Lush 8)

Managing to make 32 x 11-34 work in my local forest on the hardtail. I can think of a few mountain route’s it will work for but the BIG days out with the big bike will always need a granny (or my beloved HammerSchmizzle).

Fred West?

Got mine off the peg at House of Bruar. It’s Johnston of Elgin but made for HofB, big selection but I still needed the trousers modified. I went three piece plus kilt… awesome.

You NEED a dog powered turnspit.

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The Dog-Powered Turnspit[/url] by Daniel and Merriwyn[/url], on Flickr

This turnspit would originally have been powered by a small dog running within it. The energy the dog generated was then used to power a mechanism that turned the meat cooking on a spit.

Doonhall type rims are so much stronger than a road or XC rim that a couple of loose spokes will not be a problem to the true-ness… as you have found out. As suggested above; carefully wind them back up to similar tension to the other spokes around and you’ll probably not notice any difference again. Don’t tighten them all in one go – build it up and keep checking the true-ness. A good idea is to mark the loose ones with a little tape so you can see which ones were loose when you’ve tightened them a little and it all gets confusing.

Whyte 19 Steel?

Not very pretty.

That looks good. At least it has firebricks to help regulate the temperature which is something which bothers me about the other ones.

Like this perchance?

Good day how are you doing still interested,I have it and still in
good working condition and in perfect order. Good price is accepted,if
you are interested in buying from me. Let me know,i will need your
Email address and i will email you
some pics and details thanks

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C/ Camilo Castilla nº5 -1º izq. C.P. 31591
Corella ( Navarra ) Spain,
Spain

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Tasty?
http://mongolia820.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html

Do you have a front as well as a rear?

Do you know if the standard Pro 2 adapters fit the Pro 2 Evo?

I don’t think the front hub has changed apart from the bearings now being stainless, they look the same. I would give Hope a call and check with them.

Longevity wise the ratchet is the same as the old one so we know thats good (now… with the new springs). The big difference is the bearing size in the freehub body which allows for a stronger “non stepped” axle – particularly important if you wish to run it with a 12mm axle (like me).

I had no issue with the older bearings so I expect the new ones to be fine. It was the axles I broke… 5 last year!!! I’m expecting that problem to have gone away with the EVO fix so here’s to no more broken Hope axles for me

Thanks all.

I’m wanting to compare the performance of something like this…

with something like this.

Not too fussed about general BBQ duties as I have that in hand anyway… it’s all about the oven bit and how well it cooks. There is a huge cost difference between the two!

I’ve only had mine a week so it’s kind of hard to give a long term review 😉

Didn’t break on my first few rides

Job done, I want to ride my bike.

Lovin the Mullet 😮

Whyte 19 trail, and I’m selling a medium steel one.

Black rims spokes and hubs.

Front 20mm was 850g, rear 12mm was 950g. Actual weighed by me… two pairs. Give or take 10-20g.

I have The-Bursting-Box-of-Broken-Bike-Bits where I store all such damaged and worn items until I have need for them again… and I never do need them again so the box gets bigger until it’s time to go to the metal recycling skip at the dump.

Tommy Voeckler, ‘french housewife’s darling’

French housewives like a nice bit of tongue action?

I live up north. I had big plans for huge walks with baby number one but wife stopped me buying the mega outdoor pram… and she was right! Baby due in December – go Papoose/Sling until well into next year for the outdoorsy stuff, keep the wee toot cuddled up nice and close where they should be.

Any pram will do for towny stuff. Reconsider in the spring if your using the town pram for offroad excursions – chances are the first pram you buy will have things you don’t like anyway so buying expensive ones is daft… travel system look clever but you’ll end up with multiple prams and pushchairs no matter how much you try to avoid it.

Nicolai UFO ST

http://nicolai.net/27-1-UFO+ST.html

I found V2’s complete overkill as they are rather grabby, and I don’t get on with the Tech lever.

Is buying new with a “warranty” more hassle than its worth?

MrGreedy, I’m 6ft. The Medium was borderline for me.

Buy my Whyte 19 steel frame, on eBay and listed on here.

I just checked the wee rubber band of truth on the rev’s on my Mmmbop… and yes, I used 145mm of travel last night.

