No, that grub screw has to be loosened to remove the lever pivot, look at the drawing it shows the groove in which the grub screw locates.

Sometimes they can be a little stiff so you may have to wiggle the lever up and down as you push it out.

Hope obviously if you can afford them, if not Shimano, they are shit with horrible levers and feel but they get the job done for little outlay short term.

The 8footer is just a basic 12mm float glass bought tank decorated with a foam background and bits n pieces from the local river.

The other was built by me and my dad, he has a steel fab. Business.

I’ve got a planted nano too, I’ll post pics later.

And here’s my DIY steel corner tank.

Was home to this great lunker.

And his Mrs.

Here’s my old 8′ SA Cichlid community.

Inhabitants.

My Green one is an L

Rik – Member
Any chance of a photo with the wide rim and 2.4 on the rear to show clearences on the frame?

Yeah here you go.

DSC_0632 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

DSC_0633 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

Loving mine , been riding exclusively fully rigid for a year or so previously so can’t really compare to previous bikes and haven’t givin it a run on the Trail centre/DH stuff yet but around the local stuff it rips !
Set up chubby 2.5/2.4 on 40mm rims and feels great.

DSC03591 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

DSC03590 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

DSC03603 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

Unfortunately I’m hearing the most noise from the outies.
Empty vessels ‘n’ all that I suppose.

I’ve ran it with fairly flat DH bars on top of plenty of spacers keeping the front end nice and high and weight off my wrists.
Now it’s got moto’s on and it’s like charging around on a stag steering by the antlers!
Both setups front wheel comes up no problem, bunny hops like a big bmx.
I use it daily for my farm track /Road commute,trail centres even Stiniog DH.

EBB has been fine really, I’ve had to nip it up occasionally but I’d expect that.

It very nearly was a Segment!
Rode one of those back to back with the Alpine and the Five and it blew them away so started planning a Segment build then the Four was released, one landed on our doorstep and I gave it a quick spin and gelled with it easily, being as I already had a 29er I thought I’d give the 650b a bash.

Goldigger – Member

How much does it weigh?

Looks to be just under 14kg on bagage scales. Weight was never really aconsideration though.

Anyway had a little photo shoot yesterday.

DSC03575 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03591 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03593 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03600 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03596 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03601 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03603 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03605 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03599 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr
DSC03590 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

Loving it on the shakedown hoping to get out to some trail centre activity soon.

bongohoohaa – Member
From Adam and joe’s made up jokes….

Also,

Did you hear about the antipodean prophet who absorbed the ten commandments?

They called him Oz mosis.

I’m assuming the Race is from the previous owners headset but then as long as the chamfered face of that that crown race mates nicely with the bearing face it’ll be fine.

I’ve never really been bothered about mechs even the highest spec ones are a very crude design.
The shifting on this NX is just as good as any from higher up the ladder IMO.
Mechs get wrecked and this is cheaper to replace when it does.

Awesome place hope to be back soon.
Definitely take the Stache when you go back, I had a blast on my rigid 29+ Stooge.

captain_bastard – Member
Orange bike and Hope bits, nowt wrong with that, colour on the other hand.. what size is it? Also, are they 140 forks? See Orange spec 130, but what’s 10mm between friends

Had slight doubts on the colour myself but glad I went with it as it looks fresh, makes a change from the usual orange/black.

It’s a large frame and the forks are 130’s

Spec:
2017 Fox Factory suspension
Hope Tech 3 E4 – 183 / 203
Hope Pro 4 boost hubs
WTB i35 rims
WTB Breakout / Trail Boss
Hope BB
Hope Crank and NW
Hope Headset
KS Lev with southpaw lever
Renthal Apex / Fatbar
Esi grips
SDG Bel air 2.0 saddle
GX shifter
GX cassette
NX mech

Cheers guys.

Goldigger – Member
Very nice mate…how much did the build cost you?
Spec list?
Liking all the hope orange parts..what’s the rear tyre clearance like with those 2.4’s?
Hans dampfs 2.35’s on my 5 touch the sides of the swing arm under flex..

Fortunately I get some very nice discount on all of the parts used.
I’ve got about 5mm clearance each side in the back, I’m on 40mm rims so they come up a little bigger, I’ll be keeping an eye on it.

nickc – Member
orange Hope bits…I see what you did there

If you look closely you’ll see I’ve also done orange spoke nipples… In groups of four 😛

BPW and BMCC this weekend.

OI000584 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr

giddyrob – Member
Would you like me to explain Object oriented programming to you as I’m so interesting/stupid?

Does it involve a piece of string?

rickon – Member
Would you like me to explain Object oriented programming to you
if(seatclamp.size() == “unknown”){
measure(seatclamp);
}

😆

Hey I’m not stalking you, you’re just very “interesting”

Maybe the simplest solution would be to remove the bolt entirely from the clamp and the hose can pass through gap.

Judging by your other thread where you are having difficulty in figuring out if the clamp on a bike actually in your hands is a 34.9 where you also have a known 34.9 clamp un the other it might be best just to take it to an LBS!

Are you extracting the urine?

There’s a sure fire way off finding out…. When you’ve stopped spinning have a think.

Give her a dirty Sanchez…..

.. Sanchez

We have a wedding to go to this weekend and will no doubt get smashed and the it’ll be all over.

Dump her as they wed, Ned.

WTB Trail Boss

allan23 – Member

Always fancied a nice ornate churchwarden pipe

I used to smoke weed in a churchwarden. Helped me give up smoking cigarettes,I used have a pipe whenever I felt like a cigarette, wasn’t exactly inconspicous mind…

Out on a nice easy bridleway / pub ride managed an OTB down an embankment using a tree as a brake, as I lay in a heap with my bike on top of me feet still nearly on the pedals, I watched in slow motion as the bottle of Old Rascal cider rattled out the the cage and straight into my teeth!

Isn’t the answer to these threads always one of these?

Can’t wait to get hold of my one. I only did a carpark test, but am a firm believer in the Orange ethos I’ve rode the rest of the range and find them all bang on great riding bikes.

Got my fingers crossed the 2017 Fox forks land before my next trip to Wales 😛

Hmmmm 29ers have moved on a bit since the flat bar inverted stem thing, get with the program man.

Sound. Didn’t think it would, worth asking before I start.
Cheers

We recently got a Shiba Inu, Gorgeous little thing, very intelligent and quick to learn, very loving dog but they also are very independent and enjoy their own space.
Known for their tremendous endurance yet will happily sleep all day.

she’s only 6 months now so hasn’t been on very long walks yet.

They are however not recommended to be off lead except in secure areas.

Cyrus 8 DAC integrated? Love mine.

That’s a penny under 3.2k Rrp with a carbon main frame, puts it right up against a Nukeproof Mega Pro for example.

Yep.
29+ front, rigid, SS.
Ride it to work everyday and play at the weekend.

[/url]Project 417 by Andrew Eades[/url], on Flickr[/img]

Autosmart G101.

Just rough n ready? How about using old scaff’ boards? Old ones need to be chucked for H&s reasons so can be had for free, new ones are only about 8 quid or so.