamps, valve caps, hose guides, qr skewers, v12's with pimp kit, chainrings, chain, spoke nipples, spokes, spacers, stem

i think that is everything,

supersonic

Used to be so much easier in the 90s with the glut of anodized widgets - DCDs, cog hogs, canti rollers, flex stems, oval chainrings and.... sharkbite pedals!

BlackSpur

supersonic wrote:

Used to be so much easier in the 90s with the glut of anodized widgets - DCDs, cog hogs, canti rollers, flex stems, oval chainrings and.... sharkbite pedals!

Some of those pedals in the basement in the shop along with beartraps (which we still sell). Bloody sharp they are too!

supersonic

I still use bear traps! Check the Idrive pic out ;-)

Anonymous

is that the kind of thing found on trials bikes?

supersonic

On some yeah! Had them originally on the Zaskar when it was more of a play bike - they must be the toughest pedals out there.

The Big Cheese

Back in the day (bout 99) I had a set of Rob Warner DH bear traps - LETHAL!!!

GT Destroyer

You need to buy these

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=17120

Loads of people have asked me about them, they look mint, well pimp-worthy!

batch78

Handlebar tassles.

Used to see lots of them but seem to be rarer these days!

big_southern_jesse

batch78 wrote:

Handlebar tassles.

Used to see lots of them but seem to be rarer these days!

Also really cool are spokydokes, or a bit of cardboard clothes pegged to your fork - it makes a great slappy sound as you go along!

big-hitter

STICKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matteeboy

My Stumpy is now (as of 15 minutes ago) wearing it's first semi pimp item - A Hope QR seatpost clamp.

I fear this may be the beginning of a pimping frenzy...

Anonymous

you'll b on an all mountain slopestyle freeride 29er with rigid suspension before you know it

big_southern_jesse

sheepsteeth wrote:

rigid suspension

How does that work then? :shock:

Anonymous

im suprised that's the only eyebrow raiser in my new bike style description.

big_southern_jesse

Well all the rest of the description is sales-speak for " Congratulations, you are an individual and have special skills and needs over and above all other riders and that's why we designed this bike just for you!"

Then again, I could just be being a little cynical!

BlackSpur

Perhaps you could learn a few things form this:

The Big Cheese

well, at least it will match his T-mobile jersey

sorry Andy - couldn't resist!

easyg

I think you need to get a colour scheme in mind then pimp it according to that. Hope are quality for colour coded bits; actually they're quality for colour coding pretty much everything they sell.

Also - an air horn. Nobody has a bell on their bike, and I think a big hooter on the bars would look uber special!

Easy,

G

Andy

I don't mean to be funny easy but there is no way in hell I am going to buy matching Hope components and put them on. That is such a cheesy thing to do.

Andy

The idea tempting me at the moment is fitting a Lefty fork to the Anthem. Any opinions?

Anonymous

i'd love a lefty but dont they require a 1.5 headtube? how bout one of those use jobbies?

Anonymous

one of these:

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Anonymous

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