The mtbscotland.net guys go to beecraigs occasionally.

Apologies if mentioning another forum is bad form.

Hope xc have a better reliability record than pro11 as far as i can tell from personal and friends experiences. Unless you need bolt through i would recommend getting some new rims on your hubs.

XM 719s are good rims.

Stendec do romic

http://www.stendec-works.com/service/service.asp

Got to be 3, spend the spare cash on a holiday.

Not very light either.

My heckler with a coil shock is only a kilo heavier.

Internal cable routing, no thanks.

A few folk seem to have had too much coffee already.

Anyone want to start a thread about dogs, they are usually pretty amusing?

A cut on the head isn’t exactly life and death is it? No excuse, sorry.

Glad your little ones ok though.

These fine young people have done their best to dispose of chip wrappers responsibly, only to be let down by the councils rather small bins.

No worries. I’m always a bit afraid of saying the G word in these types of posts as some take it as an insult. None was intended!

Google shows loads of 6904 2rs bearings, from unbranded types at about £2, branded bearings like skf/koyo/fag, to fancy ceramic jobs which cost a fortune.

I use cheap non stainless bearing off ebay. Fine so far.

Blackspire lite god is as thick as a pound coin, sorry can’t find my ruler.

Usually at the x shaped part of the linkage.

How thick are your spacers mudshark?

A mech with little play in it after wearing out 3 sets of jockeys is good going. Obviously this doesn’t apply to SRAM jockeys which tend to seize before they wear out.

Most folk i know who had an xt shadow bent it.

XTR m970 inners are particularly cheese like and have a different offset so you can’t use cheap ones. I’m going to bodge it with spacers.

I’m bored so weighed my spare rings for ya.

Saint 22 19g
XTR 22 21g
Deore 22 39g
XTR 32 42g
Hone 32 43g
Deore 36 91g
XTR 44 82g
Hone 44 85g

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N3rd again.

Respect to LD junior, i don’t fancy n3rd brakeless, gearless and rigid.

After a few more spd incidents, you will never forget again.

Quite a few of mine have taken a few days to proess if i use paypal.

Well, if we are counting drinks,

I’m not sure Glasgow has a local delicacy, unless you count all manner of deep fried awfulness. Pizza in batter anyone?!?

It seems like the work at Ae has been going on for years. Ifeel sorry for those trying to make a living from the cafe.

Pollock, coalfish, saithe, lythe, coley have been used interchangeably for many years.

2.4 advantages are huge.

A large heckler and nomad will go in a mates diagonally, or 4 bikes and loads of junk with the wheels off.

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I paid just over £300 for an Evil Sovereign. Its really good fun, great on jumps, nice and small so you can move around on it.

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CRC site says the NS society has a 72 degree head angle, eek! They also have some evils reduced.

Paint is fine on my 06. Great bike, love it to bits. You can put enormous tyres on the back if you find it harsh. I don’t.

Most versatile of all my bikes, does most things reasonably well. I have lyriks on mine, rarely need to use 160mm though.

Climbs reasonably well.

Mine is 14.1kg with lyriks, thomson, xtr, xo, carbon bars, ti bits and fat tyres.

Earlier frames were made in the USA.

Big Als wheels are really nice.

Carl at Bikelove made a good job of truing some (non big al) wheels.

The matchmaker style bracket allows a nice clean setup with either normal Oro or short Bianco levers.

However the bolts stick up a bit and it really hurts when you hit your knee. And they come loose a lot.

My raceface bb is still fine after 2 1/2 years, have been through 6 shimanos and 4 superstar in that time on other bikes.

I put cheap bearings from ebay in superstar cups now, and try not to over tighten things any more

Sounds like the Mrs will easily cope with GT red or black or Innerleithen xc. Both so close to Edinburgh its hard to recommend the other stanes.

The need for bleeding sounds like Haemochromatosis?

Odd diagnosis to make without a few more tests.

Internet advice is no substitute for going to see your Doc.

As for good news, if it is haemochromatosis, correctly treated patients who don’t have liver cirrhosis have a normal life expectancy iirc.

Cheap if you already have a bash.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17282

1926g for a 321 on a dt440 hub, with 185mm rotor and a maxxis advantage 2.25 folding tyre and a thickish tube here.

Blackspire big ring protector covers all 3 rings.

They can take biopsies during a colonoscopy which can help reach an accurate diagnosis.

I get a lot of use from the travel adjust on most of my forks.

Wee hardtail jumps better with 100mm, 120mm is better for trails.

Heckler climbs steep stuff better on 115mm than 160mm, even when trying my best to use proper technique.

A more xc hardtail has adjustable forks but gets left in 130mm all the time.

I’ve had a few non adjustable travel forks and really missed the choice.

Sorry, hideous isn’t it, I needed a commuter frame and this was £130 in a sale ages ago. Even uglier now with a lock mount, airzound and lots of grime.

Mine didn’t deserve this fate.

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