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...into my ebay bargain Super V's. Or as friends prefer to say... Tight.
So this is really my hello... I spent a few years throwing money into old volkswagens before realising the error of my ways and coming back to MTBs.
Positioned not far from the Quantocks... I could actually ride there... but I figured they put car parks up there for a reason. After recently having our garage opened up like a tin of sardines and our little bike collection pinched I started thinking about my next bike...
Then mine got recovered and returned! The little buggers did a really nice job of having it serviced, sorting out gearing issues, servicing the forks, replacing the old battered cheapy rims with a nice new pair of disc rims.
So... my Super V is home and for some reason I am even more attached to it now... despite its probable month working as a drugs mule for the little burburry buggers around here.
So this christmas I thought sod the family... what have they ever done for me? and spent all my money on the bike. So this is it over a year ago ... Not light but I had the SV400 in 99 and rode that until it was stolen, loved it to bits and was very keen to get another... this SV Freedride 700 appeared on ebay and I won! £150 and ready to ride. Perfect.
Since christmas the bike has had no end of upgrades... I am fairly certain only the frame, headset, front brake and derailleur remain the same as when I purchased it. Of course now the family arent talking to me due to the whole "ruining christmas" thing I get so much more time to ride it.
I should probably confess now... I'm a fiddler. I have to have a project or something ridiculous for people to laugh at in my posession... The Super V gets respect so to even things out a bit this is there for a "quick humourous lap round town" or the odd "Wouldn't it be funny if you went down that hill on it Nick". I'll understand if I come back to the site and it won't let me log in.
So... this is me! Hello everyone!
So this is really my hello... I spent a few years throwing money into old volkswagens before realising the error of my ways and coming back to MTBs.
Positioned not far from the Quantocks... I could actually ride there... but I figured they put car parks up there for a reason. After recently having our garage opened up like a tin of sardines and our little bike collection pinched I started thinking about my next bike...
Then mine got recovered and returned! The little buggers did a really nice job of having it serviced, sorting out gearing issues, servicing the forks, replacing the old battered cheapy rims with a nice new pair of disc rims.
So... my Super V is home and for some reason I am even more attached to it now... despite its probable month working as a drugs mule for the little burburry buggers around here.
So this christmas I thought sod the family... what have they ever done for me? and spent all my money on the bike. So this is it over a year ago ... Not light but I had the SV400 in 99 and rode that until it was stolen, loved it to bits and was very keen to get another... this SV Freedride 700 appeared on ebay and I won! £150 and ready to ride. Perfect.
Since christmas the bike has had no end of upgrades... I am fairly certain only the frame, headset, front brake and derailleur remain the same as when I purchased it. Of course now the family arent talking to me due to the whole "ruining christmas" thing I get so much more time to ride it.
I should probably confess now... I'm a fiddler. I have to have a project or something ridiculous for people to laugh at in my posession... The Super V gets respect so to even things out a bit this is there for a "quick humourous lap round town" or the odd "Wouldn't it be funny if you went down that hill on it Nick". I'll understand if I come back to the site and it won't let me log in.
So... this is me! Hello everyone!
