...After having my Raleigh viper stolen from my garage, i decided to claim on the insurance and get a new one. I went down to halfords and was looking around, the raleigh stonefly seemed to catch my eye with titanium frame, alloy wheels, V-brakes, front suspension, 21gears and generally a good looking mountain bike, when i got home i assembled it and then started riding it, i had been riding it for about 3 days when my pedal bent off.
This to my surprise was because Raleigh had made the pedal bars with a cheap, soft metal. So i took it back to Halfords and asked for a repair or replacement, which i got.
Few weeks later, riding down a hill, put on my brakes and suddenly the back wheel buckled, so once again went back and got a replacement.
2 days later, was riding again and the chain kept falling off on the front gears because...
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...After having my Raleigh viper stolen from my garage, i decided to claim on the insurance and get a new one. I went down to halfords and was looking around, the raleigh stonefly seemed to catch my eye with titanium frame, alloy wheels, V-brakes, front suspension, 21gears and generally a good looking mountain bike, when i got home i assembled it and then started riding it, i had been riding it for about 3 days when my pedal bent off.
This to my surprise was because Raleigh had made the pedal bars with a cheap, soft metal. So i took it back to Halfords and asked for a repair or replacement, which i got.
Few weeks later, riding down a hill, put on my brakes and suddenly the back wheel buckled, so once again went back and got a replacement.
2 days later, was riding again and the chain kept falling off on the front gears because...
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Advantages: Frame, upgrade potential Disadvantages: pedals, and other components
...in this bike, which leads me nicely back to pedals! First thing to “go” with a nice little impact on the surface of a stone, and I pedalling home with one pedal and a nice bentmetal fixture that use to be a pedal. I ride two other bikes both Raleigh ones a top range thing from specials and the other a racer for general road sprints. I keep this bike for short distances to shops etc. (but you don’t commute you say) well I live on a farm so its 2 miles down hill to the shop and I’m not leaving a brilliant bike outside the shops.
I’ve now whacked some shimano cleat pedals with the funny metal surround on you know the ones I mean ! And I love the bike its SOLID upon SOLID (suprising from an aluminium)shell frame means you get just complete power transfer. Braking’s good for such a bike so you’ve now got the perfect bike for a beginner/ expert...
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_Hideo Kojima_'s signature series return with the last mission of one of history's greatest action heroes, Solid Snake. The franchise that famously introduced video-games to an exciting new gameplay direction, with the inaugural title, and cinematic... more
07.05.2001
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