My S/S commuter
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My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:42 am
Have made a couple of changes to it. The headset that was on the bike when I got it was CRAP! some kind of expanding rubber ring rather than the cone bearing type, that was changed on the second day of ownership and I haven't looked back! The original wheels where just awful, so I chucked on a set of Alex G6000 I got off ebay for $80 inc postage. Am going to change the tyres over to some all black Zaffiro's I just bought. Am seriously considering having the frame powder coated matt black, mostly to hide the hideous welds!
Oh yeah, the alloy platforms on there were just on for a test ride after fitting the wheels, usually have some SPD's clipped in.
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby .isaac. » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:20 pm
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby brauluver » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:47 pm
All that remains is to flip the rear wheel ,ditch the rear brake and get fixed.
Is slumville ,Woodville?
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:20 pm
Will be toying with riding it fixed soon. Haha, use to live in Woodville, but now am somewhere worse, SALISBURY!brauluver wrote:Hey.....It's a bike.. you like it...all good.
All that remains is to flip the rear wheel ,ditch the rear brake and get fixed.
Is slumville ,Woodville?
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby familyguy » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:38 am
Maybe on those forums. There's not so much of it here.PeteV wrote:Here's my daily ride. It's really nothing special and from what I've read on some of the forums I may well get flamed for owning a Mojo Bike!
I guess if they build to the price like they do, you've got to accept some shortcomings. Got any close-ups? I dont know much about Mojo's stuff. The colour looks a little nicer in these pics than the Mojo website suggests.PeteV wrote:Have made a couple of changes to it. The headset that was on the bike when I got it was CRAP! some kind of expanding rubber ring rather than the cone bearing type, that was changed on the second day of ownership and I haven't looked back! The original wheels where just awful, so I chucked on a set of Alex G6000 I got off ebay for $80 inc postage. Am going to change the tyres over to some all black Zaffiro's I just bought. Am seriously considering having the frame powder coated matt black, mostly to hide the hideous welds!
Jim
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:53 pm
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby yehuwdiy » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:41 pm
+1brauluver wrote:Hey.....It's a bike.. you like it...all good.
I would say that having a cheaper frame is a good thing. Then you have no qualms with trying new things on it, such as DIY painting etc. Go nuts, have fun and most importantly keep pedalling!
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:58 pm
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby yehuwdiy » Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:03 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby .isaac. » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:19 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:32 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:31 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby yehuwdiy » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:57 am
By the way, those kids of yours have great taste
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby rkelsen » Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:10 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:36 am
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:19 am
Amazing what they can pick out when the old man took them shoppingyehuwdiy wrote:By the way, those kids of yours have great taste
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Postby .isaac. » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:26 pm
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:51 pm
Makes quite a nice and comfortable commuter too.EvilGenius wrote:That would make quite a nice polo bike.
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby .isaac. » Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:14 pm
PeteV wrote:Makes quite a nice and comfortable commuter too.EvilGenius wrote:That would make quite a nice polo bike.
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:24 am
Fixed for you Boy Wonder, my apologies for that world ending typo! At least it helped get your post count up!EvilGenius wrote:PeteV wrote:Makes quite a nice and comfortable commuter too.EvilGenius wrote:That would make quite a nice polo bike.
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby PeteV » Fri May 06, 2011 5:41 am
I got bored of the gold on green look so I cleaned up the braking surfaces and took to the rest of the rims with some black, much happier with the more simplistic look. Prior to an injury which will see me off the road for a little while, I switched back to single speed. Fixed is all well and good for most and I really wish I could get into it, but even at 68 GI my knees were killing me.
My girlfriend wants to join me for weekend rides when I'm back on the bike so I am building her a bike. Luckily her mum had an ladies bike rusting away down the side of the house so I have a free mule to start on. Unfortunately I stripped it before getting any pics but it was a brand called 'Quest,' and was light metallic purple. She wants it fluro green.... Luckily lots of parts I have gathered over the years are able to replace the rusting bits. Hoping she will love it.
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Re: My S/S commuter
Postby yehuwdiy » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:07 am
So, what ever happened to your bike, the ladies bike...?
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Re: My S/S commuter
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