scoobyverysoon

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arrhhh I keep missing these great deals on carrera furys with loads of extras

what do you think of Orange bikes I can get a orange Evo 8 for a decent price

not sure what to do

Just sold my bike for £110 on fleabay happy with that wanted £100 for it

looking at upto 500 but really like the older 09 Fury

scoobyverysoon

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looking at this for £350

http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B2448.html

and same as this but for £350

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/vie...6e0aaa55a7f46a

but want this looking like £400

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/catego...fury-10-35495/

jaytc2003

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personally I would go with the fury, it is a stunning machine, I am still unsure myself, it will be this weekend when I get mine, then I can do a test ride upto rivington. There are a load of trails around marple area as well, and apparently rixton claypits has some good rides as well.

I checked halfords and I think the nearest store to me that had it was either st helens or blackburn

scoobyverysoon

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i know what you mean but its £580 and i might end up using it 5 times and it sits in the shead for another 5 years

im so tempted for this orange one is was a £1000 bike in aug 09 has decent components and if its up for 350 then i might just get it could always sell later on

any sites about that show trail routes?

jaytc2003

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see what you mean if you are only going to use it occasionally. The fury 09 model though has held its price and may not depreciate too much as it appears it is that good.

Just google for routes, heres the marple one though

http://www.romanlakes.co.uk/mountain_bikingpage.htm

loads of routes on that one.

Luckily as I work in Leeds there are routes around there I can go on as well, shropshire or staffs seems to have good trails as well as wales

scoobyverysoon

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Cool will have alook at them routes

going to view that orange tonight

scoobyverysoon

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Got the orange - nice bike just what I need will get some pics up later

scoobyverysoon

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here we go some pics of my new bike

need to take into the bike shop as ive tried fine tuning the gears and made them worse lol i had 2 gears that were cliky

jaytc2003

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nice

i got the voodoo hoodoo on tuesday, all built up gears are smooth. built it myself. not tested it yet though as i dont have a pump connector! (presta valve) hydraulic brakes seem awesome

moneys

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nice bike mate, bit of a tip though, your quick release clamps, make sure they point backwards so you dont catch them accidently and therefore 'release' your wheel. Fella in the shop told me that as he had heard a few horror stories

scoobyverysoon

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Good point did 10 miles last night only road but bike feels good - geers almost spot on now just need a tiny tweek


Nice Jay I looked at that in the shop I liked the remote lockout feature

Thought you was getting back on the bike Ste

Trackday booked at Valley on the 4th sept

Jay get yours on it - only £60 in aid of charity its a great day

moneys

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im back on my bike at times mate, on it today actually, i need to get the set up right though(2 years down the line haha) as i get shoulder pain due to having my arms straight when im on the hoods, went to the bike shop round the corner before but it was shut so ill have to try another day.

need to get my fitness up and lose some pounds or ill end up looking like jay haha

scoobyverysoon

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Chris seems to be putting the miles in did 60 the other day he must be fit as a fiddle - did 12 mile yesterday mostly uphil and i was dead - I now use a cool app called endomondo that tracks your stats theres also imapmyride but I prefer the first one

We need a smacs ride out

jaytc2003

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ive got a few apps (not used them yet) got a bike computer that can tell me most stuff as well, could do with a cradle for my mobile though so I can use some gps apps. Off to delamere forest in a few weeks with mine. Still not been out on it yet though, dropped 20kg on my big toe a few days back, currently it is purple, swollen (dont get excited ste) and the nail has gone a cloudy black.

Got all my stuff now though and its setup (gears work smoothly) and the remote lockout for the front suspension is good.

What time did he do 60 miles in?

moneys

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yes ive also got an app, not used it yet though. i have a all singing all dancing computer though so that tells me all i need to know, what does interest me is the elevation side of things as i can take two routes to work and both are fairly hilly so id be interested to know how hilly it actually is.

Jay, Chris has a Specialized like mine but not as good haha. Id love to have the time to go out and do 60 miles, just dont though and if i did i think the wife would find something else for me to do haha

scoobyverysoon

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not sure it was on his facebook

moneys

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just taken my bike to get my pedals changed, im sick of the 'look' pedals as the shoes are no good for walking in, getting spd's fitted now and you can walk in those shoes, also getting a shorter stem and a little service done on it

scoobyverysoon

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how much is a service and what do they do?

moneys

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to be honest mate i dont know the cost, he is a good local guy who knows his bikes very well, he will adjust all brakes and gears and give the cogs a good clean down, check all the tyres and repair the puncture i went in with haha. Nike always comes away feeling much better, i asked about getting some higher gears but he said the cost far outweighs the benifits as the speeds im hitting at times are fast enough for on the road haha

scoobyverysoon

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Just ordered one of these bad boys http://www.dealextreme.com/p/p7-wate...pack-set-82509 for the comutte to work on dark mornings just need to get a rear light now

also bought some of these little buggers http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004XVD2N...O&linkCode=asn

ive been run over twice so need to be seen

moneys

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Good lights are a must mate. I've got cat eye ones front and rear and the one on the rear is two strips of LEDs. They are unbeivably bright which is a good thing really as this is what makes you visible.

Justin how have you been knocked off? Where you on the road?

scoobyverysoon

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I looked at that cateye youve got and only bad thing said about is the bracket is dodgy so I went for the blackburn 4 - its blinding I will keep that on and have my Knogs flashing

my P7 front light hasnt come yet its been shipped will take a pic or something once I get it

Both been on a road one going down hill market street in hyde a car decided to overtake me and wipe me out as he wanted to turn left that was daytime

the other time was in duki on a mini rounderbout I had twin halogen front lights and still got knocked off - it was only slow though thank god

I bought a weeride for the bike as Im not keen on the rear child seats the little one loves it

moneys

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ye i spotted your pic on fb, looks good mate, you seen mine? the wife put one up and tagged me in it, i have max on a seat on the back and then jake on one of those bikes that attach to the seat post, had to do a bit of alterations but its good and the kids love it

scoobyverysoon

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yeah noticed that - hows balance with the bike connected to the back my wifes bro uses the same one he uses the same front seat as me then a rear seat like yours and then the add on thing for the bike crazy stuff lol

moneys

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wife got me an ipad2 the other day, fantastic bit of kit. im not used to them as im a bb phone man at the mo but she is great on it and also both kids are, our jake is a whizz on her phone anyway so the pad is a breeze to him, great educational tools if you ask me

moneys

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just watching harry potter for the first time ever, great films

moneys

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wife has gone away for 2 nights to cyprus with work for some work thing, ive got my eldest saying where having loads of girls round and parties to everyone haha. when she was about to leave he walked in an dropped his pants (still had his undies on) and said this is the house of trouser now haha

moneys

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looking at reliving our youths a bit next year and hopefully buying a touring caravan, im going to get myself a mondeo or something as well as a tow car

moneys

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got the week off this week, my lad started school 2 weeks ago, he has done 2 weeks of 9-11 and then this week is 9-1.30, then the week after he is full time, he is loving it though

moneys

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agh well it would be rude not to for old times sake. 72000