I feel ya man. When I was 9 or 10 my dumbass friend left my bike on my front lawn and it was stolen in less than 5 minutes. We had a barbeque in my backyard and everything. It is partly my fault too because I was playing at his house (3 doors down) and left it in his back yard temporarily when I went to go get food. But when i came back he said be brought it back to my house and left it on the lawn. That was the last time i had that bike.
Bad news, my bikes been stolen!!
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Anyway, my advice to you is to always lock up your bike and don't flash it around. I feel kind of angry knowing i cant have a nice bike just because of the area i live in.
Where are your front brakes dude!! Is your bike a Ruption btw?
almost a spitting image of my BMX
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You Sir, are correct - And they bite like nothing I've ever ridden before ('cept for the dual 6 pistons on the old Kwack) - Careful with the lever or you'll be eating tarmac doing 30 km/h... The only thing that's slightly annoying is that I can't seem to figure out how to pull stoppies like I could on the old POS.. I fear it sits much too low for that :-(
I'm planning too.. Wasn't originally, but I've picked up a helmet and is trying to find places to do some downhill - Terribly flat country we live in unfortunately... I wasn't originally planning on taking it off the streets, but the bike is just begging for it :-)standard235
Thanks - Am really enjoying it so far !...standard235
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. Already twisted the chain which caused it to screw up a lot and scratch the paint 
but my dad fixed it 
. I plan on runnin them streets again... and since I've hardly ever seen anyone riding road bikes in Walnut CA, probably due to the big hills, my Cannondale should do the job-- a lot of dirt trails and bikers here.
Phoned up my bike shop and, in my excitement decide to get something that should last just a tad longer. "Put a Shimano XT crakset on there." It feels so much better than it did, and I should be all set for summer.
Have you got a pick of your old Truvativ bottom bracket?Guess who just paid £200 to get their bike repaired!
My otherwise fantastic bike came with a Truvatic Powerspline bottom bracket. 6 months of actually being ridden later, and the bottom bracket feels like it's full of gravel. It's also making making an odd creaking noise which freaked me the hell out the first time I heard it - First day out in too long and right after I land a 2 foot drop I get a creaking noise from around the pedals. I thought the downtube was coming away from the seat tube.
After hunting around and reading some reviews I discover that 6 months is actually quite a good lifespan for this particular bracket.
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"And while you're at it, can you replace the rear tyre? And give the brakes and cables a look too. Oh, it'll need a longer chain for the larger chainring? Sure..."
£200...It's amazing how quickly you can spend that much.
It was worth it though, my bike works again.
