Replacement bike. Proud owner of a 2009 Reign X1
After having my Giant Reign nicked from Casttletroy, I figured that after 6 weeks of looking it’s not that likely to turn up safely at this stage. If it does, yippee, but I can’t cycle a bike that I don’t have.
So I decided that I would get the cash together to be able to replace with a bike of somewhat the same type and spec. On donedeal.ie I had seen that there was a Reign X1 for sale, a little outside of my price range, but the seller was open for negotiation. Last week I called down to the seller and I drove home with the X1 on the roof.
It’s a 2009 X1 with the pierced downtube, 160mm Fox Van R 36 forks, Fox DHX3.0 shock with a 500×2.35 spring giving 170mm of travel on hte rear, Hayes stroker trail brakes (not even fully bedded in), Sram X7 drivetrain with RaceFace rings cranks and BB. It has the grey paint of the standard X1. I’ve obtained replacement grips as horns were installed by the first owner, and I’m getting a new seatpost as the original was cut too low for me. There are Shimano dual flat/SPD pedals. The tyres were the standard WTB prowler tyres, but I’ve exchanged those for my standard favourite Maxxis Advantage 2.1 tyres. It took a bit of effort to get those seated correctly on the rims but they are on now and there’s not a wobble on them.
Getting used to the SPDs is interesting. I’ve only had 2 offs so far that are related to SPD issues but the tension was far too high. That’s fixed :) The shoes I got at a cheap price in Decathlon in France are pretty good, comfortable and not giving me any hotspots so far. They could do with a better grip on the flat side of the pedals though.
This bike is now insured properly (I hope) but I don’t want to be the victim of crime again.
I’ve been around Derroura, the green loop in BallyH and a nice fireroad climbing loop on the side of Sliabhnaman so far, as well as a nice loop to Salthill from the house in Galway.
Hope I stay on it..
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