was only listening, who what where?

a tube?

i wouldn’t call it an upgrade

raises your internal temp causing sweating and vasodilation, more blood flow to superficial capilleries so having a cooling effect? just a guess

oh and that…

refund, not as described

my guess is its a 140mm IS mount not a 160mm IS mounts, only a guess though!

Its the freehubs that are the problem….

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALUMINIUM-ROAD-BIKE-FRAME-FORKS-51-54-57-60CM-/380344868213?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item975813ed67

I just built up a road bike with this frameset and a mix of tiagra & 105 level stuff, cost me about £350 all built up, really good value frameset

Cooooooooooooooooooool

crc is the cheapest i can find, usually use rock oil as its a different colour oil for different weights. £6 for 500ml

Be better for a heavier rider i reckon. I prefer my rev’s with slightly heavier oil.

I’d stick some 10wt suspension oil in the damper, easy enough DIY, lots of good video’s/step by steps online.

I’ve got a set of Park Tool Beam style ones, one for 0-7nm and another for the rest.

Cost me about £30 a piece, great quality.

No hander on a race run, winner on the style leaderboards

cheers

Mens DH starts at 2 yes?

Yes they are, i bet they 9 spd rings would work with 10 spd anyway…

wheelsmith?

Yea but it wont be economical when you realise the hubs are **** and buy a set of hopes.

I love their pads and pedals but for hubs, don’t bother.

to fit the crankset and bb

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10179

to remove your old crank and bb

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14914

and

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10181

With a shimano bb facing isnt as critical as they use plastic ‘top hats’ on the bearings so any slight alignment issue will be taken up, if i were using a hope bb i’d probably get it done though.

In short, you dont need your bb shell faced, you’ll need a crank extractor to take off your old cranks and a sq taper/splined bb tool to get the bb out, you just need a hollowtech 2 bb tool to put the cups in and a tool to tighten the bearing pre-load cap. X-tools do decent stuff, if you’re feeling flush then go for Park Tool.

I had a pair of the switch, bearings lasted about 2 months(at most), rear squeeked like a bugger after a month or so when pedalling, get some 2nd hand hope xc’s or pro 2’s if you need different axle options, buy cheap buy twice.

No Muc-off etc used either, stipped and cleaned/regreased the rear about 3 times during use too…

where did you get the carbon fiber?

how and what have you done there?

Sram stuff just feels a bit cheap, love the look of the new xo but with xtr cheaper there’s no contest, xtr stuff feels and looks top dollar, even after years and years.

Currently running a 5+ year old xtr short cage rear mech, shifts perfectly, no play in the pivots (at all) and keeps the chain nice and tight.

it’ll be fine

Get a Dialled, you will not regret it

Swap everything off your hardrock and slowly upgrade? Starting with forks, wheels, brakes….

You’ll not be disappointed!
Its my only MTB so a bit of everything, great on steep stuff, and everything else if im honest!

My Pride and Joy, only 99 in 853 about :-)
Built just how i want it, all second hand on the cheap too!

853 PA
RS Revs
Hope mono mini’s (silver ones)
King HS
Hope hubs + 717’s
Thomson Stem + seatpost
XT Chainset
XT Shifters
XTR Rear mech (Short cage)

Love it

What you want is a Dialled PA in 853, 99 of them about i think, excellent frames, Any chance of another run of them but lighter than the standard instead of stronger?

cursing the post office all day for being closed and me not being able to pick up headset spacers to finish my bike

Use a zip tie, no joke

drilling out your cable stops is not a faff, a 2 minute job! Saves much more than 2 minutes in the long run.

currently seventh, why did i think steve would have a steady season! He was bloody fast with a chest infection!

Just get your drill out and use full length standard shimano outer with shimano inner, perfect shifting indefinitely.

Well why else do we have the day off…