cheers TSB ill give those a go instead! An extra hour runtime or so.

I’ve been doing yet more reading and it looks like a water bottle method of housing the battery is going to be best/easiest. Should just be a case of waterproofing the cable exit through the mouthpiece and then packing the batteries in with something to stop them rattling around aka foam or bubblewrap.

Can i double check it is the 1455C802 hammond box that I need i.e. the small one with the plastic end caps.

right then, its time for more questions 🙂

I found some batteries which should fit the bill and are pretty darn cheap:HERE

I’ve asked BCT to include one of his 3 cell holders with my order and I was wondering if it was possible to charge all of the batteries from one device whilst still connected to the holder. The reason for asking this is I was thinking of trying to weather proof the holder/batteries with maybe some shrink wrap…
Are there any other novel ideas out there for weatherproofing that I am unaware of?

Lastly how do I go about connecting the batter holder to the light box?

In return for all of these questions I think i will write a bit of a walkthrough/step-by-step guide for morons (like myself) which I think should be quite a valuable resource.

Cheers,
J

decided to go for the 18650’s and bought a 3 battery holder from BCT with all the other gubbins. Next step is getting some batteries and a charger, any recommendations?

Battery depends on your wanted runtimes! Anything from my cheapy 8x Eneloop AA’s (or even cheaper “GOOD TO GO’s”) … to SubC NiMH packs …. to 18650’s. Got any AA NiMH’s laying around the house ….. just to try it before spending big(ger) money? Get an 8 cell AA holder from Maplin … cheap starter

That is gibberish to me 😀

I think what you are saying is I can link up some cheap AA’s or buy a more expensive battery pack thing from mb batteries?

About 2.5 hours on full would be fine for my needs, so I presume I can get away with some AA’s linked up somehow. Ill have a scout around on maplin and see what I can find..

EDIT: I found this, so 8 rechargeable AA’s whacked in there would do the trick? How do i then connect said ‘battery pack’ to the light? Also how easy are these to weatherproof?

cheers for the advice bobbiehat, ive sent troutie and BCT and email to see if they have any kits left. Does anyone have any advice on a battery solution?

I was going to buy one of the magic shine lights with the external battery pack but much prefer the sound of making my own for a similar price. Is there a rechargable external battery like this available? Also where do the bar mounts come from?

Sorry for all the questions but i’ve read through the posts and cant find any answers,

J

wow i cant believe i haven’t seen this thread before. Im really interested in making one. Am i right in thinking what you need it the kits from troutie and BCT, one of the boxes from maplin and then someway of powering the thing?

Are troutie and BCT still doing the kits for people, if not is it possible to source the parts from elsewhere?

I was previously thinking of buying from DX but this looks like it will be better, am i correct?

Is there a step-by-step guide for building it anywhere as i’m a bit of a novice when it comes to electronics but would like to learn.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, and sorry for being a numpty. (if you dont want to clog up the thread you can email me direct at jammy111@gmail.com)

looks like its the nanos then. cheers guys!

your sure? its about thermal tolerance of periwinkles 🙂

ill trade you my essay for your shop anyday 🙂

well its an rp23 that i’ve got. Came on a second hand frame so im not sure of the service history, if any! Nothing feels wrong with the shock but I’ve bought a seal kit now so ill change those and see if it makes any difference

ah ok, so how do you know when the damping needs a service? Is it just on feel, or will it start making funny noises?

cheers for the offers but had bad experiences with new era zocchi’s so im avoiding them like the plague!

Looks like that was a bit of a fail 🙁

so who votes for a feedback subforum??? (cos this is a democracy :D)

go to the casino, stick it on red three times. if you win its new bike time…

that idea about a feedback subsection is the best so far. only problem i can see is that do threads get deleted after so long?

maybe the mods could trial it for a while as i would have thought it would be a 2 minute job to sort out (i could be horribly wrong though)

think i might be stuck at home in Hexham- havent bothered to see if the car will get out of the drive yet!

i like the sound of this. maybe stick a sticky up andy?

that looks like the 12mm to me.

so park or spokey then? i presume its the red spokey i would be needing.

thanks guys, will look into a few of those ideas!

double figures, +10!!!

few vids on youtube now if you sort by date added…

you need one of these http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/176/hub443/hope-pro-2-front-9mm-thru-bolt-conversion-kit.html

southerndownhill

conti gp4000s, i got two for 47 off ebay!

im not going to use mine, i could order for you (so long as the total isnt obscene) and then you could paypal me the funds?

Let me know if you are interested.

J

yep, ebay/paypal take ~15%

Frame as above- £600
Fox 32 Vanilla RLC (black)- £200ish
SLX crankse- £50
XT front & rear mech/chain- £40
SLX brakes/rotors- £80
XT hubs and mavic 717 rims- £110
Yeti Saddle- £15?
Thomson post- £30
Thomson Stem- £35
Easton Monkey Lite Composite bar – £25
Salsa Seatpost Collar- £10
XT Skewers (scuffed rear)-£10
Peaty Grips (new)-£10

MussEd- If you want to email me the details of the remedy to jammy111@gmail.com ill do one for that as well

just watched the official trailer on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTnAPKdFkE

High Five!!

thanks!

bigM, sounds interesting- i thought you needed compressed air to do that. could you elaborate?

You can’t get anything past me, sunshine…

foiled!

In all srriousness, it is for removing golf grips, so the screwdriver technique doesnt work im afriad

need them to inject white sprits into a grip to help remove it. all i need is one. is the parmacy at e.g. tescos likely to have them?

its not that high from memory ~5000m (havent done it, but was very tempted). You should be fine with some decent boots and maybe a lightweight down jacket of some kind.

if they are grey ones go steal the cats’ food so they keep doing it!

Cheers Ed, very decent of you to post that up.

(MODS i think this thread should probably be closed now)

the titt of a seller

Hmm, i might be changing my mind 😀

HOLY SH** this thread has kicked off!!

To clear things up the forks are intended for use with a poploc, however they were bought off ebay and didnt come with one as i presume they are OE or something.

I have been busy with University over the last couple of days and havent had chance to properly sort this out. From my point of view i received an email from the buyer pretty much demanding i buy him a poploc so i replied saying no, as i thought this was pretty infair at the time.

However now having seen both sides of the ‘story’ i can see why it would be most fair to go halves on one. So TJ- YGM back 😆

This is looking a bit one sided. I dont think I explained his case properly- he is peeved becasue the forks are intended for a poplock i.e. arent crown adjustable. This was also pictured in the listing, but as stated previously I did not say a poplock was or wasn’t inlcuded.