New Meta 5 VIP (Merlin build)

pdid

My New Meta 5 VIP











And one for the kitchen lovers......



Spec:

Meta 5 VIP frame with Fox RP23 shock
Rockshox Revelation 426 air u-turn w/ 20mm Maxle lite
Full XT group inc. brakes
Xt 20mm Front, Hope pro 2 rear hubs laced to DT Swiss 5.1 Rims
Thompson post, Raceface Deus bars and stem

Russell Hobs toaster and kettle
Sanyo microwave
Baumatic fridge
Armadillo bread bin

Cheers

Phil

maximus69

ha, i was just thinking somebody that hasnt taken photos in a kitchen!!
might get myself one of those armadillo bread bins!!

nice build btw, liking the green!!

Stoo61

shaweeeeeeet, love Meta's.

toasty

That bread bin looks awesome, I have to agree.

Banned!

like the table, nice lines, but Im not sure about those seats.

Sarnian

I am loving that fridge

Oh nice bike.

littleandy0410

Love the fridge and breadbin. In fact, I want your kitchen! Nice chairs too!

Is that your workstand then? A Thule bike rack mounted to a dining room table? 8)

The kettle, toaster, bread bin and microwave don't all live together normally, do they? Only one of them is plugged in! (I realise the breadbin doesn't require plugging in, before anyone says it!)








......Oh yeah, bike looks great too, love the colour!

Sarnian

I do have to say I don't thick he Is running he's normal set up on that kitchen work top.

pdid

Thanks for all the positive quotes guys.

littleandy0410 wrote:

Love the fridge and breadbin. In fact, I want your kitchen! Nice chairs too!

Is that your workstand then? A Thule bike rack mounted to a dining room table? 8)

The kettle, toaster, bread bin and microwave don't all live together normally, do they? Only one of them is plugged in! (I realise the breadbin doesn't require plugging in, before anyone says it!)
!

Workstand in the garage, thule on table for adjustment cause it`s a little bit awkward getting the Meta on a 591.

And no they don`t all live together, only the microwave and fridge are where they normaly reside

Phil

KnightofCydonia

Toasty wrote:

That bread bin looks awesome, I have to agree.

It looks superb indeed!

BlackSpur

What size is she?

pdid

BlackSpur wrote:

What size is she?

Medium with a 90mm stem at the moment. I`m 5`9/10 or there abouts.

biggstevie

I want a new kitchen thats lovely. :oops:

Chaka Ping

Lovely. The green is growing on me.

Now go and get it muddy!

pdid

Chaka Ping wrote:

Lovely. The green is growing on me.

Now go and get it muddy!

Heading to Scotland next weekend

Torres

Very jelous mate, it's a thing of beauty....makes my bread bin look very dated.
Oh, and the meta's flamin' brilliant!

akcc05

i totally love that chinese/japanese tea pot on the table. you drink green tea eh?

docker0141

Chaka Ping wrote:

Heading to Scotland next weekend

plenty of mud up here

lock1981

how much extra did you have to pay for the hope rear hub i was thinking about asking them to do that too

cheers

Lock

Banned!

do you have a seperate hot and cold tap or one of those awful unitap things?

pdid

lock1981 wrote:

how much extra did you have to pay for the hope rear hub i was thinking about asking them to do that too

cheers

Lock

£75, not particularly cheap but I intend to upgrade to a 12mm rear axle shortly

pdid

Jesus_Christ wrote:

do you have a seperate hot and cold tap or one of those awful unitap things?

Unitap with sprayhead

Banned!

uurgh! you got ripped off man.

pdid

Jesus_Christ wrote:

uurgh! you got ripped off man.

I never get ripped off :roll:

bells0

Great looking bike, get some copter tape on her and enjoy!! 8)

Do like that bread bin too, what we all like?!!

pdid

bells0 wrote:

Great looking bike, get some copter tape on her and enjoy!! 8)

Do like that bread bin too, what we all like?!!

Cheers,

Do you tape your whole bike or just the cable rub spots? Been having a go with some and its a pain in the a**. Got the stuff from just riding along

djvagabon

Nice kitchen. That looks plush.

toasty

pdid wrote:

Do you tape your whole bike or just the cable rub spots? Been having a go with some and its a pain in the a**. Got the stuff from just riding along

Just the bits that rub, on my Meta there is a bit near the bottom bracket that rubbed really badly, I've got some there but didn't bother with any anywhere else Even around the headset has been fine.

pdid

Cheers toasty,

I've don the bit round the bottom of the headset/ fork crown. Will take a look at the bb tommorow.

toasty

Yeah, for me it's on the none-drive side of the downtube, just where the disc hose hooks around onto the swingarm. When riding around the hose rubs quite a bit when the shock compresses.

I was going to highlight it on a picture, but mysteriously (almost) all the Commencal Meta photos on the internet face left to right.

Uncle Peter

Awesome bike and I love the colour!!

And the bread bin is cool too.