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So I rode it this afternoon! Well I am not disappointed at all! Perfect geo, all I have to do is get used to it. The higher BB doesn't help me for taps but I'lll get over it once I get used to it! I verified the Geo, so it turned out to be: 1100; 380 ;+70 so no problem at all! Thanks a lot!

No customs charges at all Chronopost told me! I love my bike, feels awesome!!!!

This morning, just after I woke up, a Chronopost truck was in front of my house! Woohee, you have guessed, I received my frame! I didn't had to pay any custom taxes too, so it's cool I guess! So that is what arrived that morning at home: So, I started to unpack the beast, it was really well packaged into bubble paper, then plastic paper... Nearly there: Also there were some traditionnal gifts from Peru in the box, I find them quite amusing and I was surprised to get an extra gift! The next photo is horrible as I was trembling in front of the magnificence of the frame, so much emotions: So, I started building the frame afterwards, it all went smoothly but then I encountered several problems: -As the dropouts are so thin, the hub axle was just too long, so I couldn't tighten my rear wheel. -Because of that last problem, which I didn't spotted at first, I started to get on the rear wheel and felt my chain was not tensioned, so I stopped and saw that I had killed the snail cam bolt thread right into the dropout. So I put a small nut (dunno if this is the right word) and filed my rear hub axle. I tightened my rear wheel hard and it seemed to hold really well when I was bashing it on the rear wheel. We'll see how it evolves... - Last problem was that I had some play in the headset but all I had to do was put a small spacer under the stem but this had nothinbg to do with the bike... So really, the only problem was the thin dropouts. Other than that I greased every sensible parts, serviced my freewheel, bled my rear brake, changed my Vee's pads and cable and the bike could be ridden. I had a small ride in my street to see if everything was working and it is rigid as anything! Just impressive. The rear brake is just amazing, much better than on the Neon! Hold, Agressive bite and really sharp noise! All this on a month old grind! I'll give it a proper ride this afternoon and will tell you about how it felt, but getting on the rear wheel is a real pleasure as it is so confortable, you don't even need to hop to stay on the rear wheel!!! Thanks for reading!

Is that you are going to have! It is amazing, but I think it will slip on a big pedal move! I can be wrong though 'cause if you tighten it up enough it should be alright.... I don't know, it's a very good idea anyway!

With such a bike, the only thing you could do night and day is ride it!

I really enjoyed that! You just hava all progressed so much! Impressive! What happened to the Yaabaa Stinger though?

This is soooooo AWESOME! I am in love with that mate! Honestly everything goes so well together especially that bar/stem combo. This is what I call a perfect beast mate! Awesome...

Mark, you have some insane skills on that brakeless thingie! I am so impressed! And about Stan, well, I miss when you were riding a real trials bike but this thing suits you so well! Just amazing guys! Well done!

Be careful with that Bionic B5R frame dude, they all break at the down tube top gusset! That is after only one or two months, so seeing your level it shouldn't last that long... Very good riding from all!

Yes, we really think it's stupid and ugly... He doesn't want to hear about it though! hahahaha

Sorry about that then...

Any other people who had the same problem with the tracking?

I don't think it even has been as far as the customs... For the moment it is just in a bag in Peru... Here is the tracking link if you can help me figuring what is going on: http://clientes.serpost.com.pe/Web-Original/IPSWeb_item_events.asp?itemid=EE900076692PE&Submit=Submit

It has already been about 5 days now, it still is in Peru! I live in France by the way!

Ok, so it will take a month then. I heard about your story on OTN, the american guy told me about it. Thanks a lot. This is crazy! You pay for express delivery and it takes twice the time given!

Any other help?

Hello everybody, as you might know, I have ordered a frame from Marino and I have asked for express delivery. The frame was sent on Monday the 6th and when I look the tracing on the peruvian postal site, all was done up to today was getting "the item into a bag". So the frame is still in Peru after 3 days. All I wanted to know was your experience with Marino shipping frames, such as how long did it take to arrive to your door, what delivery type you asked for, if the frame took more time to arrive than what was said... etc... Everything that can help me really to see if what is going on is normal. Thanks a lot to you all for your help.

What brake pads does he uses on the rear?

What is the 20" frame? Awesome level!

Music please?

Thanks a lot, just got it!

Can you show me pics and add geo?

Please do!

That was truly insane! It also made me want to build back my neon instead of waiting for the marino to arrive. But please tell me what the music is please.