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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..
Stolen – Giant Reign
My Giant Reign was stolen from Castletroy on Monday the 17th of May.
It’s a metallic green Giant Reign, with RockShox Recon 335 front forks, and a Specialized V-groove saddle. The bike has sentimental value apart from the actual cost to me to replace it.
If anyone sees this bike either in use or for sale please get in contact with the Gardai in Henry Street, or contact me directly by phone or text on zero eight seven, six four three eight seven two five.
There’s a decent cash reward for information leading to the safe return of this bike.
Galway 8k
Well that was interesting! I’ve just completed the Galway 8k “Streets of Galway” run today – with absolutely no running training (silly me) and feeling a bit crap after a week of broken sleep and a crap headcold, I managed to finish it in (I think) less than 50 minutes. It’s weird to be running out of knees instead of running out of lungs as I have done throughout my childhood..
Great weather for it – not too cold, not too warm, and dry.
2500 people entered, and I have to thank the Attachmate/NetIQ Sports/Social for the entry – I hope I didn’t leave ye down!
Oops – where did that rock come from?
Or in other news, in the recent face-off between the WellGo replica V12 pedals vs FSA Alph Drive cranks, the cranks came out worse, bending and deforming. However both components just couldn’t overcome the might of a foot-cubed sized rock of a trail anchor on one of the last sections of the BallyHoura brown trail.
Yes I had a bit of an ‘off’, with some damage to the bike, and a bit of damage to myself too..
I was pelting down the section between the last boardwalk and the bridge in middle 7 or so, and I clipped the left pedal on a large rock on the left while trying to throw weight through a little s-bend. the bike went airborne, and I stopped heavily against the right-hand bank. The crank is bent and the pedal threads are deformed. It looks like that the pedal is okay though. I made shite of the helmet as well!
As for me, I’ve bruising in lots of places. Nothing broken (I think anyway), just a bit of sensitivity around the head, shoulder, forearm, hips, knees, neck and some scratches on my nose from the glasses!
I’ll have some damage (bike) photos soon enough.