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Post by sellens on Dec 5, 2006 17:19:14 GMT
hey guys, just lettin you no that i won't be out riding til after christmas...... i've burst something in my shiny Fox forks so my bike is out of action until i can get that sorted out!!!  i'l see any1 who is at the chrimbo meal on thurs........ ;D Paul. x |
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Post by simoncpe on Dec 5, 2006 22:11:59 GMT
iv got a rock shox tora 318 sitting in the bike lock up if you wanna use that till you get yours sorted your more than welcome.
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Post by Andy on Dec 6, 2006 3:22:18 GMT
The real solution to this problem Paul is to have a second bike ready for such emergencies. This is the excuse you have been waiting for!!! I know, i know, you don't think you have enough money, but I think buying another bike will actually SAVE you money. I mean, look at it this way, riding is your enjoyment, relaxation from your 'hard' studies. If you didn't have your riding, (+ riding banter) then stress levels would build up and you would suffer from a mental breakdown, fail all your exams, live a life on the streets, and untimatley death. However, buying a second 'spare' bike means that the mental breakdown will not occur, you will pass your degree and live a long and prosperous life (on a yatch, near monte carlo). Hence, you should get to a respectible bike shop (Langsett I hear is good!) and buy a bike.
Or, on the other hand you could spend the money you were going to spend on a new bike buying beer (possibly using the voucher posted in another thread), and the time you were going to ride the bike drinking the beer. I think both options would have the similar end results.
It your choice, obviously.
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Post by Andy on Dec 6, 2006 3:24:59 GMT
Hang on a minute, what about banging your old forks on? I mean, they still have some life left in them, you'll get a few weeks out of them till Christmas at least. and they are already cut to size, so switching them over would be dead easy.
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Post by sellens on Dec 6, 2006 14:21:44 GMT
ah, the solution seems so simple at first........but then i look into my bank account and realise that all i can see is the cold hard vault floor with a small pile of coppers and useless foreign money, alas langsette refuse to accept "i owe you" pieces of paper, i even offered to spit shake and they threw me out of the shop..... honestly people have no faith in others these days.
also my old forks are tucked up at home in Rammy so thats a bit of a bitch to get them over to shef, they also have a very similar oil leaking problem to my fox forks!
luckily i have some lovely people in the club lookin after me....ah they joys of friendship!
Paul. x
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Post by thisisnotaspoon on Dec 7, 2006 10:05:05 GMT
I feel your pain, my minutes are buggered, theres now so much rebound damping that they are useless.
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Post by sellens on Dec 10, 2006 11:23:58 GMT
damn these shiny new things that break, damn them!
Paul. x
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Post by thisisnotaspoon on Dec 11, 2006 20:05:18 GMT
hmmmm, 2nd bike, that will either involve freezing my nuts off on the road bike, not that i can feel them after the lack of padding has done for any kind of blood flow to the general area after an hour or so. or,,,,,, bringing up my other bike from home where I left it last weekend. grrrr sods law  carbon pimpy lovliness (29er = 5" forks + 26" wheel) www.on-one.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=162 |
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