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Post by jonny on May 29, 2015 15:50:31 GMT
My father in law Gary has been using a Carrera Kraken to cycle to and from work for the last few years, he's started reading my MBR magazines and fancies starting to take his bike out socially and to get fit.
He was considering a new bike but I said if he gave me £250 I'd get his Kraken up to a decent standard as it is a really good frame and the wheels are pretty good for a base model.
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Post by jonny on May 29, 2015 16:06:20 GMT
    It had knackered SR Suntour forks that were busted. SRAM X5, wgich were so worn out and dirty/greasy they were fit for the bin, broken BB that had the square taper cranks rattling round, horrible 600mm bars. The whole bike was offensively grubby, part of the arrangement of me doing it was it has to be looked after properly. The good things about the bike were: Conti Tyres Good frame Pedals were nice Wheels really nice and true Stem, saddle and seatpost Brakes were working nicely too |
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Post by jonny on May 29, 2015 16:07:33 GMT
 Cleaned frame up like new. Bought some Rockshox Recon and some lovely graphics from Slik. |
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Post by jonny on May 29, 2015 16:08:56 GMT
 GXP SRAM BB and SRAM Cranks with Superstar Narrow Wide Chainring added along with XT Cassette |
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Post by jonny on May 29, 2015 16:11:01 GMT
   Put some nice wide 750mm Bars SLX Rear Mech KMC X9 Chain Deore Shifter I'm pretty happy for the money with the result |
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Post by notsarkyadam on May 29, 2015 16:27:38 GMT
A worthy steed indeed! Well done!..
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Post by roundie1981 on May 29, 2015 16:34:04 GMT
Looks like a nice little project, job well done mate
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Post by lowcogger on May 29, 2015 19:05:45 GMT
you`ve done a good job there mate.
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