Recent content by moonlite

I have it nicely tucked away ready for a refurb! I am wrestling with the idea of a full strip-down of the bike, maybe a respray, and rebuild with nicer parts. But I'm enjoying riding it right now, so will have to debate this with myself for a while longer.

A minor upgrade to the '98: having enjoyed riding it a lot this summer, I felt that a couple of bar ends would help with the slightly-too-small frame (along with that horrible setback seatpost). As the bike's in a bit of a tatty condition, I thought these X-Lites in well-used condition would be...

Clocks went back over the weekend here so evening rides are suddenly in the gloaming when the temp is dropping. Luckily, today I had no work-related commitments at lunchtime, and the Mrs was having lunch with a friend, so took off on the 98 Explosif (now with bar ends) for a quick spin around...

Still keen if you'll post to Australia!

I can predict a lot of bike-related work in your future . . .

It was one of those 'want to have' bikes at the time -- I recall a very positive review in MBUK (I think) which had me totally sold. Far out of reach at the time though.

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That bumpy road was murder on my undercarriage

Pretty small frame but looks to be in good nick...

It's striking that so many of us have similar obsessions and issues! Good advice above -- all I'd add is, subscribe to the 'Today's Ride' thread on here -- it's quite motivating to see accounts of other posters' rides, especially now the weather's getting nicer.

I'll do my best but suspect the pic would be of me falling off into the torrent. (Which, come to think of it, would be quite a cool pic.)

As spring arrives for you lot, we are slipping gracefully into autumn -- today was chilly to start but by 11am it was 20C and absolutely cloudless, giving rise to the distinctive conditions we get around here at these times: warm sunshine, cold breeze. I took advantage of Mrs Moon being out of...