Time to play what's wrong with this bike?
01-20-05, 12:00 PM
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Time to play what's wrong with this bike?
Take a close look.
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01-20-05, 12:09 PM
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Reflector
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
01-20-05, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
Reflector
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
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01-20-05, 12:22 PM
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I like what he is doing with those stanchions 
It also looks like the arch is cracked, I can't tell thoguh.
It also looks like the arch is cracked, I can't tell thoguh.
01-20-05, 12:25 PM
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What's wrong with that bike?
Why, it's a fully, of course.
Just as cosy as that bed.
Nighty-night.
Why, it's a fully, of course.
Just as cosy as that bed.
Nighty-night.
01-20-05, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Swiss Hoser
What's wrong with that bike?
Why, it's a fully, of course.
Just as cosy as that bed.
Nighty-night.
Why, it's a fully, of course.
Just as cosy as that bed.
Nighty-night.
01-20-05, 12:34 PM
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The bike ain't so cozy when you use it for what its meant to do. Excluding the case of this guy, most guys riding that bike likely have a less cozy time then you guys on your xc bikes. I know my bighit doesnt feel like a sofa when I ride it.
01-20-05, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
The bike ain't so cozy when you use it for what its meant to do. Excluding the case of this guy, most guys riding that bike likely have a less cozy time then you guys on your xc bikes. I know my bighit doesnt feel like a sofa when I ride it.
EDIT: Seriously though, I have nothing but respect for what you crazy buzzards do on two wheels...
01-20-05, 12:39 PM
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The bmxers 
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Hows it going buzz..been a while
...Hows it going buzz..been a while
01-20-05, 12:43 PM
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Not too bad now that Christmas is behind us. Seems like my family has a new tradition, the annual 4-5 week long suffering through some kind of bug, I call it the "Christmas Crud". Figured as long as it's gonna play as big a part in my life as it has the last two years, it should at least have a catchy name. You oughtta see what some cold and flu medicine plus a couple of toddys will do for your mood though!
01-20-05, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
Reflector
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
Water bottle cage
Riding moto style brakes (not wrong, I just noticed haha)
Seatpost is so long he can't slam it down, like meant for xc
He is xc-ifying hi bighit DH bike.
other than the things you mentioned, i see that his left stanchion is longer than his right... unless i'm seeing things.
01-20-05, 02:51 PM
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THERE IS NO DiRT ON IT!!!!!!
Where exactly are the stancions? They are the braces holding the forks together correct?
Where exactly are the stancions? They are the braces holding the forks together correct?
01-20-05, 03:01 PM
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The two silvery looking things coming out of the lowers on the fork.
Rasheed...moto style is front on the right. My mistake. I was tired this morning haha
Rasheed...moto style is front on the right. My mistake. I was tired this morning haha
01-20-05, 03:04 PM
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the stantions are the two 'legs' of the fork which disappear into the lower legs during compression, on this fork the stantions are bronze coloured and the lower legs have the 'boxxer' written on them.
(sorry if that was patronising, wasn't meant to be, but at least I made myself clear)
(sorry if that was patronising, wasn't meant to be, but at least I made myself clear)
01-20-05, 03:07 PM
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ahh gotcha... yeah i have a lefty on my bike... soo ya know, i dont get around much. I still have a little bit to learn too
01-20-05, 04:36 PM
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Reflectors,
Brake hose routing,
stanchion of fork poking up past the top clamp.
This was done without reading anyone elses posts.
Brake hose routing,
stanchion of fork poking up past the top clamp.
This was done without reading anyone elses posts.
01-20-05, 04:44 PM
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The fork requires a longer head tube than the frame, hence the spacer under the top crown. Waterbottle on a big-hit? Kinda oxymoron. The left fork stanchion is set too high.
01-20-05, 04:45 PM
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it says right on the bike where the pic came from
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Originally Posted by trekkie820
Reflectors,
Brake hose routing,
stanchion of fork poking up past the top clamp.
This was done without reading anyone elses posts.
Brake hose routing,
stanchion of fork poking up past the top clamp.
This was done without reading anyone elses posts.
01-20-05, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
Curious what brake hose routing?
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It just seems too long in the front, as in it could impede something. Maybe just an aesthetic issue. I don't like a lot of cables, as it seems branches could grab em.