Joe_Rides
Senior Retro Guru
With most of my riding being commuting, or utilitarian (shopping etc), I'm very keen to spend more time on a MTB this year.
I've been running an NS Surge for the last few years (26er, cromo frame etc) but it was quite small for me, and, ultimately, I wanted something different. Something bigger, in a better colour, better tubing etc.
So started looking for either a Cotic Soul, Sanderson Life, Genesis Altitude, Pipedreams, Stantons etc etc.
Came up with this on Ebay which looked well cared for, same owner since new, right size, right colour, and more servicable parts (hope headset, hubs etc).
Pics from the ad:
It arrived earlier this week, so I rushed home from work, unboxed it, and built it up immediately.
Pic at home:
I've not had chance to ride it properly yet, or set it up to suit me.
Plans are:
- Run a dropper post (I have one on my other bike) and swap the seat to my favoured Charge spoon.
- Will probably switch to 1 x 10 soon. Cassette and chain are fairly new, so I would just be removing the front mech, and changing to a narrow wide chainring (36t most likely).
- Probably think about tyres at some-point
- Possibly stem length, and bar width / rise to be messed with. Initial ride, it felt quite short and that's with the layback post!
More to follow on initial ride out (hopefully this weekend).
Cheers,
Joe
I've been running an NS Surge for the last few years (26er, cromo frame etc) but it was quite small for me, and, ultimately, I wanted something different. Something bigger, in a better colour, better tubing etc.
So started looking for either a Cotic Soul, Sanderson Life, Genesis Altitude, Pipedreams, Stantons etc etc.
Came up with this on Ebay which looked well cared for, same owner since new, right size, right colour, and more servicable parts (hope headset, hubs etc).
Pics from the ad:
It arrived earlier this week, so I rushed home from work, unboxed it, and built it up immediately.
Pic at home:
I've not had chance to ride it properly yet, or set it up to suit me.
Plans are:
- Run a dropper post (I have one on my other bike) and swap the seat to my favoured Charge spoon.
- Will probably switch to 1 x 10 soon. Cassette and chain are fairly new, so I would just be removing the front mech, and changing to a narrow wide chainring (36t most likely).
- Probably think about tyres at some-point
- Possibly stem length, and bar width / rise to be messed with. Initial ride, it felt quite short and that's with the layback post!
More to follow on initial ride out (hopefully this weekend).
Cheers,
Joe
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