Mongoose Maurice fixed: the democratic build thread

1. Replace stem with a nicer mtb stem (including a clamp that fits the bar size)
   
2. Find a saddle that actually matches the colour scheme (black/orange Charge - ordered)
   
3. Paint the rear rim black
   
4. Take cranks back to raw
   
5. Let Gaston and scoble be the final arbiters of the build
   
6. Tape over the stickers
   
7. Colour ALL the orange bits black (except maybe the headset)
   
8. mudguards?
   
9. Get it in the bin
   
10. Just learn to love it.
    
11. Then bin it.
    

has this been r̶e̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶d̶ binned yet?

They don't take the recycling out until Thursday here.

Same here. Recycling thursday morning and bins friday morning

Donate it to Bicycles for Africa

http://bicyclesforafrica.com/

...and let them bin it.

1. Replace stem with a nicer mtb stem (including a clamp that fits the bar size)
   
2. Find a saddle that actually matches the colour scheme (black/orange Charge - fitted)
   
3. Paint the rear rim black
   
4. Take cranks back to raw
   
5. Let Gaston and scoble be the final arbiters of the build
   
6. Tape over the stickers (done messily)
   
7. Colour ALL the orange bits black (except maybe the headset)
   
8. mudguards?
   
9. Get it in the bin
   
10. Just learn to love it.
    
11. Then bin it.
    
12. BBQ paint
    

1. Replace stem with a nicer mtb stem (including a clamp that fits the bar size)
   
2. Find a saddle that actually matches the colour scheme (black/orange Charge - fitted)
   
3. Paint the rear rim black
   
4. Take cranks back to raw
   
5. Let Gaston and scoble be the final arbiters of the build
   
6. Tape over the stickers (done messily)
   
7. Colour ALL the orange bits black (except maybe the headset)
   
8. mudguards?
   
9. Get it in the bin
   
10. Just learn to love it.
    
11. Then bin it.
    
12. BBQ paint
    
    

Put the saddle at a more ridiculous angle

Take the photo at a more ridiculous angle

ftfy

Make it fight a Cobra

black front and rear aero spokes. they not only will make your bike look trick your legs will get ripped.

1. Replace stem with a nicer mtb stem (including a clamp that fits the bar size)
   
2. Find a saddle that actually matches the colour scheme (black/orange Charge - fitted)
   
3. Paint the rear rim black
   
4. Take cranks back to raw
   
5. Let Gaston and scoble be the final arbiters of the build
   
6. Tape over the stickers (done messily)
   
7. Colour ALL the orange bits black (except maybe the headset)
   
8. mudguards?
   
9. Get it in the bin
   
10. Just learn to love it.
    
11. Then bin it.
    
12. BBQ paint
    
13. Put the saddle at a more ridiculous angle
    
14. Be Chris Akrigg
    
    

Chris Akrigg THE MAURICE.0 on Vimeo

make it watch St Elmo's Fire and choose one of the characters to be stuck in a lift with

lead it to water and see if you can make it drink.

Braise it in red wine and serve with kipfler potatoes.

ftfy

The Maurice have a horizontal top tube.

The saddle doesn't seemed to be in align with the top tube.

If you have to ride at that angle - the saddle is too high.

From a different angle.

still constant downhill

Ok.

Seems okay to me. Nose slightly up would make a little different I guess.

so two pages of advise
lots of recomendations and you change .......

the saddle

good work ! ;-) smiley face, you are riding a bike, so a friend to me

Seems okay to me. Nose slightly up would make a little different I guess.

if it's like this, even slightly, it mean you don't fit on it well.

it's either level, or nose slightly up.

Change the gear ratio to 40 gear inches, then come to polo

so two pages of advise
lots of recomendations and you change .......

the saddle

In my rather feeble defence, I have also put tape around the stickers, but still, fair point.

I promise I'll get on with it as soon as work allows.

if it's like this, even slightly, it mean you don't fit on it well.

it's either level, or nose slightly up.

I've tried it, and I know what you're saying makes sense, but I have a medical problem you really don't want to know the details of (and if you did I wouldn't tell you!) that makes it more comfortable to have it like this.

But because you're the arbiter of this build, I'll give it another go and see how it feels.

Change the gear ratio to 40 gear inches, then come to polo

I'll hopefully be coming to polo next week, but I'm not sure if I want to do it on this bike as it's my lifeline for commuting.