Yeah, I was just messing about with my camera settings.

I'll be using it for a bit of everything. Aready used it at fort bill red route descent and world champs XC course. It's a class all rounder. I could do with bigger forks to really get it up to speed on downhills though..

Cheers, but it's not finished yet, I'm just waiting for some spokes so I can build a Yellow DeeMax rim onto a yellow Nukeproof front hub. I have a Deemax wheel for the rear already..

The wheels I have on there are temporary, they're rubbish! really weak..

It is indeed.

Ha Ha! Damn, is yours a one off too? How did that happen?! Can't be too many of these about. Maybe just one in each continent? And for the record, I didn't crash, so I returned it in mint condition!

Hmmm... I'm interested. If you drop them in a work for me to look at some time I'd really appreciate it.

Would you care to elaborate on that?

Cheers!!

Haha!

Ha ha! Yeah, I reckon the bike looks normal sized but you look massive!

Hell yeah! I remember those, white rims, red Hope Big'uns. Had them on my Plummet and my Turner. They'd snap rocks in half!

They're on Evans' website. Nah, they've learned from all of the flak they received from the fashion victims. And I've still yet to see a snapped Session. A dent does not necessarily reduce structural strength. In many cases it actually increases it! When Intense started to spec 5th element shocks to the M1 back in the day, the piggy back fouled the frame. So if you bought a 5th element shock as an after market upgrade, you had to send your frame back to the factory so that they could hit (sorry, 'modify') it with a hammer and form a dent to accommodate the shock. They found that this new form increased strength and all subsequent models had a 'concave structure' (or dent!) at that point on the frame! Not a lot of people know that.. lol. Never believe the hype, make your own mind up.

It gets even better at the top. And then it's all down hill! Yeehah!

HA! crazy, eh? Have you considered the Trek Scratch??

Sorry, If it'd been a PS3 I'd have gone for it..

Are you OK?

Hey, it could be worse. I seen an advert for 2356% APR.. Madness!

General blasting around, hardcore XC.

Thanks! I'm not sticking to parts just from that era, I want it to be as good as it can be but by using components which fit in with the intended use of the bike. Keeping it real, so to speak!

lol! Yeah, as long as you can pay me back 500% APR!!

Yeah, I reckon it's worth waiting for. A lot more attention to detail, lower center of gravity and a coil shock. It's a winner!

Ha ha !

There the same older Saint's i have on my Mr Big. Great brakes.

And I'm slowly going to upgrade everything to XTR, including the rim brakes.

Here comes the winter! I love it!

It is possible to fit discs and I did think about it but V-Brakes are much more in keeping with the spirit of the bike. This frame is circa 1991 so I'm never going to ride it too hard. An for that, V's have all the power I need.

Ooh! now that's very interesting. You've certainly dangled the carrot there my friend.. How much travel?

I reckon it's probably because the Bass is primarily a DJ/slopestyle bike and since it has a BB pivot, it can lend itself well to singlespeed, which as you know cuts down on mechanicals for that kind of riding. I'm sure there'll be other models with gears once all of the 2010 bikes eventually surface, or at least a dropout with a mech hanger.

Nah, I'd give it some welly if it was though.

The sexy reflectors are a stupid British legal requirement.

They rule on the track, but why use one outside the velodrome? I just don't get it...

You missed out the word 'classic'!