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by **Stu Merckx Man** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:59 pm

....merckxtilda.... :wink:

my new name will be 'stu merckx man' :lol:

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by **Ian A4size** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:13 pm

Very nice young stu, i see student pocket money has reached astronomic proportions.
One small critique tho...... use smaller valve stem inner tubes :wink:

Andrew would be proud of that one!

Seriously nice bike tho

by **-Adam-** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:23 pm

Hmmmm, i like....!

Can't wait so see it in the flesh, shame your such a short arse as i wont be able to have a go on it!

AJC_Prima Donna Trekkie Sprinter :wink:

by **Marek** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:31 pm

Wow that is fantastic and I see you have upgraded to Campagnolo, blimey you are going to be unstoppable on that piece of kit. Good choice of colour as well, can't beat a bit of Ferrari red mixed in with Carbon.

Cheers

Marek....

by **Graham O** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:41 pm

Hmmm...Very Groovy !!

Think that the new name needs a little something though...

Think that Stu 'Merckx the Merciless' sounds good !!

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:42 pm

glad you all like it.

its only the frame that is new, it came with the forks and carbon seat post all for Â£780, although i got it for Â£700 at GBs.

here is my excuses for the purchass---> the top tube was a bit too short on the bianchi and was giving me lower back pains, could probably have been fixed with a longer stem, so i went to GBs a couple of weeks ago looking for one :lol:

...but i saw that frame, and it had a longer top tube. i had some money tucked away, so i asked them to set one aside for me.

i went back friday to get the size and everything, tried out out the frame size and it was like lying down on a temper matress. it seamed to mold to the curves of my body :lol:

it was perfect!

i wanted to buy it there and then but the bank wouldnt let me take out all the money at once

so i went back on saturday (hense no club run for me :oops:

), this time armed with a parent and a credit card

...unfortunately the parent then went straight to the bank and took Â£700 out my account and into theres ...i had to leave the frame there though so they could change over all the bits and bobs from the bianchi, and just got it back today

by **Graham O** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:51 pm

Did you get the air miles back !!

by **Steve B** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:11 pm

Nice one Stu. Crikey, how fast are you going to be now! :shock:

The only money I had 'tucked away', when I was your age, was a couple of ten pence pieces, and they were down the back of the sofa

How times have changed

Shame you didn't put some proper shimano stuff on it though. :wink:

Steve

by **Paul H** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:25 pm

how much does it weigh?

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:59 pm

about 17.5 pounds

by **Andrew G** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:23 pm

Very nice Stu, I knew you were a sensible lad and had Campag on before. Before I'd read that you switched the stuff across I was going to comment on how nice it was to see that you were sticking with a proper groupset.

[quote]Andrew would be proud of that one!

by **George** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:32 pm

Stu shouldn't you be called

Sto-Merckx iffy again Man

Nice bike the Merxk's are pretty cool bikes

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:41 pm

[quote]Sto-Merckx iffy again Man

by **Mike I** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:28 am

Very nice. Can't believe your mum's letting you keep it in the kitchen though. I wouldn't have got away with that.

by **jon avery** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:02 am

Very nice Stu, Hope it's insured :lol:

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