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mwLeeds How did you bend the frame?

he is just way too rad…

mike's a cheapskate and only buys secondhand frames….!

okay, definitely Tatiana Romanova

ding dong! sexy glasses…. ;)

you missed out today rich, roman lakes was full of jodhpur!

i use a 591 and a 511-1 – that are on the roof of the car all the time, both are around five years old as well

the 591 arm (right at he clamp end) is showing signs of corrosion and doesn't freely extend and the internal spring mechanism doesn't work very well at all now

so its time for a change shortly

if its just the bearing that has seized just replace it with an £8 SKF bearing (size is 6801-2RS)

profit margins on forks aren't huge

nonsense imo, but as an afterthought are you referring to the manufacturer or shop margin?

for example – rrp on 2010 36 Talas £929, yet i paid £599

and

merlin can sell 1.5" Lyrik Coils for £399, rrp is quoted as £865 – but the 1 1/8" model is £720 !!

and

one reba fork i was interested in buying last year from CRC increased in price by 27% overnight -WTF

maybe it is a combination of – margins / exchange rates / raw material costs / increased cost of living reducing sales? but the major companies must be noticing the reduced sale of non-oem kit

done it on a heckler with pikes, then a patriot with 66's a year later

reckon a five with 36's would be ideal tbh, i've just put a set of 36's on my five and i really like the slacker head angle

i you are heavy on the brakes, a coil on the back would also improve things for this 30km event over an air shock

around £220 last time, takes a good two years to fill it though

running an stans arch on a alfined rear, and did run a 2.4 ralphs on the FSer (tubed) with Flow rims no problems

sorry to hear that col, its probably getting ridden round wrexham by some scrote as i type this…

you really need to keep an eye out round llandegla car park with that many people walking around

chrome grey

can you post up the details of what products you a planning to use xan please? as i am interested in repainting my pike lowers but I am a total spray paint virgin

another ferrous (but with matching cat)

extended the forks to 100mm and has proper handlebars now

i think it may be ton but not wise without longer stanchions

I've changed my F29 RL 80mm fork to 100mm in the past by removing the spacer but that is because the F29 80mm and 100mm fork are basically the same product, a 120mm F29 fork is different as it is a little heavier due to a beefed up crown and longer stanchions and 15QR

i've read on mtbr that someone has removed the plastic spacer and also moved the pin-set stop back to the other hole in the stem and the the shock stretched out to 120mm but whether this risks not having enough support through the bushings i do really do not know

had mine pushed/serviced by TFTuned last year

didn't really make any change with blowing through the mid-range of its travel, its appears to be more active and gives up more travel than it used to

10 miles rough canal track each way – although commuting largely restricted now due to home working

alfined 29er with wide bonty xdx's – found i was only using the two highest gears, so SS'ed it to 32 x 13 which is 71 gear inches

it will be around 490mm

Dialled Prince Albert
Ragley Blue Pig
On One 456

generally mine has had most use as a commuter along muddy canal tracks, but i did do MM2009 with no problems at all (29er alfined slot dropout scandal)

running a nexus sprocket (either 18 or 20) to get a better chainline

compared to a SS, then yes the weight is noticeable – just depends if you really care about it

http://www.oneplanetadventure.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=1

anybody know what type of vehicle this is? converted army ambulance maybe?

have a company vectra sri 150 bhp, average about 44 mpg, but i do have roof bars/three bike racks up top all the time and don't go slow on t'motorway

i've kinda thought of this as well, but part of me believes there isn't enough profit in it due to the all the other on ones, dialled, ragley, cotic, curtis, sanderson, genesis companies doing a similar thing

use flow and arch rims and never had such an issue….? maybe its a Intense/ Specialized tyre issue instead?

DT rims are also known to be tight though, plus the EX500's are narrower than the flows

tbh they both look a bit gash but its got to be the cotic for me…

then with a smile said that their road bikes and singlespeeds were to dodgy in this weather and were off to the gym

which one…?

i do miss my old scandal…

****! there is more snow round here (at thats only 40m above sea level)…

russ does do a good spread though…

the verdict is they look shite… end of thread

i'd probably just done this and deal with the rain

but a 440mm fork will fit a larger 29er tyre such as a halo twin rail 2.2 tyre

just a bit of helicopter tape under the swingarm sorts any chain slap, a lizard skinz or inner tube looks terrible imo