Over kill?

These few weeks i am busy, missed few routine rides around my residential area. I am now taking part time studies as pre-requisite to continue for Masters level. The 1st class which was held on Sunday was a great class, the lecturer knows how to eliminate the spread of sleepy disease by making jokes and sharing his thoughts of life and what more important is child raising experiences which he had.

Being a parent these days are challenging, to earn money for daily expenses, necessity and entertainment is one thing. I am very worried when watching my surroundings which is full of hazard.


I was bored waiting for my frame to arrive from USA, so I sold my BMX stuff to get another frame while waiting for SE racing to arrive, man it is really a painful wait.

So i went to a bike shop which is my favourite since 1993, and heheh i always make an nice grin whenever i see the shop owner, memories of my school days really struck my mind hard..... after 15 years, this is the second MTB frame i bought from his bikeshop! the previous purchase was a No-Name-Brand CrMo frame, back in the year 1999.

He doesn't sell many freeride hardtail, i can see only 2 available, one is a Scott Voltage and the other is a Banshee Scirocco, the Scirocco is intended for trail usage, but judging at the slopestyle of the upper tube, weld and rectangular tubing, it is looks like freeride frame. The Scirocco have been there for almost a year, hmmmmmmmmmm...... OK la Scirocco, let's go home. I bought it a bargain price, how? here is the phrase i said to the shop owner:-

"For 15 years i have been here looking at your bikes, since i was a small kid, can you please do me a favour by selling something cheap to me as your loyal visitor eheheh"

And yup, i got it at a fair price with a Chris King NoThread headset. Cos the frame already have scratches resulted from its life as a display item. Other things i bought is Titanium screws for the discs, Jagwires, FOX shin guard and Maxxis 2.35 High Roller tires, front and rear.

So, I sold my BMX for the Scirocco. The Odyssey rims really have a high value! LOL.

I went to Yoong and bought a Sunline Stem and at that night, a DIY session was done, I spent the night making a custom frame guard and chainguard using punctured tubes. Nice, seems i have talent in wrapping things up. I thought that will be the only thing to do, but in the end i spotted that my front and rear tires were installed wrongly, no wonder i felt sand flying onto my face while pedalling, I sorted it myself by switching the rotation.




What will happen to the SE x4 flyer when it arrives? I think i will pull some items in my store and build it as a TRIALS bike (not TRAIL). I have some single speed setup set kept, so will use it together with a rigid fork.