lesson one, never cut thy waterproofs down in vein. cutting those trews down was your sign of commitment and should have been your reason to man the f up and not wimp out cos of a runny nose !

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/970788/

mallets, 5 minute lifespan, re-built by the importers 3 times before I binned them. tried the revised version, lasted 5 mins. NEVER AGAIN !

http://www.hopetech.com/webtop/modules/_repository/documents/HOPESTEPUPMOUNTS.pdf
http://www.hopetech.com/webtop/modules/_repository/documents/HopeBrakemounts2012.pdf

wheelbase and/or bike treks will sort you out with maps and advice. wheelbase have free showers and bike wash and theres a brewery and caff in the yard too !

lake district, one big trail centre, plus loads of great beers !

Bastard hill… mastiles lane from kilnsey, say no more !

some hubs are wider than others, that means the rotor is further outboard, causing it to touch the mount.

a mate of mine has a float ctd that does the same, send it to Mojo before the warranty runs out.

Loved stage 1, like a mini megavalenche, total carnage ! and a total blast !

get the fire brigade to do the bike wash

If I were to try anything it would probably be swapping the Float 34 160’s to set of Pikes, they were a great fork !

yup, though it was a custom build, but so is the 5

Ive had a few 5’s over the years and currently have a 2013 a.m. I have to say that the 140/140 is a better bike than the 160/140. It climbed better and was faster everywhere except steeper dh’s. The 5 is a very strong bike but you pay for this with a fairly heavy weight (not weighed it but guessing 32/33 lbs). If I was to choose again I’d have an Enduro as it was much more capable, both xc and dh and lighter ! Overall I like the 5 a.m but be prepared to lug it around til the slopes come, its strength is its strength but it comes at a price.

fit HUB231. Snapped axles caused mostly by using the Maxle Lite.

I have my car insured with them and they’re pretty hard to contact once they have your money. Have my house and bike insured with the AA, bargain, didnt even have to specify the bike and its covered for £5k !

I have that shock on my Orange 5. It is def under damped, rebound is on full and when set with around 25/30% sag it bottoms out way too easily when in the dh mode, so much so that I cant use that setting. I just think that it’s too linear.

techy singletrsck heaven !

The trials/ss hub has a specific drive side end spacer (same id as the older Pro 2 and smaller od to fit inside the circlip that holds the bearing in). What you have there is the standard Pro 2 Evo spacers.

get some mono mini’s, youll be fine with those

you can spec steel freehub body Hope hubs ;=)

google skivillaroger, I stayed there a few years ago and it was great. Sleeps up to 11 self catering.

Hope are selling their factory Orange 5’s for around 2k each. 1 year old and Fully Hoped up, some are hardly used !

was this supposed to be a serious thread ?

do not bleed upwards, there are tapered seals in the master cylinder that dont agree with fluid being pushed the wrong way past them. only bleed from the master cyl end. there is a ‘how to’ vid on Hopetech.com

Stuart Rider does an excellent course ar Riders Cycle Centre in Skipton north yorkshire (about an hour from Blackpool)

check the ‘how to’ video on hopetech.com

live and let live here, but really ! would they walk in the middle of the road ?

Im 6 1 and I would use a 70mm stem on a large Heckler, do it !

i came face to nose with a bloke on a horse near whelpstone once. i warned him politely that he was on a bike track but he was adamant it was a bridleway and as such he was going to continue. ok i said but be careful ! live and let live i reckon, but its his risk. personally i prefer the wind-up technique to the lose your temper, its more fun !

tech levers need to be bled with bite point turned all the way out :wink:

Thanks

Hi
Just wondered if you ever found the bearings for your headset, I’m after a new top one for my 2011 enduro…
johnny

Is it normal for it to spin a bit less freely than before to start with? you probably dont have the seal seated correctly :wink:

policeman persecutes cyclist ? they’ve moved on from motorists then..

and they wonder why we dont have a very high opinion of them

its bad enough that the police seem to be trying their best NOT to find our stolen bikes and the f k rs that steal them, now theyre actually anti cyclist !

its not mine but making dodgy looking ads public is a great idea superdale ! there are way too many bikes being nicked !!