Bought a project
- Thread starter Hunty
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It is the same as this but in better colours
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/product_images/13/76/06/13760661.jpg
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/product_images/13/76/06/13760661.jpg
I'll be the one to say it. In my opinion a High Tensile Steel Magna is not a good choice for a freeride bike. It's not a very strong material and the welds are also sub par.
Agreed. If you look closely on the frame, there's probably a sticker on the frame that says "Not intended for off-road use." We get those all the time at the shop. Savin money is good but look out for your safety bro!
throw that thing in the garbage before it tries to kill you.
I realize that it's not the advise you want to hear but with your best interests in mind let me second the advise above. Hard riding on a bike of that caliber can actually be dangerous - you simply don't know when (not if) it is going to fail.
That said, if you are dead set on keeping it, I'd probably recommend you not upgrade the fork. The one that's on there is suited to the type of riding that bike is capable of. Upgrading won't make the ride much better and it's just going to be one strong point among a myriad of weak points.
That said, if you are dead set on keeping it, I'd probably recommend you not upgrade the fork. The one that's on there is suited to the type of riding that bike is capable of. Upgrading won't make the ride much better and it's just going to be one strong point among a myriad of weak points.
Check out the vids in this thread. Your bike will have a similar death.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3069244&postcount=1
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3069244&postcount=1
Don't dirt boi
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dirtin
OR
Common, google is your friend...
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seespotendo
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^down a hill?
which makes it downhill biking. which requires a bike worth maybe double what yours is worth.
which makes it downhill biking. which requires a bike worth maybe double what yours is worth.
this is f'n outta control....
Hunty....
I don't even know what the hell to say at this point... just be careful man, seriously!
okay?
Hunty....
I don't even know what the hell to say at this point... just be careful man, seriously!
okay?
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seespotendo
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might i suggest some body armor. 
I like my 661 pressure suit and my lopes knee/shin guards.
What helmet do you have?
I like my 661 pressure suit and my lopes knee/shin guards.
What helmet do you have?
Helmets? Only nerds wear helmets... helmets are so 90's.might i suggest some body armor.
I like my 661 pressure suit and my lopes knee/shin guards.
What helmet do you have?
My son used to have a magna like that a couple years back and the brakes really sucked! The shifters were almost impossible to use and the thing might as well just had a coil on the back w/ no shock as the thing bob'd like a biatch! Oh, and it weighed more than my BMX bike even though it was smaller!!!
He now rides this which I got really cheap!
http://www.marinbikes.com/bicycles_2004/html/p_04_WildcatTrail.html
Good luck and be careful!!!
He now rides this which I got really cheap!
http://www.marinbikes.com/bicycles_2004/html/p_04_WildcatTrail.html
Good luck and be careful!!!
can i nominate this for best of? It's awesome.
Save your money. In a year, or when the magna dies, buy a used bike from the classifieds here. Save your money from the fork. Plus, for what you would invest in the fork, you could probably get somebody's old beater.
I bought a cannondale for 200 and a Schwinn for $300, and you probably couldn't get a new fork for less than $100. Both of the bikes I mentioned blow the magna out of the water in every category except sucking.
Save your money. In a year, or when the magna dies, buy a used bike from the classifieds here. Save your money from the fork. Plus, for what you would invest in the fork, you could probably get somebody's old beater.
I bought a cannondale for 200 and a Schwinn for $300, and you probably couldn't get a new fork for less than $100. Both of the bikes I mentioned blow the magna out of the water in every category except sucking.
FTW, that made me laugh out loud at work
Oh and I agree, it's not worth upgrading anything on that bike. Just buy a decent used bike when it dies, which probably won't be too far off if you use it for actual mountain biking.
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werd! I'm following this more than the Palin / Obama election
I bet Sarah palin rides a magna with the fork on backwards.
hunty-dude, how much money do you have saved up? Where are you located? I bet if you ask nicely, you might be able to get a discount on an entry level used ride from somebody on this site.
hunty-dude, how much money do you have saved up? Where are you located? I bet if you ask nicely, you might be able to get a discount on an entry level used ride from somebody on this site.
and the seat off!
True that!..... that gives me an Idea!... more to come.
I think I speak for everyone when i say that we're scared for your life.
If you post your address I'm sure you will receive a flood of old parts in the mail (and probably some boxes of poop) from concerned ridemonkey citizens.
If you post your address I'm sure you will receive a flood of old parts in the mail (and probably some boxes of poop) from concerned ridemonkey citizens.
Hahaha..
I actually saw that exact bike chained to a light post the other day. Part of me wanted to stop and fix it, but then I realized I didn't have tools to deal with a threaded headset and kept riding. Always good for a laugh though.
I tried to trail ride with a bike similar to that for a laugh and almost killed my self lol . u guna need a new bike. try and spend over £300 that way youl now it will cope with what u want to do. like everyone else said. DEATHTRAP!!
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how much u got to spend?
buy insurance bro!
before i get to this quote let me start off by pointing out a few flaws in 'hunty's' story.. so supposedly hes from the uk... right except hes already used a few deep south terms already such as 'ain't' not to mention the questionable "dirtin" he plans to do. also has anyone noticed how hes bought a magna which is produced by Dynaco, a US toy company based in California (not an international company) and now back to the quote, which is also a flaw in his little brittish story...
well as many people know some english folk spell some words funky (no offence) like colour or favourite where the 'o' is replaced by an 'ou'. and this hunty character had the level of intellegence to make that connection... but that little bit of smarts must have been thrown out the window with this one! because after saying hes from the uk he has to act like it right? so heres my favorite part...
he decides that he can just add an 'ou' anywhere in any word and make it brittish!!! so he spices up the name of the bike hes getting (which is still crap in my opinion) except he replaces an 'a' with the more brittish 'ou' to come out with the "word" avalounche. and for the people who think im over reacting or being too harsh on the kid for a little lie, i absolutly cannot stand little american brats who act brittish on the internet because they think it makes them cool
and for the record i'm a 16 year old from north carolina USA
now on a lighter side of things...
i know some people who would love random old parts... not so much with the poop though