Unlikelybiker
Dirt Disciple
Last weekend I was at theocal tip looking for a bike that might have some front shocks for my marin (originals are very dead) but instead I came home with a rockhopper instead for £15. It's nice.
I didn't need or want another bike (aside from getting one with shocks), but I couldn't not have it. The tyres were shot, the pedals were knackered and it's covered in chips, but when I took it for a ride it ride it all seemed to function well, including the brakes which are by far the most effective bike brakes I've ever known, amazingly good.
When I first got it home I was more interested in pinching bits off it for the marin, so swapped the bakes, which had already been upgraded on the rockhopper.
Marins original brakes
Marin with the rockhopper brakes
But the marin brakes on the rockhopper were still as good as the rockhopper was before the swap, which I now put down to the rims which are Araya's, rather than the pads. As well as the pads I also swapped the quick release skewers because the marin needed chrome ones. The black bits look better on the rockhopper too.
So after I'd stopped stealing bits off it I decided to start sorting bits on the rockhopper. The tyres were shot so I took the road tyres off my Giant hunter and put those on it. The knackered pedals were replaced with the ones on the Giant, took it for a ride and noticed a knock on the front and tightened the bearings. It really does ride perfect now so I can now start making it look nice start making it look nice.
When I first got it home I was more interested in pinching bits off it for the marin, so swapped the bakes, which had already been upgraded on the rockhopper.
Marins original brakes
Marin with the rockhopper brakes
But the marin brakes on the rockhopper were still as good as the rockhopper was before the swap, which I now put down to the rims which are Araya's, rather than the pads. As well as the pads I also swapped the quick release skewers because the marin needed chrome ones. The black bits look better on the rockhopper too.
So after I'd stopped stealing bits off it I decided to start sorting bits on the rockhopper. The tyres were shot so I took the road tyres off my Giant hunter and put those on it. The knackered pedals were replaced with the ones on the Giant, took it for a ride and noticed a knock on the front and tightened the bearings. It really does ride perfect now so I can now start making it look nice start making it look nice.
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