Last night saw a triumph...after my dopey "duh, how does the rear mech hang" and genuine "this rear disk mount does NOT fucking work", the bike is fixed. James came round and we sorted it out in no time. Even got the gears working relatively well (front end may need a spacer taking out of the Hone's, which is a c*nt, cos it's not exactly a walk in that park getting that in!).
Anyway, having assembled her, James was keen for me to "get out on da street"! So we went out for a little chortle. The bike felt ace, strong, planted and easy to control. The geometry does verge more on dirt/trials/street than 4X, but still, she'll be adaptable. The brakes are bedding in already, and feel pretty damn powerful, loving it. Did some 'moves' and the front end will change somewhat with a shorter stem, but a longer stem may be more suited on street stuff, options are good!
Meanwhile the saddle looks shit, but I'll soldier through til I rob another bank! Priority this evening is getting ahold of some new oil for my forks, the old mega plush, XC set up on the Psylo's isn't really suited to what I'm after, so straight from work I'm after some 10wt oil to flood them with, ready to hit Delamere! But they do look good having removed all the shitty PR tack!
Question is....which bombproof bike to take?!!
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