That will snap at one or both of the top tube interfaces and maybe even the stays. Ridiculous. Nice colour though.

Some pics here of what I use.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/blur-ltnomad-help-chain-guide

Hmm will go look as have a set on the ss.
Edit, too tired to get off the sofa, will take your word for it. I didn’t read my instructions and think I fitted a bb spacer and they spin perfectly. Oh well. All’s good as long as yours spin ok.

Dusty trails and a partially blue sky at Afan today. First time I’ve been there when it hasn’t hoofed it down and dissolved a set of pads with gritty miserableness.

Most bb’s are for 68 &73mm bb shell so you usually need one spacer on the drive side bb for 73mm shells. This would take up the gap you have.

Now Marmite I can understand and actually like but I wouldn’t paint my house/car/boat/forks in the nastiest colour known to the turd collectors.
This yours?

Apparently they weigh an actual ton.

Why the hell would you paint your forks brown!
Just noticed the spokes. Ok so it’s a little colour coordinated but Christ they’re minging.

I still have carbon bars and rigid forks on my winter hack 29er. Oops, mentioned 29er! I’m not totally against witchcraft but like me old trail pixie mate Taz says, certain materials for certain jobs init.

🙄

Personally I had the 575 built up for light duties but now and then I’d throw on some 36’s and fat tyres and ride some silly stuff and for this I wasn’t confident that it would stay in one piece with the back end flexing all over the shop. Also it had very little mud clearance and the abrasion was starting to show on the inside of the stays. A material that you can slice with a Stanley knife, in mind isn’t tough enough for throwing down rocks. Torsionally rigid yes but as tough as alloys. No. IMHO of course.

Is the tug sprung or one you just pull down into position on the chain and then tighten the QR?
If the latter then just take up the slack in the chain, do up the QR and turn the cranks. You will feel if the chain is too tight as you turn. In my experience, those type of tugs dont stay tight enough to keep the chain over tight any way so you cant really go wrong. You want about half an inch of movement in the middle at the chains tight spot (meaning the naturally tightest spot when you turn the crank as chainrings are uneven and slightly off centred so they have a slight camming effect on the chain which will cause uneven tension)
As far as the thread on the QR, it should really be most of the way if not all of the way through the thread.
Pics?

Lost confidence in my 575 as my friends bikes crumbled around me. For all mountain I’ve gone back to aly. Even ditched my carbon bars. I never for one moment thought they would fail but they had to go for peace of mind.

Afan Sunday isn’t it.

Another interesting and educational thread ruined by idiots. Ok so I may have photo shopped a beach where my soho market patch is and I didn’t actually get any money from the dwarfs for the belts as they over powered me with sharpened spoons but I am serious about the handling of a 29er. My necklace/bongo/trinket box stall handles equally as well as when it was a standard 29er. In fact it was rather good down Dr Johns the other weekend. I did lose a very fetching sea shell and mother of pearl pair of earnings though if anyone sees them.

I made 3 belts out of that tyre and sold it to some dwarfs.

Mine was indeed so crap at actually performing as a bicycle that I made this out of it. Its much more useful.

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/0-speed-shifter-and-block-with-9-speed-mech-yep-or-nope

Does a female live with you with little dainty fingers?
Long nose pliers? 🙄

Does it turn if you pick the bike up and lean it from side to side?

Here you go as long as you found all the parts that is 😉
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3012736#post3012736
Yes I know, I am a star.

I threatened him with a very negative feed back 👿

Oh well we were all riding them back in the 10’s. you simply weren’t hip if you were on those funny little 26ers. The fad quickly blew over as they were deemed to be far to difficult to get around corners and do skids, wheelies etc.

I have one in my lynskey. I’m 15 stone and throw my bikes about a bit. It’s as strong as. I had to bully the guy to send me a second one out though as the first one never materialised.

The bit that says e 13 is the taco. If bashed hard it can damage the bb shell and some manufacturers say if used they will void warranty.

Hhmm, easilly influenced. Why not sponsor me in my charity ride. I’m pedaling to the spar shop at the weekend to raise money for some beer. £1000 should get the liquids flowing nicely 😉

Don’t go any further. Let someone who knows what they are looking at look at it or a lbs will prob fit it for very little. You dont want to bugger up your new frame. It may just be the thread lock on the new bb cups. They can be quite tight first fit but without feeling it myself I wouldn’t want to say keep turning.

What frame?
New or second hand?
Silly question but you are definitely turning the bb the right way?
and what Steve says

Personally if I only had one fs bike I would prob get myself a road bike or a CX bike just to be as far from a fs mtb as poss. Plus I like the lycra when I loose the mud bug every now and then.

Bars ends are 41″ from centre of grip end to floor. Dont know any other measurements off hand.

Its woop woop not whoot. WTF is a whoot?

A chain guide yes Neil but probably not a taco.

Yeah, basically in riser bars there is the XC and DH monkeylite. Flat bars aren’t called monkey. Just don’t confuse monkeylite with monkeybar as thats cnt and aly as you probably (not assuming anything) know 😉

Well there is only one Easton EC70 MonkeyLite CNT XC Riser there isn’t there!
Question answered?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/SearchResults.aspx?Search=easton

A stink wheel and a field. You are a professional photographer yes? 😉

Could be cavitated (nitrogen leak) Send off to mojo. It will be a warranty job if the bike is only a few weeks old. Mine did the same a few weeks back. Job done in three days foc.
Give them a call. 01633 615815

No, dust, anyone, no.