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[Closed] Nearly new bike day (for my daughter)

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Started off with a boy's Carrera Blast 20" with rubbish gears, boat-anchor forks etc for £60 and have spent a total of £120 doing it up.
Gone from this:
Blast
To this:
Blast2
Just needs the stickers, BB & chain.

Changed the forks to Early Rider 20" disc, Clarks 160mm cable disc & XTR V-brake with Avid FR levers, Brand X seatpost/bars/stem, Madison Jnr saddle & grips, XT/Sora/Suntour 9-speed gears and shaved over 2kg off the weight.
I hope she likes it 🙂


 
Posted : 08/03/2019 1:25 pm
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looks great. well done.


 
Posted : 08/03/2019 2:12 pm
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I don't know if trumpton is being satirical but I can't see any pics op? Lol


 
Posted : 08/03/2019 11:37 pm
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Hmmm,not sure why they're not showing up..
How about now:
Old Blast
New Blast
1
2


 
Posted : 12/03/2019 8:57 am
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Oh, FFS....can someone make these visible? Using Google Photo's..any tips on making them visible?
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMq_8iHC8NHIdfGO7dow2ZSHFXI0wyO9Myj4Adt
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPN8IeQIxjj6nJzs8hrNQXhfoysY2IHQjG8voac


 
Posted : 12/03/2019 9:01 am
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[img] https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Zs-0D61erGXbsuCJtVvQEhf2kGiQzs73NVofMbmGf7BxbnERl1XOMFTIShxYWhomPf_eGVkJHESU3znHLAibrF3q9kvFiz_BeC0HzS2KtqTE5USErBuXlMvCSlEox5_9X7cxKsvlafZ2l9TEDxnea2zTvWHOoyGEfJeX8RyFYYTFOb8oU6PIY8KjTHXIdB_LamDqtshZqEvcnVEpswX6hXPkDGGAAptoISZ1amJzZIvcdd3MhZOVGw1ImrGN620ffvcJymE92uTe-gnvHH3tWauN4QNoxMLwr2Ac_fIJSPSl3mFF5ZVHdjUm4PbzmJt7GNSaJymqWkEDqTolgIFLYZ3fInSyDujiokLHNFkXTwsiSFjZ3KSHxAo3bu76KlXcpM1xEhV9QvHSPx6nE3eiWnmbNKVsjqSre2iR3Zi9QM_LCkTqxyc0r44nKJq2szLVpRwQo4ijoMOkcNmCuj2LoimfXIlJVIpngI6b49YXCKmmqRRvTHoTrKo8afzickyFVypfkfs7DUAPK9HhhuVagea4TldO8ZsG19ujovUt8dkSmh51Sjs_dAA-x_ymSSSE7PtatdgiwkS-ofKmPi1V1fmtuCRofEP2Cn-eiDuUn5qD5dpcqv0qCIZVDJiw8wWOroNmE5in57J-aDfLGMHFxkymEarPGMmv7xXfADv4mvYUzT06iCGwBW55qyp-M1c1AkCGddGxXJxa0amQAHaHrcVI=w1457-h817-no [/img]

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I clicked on the image then posted the url in img tags.


 
Posted : 12/03/2019 9:04 am
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Love the colour op, reminds me of a miniature Dune,a good thing!👍


 
Posted : 13/03/2019 12:13 am
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Tinyurl works well for Google images.
Copy the link from Google photos.. go to tinyurl and make it tiny. Then post here in the IMG tags.


 
Posted : 13/03/2019 4:38 am
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Love the look of that! Lucky girl!


 
Posted : 13/03/2019 6:43 am
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Stupid question but presumably the rear wheel has a braking surface?


 
Posted : 13/03/2019 7:27 am
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Thanks PJ 👍

Love the colour op

It's RAL 1016, Sulphur Yellow but they've added a 'magic gold' flake so it's got a lovely glitter effect in the sun 😎

Tinyurl works well for Google images.

Thanks BB, I'll give that a go..

presumably the rear wheel has a braking surface?

Yeah, they're standard wheels with disc hubs. The rims are the same as the v-brake wheels just fully anodised. It'll wear off with a bit of use..


 
Posted : 13/03/2019 8:44 am

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