loving the look of the light & the beam, how about some comparison shots with the Liberator as a bench mark?

It would be a shame if you packed it in, my liberator is by far the best light I’ve ever owned or seen, although to be fair I’ve not seen the latest batches of powerfull lights from the big manufactures – but they can’t compare with Troutie on price & service.
I thought the liberator was more than enough light for me, but then Chris offered the double 1800 lumen kit & I had my old lupine eddison battery kicking around, so I built one of those for a helmet light – the light output on max from the Liberator & the 1800 combined is completley mad – but makes me grin insanely every time I use them both on full whack! The 1800 has a little more penetration than the liberator with a little less spread – but I found it can’t run full power for more than a couple of minutes – even at speed in the warmer weather (ambient temp of 16 deg) before throttling back to low, where as the liberator was barely warm.
Keep on tinkering Chris!

Don’t know if it’s the best, but I’ve got a Fox dhx 5 coil on my 05 six pack, very pleased with it, does take longer to get it dialed in though compared with the simpler Romic on my 5 spot. CCDB is supposed to be ‘the’ coil shock to have, if you can afford one.

Hi Chris, mail sent
Iain

Forgot to mention in an earlier post that I’d want an Lflex driver with the 1800 kit.
Mail in profile.
Iain

will definatly have an 1800 kit from you

Very interested in the 1800 kit.
Iain

They don’t seem to be available in the uk yet, got mine from Aspire in the states a few months ago, only took about a week to arrive, no import duty or anything like that, but they were only $29 each then (about £18)

I got a couple from Aspire at the end of last year, they’re far better than the standard top race, it’s how they should have prouced them in the first place.

6 XPG’s in my lib 3.0, well pleased with it, not seen a 3+3 in the ‘flesh’ so can’t comment.

I’d buy one, could use the liberator as a helmet light – you can’t have too much light!

yeah, mine was $29

You won’t be disapointed with the Liberator, very impressive build quality, light output & spread of light. Easily the best light I have had (had a lupine edison prior to this) & the most powerful I have seen. The spread of light is so good that I find I’m only using low power most of the time. I really like the fact that it mounts centerally over the bars and is very secure. Battery, connectors & switch are also top quality, & all for a very resonable price with excellent service. Highly recommended.
Iain

Got mine on thursday, done a couple of rides with it, very impressd with light output & build quality, its fantastic, highly recommended.
Iain

yeah, had similar problems, always had play I couldn’t get rid of with the pro 2 in my marzocchi 55’s and yet same hub with same bearings in my fox 36’s or older bomber z1 lights with old style 20mm axle and ther’s no play. I think ther’s a problem with some axles being slightly undersized. What forks are you using?

been with Ciclo 9 or 10 times now, always been fantastic.

I had the same problem, found a little bit of info on mtbr suspension forum. Ended up taking it apart myself and did an oil change but reassembly is a bit hit and miss as I didn’t know the correct height to set the internal floating piston, bleeding it was a pain and it is extreemly difficult to repressurise it as there is no threaded connector or valve in the pressurisation port. I don’t know how they were pressurised at the factory, must have been done in some sort of pressure chamber. As there no valve in the port I stuck a small piece of packing tape over the hole on the inside of the port before refitting the base of the shock to the main body, I then managed to get about 140psi into mine using a shock pump with a football adaptor on it, insulating tape wrapped around the outlet of the adaptor, wedge & hold it firmly in the pressurisation port & pump like mad, ended up with lots of swearing & very sore hands. The ‘tape’ valve was a bit hit & miss, took a long time before I managed to make it work. I didn’t replace any seals, but the shock has continued to work brilliantly for about 8 months since I serviced it, not looking forward to doing it again though!

just noticed chain reaction are selling them

Which week are you going senor j, 6 of us are going on 19th June

I've been using the BETD conversion since november, my only complaint is the single adjusting tool that was supplied with it, I can't see how you're supposed to tighten the axle using only one tool – this single tool is supposed to be used to tighten the axle in the same way you would use two 5mm allen keys on the standard King axle. Also the King cone adjusting tool wont fit over the BETD axle – although I don't often use it to adjust the bearings anyway. I emailed BETD about this and had no reply, I then rang them and they took my number and promised to ring me back about the problem, but never did. I made my own tool in the end, I've not had any problems with the conversion apart from the fact that only one tool is supplied with it. I was rather dissapointed with their customer service though.

31.8mm on my '04 spot

I've got a tidy retro (1993) black syncros 29.6mm x 425mm that I used to have in my P7, Yours for £30.00 with recorded delivery. Mail me if interested & I'll send some pictures.
Iain

no problem with folding 2.4 advantages, but I have spent ages trying to inflate some wire bead tioga dh's, even with a compressor