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Weren’t many non Lycra/non road bikes amongst the early starters

Really enjoyed it, it was quite warm though. Especially going up ditchling beacon, which was a struggle . I’m blaming the heat. Just about managed to do it without stopping and did the whole thing in 4 hours ish. Thanks for all the advice!

Here’s the one I sold for £5.08 a few months ago, must be the summer of the activator . I enjoyed getting it working. Amazingly the ‘suspension’ actually moved too

Bike is ready. After doing a quick 12 miles this evening my back is not ready . Oh well, it’s only pain 🥲

The rear rim is about 3 inches wide , not sure why they’ve put it on there it can’t have ever been riden like this haha

Sorted!

my very uneducated guess is 92

Anyone got an idea of the year?

Got it, thanks for posting! Im working relatively nearby . I don’t know anything about it but gotta be worth £15

I sold a purple one of these on eBay a while back for £5.08.Weighed about half a ton. Didn’t realise it was worth 2k, I assume that is the scrap metal price

If this doesn’t turn out well i will go back to the 1x, thought I’d give it a go. This crank is fc m552, chainrings are 42,32,24 10spd apparently . Looks a bit worn but I’m hoping it’s got a little life left. What do I need to look for with front derailleur compatibility? I’ve got an xt m738 or...

change of plan , going to try the triple

The bike rode really nicely, pretty happy with everything...except one thing . Going downhill I could really have done with a little bit more . Legs were spinning pretty quick. In hindsight maybe I should have gone for the triple or double. Im tempted to put a 40t chainring on but not sure how...

Added the grips and some old bar ends I had . Got some slightly less battered ritchey ones on the way from eBay . Gunna take it out for a little spin now while it’s still light!

Going by that the chain might be too far the other way!

Measured with a calliper best I could and it seems like the chainline is about 50mm…is that too far out? Like I said I have two spacers on the drive side of the BB would taking one off be an option?

To size the chain I put it on the largest / largest , attached the quick link pulled it together where it could be joined then counted two rivets down and cut there. Is this correct? As you can probably tell from my questions I haven’t been doing this for too long, every build I’m learning from...

Rides pretty nicely , just need to fine tune the derailleur, didn’t have time today to fiddle about too much. I’m actually thinking about trying to get a medium cage mech as I think there’s a bit of play in this one and as it’s a 1x maybe a shorter cage would be better. Thanks for the tips on...

Could do with some advice on chainline. When in the largest cog at the back it looks a little…off. May be fine I’m just a hit unsure about chainlines. I’ve got the chainring on the middle position on the crank (was a triple) . It’s a hollowtech 2 bottom bracket 68mm shell and I have two...