Millions

Have you tried contacting the likes of TF Tuned or Loco to see if they stock mounting bolts, I don’t know if this would be classed as part of the mounting hardware they may sell.

Below is a guide on how to figure out the size of mounting kit and therefore bolt you will need.

*Is disappointed there were no Millions, Bon Bon’s or Cola Cubes in that selection*

*Goes off to find out how much a quarter of strawberry Millions would cost today*

If you are doing tooling for bearings you may want to consider a press/removal tool for bottom bracket bearings. Press could be combined with headset press.

If you have time to knock some stuff up for others i need some adapters made for my Cyclus head set press to do 44mm headsets and 1.5 headsets.

I think it’s a Mini with four XPGs in it, so like a liberator.

I’ve seen one of them (Trout mini’s), they are very impressive lights!

I’m still using converted Lumicycle halogens with triple XPG’s. The XPG’s give a great spread of light, nice and floody.

molgrips

what did you go for?

you would have had to mess about and re wire one of these to run on your batteries any how.

If the hope XC hub uses a 6001 bearing then it will not be possible as they only have a 28mm OD and you don’t get bearings with a 20mm ID and 28mm OD.

this might be woth an email too

http://www.mtbbatteries.co.uk/our-products/li-ion-chargers/

Would it not make more sense to box inside the box arround the tree trunk, if you do this 30-50mm from the current edge of the trunk it would give the tree growing space and allow the water to drain down the trunk to the ground.

[edit]druidh said it better and quicker than me[/edit]

Lights are not just about Lumens, You need to think about how the light is focused/dispersed on the trail, how the heat built up by running an LED at high currents is dispersed, the types of conditions the light is used in does it require a degree of waterproofing.

Most Chinese lights claim the Lumen output of the light based on the theoretical maximum for the LED in the light, this can never be achieved out with Lab conditions so is a pointless value. Higher priced lights will in general quote actual lumens or actual and theoretical.

There will be some thought into the driver used, for example the LED’s may be driven at 70,80,90% of their maximum to reduce heat but still provide excellent amounts of light. Other lights use smart controllers that reduce the drive current if the heat of the unit exceeds a pre set value to protect the light.

The design of the casing of Chinese lights rarely take into consideration cooling of the light often have poor quality control and the type of reflector/optic is often not the most effective for the type of LED in the light.

You then also need to think about the quality of battery and charger that will be used to power the light.

My opinion of Chinese lights is it is astonishing what they can pack into a bundle for price, take some of the specification with a pinch of salt and you could get a bright light for your money that will give you an idea if you like night riding or not.

You will eventually see the shortcomings of an cheap light and will then look to upgrade by which point you may feel the price is worth paying for a more expensive light.

Shock should be fine, by the sounds of it you have given it a basic service and if the parts are not damaged then there is no point in replacing them.

Mowgli

If you are only wanting basic control of off, mid, high then i got a buck driver from blackcattech’s ebay page, i can’t find it just now but trout will know who i mean and may be able to pass on contact details. I was used a year or so back in a Lumicycle halogen to LED conversion. They are cheaper controllers if you can get hold of them but also lack some of the fancy programmable functions the TaskLED boards have.

Not sure if you are serious???
Most people on eBay seem to charge the postage as high as possible to re-coupe some of the fees or to account for this kind of thing.
If you advertised you would post it for that price you should honor it.

takisawa2 I am almost certain that bushes is a send away job. You need special Hones to size them.

you could look at getting something like a cannondale prophet frame and transplanting your parts from the five-o over.

[edit] depending on your size there are a couple of small Iron Horse MkIII frames on the bay just now that would build into lovely trail bikes [/edit]

I can see where you are coming from trout, you would surely need to use something like the bricks from a storage heater or something.

Thinking from a different direction, could something like an eco fan help? my thought would be it would help distribute the heat round your house better heating the core of your house (walls and stuff) which would store the heat for you.

scuttler cheers for the link, just watched it.

Astonishing.

There are loads out there

Lumicycle clearance has lights under £200
http://www.lumicycle.com/product/210/clearanceledgroup/led-system.html
or look at a head unit from lumicycle and a battery and charger from Smudge

Luminous lights have lights around your budget too and look to be very high quality.
http://www.luminouslights.co.uk/index.html

Smudge at mtbbatteries has lights that would come i under budget that look very good

neninja has a glow worm light that looks good and is also under budget

There is also the mytinysun range of lights that look well built with some under and some over your budget.

