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Ben98
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A new bike for Daddy...

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So, after riding his Diamondback Apex for 20+ years, my darling father and I took a trip up Ft William last summer for some walking and biking (trail centers, I know, sorry :cry: .) As were leaving he took great pleasure in telling me how he did not need a new MTB as his was excellent. Before we had got home we'd bought him a brand shiny new Cube 29er (soon to be for sale if anyone's interested, 21" frame).
Long story short he fell in love with a 2nd hand Swift frame on singletrack world and we ended up building it up with a selection of bits that were robust, cheap and where possible, light. I have already posted a picture of it but thought i'd show it in its completed glory:
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The fork is an older Reba off ebay, a 1x10 Zee drivetrain with SLX cranks does the driving and Stans Flow rims on a superstar front (it was cheap, hence the orange) and XT rear (again, cheap) hub do the rolling. Its mighty nice and he even prefers it to his Diamondback!
Please excuse the elongated post but he wants people to say nice things about his new toy :lol:
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Like those, good choice!
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Looks really nice!

But how are those buckets attached to the bars in that first pic? :-bd
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Mountainbaker will be along shortly to tell you you've routed the front brake cable on the wrong side of the fork leg... ;)
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Nice. I love my Swift.
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Ian wrote:Mountainbaker will be along shortly to tell you you've routed the front brake cable on the wrong side of the fork leg... ;)
I was about to make that comment, then I saw yours. Yes, sort out that brake cable!!!
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mountainbaker wrote:
Ian wrote:Mountainbaker will be along shortly to tell you you've routed the front brake cable on the wrong side of the fork leg... ;)
I was about to make that comment, then I saw yours. Yes, sort out that brake cable!!!
I just used the bolted cable guide on the front left of the fork brace?
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....and didn't put it inside the fork lower. I'm with Mountainbaker on this! :lol:
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I'll fix it next time I'm there then! ~X(
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