I’ve got a Shan 27 917 and the Oka and I have to say probably the best hardtails I’ve ever had ,the geometry of the no 5 does look big though

Thanks timbog160 appreciate the advice

+1 for Greyville

Thanks welshfarmer it’s actually a MK12 but loctite ordered ,bearings are on their way so let’s do it !!!

Cranks I have tried on different bikes but only creak on the Liteville ,I’ve swapped to the Knolly for a while give me time to calm down a bit

The chainring bolts are greased ,the pinch bolts are , the crank is ,the pedals are I’ve nothing left to grease

I’ve built the bike up without the cranks but a BB in put a iron bar through the BB and stood on the bar even with force there’s no creak as soon as I put the cranks in the creak is back !!!
Tried XT and 2 sets of SLX cranks and the same result
Think I’m going back to the Knolly at this rate !!

Andy-R I’m with you all the way my previous mk10 was awesome and the H-3 I ride is the best hardtail I’ve had by a long way so it’s gonna be a day tomorrow of messing about with the mk12

Garage-dweller good call I’ll look into that

I was gonna say thanks in Russia spooky_b329 but way beyond my pay grade – well the STW massive may have come to the rescue and saved me £120
I might carry on looking for the creak as it seems the weld is good
The dealer did say he’s never sent a frame back in the 9 years he’s been at it so I’m assuming we are good

This is a day of days !!!

Spooky_b329 sorry I don’t understand Russian – I’m assuming that is Russian you are speaking ??

Well Andy-R if you do could you let me know what it looks like ?

I also run a Liteville H-3 might take out the bb and see what that looks like assuming they are built the same as the 301 ??

The fact that Liteville acknowledge a fault after they have had the pics of the inside of the bb surely means something

I haven’t figured out how to post a pic on here – my computer skills are pretty shite hence why I lay concrete floors for a living

The external weld has been anodised and looks fine ,I didn’t look at it until I shone a torch inside the bb and saw what I saw

I bought it brand new June 2020 but I think it is a 2016 model

Tried loctite and it still comes loose

Thanks everyone I’ll carry on as is and probably save myself about £300 !!!

Pm’d you

What are my options apart from exotic bare in mind I don’t want tobe spending £250 on carbon ones

Checking the oracle (google) the EPO takes a fork 120mm-140mm so a 490 a2c is still on the table I have just always had suspension forks saying that the exotic are £100 which is the price of a fork service so to try it won’t be that much of a ‘gamble’ or am I just talking myself into it ???

Thanks everyone I am definitely more enlightened

Thanks all I did look at the Bombtrack but Surly it is

Discussed with the Mrs and I have ordered a 2 screw wheels mfg rear hanger she is aware if it snaps and she goes tarmac surfing it’s not my fault !!!
See how long that lasts

Thanks thepurist I was all set to sell it now I am not sure

Did the aftermarket hangers solve the problem or is it just a toss design ? I only paid £125 for it off ebay it’s absolutely brand spanking new so i could always relist it don’t fancy paying out for mech hangers every few months

Thanks all , I did read somewhere about the mech hangers so have ordered a couple might be worth carrying a spare

+1 for the Epixon had them for 26 ,27.5 and 29 wheels never had a problem with any of them

Same as ampthill I got some DT M1900 and the slow pick up is a new one seem as good as my other wheelsets

LHM for me too

I had talked myself out of it but reading the comments I am tempted to give it a go I have got some WTB Kom rims on CRC down to £72 so minus the spokes around £200

Every website I have been on mentions the Roger Musson book

sillyoldman you have mail and may have made my Christmas !!

Thanks All ,cant find any Baron’s have found some Lovemud rumpus but a bit hefty

I have a Canfield Nimble 9 chrome plated and Canfield advised me to get some problem solver stuff (I used ACF-50) it’s a 2014 but hardly any rust

To be a bit fair the forks did look brand new but the star nut and the steerer cut to 188mm kinda gave it away

Kayla1 +1 I’ve had Epixon forks 26,27.5 and 29 and can’t fault them at all