Voodoo Bizango (Now With Dropper 18/7/15)

buddy_club

Hi all
Had this for about 3 months now, and have really been enjoying my Mountain Biking because of it

Upgrades so far include a 50mm stem, Funn Full On riser bars, Superstar supagippas (not in this pic) and a Fender bender.
So, what do you guys think? 8)

Matt-r8

What's a fender bender?

buddy_club

A MuckyNutz Fender Bender, its a little front mudguard that just stops sh*t getting on your face.

http://www.muckynutz.com/index.php?rout ... uct_id=113

pnev

Not sure why you'd change it to riser bars tbf, but other than that it really is a cracking bike

Matt-r8

I know what you mean now. Seen them at the weekend, look to be a decent design and nice and cheap as well Maybe a few more pics. Not sure if this is a phone pic, but it's not too clear. Looks good though.

Bikerinthesand

Must have taken ages to get the chainset,brakes etc on the "Other" side of the bike?

buddy_club

Yeah the pic was taken on an iPhone, that's why its inverted as well, and the riser bars are there because i prefer the position they give, even though it can mean that the wheel wanders a little bit going up hill, will post some more pictures on the weekend from the proper camera :roll:

mike hunts alpine

Bender fender

buddy_club

mike hunts alpine wrote:

Bender fender

Woops! :roll:

Lewis A

Are those bars 25mm?

buddy_club

Lewis A wrote:

Are those bars 25mm?

Do you mean 25mm rise? Yeah, 750mm wide 25mm rise 8)

Lewis A

clamp diameter, e.g 31.8...

buddy_club

Lewis A wrote:

clamp diameter, e.g 31.8...

Ohhhhhhh :oops: erm 31.8

Lewis A

Must just be the angle the pic's from...

mike hunts alpine

Nice bike how much was the damage?

Kowalski675

MBR just awarded it their bike of the year accolade in this month's issue.

buddy_club

mike hunts alpine wrote:

Nice bike how much was the damage?

Erm £500 (halfords knocked off £150 because i had a dodgy Carrera Vulcan from them before :oops:

buddy_club

Went out on a nice ride today, just up the local monument and back, worked out around 16 miles overall but the climb up it is a killer, worth it for the view though

Kowalski675

Whereabouts are you? Looks very flat round there.

buddy_club

Kowalski675 wrote:

Whereabouts are you? Looks very flat round there.

This is on top of the Lilleshall Monument, on Staffordshire/Shropshire border, its flat looking this way, turn around though and your facing some massive hills. :shock:

Kowalski675

Where? Just looked on Google maps and it's flat for miles around, lol. There are no hills in that part of the world, are there? Not unless they've built 'em since I was last down there, anyway

Matt-r8

Telford and Wrekin is my guess. Far from flat, and from what I've been told, the Downhill stuff up
The Wrekin is pretty scary. Only 10 minutes from my house, but still
Not ventured up there yet.

buddy_club

Yeah its not exactly flat around here, Newport/Lilleshall there aren't many hills, but there is a lot of good stuff up The Wrekin, The downhill is apparently very good, but from what I've seen and heard there are always a lot of walkers, which can be a pain sometimes. The wrekin is probably about 10miles away so unles ls you had. Really good look around then you probably missed that Some of the riding around here is really nice, just a shame Telford is such a sh*thole and the best place to get a bike fixed is Halfords :shock: The Decathlon store in Birmingham is very good though.

Here's another picture of the bike

Matt-r8

There are a few good mobile technicians about. They'll cOme to you and collect as well. I personally don't bother, but there is an ex RAF Aircraft techie doing it on camp. He does seem to know his stuff and has all the eqpt. I have his number in work if you want it.

buddy_club

Matt-r8 wrote:

There are a few good mobile technicians about. They'll cOme to you and collect as well. I personally don't bother, but there is an ex RAF Aircraft techie doing it on camp. He does seem to know his stuff and has all the eqpt. I have his number in work if you want it.

Aha cheers but i tend to do alot of the stuff myself, and then anything i do c*ck up goes to my mate who has built all his own bikes, thanks though

Matt-r8

Best way IMO.

buddy_club

Matt-r8 wrote:

Best way IMO.

I'd agree with you on that, you ever done any riding in the Newport area?

Matt-r8

No, tend to head to Cannock most of the time. More out of habit than anything else. Like Swinno's the bike shop and an excuse for a bacon and Brie baguette. Gonna be trying to get out and about a little more in the future though.

Kowalski675

buddy_club wrote:

The Decathlon store in Birmingham is very good though.

Shame about the rest of the city, lol...

buddy_club

Matt-r8 wrote:

No, tend to head to Cannock most of the time. More out of habit than anything else. Like Swinno's the bike shop and an excuse for a bacon and Brie baguette. Gonna be trying to get out and about a little more in the future though.

Yeah love Cannock, but I'm 15 so without parental help its not easy to get down there on my own :roll:

Kowalski675 wrote:

buddy_club wrote:

The Decathlon store in Birmingham is very good though.

Shame about the rest of the city, lol...

mike hunts alpine

Kowalski675 wrote:

buddy_club wrote:

The Decathlon store in Birmingham is very good though.

Shame about the rest of the city, lol...

I'll have you know that Birmingham is our cultural capital.... And best and easiest place to grab a cheeky kebab.