perhaps a future failure?
after being bitten by a cycling bug last summer and some great days spent riding i am getting myself another bike but this time i am building it from the frame up

so far i have spent £260 and i only have the frame and the fork, my girlfriend thinks im mad because i already own 2 bikes but after a summer spent riding cross country i want to try my hand at dirt jumping and 4x

i am looking forward to getting my new bike built (from bits bought monthly like one of those rip off magazines) but there is a little voice at the back of my head saying it will all end in tears

then again if it all works out maybe i will sort myself out bike for a bit of downhill and freeride next
( Reme Philips laid an epic dump on, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 22:52, 1 reply)

A have a good friend
who did exactly this. Decided he needs a trials bike to lark around on and occupy him while spending a summer in the Lake District. So he flogs some stuff, gets given a frame which he gets sandblasted and nicely painted, then spends stupid - really, stupid - money getting the rest of the bits. Credit where it's due though, he did a really good job.

First go out on the thing he picks up a sizeable stone which gets flung along the chain into the gear mech. Tears the fucker straight off.

He was not best pleased.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 9:44, closed)