My New Trek 6300

cliffw0970

This is totally standard as picked her up on Sunday

Been out the scene for a few years and having sold my old GT 3 years ago didnt know what to expect going into my local dealer. I really am a novice and will just be using this for leisure and fitness

Anyway here she is. Not up there with some of your rides but this ones mine
Dying to personalise it with a few bits bot not sure which colour to go with the original gold/brown and white theme, just thinking brake cables, possibly pedals and bottle cage nuts etc (ideas VERY welcome)

reevie25

Very Nice, I was looking at last years 6300, they seem to have upped the price and spec this year, looks like excelent entry level bike though!

Mr Wu

Well,

You could go totally over the top and change

Saddle - White Charge Spoon £20ish

Grips - DMR Loc'dd grips in White £12ish

Wheels - White Halo Freedoms - £200new £1002nd hand

Pedals - White DMR's

Stem - Ritchey White stem

Then it would look like a white bike with a bit of brown rather than the other way round!

and take that bloody chain guard off!

cliffw0970

Thanks guys

Yeah been wondering what to do with the chain gaurd, presume you mean replace it? or totally get rid of it?

Cheers for the other bits, as I said its been a while so need to get up to speed with current parts

Mr Wu

I personally would take it of and throw it at my local polititian.

You dont need to replace it, or even remove it if you like it there. but for me, its a bit like having orange reflectors on your spokes.

What brakes are they?

cliffw0970

Front Brake:Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc
Rear Brake:Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic
Brake Levers:Avid Juicy 3

Ha, the reflectors and novelty bell were the first things to go

Was thinking about introducing a complete different colour but think I have been convinced with more white

Mr Wu

Juicy 3's then. They look rather tasty in white.

You mean to tell me youve removed the legal bell? tut tut! My advice is to keep the bell in your pocket when out riding cause youll always get some smart arse thatll say you should have a bell when you ask them to move, its at this point you remove it from your pocket and launch in their general direction :-)

PM me your email address and ill show you the difference it made to my bike adding white bits, it might be enough to put you off!

:-)

ellsbells1973

Mr Wu wrote:

Juicy 3's then. They look rather tasty in white.

the white juicy 3's come standard on the new carrera fury, i have just pimped mine out in white kit if you check my sig

Mr Wu

Must admit, I cannot stand Juicy 3 brakes to be honest. I had them on my Orange Evo and the Prophet as standard, i replaced them both with codes.

The 3's have no stopping power for big blokes. That said the Elixir 5's on my crush seem to be ok. Theyre white too :-)

I think youve got to be careful with white as too much and it starts looking tacky.

cliffw0970

Thanks ellsbells, that is pretty subtle and tastefully done, not sure about the white chain guard but love the rest

Im 11.5 stone so not that much to stop, they should be good enough for what I have planned ie road and a little off road, nothing too straining in the bike/brakes. I will no doubt change them at some point just to be a tart once the bug grips me

Je James is on my route to work which wont help :roll: I can see myself in there a lot

looking forward to getting out on it tomorrow night. I will of course update this with any changes to the bike