YAY new Hardrock!
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New bike!
Sold my old 23" white Hardrock 2009 and bought this 19" 2011 Hardrock disc as a replacement. Even for my 6'5" height the 23" bike was far too big. Tied this 19"er and a 21" Trek and the Trek was too big also. I'm not stretching too much and it feels a lot better! Hopefully I'll get out for a good long ride tomorrow to really test it. I've only riden it the 6ish miles home so far and it was nice. The Shimano gears change a lot smoother and less violently than the SRAMx$ on the old bike.
Sold my old 23" white Hardrock 2009 and bought this 19" 2011 Hardrock disc as a replacement. Even for my 6'5" height the 23" bike was far too big. Tied this 19"er and a 21" Trek and the Trek was too big also. I'm not stretching too much and it feels a lot better! Hopefully I'll get out for a good long ride tomorrow to really test it. I've only riden it the 6ish miles home so far and it was nice. The Shimano gears change a lot smoother and less violently than the SRAMx$ on the old bike.
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very nice
the 23" Hardrock is a right gate! 0 -
Looks really nice mate. Red white and black looks ace
When I was was buying my first bike I was told I should be riding at least a 21" frame with me being 6ft 3". But I ended up on a 18" bike
Just because it seemed so much more comfortable. 0 -
Nice one mate, looks great ...... Not sure if you noticed but you have some plastic thingy 'm' bobs on your wheels between the spokes 0
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Are reflectors not cool? It also has a bell, I'm guessing that is also not cool? :oops:
I found that there was a big sticker on the top tube, perhaps for protection, so I took that off and then spent 30 minutes with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge trying to remove the horrible sticky glue!
The old bike I had was also white, black and red, but this one does look a lot better with more white and red and less black - looks better in the flesh than in the pictures online too. 0 -
Get rid of the bell... Replace it with a hooter... The dirtjump kids will love that.0
