Rockrider 5 XC 2009
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Lawman: um i have neither- £6 a week paper round, and parents who wouldn't even lend me a tenner if i was going to pay them back the next week :roll: just gonna save up for about 4 years to complete my build, or just for two, and buy a pitch, then upgrade the hell out of it and and up with a completely new bike, so it would have been cheaper to build one- so i think i'll just build from the frame up, probably a heckler. i'm gonna start saving now, with the £20 i'm getting for my forks- not getting new pedals or saddle- no more upgrading for my rockrider now.
jpstar: The screws weren't even in them - still couldn't do it though :oops:
eventually managed to do it with washing up liquid, a hammer and a block of wood. Really pleased with them.0 -
Quality build mate, glad to see you're enjoying it and glad to see a cheaper bike is as good as the more expernsive equivalent! Those bombholes are fantastic too, there's one by me in Shirley Hills, it is absolutely vast - but scares me sh*tless in the dark.
Good luck with that Pitch build, I wouldn't have the staying power!
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Thanks 335d. It wasn't that cheap though- spent about £650 on it, however seeing some of the overpriced cr*p you can get for that price (http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/119057.html), i'm really pleased with my bike.0
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Also, does anyone know what tool i need to remove the big chainring?
it's like an allen key, but not one.0 -
no, i am oficialy the most ambiteouse BR teen. IN 2012 I WILL HAVE a 456 ti with DT EXC 150's, ammerican classic AM's, formula the one's, full xtr and a Race face dues chainset, CK HS, hope everything.... carbon..... bling.....bling.....BLING....
this i will have on my £10 a week paper roundI like bikes and stuff0 -
no, i am, because i can spell ambitious.0
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if we are getting into arguments about teens with the most bikes then i win, i'm 17 and have 3, a Gary fisher Big Sur, Hewitt team frame built up with DA/Ultegra 9 speed and a Carrera Virtuoso that i ride 20 miles a day on to and from college.
pictures to follow...Carbon fibre, it's all nonsense. Drink beer. Ride a steel bike. Don't be a ponce.0 -
dear lord kids these days are dis-illusioned. when i was your age :roll:
i wanted a commencal meta, was gonna get a job and build it up 2 years later and im still on my maxlight. dont get your hopes built too high because the likely hood you will end up disappointed, yer its nice to dream, but 9 times out 10 they will just be a dream for a good while. most people who work full time havent got the dosh to spill on a three grand+ bike, so i know its overly ambitious to aim that high. we all have pretty awesome bikes for teenagers, well im nearly not a teenager, but from the sounds of it all you guys will be more than pleased with something like a pitch, so get saving 0 -
My friend (who is also 13) has an orange crush, which is basically a pitch with rear sus - so you can getdream bikes when your just a teenager. And my other 13 year old friend has this: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12683622 which is a pretty awesome bike too, so just cos we're young doesn't mean we can't get good bikes.0
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not sayin you cant! im just saying an "expensive bike" like the nomad you said you wanted and josh's 456 ti are maybe abit too expensive at this stage. trust me i work in my LBS and cant afford any of those bikes even with my massive discount :shock:0
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joshtp/mbukman
good luck mate
well mine is a freeride bike. something like the 08 sunday elite . for about £1500 on a £20 a week paper round and extra rounds during holidays 8) . but first i need to uprgrade a couple of things on my pha5e and then in about 1.5 years i will have a FR bike, oh yeah 0 -
In 2 years i could have a pitch with upgrades- could have £1800 if i saved for 2 years and only got money for b day and christmas. and jay i though the sunday was a dh bike?0
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you guys have clearly never had a girlfriend
they steal everything, and i mean everything you own :shock:0 -
and that is why i have never had a girlfriend
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the sunday elite has single crown forks with 180mm tavel making it more of a freeride bike than the WC and teamJamesBrckmn wrote:In 2 years i could have a pitch with upgrades- could have £1800 if i saved for 2 years and only got money for b day and christmas. and jay i though the sunday was a dh bike?0 -
jay12 wrote:
the sunday elite has single crown forks with 180mm tavel making it more of a freeride bike than the WC and teamJamesBrckmn wrote:In 2 years i could have a pitch with upgrades- could have £1800 if i saved for 2 years and only got money for b day and christmas. and jay i though the sunday was a dh bike?
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true and anyway at 13 i just don't see the point. an average reletionship in our year is about a few weeks. the longest was about half a year and shortest was about 2 hourslawman wrote:you guys have clearly never had a girlfriend
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huh :?lawman wrote:jay12 wrote:
the sunday elite has single crown forks with 180mm tavel making it more of a freeride bike than the WC and teamJamesBrckmn wrote:In 2 years i could have a pitch with upgrades- could have £1800 if i saved for 2 years and only got money for b day and christmas. and jay i though the sunday was a dh bike?
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oh we're so cool 0
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Ok i'll join in! :P
I'm 13 and soon I will either have a....
Giant Reign X - spec worth about £2000
Or
Santa Cruz Bullit custom build
or
Spesh Pitch (mwuhaha jamesbrckman )
My parents don't pay a penny of any of the bike stuff, I pay it all. TBH I have no idea how I afford it 0 -
my maxlight is worth just upwards of 2 grand now, and hopefully the lbs will take me on full time during my gap year and ill own a zesty 914, purchased at a fraction of the rrp :P0
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mrfmilo wrote:Yeah I'm looking forward to getting a job in the LBS.
Mooonneeyyyyyyy 8)
pay isnt the best tbh, and jobs dont come around often, i only got mine cos i knew the guys previously before the shop opened. and tbh its very quiet this time of year and is rather broing when there are no new bikes build up. but the discount is good 0 -
yeh, i hope i can get a job in my lbs too- would probably save more money on discounted bike parts than money i earn 0
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make your mind up :roll:0
