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Quick wash down and a quick rub down with gt85 is about as good as it gets

I went ccdb inline. Once set up to your liking its pretty much fit and forget on the ups and downs (unless on long fire roads and use the cs).

I still use full travel…but in all the appropriate places unlike just pootling along with the CTD!

3 pages on…and I’m still none the wiser?!

53mm ones are in stock at CRC. Need a new set of cranks and assume 11 speed cranks can be used with 10 speed setup?

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Once every month or so. Nothing worse than a fused friggin pedal

Komking.de €663 posted (£494 if paying by Pp and €1.34 exchange rate)?

Edit – this is for 160mm, but they interestingly do 130mm versions

Was going through the same dilemma, but £1150 was just too steep in the end for the polished AM7. Getting a switchback and decent forks instead. Maybe I’ll get one for my 40th…in several years from now.

Godzilla – a very good price…but waiting until Monday to see if they honour it! Lol

Ordered some dvo diamonds this morning, due end of May. Bit of a long shot but the reviews I’ve seen seem pretty good bar the slight weight penalty…and cost! Lol

Marzocchi still very good for the money. Winstanley are doing one for £425. Think its the 2015 CR?

Defo still buying one…just found the differing prices a bit bewildering, but then I don’t own or run a successful business!

Not into XC but that looks nice. Looks like a skinny Spanish el matador type bull with those bar ends (if that makes any sense!? Lol)

Jonny5 – true enough, hadn’t picked up on that

Not saying it isn’t a good bike or the finish isn’t good, just trying to get my head around the economics of the differing prices on the frames.

The Sherpa must have needed loads of R&D as it was their first 29er and I can understand the slackline being less because of the 631 and the R&D already done on the 831.

But the switchback is supposed to be based on the slackline so I would have thought some R&D came from that, plus its 631.

If the Sherpa was £700 and the switchback £550 I could get it.

Even more bizarre when I now compare it to the Slackline which started out as 831 and is now 631 and is only £385?

Remember to throw yourself under the bike if you crash…they don’t fix easily! ;)

DVO diamond?

Try PB Capra forum. There’s 900 pages of info…a lot of it about sizes!

When I had the CTD on my bandit I usually left it in trail, but in all honesty I was blowing through the travel on pretty much everything no matter how little sag on biggest spacer. Got a ccdb inline from tftuned and its miles better and much easier to adjust the lever for climbing (which is only on long steep fire roads).

I’m running 150 pikes and its an absolute ripper and not too bad climbing either, although tight switchbacks takes a bit of getting used to.

Transition also told me running 150 doesn’t invalidate the warranty either.

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Privee shan or Dartmoor primal?

I like the look of the cranks tbh…at least the 1x

I got mine on 9th April

Had an email from quidco giving me £10 bonus that needed to be used by 30 April. Not sure who gets it or if its at random?

Actually… £72 with quidco £10 bonus and 3% cash back. Bonus!

Kinesis struts?

Edit…sorry not 9 degree

Only happened on one and I’m running 3 scoops.

IME if you put some grease in the rail entry points on the scoop the creeking disappears

Shadow mechs do have a lower profile…but if you don’t leave enough room it’ll still get minced. First ride out on my XT shadow + clipped a boulder…bent parallelogram. Very expensive first ride and stuck in single gear far from home.

Stu – I looked on the trail blog but could only see the post from 16th March and couldn’t see any dates for things reopening. I’ll check again. Cheers

Think you can leave it until 12 days before expected delivery…but the exchange is pretty good at the minute so probably wise to cash in now, which is what I’ve done. £2.5k for a comp1 which is about £300 cheaper than this time last year.

Stanton slackline 631?

26″ HT & FS with a 650b on the way. All do differing things and feel different…so they’re all staying.

I do like that nicholai!

Shredder – what is that?

Looks like the rear stays are pencil thin!

Presumably the majority of people buy one for both form and function…so you would find it beautiful before buying it?

This is my favourite at the moment…which is why I’ve bought one.

ahwiles – has that bike frame been made from the railings?!

Buy Fudge’s bandit…job done. Great price IMO. Mine cost £1150 new with discount dec 13 and his looks mint.