Agreed, taking the piss out of someone’s bike isn’t really on and isn’t helping him at all.

WARNING: Never use more than 30 mm of height of steerer stem spacers under the steerer stem, as this condition can cause the steerer tube to fail, causing a loss of control resulting in SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

http://www.ridefox.com/help.php?m=bike&id=59#installingyourfork

Only 10mm out mind.

Orange ST4

Thanks njee. It’s a FSA IS-2, E2, alloy cartridge. 100% a FSA one as it is on the headset.

I’m pretty sure it’s the 6083.

Or 6083, possibly

Was 50mm when it was fashionable but now it’s 35mm ‘coz I’m trendy.

Do a paypal dispute and report him for shill bidding 🙂

Could they possibly be seconds?

Despite what the STW asshats say about the advert, it’s pretty damn clear that it needs a shock.

I’m not jealous at all of your jobs………merrr 😛

He would like it, it’s free! It was only a few years ago that the Heckler was £899 or something?

Lower ball joints, my van did the same and kept trying to kill me!

Cone spanners on mine

+ is slower – is faster

CT4 6LE, down the road a bit park on the left fire road bit. Go up said fire road and see trails.

Yep

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Tech-Tuesday-Chain-Length-Basics-2012.html

Well, 2 emails and no reply is crap to me!

I loved my Five, even though it was welded by blind man and cost far too much.

Mine was OEM and broken, good with the returns they are.

Good stuff, Surf Sales were useless

On a wall?

I’ve see people cut in a 6in plus band first and the roller to /it over it. that tends to show the join up.
Roll in tight first then cut in.

Nope, do what is posted above. Cut in one wall at a time to maintain a wet edge.

Airless sprayer wins.

All of mine have done it

BOS is imported by Surf Sales at the moment.

Scaffold lorry, “for a fast and efficient erection”

^ or it’s the decorators problem.

I had one. A good bike for the money and very comfy for a hard tail. The wheels are heavy and the fork was dry but a good bike.

Naa, the welds are too neat 🙂

It’s lovely here, just off to ride and the van decided to die 🙁

That’s a deal

£15 a drop! Bet he’s busy.

weeksy – Member
Commencal meta AM29, with almost a grand in change!

From where? Thank you please.

honourablegeorge – Member
The worry is that she’ll be overwheeled unless she’s riding pretty rough stuff. I see a lot of people riding trail centres on 29″ wheels when 650 or even 26 would be more than enough. 29″s just roll over everything and make it less of a challenge.

🙄

Ahh I see, thanks.

What the hell is a moon on a stick?

Well, I rode and still enjoyed it so it must be a keeper! Pretty much undecided on the bike thing but at least I’m enjoying what I have and can be in the wife’s good books for once 🙂

Thanks for all of the great advice that you have taken the time to give me. I am going to go out on the bike again today and enjoy it for what it is and take it from there.

I have decided that swapping the parts onto a Solaris isn’t worthwhile, I think I’d be better off having two different bikes really as it would be about £750 to do that and the Boardman frame wouldn’t get me much back.

I have also decided that the Soul would be a bit pointless as it’s too similar, being a hardtail.

I think if I do decide to get something, I should keep what I have, which in all honesty is a decent riding and spec’d bike and get a FS alongside it.

I’ll report back after today’s ride 🙂

Thanks again guys.

Edit.

I’m not feeling the Spearfish I’m afraid, maybe an Anthem 29 if it was that sort of bike but I think I’d go for something else.