Today we my first outing on my new bike… I’m sure none of you actually care about this fact however I was quite excited about this so I’m going to tell you about it anyway.
I’m very must a new starter when it comes of Mounting biking; about three months ago I bought a bike from my flat mate for next to nothing. It was one of them cheap £79.99 things that are always on offer at Harfords. I had been using it to get to work and back but it became apparent that it was not going to last me long the way I had been riding it. When I found out my company did a Cycle the Work scheme it was time to get myself something that won’t fall apart on me when I was riding up a hill.
I got myself a Carrera Kraken; with Suntour XCR 120mm travel fork with magnesium lowers, 30mm stanchions, Adjustable pre-load, rebound damping and remote lockout, 27 speed, SRAM X5 front mech, X5 triggers, and X5 rear mech, Tektro Auriga hydraulic disc brakes, wavy rotors, 180mm front, 160mm rear AND Truvativ Isoflow chainset with Powerspline bottom bracket. Sounds good? Just don’t ask me what the hell it all means because I just don’t know. Basically I got me a voucher for £700 popped into Halfords picked what seems like a good bike and got loads of acessiores; Panya rank and bag, clothing etc etc. So today was here maden voyage from Gateshead to Newburn and back. Camera on my back…
First trip out so I thought I would get a nice picture of my new toy.
Anyone out there into there monuntian biking got any advise for a new starter I would be more that happy to hear it.