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Hi there I'm new on here

I have just the one bike an Apollo Revival which i use for general biking and Sky Rides.

Sunshine is 11 years old and is sadly feeling the effects of three years of sudden heavy use after doing not a lot for the previous 8/9 years.

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apollored

C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\My Documents\My Sunshine.jpg


Is that better?

Briggo

apollored wrote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\My Documents\My Sunshine.jpg


Is that better?

Hold on, let me hack into your computer to see.

black.converse

Briggo wrote:

apollored wrote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\My Documents\My Sunshine.jpg


Is that better?

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ledgend

apollored

Briggo wrote:

apollored wrote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\My Documents\My Sunshine.jpg


Is that better?

Hold on, let me hack into your computer to see.

paul.skibum

Aaah cute, its a step through frame!

What sort of riding do you do? With the best will in the world an 11 year old apollo will be startign to show the effects of its age (well any 11 year old bike actually) if its been used a bit and if you are ridng any rougher ground you can certainly expect some wear!

Giraffoto

Needs more red on it!

Slightly more seriously, if you're doing bits and pieces of servicing on it as it wears/ages, there's no reason it shouldn't last another eleven years, although you may eventually run into problems getting spares for the forks. Now go and get a red bottle for it!

apollored

paul.skibum wrote:

Aaah cute, its a step through frame!

What sort of riding do you do? With the best will in the world an 11 year old apollo will be starting to show the effects of its age (well any 11 year old bike actually) if its been used a bit and if you are riding any rougher ground you can certainly expect some wear!

I just use it for my transport basically and also Sky Rides where I'm doing lots more off road and trail riding, with some hills and river paths etc.

It was ok till I started riding it in snow and the grit affected it.

apollored

Giraffoto wrote:

Needs more red on it!

Slightly more seriously, if you're doing bits and pieces of servicing on it as it wears/ages, there's no reason it shouldn't last another eleven years, although you may eventually run into problems getting spares for the forks. Now go and get a red bottle for it!

Lol it did have red and black tyres but they failed and so all I'm left with are red forks

Maybe I should replace the pedal cranks with red ones lol

paul.skibum

apollored wrote:

paul.skibum wrote:

Aaah cute, its a step through frame!

What sort of riding do you do? With the best will in the world an 11 year old apollo will be starting to show the effects of its age (well any 11 year old bike actually) if its been used a bit and if you are riding any rougher ground you can certainly expect some wear!

I just use it for my transport basically and also Sky Rides where I'm doing lots more off road and trail riding, with some hills and river paths etc.

It was ok till I started riding it in snow and the grit affected it.

Had to look up sky rides - don't think they existed when I left the UK. Nice little intros to off road.

Now you could modify your apollo to be a more road oriented commuter and get something for off road if you were looking to expand your riding repertoir!

wobbem

This thread is a complete FAIL :?

apollored

paul.skibum wrote:

apollored wrote:

paul.skibum wrote:

Aaah cute, its a step through frame!

What sort of riding do you do? With the best will in the world an 11 year old apollo will be starting to show the effects of its age (well any 11 year old bike actually) if its been used a bit and if you are riding any rougher ground you can certainly expect some wear!

I just use it for my transport basically and also Sky Rides where I'm doing lots more off road and trail riding, with some hills and river paths etc.

It was ok till I started riding it in snow and the grit affected it.

Had to look up sky rides - don't think they existed when I left the UK. Nice little intros to off road.

Now you could modify your apollo to be a more road oriented commuter and get something for off road if you were looking to expand your riding repertoir!

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seatpost.



Yeah a nice 29er would be the business

Giraffoto

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seatpost.

Yeah a nice 29er would be the business

You may run into a few issues with this sort of upgrading - you'd have to stick with rim brakes unless you want to upgrade wheels, frame, forks and brakes at the same time, for instance. If you're determined to get something better, you'd be better off saving up for a replacement and just keeping this one going for as long as you need it to.

Briggo

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seat post

Oh no, you can't attach a mudguard to the frame?

Pulling of legs going on here?

Giraffoto

Briggo wrote:

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seat post

Oh no, you can't attach a mudguard to the frame?

Pulling of legs going on here?

Have to be a bit broader minded - much as we all love a thick stripe of mud up our backs, there are some people out there who aren't so keen

To the OP: consider one of the pannier racks that has a platform top - they're about 90% as good as a mudguard, and you can carry your luggage on it too

Briggo

Giraffoto wrote:

Briggo wrote:

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seat post

Oh no, you can't attach a mudguard to the frame?

Pulling of legs going on here?

Have to be a bit broader minded - much as we all love a thick stripe of mud up our backs, there are some people out there who aren't so keen

To the OP: consider one of the pannier racks that has a platform top - they're about 90% as good as a mudguard, and you can carry your luggage on it too

Nothing to do with the fact he wants to use a mudguard, it's the specific placement of a mudguard. What does it matter, you just fit what you can if the frame overall is better.

Seems an extreme reason to not upgrade a fundamental part of a bike.

apollored

Briggo wrote:

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seat post

Oh no, you can't attach a mudguard to the frame?

Pulling of legs going on here?

Thats what the mechanic who works on it for me said, there's nowhere in the dropouts for a mudguard to be fastened to though I did have a pannier rack on which I took off as I wasnt using it and it had come loose from its mountings.

apollored

Giraffoto wrote:

apollored wrote:

Someone said I should get a lighter frame then just replace the wheels etc and accessories but it has nowhere for a mudguard to go unless attached to the seatpost.

