Second hand super-bikes

[Hairy]

meh...i built a ~R50k steel rigid hardtail. The only light thing on it is the Saint groupset and the carbon trail fork.

The wheels are laced with Hope hubs and HEAVY Sun mtx33 rims. bombproof. I have a Cromo Surly klunker handlebar on it that weighs the same as 2 x alu ones. I have 29x2.6 tires on it that weigh 1kg each and don't like rolling at mach1 either. I use tubes with sealant too because who cares what you think.  I have permanently mounted frame bags on it which cary spares and tools for 2 bikes and whatever else i feel like....because backpacks suck. I carry 2 water bottles under said bags. it has a dropper that weighs around 600g. Nice and chubby.

 

It weighs upwards of 15kg's with the above - RTR. I don't care, and neither should you.

I love the way it looks and rides...and the best part is, it is unique and it is mine and you cant walk into a store and buy one even if you had 100k to swipe immediately because i have the only one.

 

Because nice things take time and effort.

 

i'll never pay that money for a 'cookie cutter' bike. I like knowing I have something you cant have unless you took a photo of mine, made a list, sourced all the parts yourself, dealt with UPS, importers and Sars ..and put it together yourself.

 

..and even then it wouldnt be yours...it would just be a copy of mine  

Pitcha's or it never happened!

[Barry]

To be fair that bike looks a bit out of place, cable shifters and all

Yea i promised my son a new car and bike with EPS for his 16th birthday

he said something red as the chicks dig red.

[Jewbacca]

Pitcha's or it never happened!

I've seen it.... It is sexy.... In a plus size model kinda way 

[MORNE]

I've seen it.... It is sexy.... In a plus size model kinda way 

it is big isn't it LOL?. My wife thinks it has to be close the biggest bike in the world (of course it isn't)....doesn't matter where it's stood in the house it's always in her way.

 

it looks even bigger now with the Surly bars. 80ish mm rise with a crossbar...looks like moto bars. They were 820mm wide but that was crazy wide. Didn't fit through doors anymore.  So i cut them down to 780mm (hell was that effort being Chromo).

 

anyway, tall people problems. More bike to love the bigger it is I say. it looks like a Landcruiser and mtb had a bastard love child. just need some nice light(s) on it now, maybe a jerry can....

[Hairy]

it is big isn't it LOL?. My wife thinks it has to be close the biggest bike in the world (of course it isn't)....doesn't matter where it's stood in the house it's always in her way.

 

it looks even bigger now with the Surly bars. 80ish mm rise with a crossbar...looks like moto bars. They were 820mm wide but that was crazy wide. Didn't fit through doors anymore.  So i cut them down to 780mm (hell was that effort being Chromo).

 

anyway, tall people problems. More bike to love the bigger it is I say. it looks like a Landcruiser and mtb had a bastard love child. just need some nice light(s) on it now, maybe a jerry can....

Jerry Can sounds like a fantastic idea!

 

[Breezer]

lol I ironically typed Ricoffy (considered the crappiest of the crap///although still liked by many) for a reason

I have a 200g jacobs that is almost 3 months old, and a near empty 750g ricoffy tin less than 2 weeks old. Smaak verskil, en ek like my ricoffy meer as jacobs.

[MORNE]

I have a 200g jacobs that is almost 3 months old, and a near empty 750g ricoffy tin less than 2 weeks old. Smaak verskil, en ek like my ricoffy meer as jacobs.

 

thats the thing with Ricoffy....the one or two corporates i have had the unfortunate privilege of working for only had that...and for me at least....you have to put 4-6 spoons of Ricky in a cup for it to actually taste like coffee lol. I generally brew coffee fresh though, even if it means i have to do it on the stove in a pot. if we're lazy or camping....Woolworths Italian blend is actually really nice and similarly priced to Jacobs (sis) and Douwe Egberts (close second to ww)