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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 18, 2015 17:37:54 GMT
He's said he's keeping the frame! (Because it's got a enduro seat post support)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 17:39:51 GMT
You're right then.. It has to be yellow!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 19:52:50 GMT
I'm getting the impression most on here don't think it's a good idea. Might just be me misreading things though, not sure.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 19:53:34 GMT
I'm getting the impression most on here don't think it's a good idea. Might just be me misreading things though, not sure. Don't no wot ga e you that idear mate  lol |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 19:59:57 GMT
You lot are just sheep. ..BAAAAAAA!  |
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Post by Admin on Jan 18, 2015 23:15:35 GMT
Neon Pink
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 23:19:16 GMT
Et tu Brute. Think I'm better off buying a road bike. |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 18, 2015 23:44:18 GMT
Et tu Brute. Think I'm better off buying a road bike. havent you made enough silly decisions about bikes recently?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 7:42:59 GMT
Think I'm a beaten man Adam. There's being stubborn then there's realising that when enough people are calling you out over something, it's probably for a reason. I'm looking at the On Ones again (steel and carbon) and trying to convince myself it's the right thing to do.
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 19, 2015 8:12:02 GMT
Finally I'll be able to sleep at night, knowing my mates will never see me riding with a bloke on a Merida!..
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Post by westy85 on Jan 19, 2015 8:16:54 GMT
Sam at work has the 456 carbon and lovvvvvvesss it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 8:19:44 GMT
Bike snobbery!! that's all this is. Can anyone actually tell me why it's a shoite frame? has anyone telling me I'm crazy bat shit mental ever ridden one? I'm looking at the On One's and can hear myself going...'BAAAAAAAAAA'  |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 19, 2015 8:37:10 GMT
Zulu exactly how many hardtail frames have you ridden, to be able to rank your Merida frame so highly?...
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 19, 2015 8:38:02 GMT
Sam at work has the 456 carbon and lovvvvvvesss it Steel is real!!... Carbon's sooooo 3 years ago! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 8:59:12 GMT
My Cube, my Merida, Andy's Ragley, Jay's On One Ti, 456 carbon.
I'm a bit intrigued by the steel thing, does it really make that much difference re the harshness? love the light carbon thing but as an old geezer with an increasingly dodgy back, will carbon give me problems more than a steel HT would?
The kit on the steel 456 is much better than the kit on the carbon (x9 to x5, guides to avid 3's) so is that telling me that the carbon frame is better or just more 'trendy' right now so more sought after?
Steel is 27.5-good, carbon 26-not so good. I really really can't make my feckin mind up.
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Post by Munky on Jan 19, 2015 10:29:50 GMT
But the meridas 26? And if the harshness of the rides gonna effect your back is a HT really the thing you need to be looking at?
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Post by hodgy on Jan 19, 2015 10:39:25 GMT
There's a bloke I met in the forest on saturday who would probably give a kidney ..for your Merida bike ....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 10:57:07 GMT
Really? how so Hodgy? if this is another piss take..... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 11:00:49 GMT
But the meridas 26? And if the harshness of the rides gonna effect your back is a HT really the thing you need to be looking at? Yes I know mate, in an ideal world I'd have the HT as a 27.5 and 31.6 seat post, interchangeable parts that way if summat fecks up. I was going to put up with different wheels knowing that I could interchange posts. The steel is 30.9 and the carbon is 31.9, both different wheel sizes. Can't win. A HT is just for occasional blasts of the Dog, so I reckon my back would take that, but Jay has already told me how harsh the carbon feels, so I am wondering HOW much harsher to a steel that can be? |
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Post by hodgy on Jan 19, 2015 11:05:29 GMT
No piss take ...see the " one man and his bike flying in the face of consumerism " thread !
His bike was crap ..but he was still out there ...
Just think that if you want to change the colour of your frame ..then you should ..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 11:35:39 GMT
Have a goo on mine round the Dog or Monkey and see what you think.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 11:46:00 GMT
Thanks Jay, just twist and shout would give me enough of an idea. Yours is much lighter than the stock build and I struggle with your laid out flat cockpit, but it'd give me an idea about this' harsh' carbon thaang. Next time we are out, I'll take you up on it.
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 19, 2015 15:24:47 GMT
Steel is smoother, and less harsh than Carbon, but it's gonna be a lot more harsh than the Rose... Just buy the 45650b and be done!..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 15:35:04 GMT
I'm coming around to that way of thinking. I'll have a goo on Jays 456 and then decide. Like the kit on the steel 456, but love the look of the carbon. Tricky.
Worst thing for me is the daft seat post size on the steel version - so far, as long as it doesn't break my back, I'm going for the carbon just because I could interchange droppers easily.
Wheel size isn't an issue - I can't feel much (if any) difference between 27.5 and 26. As for the SRAM kit if I don't get on with it it can be a future upgrade - I know one thing though, glad I've got Deore brakes on the SS as that's the first thing I'll probably swap over onto the HT. If what peeps say about Avid brakes is accurate, anyway.
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Post by notsarkyadam on Jan 19, 2015 15:54:05 GMT
Deores are fantastic . I'm a shimano boy personally.. Price/reliability wins every time... Still haven't tried the SRAM 1x though... Maybe that would make me a SRAM fan?? And Avid??... Well. Say no more! do you really use you're dropper that often??.. I rarely use it, only for the gnarliest descents... Never used it round anywhere local, such as Cannock, Pines etc... Perhaps the Peaks and Wales... |
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