Yeah a nice 29er would be the business

You may run into a few issues with this sort of upgrading - you'd have to stick with rim brakes unless you want to upgrade wheels, frame, forks and brakes at the same time, for instance. If you're determined to get something better, you'd be better off saving up for a replacement and just keeping this one going for as long as you need it to.

Yes I will be looking for a replacement as soon as finances permit but this one has done so well for this long it will be wrench to let it go

I dont know if its me losing a lot of fitness due to walking accident in January or problems cropping up but I find it much harder to ride now, its not a "little whippet" it used to be leaving people I was cycling with trailing in its wake :

cooldad

Briggo wrote:

Nothing to do with the fact he wants to use a mudguard, it's the specific placement of a mudguard. What does it matter, you just fit what you can if the frame overall is better.

Seems an extreme reason to not upgrade a fundamental part of a bike.

Keep up

apollored wrote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Michelle\My Documents\My Sunshine.jpg


Is that better?

We appear to have a real live girl. Hence the slightly odd frame. And by frame I mean the bike frame, not the Op's frame.

apollored

Yes definitely a girl lol, thanks for that.

Yes Sunshine is a Ladies Bike tho her owner's body frame could be better lol:)


Funnily enough I have never really considered the bike design to be strange tho compared to most modern bike designs these days I guess its outdated now.

Well hey she is 11.

Someone said even tho she is very heavy she is very easy to ride, definitely too heavy for bunnyhopping or anything vaguely adventurous for an MTB :?

PashleyRider

It won't be too heavy to bunnyhop, even downhill bikes are easy enough!

apollored

Mmm some skills training needed then?

Giraffoto

apollored wrote:

Yes Sunshine is a Ladies Bike tho her owner's body frame could be better lol:)

Funnily enough I have never really considered the bike design to be strange tho compared to most modern bike designs these days I guess its outdated now.

Well hey she is 11.

Someone said even tho she is very heavy she is very easy to ride, definitely too heavy for bunnyhopping or anything vaguely adventurous for an MTB :?

It's not necessarily a strange design - it's a step-through frame, which is common enough, but something you won't necessarily see at the expensive end of the range (where they have other tricks to lower the top tube if you need it). And eleven isn't that old - the last bike I replaced was twenty-four.

You won't know it's too heavy for anything vaguely adventurous until you try it - where do you ride now, and what's nearby that you could call "adventurous"?

The Rookie

My wife has a hip problem and can't swing a leg over a saddle, so even though the bike is fairly well specced and uses a modern lightweight alloy frame (Merida made), hers is a 'stepthrough' style like yours.

apollored

Giraffoto wrote:

apollored wrote:

Yes Sunshine is a Ladies Bike tho her owner's body frame could be better lol:)

Funnily enough I have never really considered the bike design to be strange tho compared to most modern bike designs these days I guess its outdated now.

Well hey she is 11.

Someone said even tho she is very heavy she is very easy to ride, definitely too heavy for bunnyhopping or anything vaguely adventurous for an MTB :?

It's not necessarily a strange design - it's a step-through frame, which is common enough, but something you won't necessarily see at the expensive end of the range (where they have other tricks to lower the top tube if you need it). And eleven isn't that old - the last bike I replaced was twenty-four.

You won't know it's too heavy for anything vaguely adventurous until you try it - where do you ride now, and what's nearby that you could call "adventurous"?

I live in Sale near Manchester and ride around the Water Park there and on the river banks as well on trails and paths when on Sky Rides as well as on the road.

There isnt anywhere near me that is any more adventurous than a few steep mounds and slopes with dirt and rocky surfaces.

There are MTB Centres in the North West but I havent been to any as yet.

The Rookie

My best advice is good tyres, my daughter took her somewhat shonky MTB (now rebuilt for her) to Cannock and with grip you can cope with most things!

Giraffoto

apollored wrote:

I live in Sale near Manchester and ride around the Water Park there and on the river banks as well on trails and paths when on Sky Rides as well as on the road.

I'm away off down South, so I can't comment all that specifically on Sale. However, when you say . .

and then, apollored wrote:

There isnt anywhere near me that is any more adventurous than a few steep mounds and slopes with dirt and rocky surfaces.

. . . I get the impression you haven't noticed the Peak District! There's plenty of places to ride there - roads, paths and trails. Have a look at their website for some ideas. You could even hire a bike to try out some different types before you finally upgrade. And it's all pretty close by! Try the Monsal Trail for a start

apollored

Oh yeah I know lol just havent got round to it.

And the LD is miles away when I havent got access to a car lol.

Will have a look at the Monsal Trail but unless a Cycle to Work Scheme or a decent paying job comes my way I wont be upgrading for the moment:(

Monsal Trail is easy and hoping maybe to do an Evans RideIt! at New Mills:


http://www.evanscycles.com/ride-it/the- ... -june-2012

apollored

The Beginner wrote:

My wife has a hip problem and can't swing a leg over a saddle, so even though the bike is fairly well specced and uses a modern lightweight alloy frame (Merida made), hers is a 'stepthrough' style like yours.

I hired a Merida Juliet once for a ride when mine was out of action, nice little bike.

It is an MTB but the hire shop put slicks on it and made it a hybrid.

Really enjoyed riding it.