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Im starting to get very fed up with the lack of spares for this bike. Has anyone had any joy getting a spare dropout for the 2013 mega am 142mm.
Im going to andorra in 2 weeks and still out of stock everywhere!!! Its a holiday ender if i snap one
Hellllllppppp!
Can't find them anywhere. Very poor given the bike comes in 142mm as standard. I see CRC are almost sold out of 135mm ones too. How hard is it to machine a new batch?
Not even Hotlines have got them.
I would not be happy, what do they think your going do if it breaks, happily sit around playing tiddly winks for a few weeks waiting for it to turn up?
http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1558837/ might still be there
It looks to be unique, what hubs are you running. I'd be tempted if it was Hopes etc. to get the 135mm kit as an emergency spare and take a QR with me. Plenty of people will have the 135mm plugs for hubs around.
Slightly off line thought, but I can see 135 kits available.
Any future getting one of those machined out?
Above suggestion is good though.
142 itself is simply adding a location aid for the hub. The stiffness gain is in the 12mm spindle vs the 10mm one in an old Skool qr that would have a 5mm skewer running through it. Such a 135x10 rear end (standard qr) can take beefier 10mm TA and bolt systems though if you have a suitable hub.
If you have a Hope Pro2Evo rear which is 12mm native for shaft size, the endcaps for 135x10 and a superstar 10mm QR would be a much stronger fallback than standard qr on a set of 135 dropouts.
Good advice guys
I agree this has massively let nukeproof down and only made me sweat with an upcoming andorra trip approaching!
Might get a 135 kit and convert back wheel if needed
What a pain!
Come on nukeproof, get machining!!
Bumdangles! I've just brought a 2013 Mega!
Wasn't there a firm that made dropouts for loads of different bikes? I'm sure I remember someone on here mentioning it a year or so ago.....
They should be in stock at hotlines now!
1 left at CRC (I just bought the previous 2!)
My mate got the 135 machined out, work spot on.
Hotlines now have them in stock although I can't see how to purchase them from their website
Apparently OP told me that he contacted hotlines and they wont sell direct to public, you have to go to one of their resellers 👿
Hi, has anybody managed to source one yet?
Wasn't there a firm that made dropouts for loads of different bikes? I'm sure I remember someone on here mentioning it a year or so ago.....
That'd be BETD. Always worth having a chat with them if you need something
I may have one in the shop... I'll have a look Tuesday drop me a PM about then if you still need one.