Felt? Is it to keep your horse and cart in by any chance? :lol:
Either a decent single ply membrane like Sarnafil or Trocal, or fibreglass and forget about it…

The regular, unsolved debate at work is ‘Whiskey in the Jar”…
Thin Lizzy or Metallica?

I have a Knog too – the five function is about 25 quid and really simple to set up and use. Only thing I have against it is it doesn’t remember maximum speed (I’m sure the 12 function does but is about 40 quid.)

I had a very similar issue with X2s running 183mm floating discs on RS sids. I thought it may be down to flex in the lightweight fork, possible over powerful brakes…

I had some hope non floating 160mm rotors and decided to give them a whirl. When I took the caliper off to change the mount, I noticed the disc had been clipping the very edge of the mount which I couldn’t see when in position. I assumed I hadn’t set them up with even spacings etc. and the disc was being pushed over from one side…

Spent a bit of time making sure calipers were evenly spaced, mount moved out of way on fixings etc. – Not had a problem since. Worth a look.

It will do if your bid meets the reserve, even if its only you bidding. As said, if your max bid isn’t over the reserve it wouldn’t increase until someone bids against. If your max doesn’t meet the reserve, you won’t be winning it anyway!

I think the grey ones could work, but I would be very cautious with anything coloured. You can’t just repaint them if they start looking grubby, or worse, start to fade unevenly?

I have a Blue Pig X Mk2 for similar duties. Not the lightest being steel and may not be designed for stupid lentgh forks, but ticks most of the boxes.
44mm head tube, 30.9 post, I’m running 2.4 MkIIs with good clearance, slack head angle, great fun, yet climbs well.
You might find a an old stock/decent second hand for that sort of money?

Anyone?

It’s the woods with the big rock i don’t know. I can work out all the other bits, but its chopped up so much it could be anywhere. It looks a bit, er…’flat’? Looks good for a laugh though…

I’ve got one sat new in a box. Not used in anger in the end though…

I bought it because it was lighter than a lot of (admitidly cheaper end) carbon posts. Very light and nice finish.

As you say, its a seat post – maybe some one could tell you something scientific about flex etc. but to quote Mr Martin “it is what it is”

Google ‘cognitive behaviour therapy’ (CBT).

“stop laughing… they are not his wives glasses”

I looked at your advert – Nice frame, and I reckon its not too dear…
But, it’s an alloy hardtail, which don’t seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment.
If you have the spare bits already, chances are they are old, used parts from upgrades etc. which don’t warrant spending loads on a frame. If you are building with new parts, a new hardtail frame (with warranty etc) are not too expensive in the whole cost of building a bike.

The best I’ve found is Merlin – Deore M596 F & R for 90 quid.

EDIT: Scratch that – Out of stock!

I’m not justifying it!

Exactly – a banana skin is biodegradable. Wrappers aren’t.

I hate the dropping of energy gel wrappers… If you that good, you can carry them home. If not, take a banana!

Only an idea (and not a very well thought out one at that…) but how about running a direct mount front mech with the limit screws set solid in the right position and set as far down on the clamp as possible? (without shifter) It might not keep the chain on entirely, but may prevent it chewing the carbon?

Typo?

Either way – forget it and save your money.

My only gripe is that I have to open the garden gate before I can hit the trails :lol:

2, then 1, then 3, and then probably 4…

Fantastic… and 16000 views!

Thinking of buying some of the budget deores myself and having a bit of a parts shuffle…
Has anyone seen any good deals about?

I ran the 140mm solo air sektors on my blue pig, and they were great. I upgraded to a pair of Revs, but I would happily run them again – suprisingly very good for the money.
(shameless plug: still got them for sale, see my history!)

If anyone is interested…
Having eyed up the Whippet this morning, I don’t think a similar experiment would work. With 100mm forks, the BB is 20mm lower than my Blue Pig with 140 forks and the type of riding I do on it (XC mile munching) I don’t think the BB height would be too daft with fairly short a/c rigid forks.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there would be enough clearance on the seat stays. It may work with CX tyres on 29er rims, but reducing the tyres kind of defeats the object of bigger wheels.
Another problem is the significantly steeper head angle to the C456. I fear the bigger front wheel would be quite close to cashing with your feet whilst using flat pedals.
Oh well.

Very interesting.

So, hoping Brant re-visits this thread…
Do we reckon this would work on a Whippet too?, or are the chain stays dramatically different from the 456? I know people have had success with 650b wheels. If a set of swapouts, say plus 15mm in length would convert an existing 26 into a 29, it would make an great aftermarket upgrade (I know it goes against the business of selling new frames, but bear in mind On One don’t do a 456 29er and the Lurcher and Dirty Harry run a 100mm fork).
I have a whippet and some rigid forks – I don’t have access to some 29er wheels, but i’m almost tempted to buy a cheap set just to try it! Also, with the type of riding I use it for I usually use smaller tyres? (ie. Small Block 8s, etc)

As said above – Don’t chop it!

On my way now… Look out for a idiot rolling down the hillside…

I snapped a bar once years ago (Old Kona Cindercone – original Kona alloy bar). I fell of whilst messing around on a pile of canal lock gates of all things, and they must have fractured. They snapped about a mile down the tow path whilst about ten miles from home. Cycling home with half a bar still in the stem and the other half waving around in my hand trying to use the brake was amusing! I remember reading shortly after to spline it back together with a stick as a rough ‘get you home’…
All in all – lucky it wasn’t on the road/downhill/too fast etc.

Bump – for if anyone else fancies it on Thursday…

Great minds think almost alike… but more for the good beer than riding potential.

Anyone got any route suggestions?

I was thinking possibly a figure of eight? From stubbing, up Ragley, back to Heptonstall, down the blue pig, up though craggs, back to slack, down lumb bank/back of Eaves, and back down to the stubbing for beer o’clock?

Okay doke – 6pm it is. Have you sorted where to stay?

No lights either, but it looks light enough now at 8:15. I’ll get the disclaimer out of the way now – I not the fastest!

So… who fancies a pootle out then on Thursday evening?

Thursday night, you say???

I have thought about this before.
To put it in perspective, when the PSA for the CRC slx shifters thread happened a while back, I tried buying some that evening but couldn’t on my phone. Someone posted there were some 900+ in stock that evening. By the following evening they were all sold out, with only about 30 or so posts on the thread. It didn’t seem like they were snapped up in bulk batches either. (never did get any. doh.)The Evans code error must have cost them a fortune!…
So, there is evidently a huge number of ‘readers to poster’ ratio.

Result!

Opening day on Sunday? I thought that was a couple of weeks ago?
I too am planning on first trip on sunday – is it going to be mobbed?

I’m suprised the front end doesn’t lift!
It’s obviously going to break in half at some point, but hats of to the fella, looks great fun.
(worth checking out the fireblade powered golf buggy too…)

As said above – “Warning: do not touch the Tank”
WTF? That thing has driven through buildings! The French national tank museum in Saumur (fantastic) has three tanks in its kids play area for them to climb all over…