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yeah that makes a big difference. i have a lock out on my forks which i leave on most of the time since i only really ride on road. i unlock it just after the hill from the house cause most of the rest of the way is either flat or down hill. going home is mostly up hill so i lock it out

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i love the fact that my lockout is just located on my bars...

it is just soooo freaking convenient to just lock on when hauling ass on road but then like just before hitting a bump / launching onto footpath / doing a skiddy / impressing a girl i just unlock it and away i go

bitches love it.

ps

may be getitng a cruiser project this weekend for shits n gigs. again - i know it's gonna be a useless bike but it'll look wicked

clearly i have a problem with wanting a useless bike that just looks nice. so i may as well get it out of my system

the bike is a vintage and it's $150 - you reckon this is too much costings?

if you like it, and it all works good then $150 isn't too much.

and yeah, remote lock out is teh shizzle. i don't have that unfortunately. my bike is a 2007 model and the cheapest bike in the range with remote lock out back then was $1100rrp, mine was $700rrp (but i got it when it was on special so even with gst and freight it was less than normal wholesale). i got it because it only has v-brakes and not disc. but it is running a full deore groupset (gears, brakes, hubs) and then i put skinny tyres on it and my carbon fibre aero seat post on it, LOL.

need a new bike but u guys know where in sydney i can get a good bike for? budget its up to $1k and dont mind if its from somewhere not too local but really want to have a feel of the bike's brakes and suspension. hit me with a PM if u can, would be much appreciated

need a new bike but u guys know where in sydney i can get a good bike for? budget its up to $1k and dont mind if its from somewhere not too local but really want to have a feel of the bike's brakes and suspension. hit me with a PM if u can, would be much appreciated

Marc is your boy mang, shoot him a Pm.

Marc, teh brakes, when will they arrive cheif?

ok, lets try this again (internet explorer just closed itself and i was nearly done explaining)

shoes are about $200. most bikes come with clip pedals.

i would recommend the apollo giro c. goes for about $3000. can't remember the exact amount and am home so can't look it up. it runs 105 10 speed with is just dura ace from about 3 years ago. personally i would spend any money on a more expensive goup set because you won't get any better performance (other than it weighing a few grams less). all you really get for the extra money is the wank factor that you can tell people you have that model gears. this would be my pic of the bunch. i was actually thinking of buying one for myself. or one of the alloy frame models. the computer keeps chucking the shits so i can't get the spec on which model but will do it on tuesday.

if you go into a bike shop and they try to tell you apollo isn't good, ignore them. all the gears etc are going to be indentical to any cannondale or giant, etc running the same groupset. everything is brand name on road bikes so you look at what you get for your money.

i know high end bike shops that buy apollo road bikes to strip all the parts off and stick onto other brand frames to sell.

got maxxis xenith slicks today (sorry marc - too many flatspots from skidding while avoiding being hit by cars!!!)

AND

a planet bike "blaze" headlight 1watt - WOW what a difference!!! FINALLY i have a light that i can actually SEE stuff with at night

AND

a new brake rotor, for some reason my other one randomly warped

so

after i cooled off over the fact i just spent so much money - i went for a 56km bike ride

1 hour and 30ish

at first i was iffy about going "full slick" but these tyres are made of a sticky compound and i am VERY impressed with the maxxis tyres - they're SO fast and there's literally NO resistance!!! they make SUCH a big difference... only complaint? is that it makes lean steering a bit harder cos there's no tread on the side of the tyre, so it doesn't "bite" but aside from that they're great!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i do love bikes :D

oh

also took a giant CRX-1 for a ride today - that bike is scarilly fast - like.... i've never ridden something that accelerates the way it does, and no matter how i tried i couldn't get it's top speed

AMAZING!

about to take 1 of these for a test ride http://www.apollobikes.com/bikes09/id/6/ci...09/title/Enduro

just built it up. have to make sure everything works properly.........

funny how it's only expensive bikes i take for pre-sale rides, LOL

yeah. used to be under a different brand to please the snobby brand orientated people. but then about 2 years ago they decided to put it under the apollo banner to lift the profile of apollo. so now it is the apollo raceline series. i think it used to be raceline by apollo. basically all that has changed is the stickers, LOL. they are still spec'd by the same people.

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