MAJs gay bikes [she’s in her fitness era]

2nd answer is correct, it is a familiar south manc park

Yeah, on my doorstep, I feel your pain about

the somme, im talking bits of dog sticking out the mud, yummy mummies dragging their children around looking to be crushed by less considerate cyclists, the path was 10% mud, 90% water.

2020 has amplified all of that.

Have thoroughly enjoyed reading through this thread. At the current rate of bike changes I can’t see it getting boring anytime soon either. Braveau.

very kind people, i wish my year 9 english teacher could see this. the egg on their face in retrospect when she said

"hayley, your writing has potential but you cant spell or use grammar correctly so noone will put up with it"

look at me now bitjch!

in bike related news, i got a sticker design @Belagerent and @Neddos thought of made, along with 2, what can only be described as "corny gen z meme stickers" to make it worth while, excited for them to come!!

some previous example ones i had made for the local bike group here in manc

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What about 'DO A SKID RKID'

sadly as someone who migrated up here it wouldn't be right for me to co'opt their corny dialect like that :<

i will leave it to a local who rides a dolan in a m51 and tries to talk to be about this drinks brand all the time

Part one of what promises to be a v slow build arrived today

The “why not get a cross check/ rat pack/ lht” build

I’ve had verbal confirmation from the very nice @M_V that he would be down for building the bike, I wouldn’t blame him for changing his mind as things develop, “the customer asks too much!?”, “it’s not worth it!” “They ride a 56 caad, it’s as otp as one can get!!!”, “just put some damn spacers on you Vain prick!!!” Etc etc

It’s all very exciting,

the spec is similar to what i sent to PI, almost the same, i emailed the lovely ande on the off chance thinking he'd tell me to fuck off, but here we are,

the vibe:

"a a classic cx frame someone has forced modern mtb tyres on, flat bars and some frankenstein bmx fork, after riding it they found it flexed a bit worrying chucking it down over step downs so they welded a frame support in"

but a lot to discuss there in time!

build wise outside the frame i'm thinking FULL TOSSER:

classic dirt drops? funky swept risers? jones?!?!?
oury grips and cotton tape
mtb levers vs top exit levers? (bar dependent)
bar end shifter vs trigger shifter (bar dependent)
ofc funky coloured cables
ahead but small clamp diameter
maybe deore hubs laced to some trendy rims? velocity? vo?
silver finnishing kit (nitto?)
middleburn cranks 1x
xtr rear mech and brakes
cambium
absurdly wide gearing
chonky sim works/terravail/tyres
nice headset (not hope or ck tho) maybe a WI? a tange?
a fitting heavy load front rack to carry my WW basket bag

ideally i want to buy most of this used outside of consumables, i really like worn parts visually, again for tosser reasons such as not riding my bikes far/long enough, but also i'd rather someone eat the depreciation for me and it's a bit more eco.

maybe ready for when bridal paths become useful in april? who knows, the longer i can long this out the more reason to keep living imo

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build wise outside the frame i'm thinking FULL TOSSER:

...dirt drops? funky swept risers? ...
ofc funky coloured cables
ahead but small clamp diameter
maybe deore hubs laced to some trendy rims? velocity? vo?
silver finnishing kit (nitto?)
middleburn cranks 1x
...
cambium
...
nice headset (not hope or ck tho) maybe a WI? a tange?
a fitting heavy load front rack to carry my WW basket bag

New game, Tosser Bingo.

Spoiler, I'm winning!

this is the ideal "product maker" and "yuppie consumer" symbiotic relationship marketers dream of

if anyone would like to clear out their tosser gear , i've put a thread for people to hawk their wares to me, a tosser.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/357669/

I don't know whether to feel happy or sad that I have none of these things to sell to you

stickers i made came :D

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pls drop a link to ur webshop so I can smash that mf'ing BUY button

All the yung fixie fakengers...we grew up, bought frame pumps and carradices, now we're fraudaxers, journeying near and far across this land, smirking at all our inferiors.

Dibs Gundam sticker

a fraudaxer is someone who has an instagram post with 10 images on and the last one is the strava route pic featuring a course of 19 miles, 200m of elevation and a cafe stop half way

@cozey maybe after christmas, work has got me trapped rn to the point where i have to make stickers for good brain chems

@hayleyridesbikes on insta is probably where i process sticker stuff

@BareNecessities £500

had a dynamo wheel laced up by a local lad of Manchester and the forum, waiting for the front light to arrive next week then will strap it all to this mismatch minissmtb/bmx/klunker thing i've ended up with

i traded with said wheel builder some stickers and a hope seatpost clamp in exchange for a lovely shimano qr and a quick release sp clamp

combine with an old sp i found in our bike room and the spare flight i got off here, i now have a dropper post i can swap in and out

when fully lowered i can almost feel both wheels leaving the ground as i dyspraxically try to jump off a kerb

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Got so much enjoyment out of reading this. Subbed.

glad you found something of worth!

so i bought some XT stuff off @whatfriends for the new bike build, maybe a bit prematurely but none the less it arrived safe and sound along with some onone mary bars

had that nice glow that old parts do, so i did what any logical person does and took their perfectly functional and nice bike apart to try out the new new

handlebars? with a combo of some dedicated shims and a beercan went on lovely

oury grips? gt85? slid on ezpz

whip the old stuff off? no issue

put the new brake on? ok it was a bit of a faff to get the spring tension right for the clearance but it's done

go to grab my lovely spare cable and it's too short, having only one brake on this thing i've been stung by my own hubris, taking a perfectly functional bike into the death trap zone with the winter solstice vibes still looming

I hope jeff bezos comes through tomorrow, or i might be calling upon younger days of braking with my foot till i get to a shop

the bars and brake look nice tho, a little outdated, a little quirky, quite nice, you know it almost looks exactly like a bike of 10 years from planet x? wild.

will be good to take it for a spin when i can brake

maybe i'll try to even up that spring tension in the mean time...

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Looking good... Glad to see the bits getting some love again...

10/10

really sorts the posers, from the posers who've read more

Really made me Laugh out loud.

took this to a field today, brief off road excursion, linked up by paths, cycle lanes and mixed use, the perfect bike to not feel like a prick riding on the pavement on

the bars are lovely! definitely better fitting than the stooges, it's mad, doing light muddy bridal paths down hill feels like a weird 1990s mtb, very fun,

been a wild bike year for me, but wishing everyone a very merry Christmas!

hopefully there is less time losing it in the shed and more time riding next year xoxox

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Ahhh looks so fun... I want some Mary's now..!

rear light ? as if anyone would actually follow you... outside this thread i mean

nice thread
if you are open to shifting the stooge bars put me down for em
happy xmas