As others have said contact trout about the light and getting it fixed if it is out with warranty , in the short term contact smudge at mtbbatteries about a head unit with lupine connector.

Pretty much agree with what neninja and Luminous have said, your light will not have 1800 Lm probably closer to 1000, however this will still be more than enough to give you a good idea whether you like night riding or not.

Be aware the light will get very hot if left on full with no airflow past it so it would be highly advisable to dim the light while stationary.

Have fun on the trails.

damn it,

Gorsebank seems to be fully booked the weekend we want to head down there going to email encase they have a cancellation. Looks like it is back to plan a the tent and Kippford.

Trekster

The Gorsebank camping cabins look spot on we were hoping for something like that a Marthrown over the weekend but they have a wedding on. Temperature wise for us i hope it will be ok, we are coming down from Aberdeen!

Do you mean something like this?

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Cat/Wall-Caps/818/List

I’m looking into a decent lock for the bikes just now, my car has a fixed toeing point at the rear so i could use that like as an anchor point.

Riding wise our trip wil be relatively tame, Green and Blue runs only. My girlfriend is pregnant just now and is happy on thoes grades and does not want to push her self just now. Seems like a good excuse for me to practice manuals and pedal wheelies to keep things interesting.

Locking the bikes to or in the car could be an option, Kippford also looks nice. The more choices for us the better as we have left it a little late to book so availability could be an issue.

We are looking at camping over the weekend, not totally set on where yet but at the moment it could be Castle Point on the Saturday then Marthrown of Mabie on the Sunday.

We will hope to do some cooking when camping but that depends a lot on weather and how knackered we are after cycling.

Any top tips on nice places to camp with secure storage for mountain bikes.

worldwide to UK adapter??

Had a quick google over lunch and if i was looking at light in the sub £50 price bracket this looks like a nice option

http://www.colorapples.com/cree-xpg-r5-1000lm-3led-3mode-white-bike-light-with-mount-bracket-and-battery-pack-4-x-18650-p-137223.html

I can not vouch for reliability or build quality but from the pictures it looks a nice neat little light. Based on XP-G Led’s which generally have a good spread of light (the newer XML’s although brighter can have a nasty hotspot if a cheap reflector is used) and seem to be being run a reasonable current to produce the stated output.
I’d say the £30 would be worth a punt.

Mugboo

look here,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Enduro-External-MTB-Bottom-Bracket-BB-Replacement-Spare-Bearings-Kit-Hope-UK-/150898494793?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2322404d49

Don’t know if they are any cheaper than Hope bearings or not, in general Hope use decent quality bearings in there stuff so they may appear expensive but that is sometimes simply what you have to pay for a good baering. The above link goes into the detail of the size of the bearing so you can google that further.

By my powers of deductuion and a little guess work (not having a bearing to hand) more or less going by info found by googling cane creek S8 bezarig the bearing could be a 41mm ACB bearing 36 x 45. If you have a pair of calipers measure the one you have and compare it to the maesurements here

http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?sort=2a&search_in_description=0&keywords=ACB

You could try measuring the bearing and putting the details into something like simplybearings bearing search function.

http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/index.html

What kind of budget are you thinking about?

Smudge at mtbbatteries has a very nice looking light at £89

ninja has a glow worm light that looks nice too, but i can’t find his site or a price.

Following this thread with interest, my girlfriend and I a looking at heading to Dalbeattie and Mabie a week on Saturday for a few days. Any tips on places to eat down that way?

I have Keasae bearings in my ironhorse mk3 they have been great so far. You may want to check your shock bushes before you go ahead and buy a heap of bearings.

Impossible to tell not knowing the model can you post a picture?

Some pull off, others have grub screws that need to be removed first.

just re-reading that I don’t know if it is obvious or not but you need to work round the whole tyre pushing the bead into the central channel not just the first bit.

Last time i was looking Si at Progressive Bikes was pretty competitive on price.

http://www.progressive-bikes.co.uk/department/wheels/

No idea about the rim tape and adapters but it could be worth a quick email.

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Congrats Pook & Mrs Pook, you guys are about 4-5 weeks ahead of me and my girlfriend! 😀

ok….sorry dont get the pushing the bead through the rim?

Sorry i’ll try again. you need to push the bead of the tyre into the the trough (lower channel section) in the middle of the rim rather than leave it on the raised outside edge.

The rims are a tight fit, but if you push the bead of the tyre away from the rim into the centre channel you get some slack in the tyre that makes it alot easier to get the tyre on or off.