So there you go… 145mm is the right amount of travel for a hardtail

Get a grip 🙄

Those 16’s look better than my 18 for sure, but I wanted the length. This years top tubes look lower, and there is now a 17.

150mm forks on a hardtail designed with geometry to suit 150mm forks is ace, 150mm forks on a hardtail with geometry designed for 100mm forks is… well, use your imagination 😉

acjim – that vid looks like the kind of trails I like 😀

I was looking at the Holeshot myself a few weeks ago but decided to sort out the rest of my stuff first on a cheaper frame and look at it later in the year. I had a Ragley itch to scratch so ended up with this for cheap to try Brants geometry.

First ride impressions are that it’s awesome. None of the monkey hanging off the back you get with Cotic and On-one 456 frames with long forks so it still does techy climbs. It’s 26lbs with the Reverb and NO CARBON. Forks are 150mm Rev Team, wheels are ProII on Flow rims with 2.2″ Rubber Queen BC tyres. Not sure it will stay 1 x 9 but it’s an interesting experiment. Considering a Ragley Ti or Holeshot is the same frame weight as the Mmmbop a similar build will be the same weight.
As an all rounder I think it will be great, it was mucky as hell last night so I didn’t notice if it was harsh but it sure is flickable, and it makes some odd noises compared to steel when sticks and stones hit it 😛

Brodie Holeshot with Rev RLT Ti fork 8)

I’ve never ridden either except in my dreams, but I know in my heart it’s the hardtail of my dreams… in the way that Claudia Schiffer is the women of my dreams. It makes me want to cry that the world is so unfair and I’ll never obtain my dreams… pass the tissues 🙁

Many years ago I bought a top of the range Cane Creek headset and it rusted in a matter of weeks. I got a refund but to this day I hold a grudge.

So I’m no use either 😉

I’ve answered my own question so I figured I post my findings.

I have replaced the 120mm Reba SL Maxle with a 150mm Revelation Team U-turn Maxle fork. The Black Box damping in the Rev makes it a far better fork.

I never noticed the flex and twang of the Reba on the Rev because the damping works so much better that the fork is doing it’s job rather than locking up and generally a being a bit crap in the gnar.

Even at 150mm the Rev feels stiffer in the gnar than the Reba did at 120mm. The better damping in the Black Box Team fork makes the difference in the gnar, IMHO, YEMV, etc.

I don’t do GPX things but with a map you should be able follow the following description of a wicked variation to the usual Burma road and Kincraig route.

Burma road has some interesting singletrack off it. Smooth climb up to the cairn before the saddle and descend to Ballinluig on a not that clearly defined path… with some good sized drops and boggy bits to catch you out. A few ways to do the next bit but you want to get along to Alt Chriochaid and up to the phone masts at Creag a’ Mhuilinn (we tend to go across the heather and through the woods – no path). Techy landy climb up to the masts (rideable… just… but what kind of 4×4 can get up here?). Once at the masts go round the back and pick up the path down to Delfour/Alvie – there is a 10ft deer fence to climb. This takes you to the old Alvie DH track and is great fun – follow down beside the trees and watch out as it gets looser and rockier towards the bottom (ace fun, go up to the left to avoid the gully if getting scared)! At the bottom head to Alvie Lodge and cross the A9 to pick up the Speybank spingletrack to Kincraig (which is lovely). Cross the Spey at Kincraig and go through the Sculpture park at Inshriach forest through to Feshie bridge. Then fireroad through to pick up the bothy bikes descent to Loch an Eilein.

Very difficult to give better descriptions as it’s a jumble of local knowledge stuff linked together but hopefully clear enough to follow. Plenty of easy bail-outs to the road if running short of time.

I’m 13+ stone and run 50-55 psi – they feel awesome. For me they feel good up to about 60psi where they lose sensitivity, and below 45psi they are too wallowy. Try a few different pressures and see what works best.

Innertube cut in a helix/spiral. Wrap round chainstay, bit of black electrical tape at each end and a zip-tie or two over the top. Lasts for years… normally longer than my frames

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Chainstay[/url] by thepimpmessiah[/url], on Flickr

I thought the Hope seals were ****… but it’s saved by the Stainless bearings that don’t rust when the **** gets in. I need to strip and grease once a year.