Easton Haven 35 750mm wide bars less than half price at CRC, light at 188g, so shouldn’t be as stiff as Havocs. Just got a pair for my new steed 😀

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/easton-haven-35-carbon-riser-bar/rp-prod125099

Thanks daffy, looks like £22 membership wil be worth the investment for how much I intend to spend 😉

Thanks Tracey. Are the ones you have off the shelf production shocks ?

Think yourself lucky you are maturing so early 😀

Maybe a local engineering workshop could help. If it was me, I would run barrel around between ‘V’ blocks using a DTI to find the greatest deviation, then use a small hydraulic press (little at a time) at the highest spot to get back to straight. Easy goes and plenty of checks with the DTI. Also works with bent motor bike fork stanchions. P.S use some sort of protection between meta-metal surfaces to save damage/scratches etc.

Ditch the spoon and get the scoop 😉

Is the Singletrack mag for reading or just in case you run out of tissue 😆

LukeHurst……..Yes :-), sold a few on eBay, strangley most have gone abroad

Nice work Luke. I too have been tinkering in the watch world. Making a few vintage style watch straps from American Horween leather.

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Give them a call, somebody may have handed it in, they have a lost property box in the office 😉

A bag and belt from a top brand
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the hoover works a treat now 😀

I use these, and have also sold a few pairs over the years on here for £14 posted. Industrial quality, and built to last. I have had this pair for a while, and had forgotten about them until this thread.

Sooooo, seeing as its near Xmas, £10 posted 🙂

Invisiframe uses 3M Ventureshield
150 or 300 micron?

150 micron supplied by Demon Tweeks from their eBay site, 100mm x 1m is about £11.50. You could probably do one bike in the imporatant areas for that. Buy 2 meters and you should have enough to protect every nook and cranny on any bike 🙂

Had this problem with Kevins XTs in the Alps last year. Managed to get one of those alloy pretension bolts with a view to replacing the cranks when we got home. Didnt bother as it held fast for the rest of the holiday

That’s what Shimano should supply from new. The alloy bolts have two important benefits over the plastic Shimano jobby, They are solid, so tightening the two pinch bolts, tightens the crank arm onto the (narrow wall) splined tube with the support of the alloy nut, keeping it more rigid. If for some reason the arm does come loose, it won’t just slide off as it does with the plastic nut, who’s thread just rips off.

Hope that lot makes sense 8)

“Lemon entry dear Watson” 😯

Not done any mtb enduro events, but rode a Dyfi trail bike rally many years ago. 35 mile lap, all off road, brilliant event. Lights may be good advice 😉

Deal done with LoCo……….me very happy, cheers all for your input 😀

Sits back and waits 🙂

Great results so far guys. Yes I would prefer 2016, even though all three of the 2014 Pikes I have had, have been trouble free. That Alltricks price does look tempting 8)

Race Face Turbine 60mm, Super light @ 123g (lighter than Syntace) Quality to match Thomson and Hope. I have been using two of these of both of my bikes for last 2 years (no creaking). I have had both Hope and Thomson, this is every bit as good. This is my third and surplus, £35 posted

Just get the correct pads from the likes of Uberbike etc. Or scan ebay for Shimano BR-M755 XT sintered pads, identical pad to the old M4’s. Magura also did a brake with the same pads a few years ago. Its not a Hope design 😉

Cheap cassette maybe

Funnily enough, I am after one of these

What make/model is it? out of interest.

Sometimes low mileage can work out expensive, eg. buying a used fordiwagon with 50ish K on it would cost more than one with 80k on it to start with, then you will need to factor in the possible cost of a cambelt service and probably front discs/pads, and maybe a cluch DM flywheel. Buy a car with 80-90 K that has had all that done wil be cheaper to start with, and could save you thousands 😉

Anybody got one or ridden one yet ?

Hope…XT 3 months and shot, Hope 3 years and still going 😉

winter coleslaw and nice big baps 😉

If he gets a flat in Australia will it be on the top of the wheel 😕

Toro Loco Tempranillo from Aldi. £3.79 a bottle, tastes much better than its price would suggest

I second that. As far as I am aware, when they introduced it wine buffs (is that the correct word) were comparing it to wines up to £30. IT REALY IS GOOD 😉

27.5″ wheels………..left my 2012 26″ wheeled Mega at home to demo a 27.5″ version. Only at Llandegla mind, but at no point up or down did it make me rush out and sell my old Mega, in fact, now I have two 26″ wheeled Mega’s 8)

Try another QR 😉

I’ve been on the lookout for an S4 avant but they are quite rare. Especially the ‘black’ version in black.

Does the black version come in other colours too 8)

Don’t get them wet 😉

I’m using some uberbike race matrix ones at the moment and am suitably impressed.

Me too, they are proving to be very good 😉

I thought the E4 caliper used the same pads as the tech M4 before it.

NO they don’t, pin hole is offset by a few mm. If you put M4 pads in an E4 caliper you might only be getting 70-80% pad covering the disc area and probably the same if E4 pads are fitted to an M4 caliper.

Pads are probably one of the cheapest, most important components on your bike why scrimp 😉

Can’t remember 😀

Doesn’t look much like a bike barn to me

Just talking about this scenario last night in work. A friend in work had neg feedback removed when he went through the Irish call center, no joy with other ebay overseas call centers though 😐

Scanner won’t be able to see the liquid or compressed air inside the metal tube 😉 fingers crossed the staff don’t know what it is 🙂

Hope ceramic. Life span counted in years now, not weeks 😉