I’ve had quite a few tuned shocks from Mojo and TFT, I’ve only had to set the sag, twidle rebound I do it so it goes slow then the next click back you feel it instantly feel faster and I start there, never noticed if ther rear shock beds in!
And I don’t under stand people having a go, at you , what gives them the right :(

Mine has done the same taking it to the shop today,it is one of the very first ones, this will be the 2nd time in about 5 years its gone wrong so pretty damn good only serviced once, due to it just working fine :D

My Tracer 2 , I’ve just replaced the pivot bearings in the top link, lower link has grease ports so still smooth after 20 months, and jet washed once a week :D replaced top ones with Enduro bearings and packed with marine grease. :-)

yes it did and there was still 15mm to go, OTB and a world of pain if you don’t check :D (my wheel was a Flowex with a 2.25 Ardent 650b)

fit the wheel and tyre remove all theair out of the fork and compress them to see if the tyre hits the crown on my 32’s the tyre hit 15mm before full travel, my 36’s at full travel still had 12mm clearance

looks nice don’t know why your worried I bet it rides well just over 28lb is nice and light, change rear tyre for a faster rolling one happy days :D

Traser 2 July 13

Chris King mine lasted 5 years with no service , had it rebuilt still going strong, well worth the extra,

I replaced the Hope bearings with Enduro they stayed smooth for 2 years then I sold the bike with BB fitted had to use a RAceface top hat shim as the bearing internal diameter was too large.

I never really notice my pack always just put it on have done for 9 years +, had bottles before that which used to fall out just when I was thirsty :-)

Campagnolo condoms is what I first read 8O

I’ve got these remove any tyre but the rim afterwards 8O

http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/parktool-tl-5-heavy-duty-steel-tire-lever-dh.html?gclid=CPiy8On8pcMCFaXLtAodXUsAXA#.VMASsSyIw3g

29er my Spearfish was ideal when I had it, you could ride for hours and not feel so tired.

I have one not ridden it yet almost finished building it up, has taken me 7 months to save up and buy bits to build it looks nice weighs about 31lb with XT build and 34’s with Hope hoops and Archex rims set up tubless and a Reverb :D will post a pic soon.

Stripped my 3 year old pro II Evo the other day because I thought it was time for a service, stripped it completely and every bearing was perfect and smooth, I cleaned and greased every thing and rebuilt it i thought that was amazing, into the 3rd winter probably done 6000miles+ and jet washed each week, front was good too it had been run with 15mm adapters just changed to 20mm which dont seem to seal aswell.
Bought another set for my 29er, with the 40t freehub can’t wait to ride them see how the freehub compares.
Just thought I’d add a positive swing :D

Ghost do a nice 29er carbon hardtail full price is about £1700 m y friend has one rates it highly I’ve not ridden it so can’t say.

about 650miles not ridden half as much as I would like , will have to change that this year :D

Camelback my last few bikes have not had bottle mounts so no choice.

I’ve been riding 36 front 11-36 rear for about 5 years can usually get up most hills, but last year my fitness was poor so I did struggle on long climbs, I was just slow still did them but slowly and now my right knee gets sore, so I’m thinking of going 32 up front for the winter see how it feels, :D

AO brilliant service.

meet you at the Rhug for a brew about 9;30-10am, should give us enough light for a steady trundle :D

Was thinking of going tomorrow, yoof has never been , do you fancy it ?

I used my trusty hack saw with a new blade, fitted the stackers and stem marked around it with a sharpy and then cut 3mm below the line, fork in a vice then cleaned the edges up with a round file and my bench grinder very carefully put a small shamfer on the outside edge :D yes all by eye, gies it the man made look.

Thanks for the heads up on mud guards I will get a set cheers 8)

I bit the bullet and cut it down 30mm under the stem and 10mm above just incase,feels comfy in the workshop , Thomson stem 100mm with a 10deg rise gives abit of lift, just need mudguards now.. need a what mudguard thread :D

Fitted new DU bushes to my shock today as it was snowing a blizzard, then fitted my old Reverb to my latest build , only to find needs a bleed and some pressure. Stuck another bottle of stans in my rear tyre as its leaking some where. then the wife came home so I cooked tea and stuff………just getting over man flu so probably better Ive not ridden yet. :D

I just fitted some 29er wheels to my Kaffenback II XT hubs and Roval rims 21mm with some 700 x 28c Conti tyres :D

Always slacken seat clamp and move post up, only take a few seconds, why damage the shaft you would not clamp your fork stantions 8O

Have you got them the right way round left and right handed threads ?

Hope refurb oh beaten to it..

I tried one made me bum hurt so went back to SDG Bel Air RL ti doobry

I built a Orange 224 bought the parts from ebay and some new from LBS
cost around £1200 , Fox DHX5 with Ti spring, Fox 40’s , new set of Hope Hoops with FlowEx , 2.5 ST minions, Saint cranks, new chain ring cassette, chain , new Zee mech and new saint shifter, some amazing Hope Tech V2’s with floating rotors, new Hope head set……

cant get the picture to work grrrr

Kenda small block 8 in 26 x 2.35 are light and fast and grip really well unless its gloopy or wet grass :D

hose down , bucket of soapy water and a sponge, rinse off with hose bounce on the back wheel put away lube before next ride, suspension lube and chain lube spray GT85 on a cloth and rub over shiney parts, seems to help wash the mud of later…. :D

stick with the 36 you get used to it, had one up front for nearly 6 years 34-11 when 9 speed cheating now with 36-11 10 speed, can climb most trails at a steady pace :D

collet like this was stuck in and I put a long bolt just into the hole (1mm or so) where the 5mm bolt goes through and gave it a wiggle and she came out.

I have a Tracer 2 now so will have a look tomorrow not stripped the lower link yet , tis greased up ok from the grease port, top link I’ve stripped bearings look a bit cheap , i just popped seals out washed with IPA then regreased, then popped seal back in.

Had similar trouble on a santa Cruz it was locked in with a locking compound, I used a long bolt just into the bottom of the collet and wiggled it carefully just popped out, the other collets came away fairly easy.

Ibis HDR is 26 or 650b depending on the chip and shock length.

Yeah I passed a young guy on a Specialised hard tail with Boxxers at Degla yesterday, he looked happy enough plodding up the hill.tis all fun right or wrong :D

pbooker oh right is the 11spd cassette that much narrower?

Ok 10 speed it is, ah Mr K , you know your my best buddy, :D

Is it possible to change the free hub, Google isn’t showing me any :D