they seem to be mentioned more and more on here....
i'll start.
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better pics to follow on monday! i'm off to bed.
Not got a piccy to hand Alpin, but ISTR you having an issue with seattube size on yours earlier in the year? Same on mine - 27.2mm Thomson is a loose fit even when fully inserted (410mm). Still using a cheapo QR, which has marked the post quite badly - funnily enough greasing the post helps keep it in place.
I'll be getting a Hope QR next to see if it helps...
Anyone selling their frame? 😉
Pretty please?
You must be joking - corking bikes 😉
Not got a piccy to hand Alpin, but ISTR you having an issue with seattube size on yours earlier in the year? Same on mine - 27.2mm Thomson is a loose fit even when fully inserted (410mm). Still using a cheapo QR, which has marked the post quite badly - funnily enough greasing the post helps keep it in place.I'll be getting a Hope QR next to see if it helps...
I also had this problem on mine. I used one of those Identiti cheap seat clamps and it was crap and kept slipping.
I then bought an equally cheap DMR QR clamp (some mass produced item) off CRC and its much better and doesnt seem to slip (maybe sometimes)
When I full insert the post into the frame, its nice and tight. I think the top couple of icnhes of the Thomson post is slightly wider than the rest for some reason. Why is this?
In happier days, just built and never riden.
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However we aren't seeing eye-to-eye so we are in the slow process of splitting up. I get to keep the forks and all the finishing kit and she gets to go to someone who'll treat her right.
Wanna sell me the frame Coyote?!
@ Rich-S....i don't understand what ISTR means but, yes i was having difficulty tightening up the seat clamp. was having to put lots of pressure on to close it and was hurting my hand in the process. it was a cheapo clamp but it had worked ok on the Sanderson (same size seat tube).
then put on my Salsa bolt-up clamp and it was fine; just a pain having to keep a hex key in the pocket.
picked up a Salsa QR clamp and now its all hunky-dorey. Salsa clamp has a nice big lever and is nicely machined. hardly any pressure is needed to throw the lever and it holds tight. Recommended.
Coyote - why don't you get on with it?
i was hoping for more photos.
Alpin, you aren't using a VRO-specific bar as far as I can see. Have you had any bother with that?
I'm running a VRO bar that I don't much like and wondering whether there are any issues with replacing it with something else.
ta
Jon
PS - great wall, BTW
Another +1 for the Salsa QRs. No slippage at all with a Thomson post, [url= http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=scsa-flip ]plus you can get them in blingy colours.[/url]
What Jamie said... I lurrrrv da Alpine
@ fellow VRO user. i don't know what yuou mean. that'd be heresay.
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@ Jamie. I know. I've got GOLD!!!!
Ah. Yours is considerably blinger than mine! Looks excellent.
700mm. really industrial looking system, isn't it?