[Is This A Good Idea?]

Wow, we really are in the same boat.. Apart for the 12 year age difference that is

I was looking at the compo, but it seems to me that the cranks are so low to the ground! They look like they would bottom out around corners if you were just regularly riding... but still, a nice bike - very long aswell.

How much did you pick her up for? And how much was the postage? I was looking at couriers that were asking silly money! and yeah, I was hoping to get a Onza frame on here, something along those lines..

Cheers Guys, KH3M.

Haha..... 12 years??? That does make me feel old!!

I bought the bike for £80 with £20 postage. It needed a new rear wheel bolt which I replaced for under a fiver.

But it wasn't until I started building it up that I realised the crack in the headtube.

The previous owner hadn't realised the crack so offered me a partial refund if I wanted the bike for spares or a full refund. I took it for £50.

And now I've just bought an Onza frame off of here for £30 so an actual usable bike should still bring me in under my £100 budget!!

New frame being built up this weekend....... For a 28 year old I'm far too excited about this.....

I have had a quick ride around on the mission and I quite like it. Very easy to ride (I thought the frame felt quite short??) and yes the bottom bracket is lower than a lot of other frames but this would probably help if you are new to trials.

Also.... If you do end up with the Mission with Maguras it may be worth investing in a brake booster as the brakes flex the rear stays on the bike quite a lot and make the back brake a little spongey!!

[Is This A Good Idea?]

Hey,

I was in exactly the same boat except I'm 28 and trying to get back into trials.....

I've wanted a 20"er / MOD for about 14 years so I went and bought a Mission Compo off of ebay as it was just a little more special than an onza or such like. I won the auction, got the bike posted to me and when it turned up it had a crack in the headtube.

I got it for a bargain price (which got discounted further upon finding the crack) so I have bought it just for all the parts and I'm swapping them across to another frame.

As long as the bike comes up cheap enough I can't see a problem with buying the bike to strip. Frames can be obtained on here relatively cheap too.

If I had done a bit more research before buying I probably would have tried to build a bike from buying parts on here.

[An Old Newbie!]

You got pics of the crack??

Is it not weldable?

Heres a pic of the crack. I was advised against welding it and frames pop up cheap enough......

I've had a hop around on it to 'try it out' and I'm excited. Some of the skills are still there....

Update: I've just sorted a new frame now anyway.... I'm looking forward rebuilding a bike.

[An Old Newbie!]

This is what I bought, unfortunately a cracked headtube means I need a new frame before I've even started.

[New Frame, Zhi Zm3]

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what bashguard you have on your bike??

Cheers

[An Old Newbie!]

Fair enough, I was just throwing it out there just incase someone read it and could help out.

Got my eyes firmly glued on the Forsale section anyway.

[An Old Newbie!]

Hey Guys,

My name is Simon. I'm from Bristol. I've decided to try and get back into trials after putting a bike down 12 years ago. This should be fun.....

I'm riding a 20"er or Mod as the cool kids these days seem to be calling them as when I wanted one back in the day but only Monty, GT and few others made them and they were too expensive for me.

Anyway, hopefully I will learn some things on here and get back into my riding, I'm amazed at what I'm still able to do but the trials bar has been raised massively since I were a lad.

Nice to meet you all.

Ta ta.

Oh, and if you have a mod frame you would like to get rid of PM me I'd like to see. (no cracked frames and maximum of £100). Thank you kindly.