lucmccann

...run!

Most are off until 8 October.

Thanks! eBay USA for the fork and other odd parts

You got it bud!

it is difficult to say exactly what it cost me because i brought in a bunch of stuff with the frame and negotiated a bit, but in the region of R6000. i'm actually busy negotiating on a group buy of frames from XMIPlay so I can give you a better costing in a few days and if anybody then wants to piggy-back on my order you can just let me know and i'll be happy to handle it all for you. The entire build was probably in the region of R40k

Thanks man! Really happy with how she came out and so far the frame quality looks to be great but will need to put it through proper testing soon!

The gold Hope seatclamp wasn't on the bike yet when i took the pics unfortunately...

Shot bud...i'm also a little abnormally built so tend to need the further reach

done...

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Pics...

Finally Madam Ling-Ling is complete… I started following this thread from the early beginnings and with the help of some of you as well as the guys over at mtbr forum fell in love with the concept of a Chinese Carbon build. I got a great deal on a brand new 2012 Momsen SL929 which I used as the base for this build, stripping and selling the unwanted parts off to other hubbers. The frame I went for was 1 of the first generation IP-256 frames from XMIPlay, Peter’s service was great and no communication issues there. Because I ordered the frame before they started advertising or manufacturing them there was quite a wait but the turn-around time on recent orders has now improved hugely. Otherwise, after a whole lot of “hub-hunting”, “ebay swindling” and “crc scouring” I had the rest of the parts I wanted. The LEGEND that is BogusOne did all the custom paint for me on the frame, bars, stem and fork. Because I wanted to go 1x10 without a chainguide I did quite a bit of research around chaindrop and best ways to avoid it. This motivated me to go with the Hope Retainer Ring, has a more defined narrow-wide tooth shape than the Wolftooth or RaceFace chainrings and combined with the ZEE Clutch type derailleur because the ZEE has a shorter cage than the XTR but still capable of the 11-36 range of my cassette…so shouldn’t have any issues there. My initial plans of a weight-weenie/gravel-racer style build will be pretty attainable just by swopping over to some lighter tyres, can lose around 500g – 700g if I go over to Spez/Geax rubber. I’ll let you all know how she rides soon enough… oh...and yes the rear brake cable has now been internally routed and no longer taped to the downtube...

Will give you guys a full build breakdown on my IP-256 in the next day or so...

Any relation to current SA u16 Road Champ Devin Short?

Ok.

Fastest way for you to eliminate doubt would be for you to post a picture of the proof of purchase...not saying you need to prove anything to anyone but if you do that you'll get everyone off your back pretty quickly. If you can't/don't do that then you won't be doing your case any good here...or maybe a pic of the new bike your dad bought you? Perhaps a pic of you with both bikes next to each other?

My possibly slightly biased 2 cents... I had my first interaction with sportsworld here on the hub, around this time last year, it was then run by Steve and his wife whom went out of their way to give me advice and source items that I was looking for. Dennis (Denny Menchov here on TheHub) and his wife then took over when Steve left back to Ireland this year and seems to have done really well to keep building on what was important to the business as well as building on the range of products they stock. They've always said they pride the business on its customer satisfaction. Because they've often gone out of their way for me I try to go out of my way to support them when i'm looking for something. ...like i said, possibly slightly biased.

the Tenn stuff is great! here's a review on them from road.cc http://road.cc/content/review/108842-tenn-outdoors-pro-bib-shorts

West Coast Express is 12 October...same day as Shova

Oh and what trail pedals you wanting Bogus? I have some new Shimano m424 if you want?

Loving the blue/yellow combo! Very nice!

Frailtjies...check out www.locatoweb.com too

Yip, but in reality could have been anywhere...all images taken with newer cameras and most smartphones embed certain information into every image taken. Serial number of camera/phone and gps co-ordinaries too, using that data you can find the exact location the images were taken with google maps as well as using the serial number to see who the phone is/was registered to...normally a long shot but could always get lucky using that method

I just tried to extract EXIF data from the images to get the location they were taken but unfortunately the pictures were taken with a crappy camera or "non-smart" phone so nothing there...

How do you calculate that Rouxtjie?