weeman_mtb
Retrobike Rider
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Hi, my name is Chris and I've been spending a lot of time on this website so I decided to take the plunge and join up.
I love building bikes up from scratch, especially giving old "tat" a new lease of life so you can see why this site has got me hooked lately. I have more bikes than your average normal person as I can't seem to part with them once they're finished. However looking at some other posts on here I'm clearly not alone.
My bikes are usually built to my taste rather than the original spec and also on a reasonable budget. For instance I favour v-brakes over canti's and they're likely to be whatever I can get cheap off Ebay rather than XTR.
My favourite place to ride is Cannock Chase and also love Clent Hills as that's on the doorstep where I grew up. Sadly due to having young children I rarely get to see these places and my only cycling at the moment is to and from work. It's an eight mile round trip, mainly downhill on the way and the opposite back. I really go for it on the way home and over the last eighteen months this has helped me get pretty fit again.
Anyway I've rattled on enough now. I'll try to post some pictures of my bikes when I'm feeling brave, until then just loving looking at everybody elses'.
I love building bikes up from scratch, especially giving old "tat" a new lease of life so you can see why this site has got me hooked lately. I have more bikes than your average normal person as I can't seem to part with them once they're finished. However looking at some other posts on here I'm clearly not alone.
My bikes are usually built to my taste rather than the original spec and also on a reasonable budget. For instance I favour v-brakes over canti's and they're likely to be whatever I can get cheap off Ebay rather than XTR.
My favourite place to ride is Cannock Chase and also love Clent Hills as that's on the doorstep where I grew up. Sadly due to having young children I rarely get to see these places and my only cycling at the moment is to and from work. It's an eight mile round trip, mainly downhill on the way and the opposite back. I really go for it on the way home and over the last eighteen months this has helped me get pretty fit again.
Anyway I've rattled on enough now. I'll try to post some pictures of my bikes when I'm feeling brave, until then just loving looking at everybody elses'.