GT Aggressor XC1 Project

L3BIUS

Here is my new GT Aggressor XC1 project, after sadly having to sell my old one (see in my sig!)
Stock at the moment but big plans with lots of upgrades to come!

More pics soons

L3BIUS

burglarboycie

Nice
I look forward to seeing this progress
James

gt-arrowhead

Nice! Ill be following this.

Add it to the collection of GTs in the GT Owners Thread in my sig link too

gt-arrowhead

Just saw the "old beast". Wow! Whyd you have to sell it? Those cranks look sexy. Are they Raceface turbines?

L3BIUS

Yeah hopefully alot to come! got a big order to place on chritsmas eve (payday) of lots of little goodies

Had to sell the old one to buy a car! which made me sad but hey ho it was so good while i had it! The cranks were gusset.. somethings.. cant remember the model, i have a full spec list somewhere i will dig out! but the whole thing was just over £1000 to build, had it all done at my LBS! (Leisure Lakes)

L3BIUS

Parts to come in my next order:

Pedals! In white!

Grips! Not sure on colour yet, probably black...

Bar ends! Gunmetal Grey/blue

Bars! In white!

Stem! In black

Lewis A

The pedals are crap, heavy, not especially grippy, heavy, and have unsealed bearings. Save up and get Superstar Nanos, or if you're set on that body, get the Wellgo copies for £10 less.

Also, nice bike!

L3BIUS

Yeah i may not go for those then!, I used to have some of these http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... -11-45156/

I am quite tempted to just get some more... they were good! just not cheap!

L3BIUS

Lewis A wrote:

The pedals are crap, heavy, not especially grippy, heavy, and have unsealed bearings. Save up and get Superstar Nanos, or if you're set on that body, get the Wellgo copies for £10 less.

Also, nice bike!

Do you know where i can get some of these "Superstar nano tech" Pedals? All the reviews look pretty amazing!

Lewis A

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/

gt-arrowhead

I use the wellgo copy pedals. I got them 2nd hand (for free) and i have never slipped off them once, they are really grippy, and i cycle in Converse! Even with oil on the bottom of my shoes when i used to work in a garage, I never slipped off them. The bearings are still in excellent condition too, no wobble at all and still spin freely. The only down side of them i think is the weight...and the getting whacked in the shin when trying to do a bunny hop!

Lewis A

Maybe the platform works well with your shoes, I just know that I slip a lot less on Nanos with the same Sombrio shoes. It would also depend on usage, I get the impression (correct me if I'm wrong) that you (mostly) use your bike for commuting. My bearings were completely knackered after about 5 months. Could be drier in London than Scotland too! I suppose the Wellgos are pretty disposable at £12 though.

gt-arrowhead

Yeah they are well worth the £12 in my opinion.

I use my Chucker for offroad mostly, i use the mentioned Wellgos on my Chucker. But the stuff i ride is probably nowhere near as rough as what you ride. And i ride in the dry mostly.

If i rode rougher stuff i would get more quality shoes, i wouldnt be riding in Converses and i would get bicycle specific shoes.

Lewis A

Scotland is pretty bumpy. Your Chucker's a nice looking bike btw. Back to the original topic, if you can spend £55 on bars, going for Nanos is a good idea.

Dawesy92

Nice bike dude, look forward to see the updates over Christmas!! :-)

step83

I destroyed my V8s in less than a year left pedals gone stiff rights got loads of play pciked up a set of Wellgo B143's which i can strip easily not had a problem, they have a similar sealing system to the superstar Nanos. Of the two i would go with the Nanos for being a known quantity enough of us use them to know if they will break quickly or not.

L3BIUS

Ok so merry Christmas everyone! First updates so far ready for the new year! I now have my half nelson grips and the bars are ordered and on their way! Also got a couple of bottles of muc-off as a nice surprise! Pics of new bits shortly

L3BIUS

And these are the bars I ordered: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/span ... -prod65138 in white

gt-arrowhead

Nice! Red grips are the best

Are you changing the stem too? You should get a nice white one to finish it off, would look ace.

L3BIUS

Yeah stems getting replaced as well, hoping for white but not sure what yet, most likely a raceface respond one

gt-arrowhead

Raceface is a good bet. I love my raceface stem + bar setup.

L3BIUS

Girlfriend just text me and aparently my bars have arrived at home ill get some pics up when i get in!

L3BIUS

Couple of pics, one with what it will look like with the grips!

Dawesy92

Get the boshed on dude!!

L3BIUS

Getting them on tomorrow morning when i have some daylight! very exited

Dawesy92

L3BIUS wrote:

Getting them on tomorrow morning when i have some daylight! very exited

Putting them on hungover then you mean

L3BIUS

Suprisingly not hung over! Everyone have a good New Year's Eve? I did! - anyways, woke up this morning with the first thought in my head being handle bars! Pissing it down outside so had to do it in the cramped space of the shed -.- but alas. They are now on! Just need to get the bar ends ordered now think I'm gonna need some more red at the back, perhaps the seat post clamp.. Just to balance the couloir a bit.

L3BIUS

Pedals are still shite though

gt-arrowhead

Ill tell you what you need next, you need some new pedals. In white! Those bars + grips look great on the bike.

Nukeproof Electrons maybe? They are going cheap on eBay and CRC.

L3BIUS

Went out for a spin last night round a local off road track thing, nothing special, but the added length and lower weight of the new bars is massivley noticable and is great! Cant wait for Cannock now!