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Actually rather pleased with this.
Token bling kit requested for birthday, carbon saddle on order and a few Ti bolts and that'll do
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I was expecting a drugged and alcohol infested messy northener
yup.... that's a beaut
Bar plugs.
Left out intentionally as an observation test [on garage floor, installed now]
You've put your Thompson layback seat post on the wrong way round.
Not really into "xc racing" bikes, however that's very nice indeed 😀
This is STW, so in the interest of being hyper critical, you need bar plugs, stem looks a bit long/ugly, and think the cranks/bash guard set up looks out of place 😉
Enjoy your new bike!
Nice bike. I'm sure you will be "upgrading" to XTR very soon though won't you 😀
Why do you not have a big ring on an xc bike?
Thanks for the input
Bar plugs now installed
Agree about the stem
XTR may be an option when bank balance recovers
I don't have a big ring for the same reason I don't have a granny ring, I don't use/ want them
I see I'm not the only one who's 'red' superstar grips are actually pink
Yeah. They won't be staying!
Nice. But it needs a bucket of shite throwing over it. Worse than brand new trainers.
Returned mine on yesterday!
I was expecting to see the blonde bird who plays the whore ,in work gear
Jesus.
[i]That[/i] stem!
Right, I think we may have established that the stem is shite...
...and a bit long
So something a bit trendier to get hold of and now I'm wondering whether shorter will make the steering a little quicker/better
Oh and yes, it will be covered in shite the first chance I get to ride it
I just can't get past that seat tube. It's hideous, and look like there's no adjusting the seat height.
To me it just looks like a very uncomfortable ride...
I like the stem. "Forsake a bit of control for a bit more ar5e in the air" kind of look.
Seat tube is pretty fugly though. Looks like a shop-soiled sex aid.
Bashring... Do you actually plan to do serious rock-bashing with it? If not, a BBG will do the chain-catching and weigh a fair chunk less, way more effective weight loss per £ than ti bolts...
How phallic is that seat mast?
Is that a burnt stick holding the saddle up ?
I'd never actually considered the seat tube was going to be such an issue. It looks better in the flesh (wrong analogy perhaps for something that's been likened to a penis) and doesn't bother me.
The bash ring I did because just having a single ring on the middle with nothing else looks agricultural in my opinion and needs something utilising the outer bolts for aesthetics. There will be a Blackspire Blackguard on the granny bolts next week to sandwich the chain so I can get rid of the dogs dinner that is an N-gear jump stop
Not that fussed about it being ultra light, it's already 22lb anyway
Ti bolts? Dunno, maybe I won't unless I've got a few quid burning a hole in my pocket.
Nice and discrete branding I see by Trek
Did you get that frame only? Thought the 9.9 came with XTR still?
Need to ditch the bash ring, and the bars look wrong somehow, but it looks good!
Frame was a warranty job. Used to be 9.8 but upgraded
Do you find it a comfortable ride?
Got nothing to compare it to having only just taken it up other than a full rigid single speed, it's a lot more comfortable than that
I would say it would be! lol
Where have you ridden it so far?
What happened to the 9.8?
Just local around Stoke, one trip to Wales, a bit of Cannock. Press fit bearings fell out of the 9.8 (not exactly pressed or a tight fit).
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Nice apart from the great big, huge, black knob that you sit on.
I reckon there's an angry black guy in the design department deliberately making seat masts look like that.
"Yes, I will give it to middle class white boys in the ass!"
I might paint it pink
I'm sure someone can do a photoshop 😀
**Mrs Toast to the thread please**
lol @ cock comments, esp. samuri. looks more like a horse cock to me though.
yes bb without any shell are a terrible idea.. how many frames have Trek replaced because of this, yet they're still doing it, for a tiny weight saving?
I assume he meant frame pivot bearings (which are meant to be loctited in? Personally I've not seen any issues with the BB90 shells. Better idea than press-fit cups IMO.
Just wait for Trek's new "suspension damping balls" 2 spheres which control the damping (a la "brain") connected to the shock but sited at the base of the seat mast.
The high end "balls" are hair-coated to improve responsivity 😀
The pressure release valve may empty the damping fluid etc...
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Whilst I'm certainly not denying the phalic nature of the 'seat mast' that paint job certainly seems to make it look worse than the older ones:
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Shamless thread hijack, but similar bike.
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No, I meant the BB. Never could remove the play in the old frame, thought it was a bearing issue but when I replaced it, as mentioned, it dropped on the floor, play was between the outer bearing case and the inside of the housing in the frame.
Very happy with the upgrade, says made in USA on the seat mast / penis (as it will be now known by the looks of it) so it may be better build quality than the original far eastern job (if that's where the original came from, guessing).
prefer more understated frame of teh 2nd one, but.. gold spokes? no.
what happens if you put gnar tyres on these bikes and thrash them?
That picture makes it look a lot like your garage has wood flooring.
prefer more understated frame of teh 2nd one, but.. gold spokes? no.
So... pimp... 😯
Not so much a garage, sanctuary. Two daughters and a wife to hide from
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all hail andybloomer's man cave 😀
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OMG silver and gold...
Oh my god I want your mancave. (phnarr)
That's what it must be like being single!
I'm not single, I'm married with two kids. It was a condition of the recent house move that I have a double grange that I can convert in to a man cave and lab for testing clients. I'm a Uni lecturer in exercise physiology and do a bit of fitness testing for riders on the side, hence the ergometer...just in front of the beer fridge...alright, an imperfect exercise physiology lecturer.
I must say, this thread is a good way to introduce yourself as a newbie to a forum. I always said I wouldn't bother again having left the time trialing world and their forum but well, you just can't help yourself can you and forums are a great place to talk shite while your misses reads 50 shades of grey and gets moist.
Heres mine enjoy 😉
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No, I meant the BB. Never could remove the play in the old frame, thought it was a bearing issue but when I replaced it, as mentioned, it dropped on the floor, play was between the outer bearing case and the inside of the housing in the frame.
Fair enough, not seen that before I must say! Neither of mine have been super tight, but I'd not expect it to worsen, still, worked out for you!
50 shades of grey, sounds an interesting read...
these bikes look way too clean. I have an old Top Fuel, it looks nothing like that (no cock). So put a big riser bar on, big tyres, maybe a big fork to mess up the geometry nicely ("slacken it off") and go thrash them in the woods. when they break, and if you're fat they will, get Trek to replace ("JRA"). repeat.
they look seriously light and fun to throw around in inappropriate ways. if it's too dirty to go in your man-cave, good. if those gold wheels get nicked, good too. 😉
It's brand new but just had its maiden voyage around a wet Cannock. It's no longer clean.
these bikes look way too clean. I have an old Top Fuel, it looks nothing like that (no cock)
Mine's been used plenty, just gets cleaned nicely afterwards!