As Stu, Bo and Matt have already seen I have a new bike. In fact all three of them have acted in very unnatural ways around my carbon seat post. I feel rather violated to be honest!!
As part of my bonus for this month I got a refund of the pruchase price if we achieved a certain target.
Well we got it so the bike is free
Which is good as the Range Rover needs a complete exhaust 
It's a Skoda XC which I'm sure will have a lot of you falling about laughing BUT it's worth noting that aside from the colour scheme the bike is actually made by Author in the Czech Republic from some pretty high spec components.
Rough outline of the spec is as follows:
Frame: Easton Ultralite dural 26"
Forks: Manitou R7 Super
Derailleur: Shimano XT (27) dualcontrol
Shifter: Shimano XT Classic
Crankset: Shimano XT, 44-32-22, 170/175 mm crank
Brakes: Shimano M765 hydraulic disc, 6" disc
Rims: Ritchey Girder Pro OCR 32-hole on Shimano XT hubs
Tyres: Panaracer Rolling Stone Kevlar, 26" x 2,00"
Saddle: SelleSanMarco ERA K - Škoda design
Seat post: Author Carbon
Weight: Approx 12kg
The retail price on it is a whopping £1500 although I didn't pay anything near that for it.
Ben
As part of my bonus for this month I got a refund of the pruchase price if we achieved a certain target.
Well we got it so the bike is free
Which is good as the Range Rover needs a complete exhaust It's a Skoda XC which I'm sure will have a lot of you falling about laughing BUT it's worth noting that aside from the colour scheme the bike is actually made by Author in the Czech Republic from some pretty high spec components.
Rough outline of the spec is as follows:
Frame: Easton Ultralite dural 26"
Forks: Manitou R7 Super
Derailleur: Shimano XT (27) dualcontrol
Shifter: Shimano XT Classic
Crankset: Shimano XT, 44-32-22, 170/175 mm crank
Brakes: Shimano M765 hydraulic disc, 6" disc
Rims: Ritchey Girder Pro OCR 32-hole on Shimano XT hubs
Tyres: Panaracer Rolling Stone Kevlar, 26" x 2,00"
Saddle: SelleSanMarco ERA K - Škoda design
Seat post: Author Carbon
Weight: Approx 12kg
The retail price on it is a whopping £1500 although I didn't pay anything near that for it.
Ben
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