I Need Your Help!

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    road

    Myself and 3 friends have decided to embark on a challenge that we have talked about for many years.

    It came about when I bought a full suspension MTB for a good few grand, and had a discussion with a work colleague who had just bought an equivalent (in his eyes) bike for about £120- full suspension MTB, that’s kind of where the similarity ended, but he was having none of it, and said how can my bike be worth best part of 30 times what his was.

    This got me thinking, and hatched the plan. We each have to purchase a new, but very cheap, full suspension MTB from a legit source, and we are going to give it full throttle around Afan, doing Whites Level and the Wall initially. The desire is for the bike to break catastrophically before the end of the run.
    We will be in full body armour and full face lids, due to the almost inevitable crashes due to component failure.

    For me the best bit will be arriving in the Glyncorrwg carpark in my mates very cool sign written bike shop van, emerging in about a grands worth of clothing and lids each, then producing the Apollo, or Universals from the back and steaming off up the trail.

    This is were I need the help, the cheapest adults dual suspension bike I can find is from Amazon at £89.99, is there anywhere else cheaper that isn’t some dubious internet deal from a shill company set up to part me from less than a ton yet supplying no bike.

    I’ve checked Argos, Tesco Direct (they had a deal for £79.99 but I was too slow), Halfords and Amazon. Where else should I look?

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    skippy

    could i change the subject a
    could i change the subject a little by asking you all to visit http://www.parrabuddy.blogspot.com and follow http://www.twitter.com/skippydetour as i am “looking for help” to find “disabled riders and volunteers to join in riding routes of 2010 tour de france in july.

    most of you will know the people who i should be asking to participate if you are unable to find the time yourself
    feel free to offer assistance!

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    dave atkinson

    Look out for a feature on
    Look out for a feature on road.cc this weekend!…

    #631399
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    cat1commuter

    I got rained on this morning,
    I got rained on this morning, and it reminded me of the weather we had when I want to Afan, which reminded me of this thread, so I thought I’d check it to see if there were any pics…

    #631397
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    Anonymous

    Hahaha….
    I’m hoping to pick

    Hahaha….

    I’m hoping to pick them up this week, I only have a few before and after pics at the mo’, nothing very exciting.

    I am on the case though…honest.

    #631395
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    cat1commuter

    Photos? I keep coming back to
    Photos? I keep coming back to this thread to check.

    #631393
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    demoff

    Yeah take them to Cwmcarn it
    Yeah take them to Cwmcarn it would be worth it to see the looks on the guys faces as you load them onto the trailer for the uplift. Or you could ride them up the XC trail to play on the Freeride park at the top and ride the bus back down as that would kill them off.

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    Anonymous

    It’ll be a few days before I
    It’ll be a few days before I get my hands on them. I was too busy riding and screaming to take any myself.

    We had a rider on a real bike following, and we saw them on the camera afterwards, but will have a wait before I get them, as they have to go via my mate then on to me.

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    ctznsmith

    Where are these photos you
    Where are these photos you speak of! 🙂

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    dave atkinson

    DaSy wrote:I’ve ridden all

    DaSy wrote:
    I’ve ridden all Afan trails on my Pace RC200 rigid singlespeed, but for some reason that was so much easier than these.

    well you were basically riding a rigid singlespeed, weren’t you? just a really heavy and crap one pretending to have gears and suspension.

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    Anonymous

    To be honest Tony, we have
    To be honest Tony, we have never had so much anticipation, excitement and all out enjoyment on any ride, ever. We are even thinking of mending any we can, plus we have two spares, and embarking on another adventure.

    Maybe Cwmcarn downhill run…

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    Anonymous

    I’ve ridden all Afan trails
    I’ve ridden all Afan trails on my Pace RC200 rigid singlespeed, but for some reason that was so much easier than these. It does weigh sub 20lbs and have great brakes I suppose.

    I just wanted some brakes…

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    Fringe

    DaSy wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot

    DaSy wrote:
    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the guy riding the six pack also had purple and silver tinsel bar tassels,we lost one of those during one crash, but did add a little je ne sais quoi.

    its the little details that matter in any ‘epic’ ride 😀

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    Tony Farrelly

    I suppose what I meant was
    I suppose what I meant was did you enjoy it as much as you would on your normal bike, different experience by the sounds of it… and if you were to repeat it regurlarly I suppose the cost of buying a bike a week would start to mount. Eventually.

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    Anonymous

    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention
    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the guy riding the six pack also had purple and silver tinsel bar tassels,we lost one of those during one crash, but did add a little je ne sais quoi.

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    Fringe

    i spose in some respect the
    i spose in some respect the bikes that you (ab)used were no better than the old ‘klunkers’ that Gary Fisher et all used back in the early 80’s in california as the first mountain bikes

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