Orange P7 - 05.08.2010 update (bars!!)- p4

The Northern Monkey

Got a new saddle today... a WTB Shadow V SLT with Ti rails and a carbon underbody

Its miiiiilllles more suited to my arse over the ragley!

Many thanks to Andy for the spot! Weighs bang on 195g and looks brilliant!!

pastey_boy

your such a tart, you wont catch me adding bling to my bike

joshtp

Very nice!

pastey_boy

you must have a very accomodating ar5e as i fitted a shadow v to my road bike and if im honest id rather sit on bruce forsythes face

cat_with_no_tail

Prefered the Ragley if I'm honest.

Take it your ass was not getting along with it then?

The Northern Monkey

Nah it was too hard and flat for my butt!

You can really tell the difference between a £90 saddle and a £30 saddle though! (even though the WTB only cost £30!) The quality is excellent!

Da Mighty Chicken

Nice saddle in the flesh, I was looking at that one a while back. You got a full bike shot with the new saddle?

I see you couldn't resist the red bottle cage bolts! hee hee

Did you use the washers that came with them?

coxy17

really nice bike
i am really tempted to save up for one of these frames

The Northern Monkey

Da Mighty Chicken
yup used all the washers

I'll update the pics soon, waiting for a ride out!

coxy17
Tis rather nice heavy frame compared to competition but is nice and strong and rides so so well.... it floats!

coxy17

thanks im not to worried about the weight as i weigh a bit

The Northern Monkey

yea I weigh the top end of 16st.... if it breaks i'm gonna go over halifax and shove the remains up someones arse

chris281192

are you not tempted by white crud guards? i have them on my p7, they look sweeeet

The Northern Monkey

chris281192 wrote:

are you not tempted by white crud guards? i have them on my p7, they look sweeeet

Nahhh! too much white!

Anyways, the mud guard is off for summer now!

terryowen

nice looking bike m8 top job.

joshtp

glad to see your actually using your custom built beauty and enjoying it Ben!

rather than just building it, looking at it and then selling it for no reall reason to fund another build.like some people (*cough*Da Mighty Chicken *cough* CWNT*cough*The big Cheese*cough*)

cat_with_no_tail

Excuse me? Looking at it?

Are you on crack? I commute on mine every day of the week. I also do at least 3 long rides a week. It's been all the way over to the UK to go to Llandegla, has been in a DH race and in 3 days time, will be back in the UK for Cannock chase and BR Live.

I think it gets used more than most. I was only *considering* selling because a bike I've always wanted had come up for sale.

So nar nar ne nar nar :P

joshtp

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Excuse me? Looking at it?

Are you on crack? I commute on mine every day of the week. I also do at least 3 long rides a week. It's been all the way over to the UK to go to Llandegla, has been in a DH race and in 3 days time, will be back in the UK for Cannock chase and BR Live.

I think it gets used more than most. I was only *considering* selling because a bike I've always wanted had come up for sale.

So nar nar ne nar nar :P

OK, OK, it was more the selling it bit i ws aiming at you!


TBC and DMC have no excuse though!

cat_with_no_tail

DMC's not selling his though, and he's not finished building it yet so you can't say how often he'll ride it.

Anonymous

josh, you seem to be very interested in what people choose to do with their bikes

jealous much?

The Northern Monkey

i dint sell mine either sooo... *waves willy at screen*

sooo glad i set it to 150mm... has transformed the ride!


infact, i'm just waiting for my muvi to charge up so I can go for a ride and try a new mount!


joshtp/mbukman
you don't even have a "your mtb" post so until you get pic up of what I can only imagine to be "the best ever in the world 456" with your amazingly high standards and the lack of love for other people rides.... STOP TALKING SH!T!!

The Northern Monkey

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Excuse me? Looking at it?

Are you on crack? I commute on mine every day of the week. I also do at least 3 long rides a week. It's been all the way over to the UK to go to Llandegla, has been in a DH race and in 3 days time, will be back in the UK for Cannock chase and BR Live.

I think it gets used more than most. I was only *considering* selling because a bike I've always wanted had come up for sale.

So nar nar ne nar nar :P

Yaaay..Cannock!

I might even ride to work to get some more fitness up!

blister pus

so, d'you reckon you can compensate by dropping the bars and whatnot for the climbs?

The Northern Monkey

Yus deffo

I fancy some 700mm low rise bars but i'm going to try one more time with the Eastons becaues they've been great so far...

I'm going to drop a 10mm spacer for the time being which should help, but tbh it wasn't too bad!

Also means I can stand and lift the front over stuff much much easier... i actually prefer climbing steep trails stood up!

plus I made it to the top of the bast@rd fireroad climb at Whinlatter fine!

jay12

bigbenj_08 wrote:

i dint sell mine either sooo... *waves willy at screen*

sooo glad i set it to 150mm... has transformed the ride!


infact, i'm just waiting for my muvi to charge up so I can go for a ride and try a new mount!


joshtp/mbukman
you don't even have a "your mtb" post so until you get pic up of what I can only imagine to be "the best ever in the world 456" with your amazingly high standards and the lack of love for other people rides.... STOP TALKING SH!T!!

yeah. we haven't even seen you bike josh!!!

hbrashaw

i reckon it's just a shockwave with '456' spray painted on the side

tlw1

looks the dogs - but then I am a P7 fan

The Northern Monkey

cheers mate

just dropped down a 10mm spacer and the ride height is much much much better than before

robbie87

looks awesome, bet its a bitch to keep clean

where are the last pictures taken? - fantastic views

cat_with_no_tail

What's with the new name?

You trying to confuse me?

The Northern Monkey

robbie87
Taken up at Whinlatter

Great trails and great views!!

Cat With No Tail
Its not hard to confuse you :P