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I liked the 666 with the bean can head tube, and have been looking for another one to build again.
Now I have a flow drift and a yeti asx both custom builds
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I had 18 cycles at one point have 9, she went mental when she found out
Iv got everything from unicycles, two schwinn choppers one with a petrol engine and one is mint, Iv still got my first ever specialized that I brought from my Saturday money at the shop
That bikes been to the moon and back, Iv done the coast to cost and lejog via the green lanes when I was 18. Feels a long time back now but want to do something daft like that again soon
Iv got everything from unicycles, two schwinn choppers one with a petrol engine and one is mint, Iv still got my first ever specialized that I brought from my Saturday money at the shop
That bikes been to the moon and back, Iv done the coast to cost and lejog via the green lanes when I was 18. Feels a long time back now but want to do something daft like that again soon
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Maybe so Brad but when it comes to removing bearings etc not much has changed, "when in doubt give it a clout" still applies
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This is possibly the best sort of tool for the job, very good at getting seals out of cylinders too, I have a Sykes one it was worth every penny
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/9pc-Inner-...UzUm0gUehbFS_l4SbsxFSovkikU71za8aAlm8EALw_wcB
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/9pc-Inner-...UzUm0gUehbFS_l4SbsxFSovkikU71za8aAlm8EALw_wcB
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I had worried about that before, a knock that would dent an alu frame might wreck a carbon one but I'll worry about that when it breaks. It's only a carbon front anyway, alu swingarm.
I had a DMR drone (I think) a few years ago. Single speed 24" wheels so it was basically a big BMX, awesome bike. The chainring was worn out so it kept snapping chains and the cranks rusted solid so I couldn't change it. I spent a night in A&E once after it snapped while I wasn't wearing a helmet, immediately over the bars, head smacked the floor inches from the curb (Could have been much worse
). Luckily I only had a bad concussion but I fell out of love with it quite quickly after that. Silver lining though, somehow it still sold for more than I paid for it. 
I've got the broken section of chain somewhere, a link plate snapped right half in two! Kept it as a reminder "ALWAYS WEAR A SODDING HAT". 
I've got four and a half bikes at the moment (One is missing a wheel
). A posh road bike is next, for some reason I can't resist a fancy aero frame even though I'd get so much more speed from not wearing baggy clothes.
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Oh my god, I totally missed that! Just taken it out the bin and you're absolutely right, some tit had fitted the bloody thing upside down.
I did say the seller was no bike mechanic. That explains why I couldn't get it turning smoothly!
Still, it would seem it was an Alibaba special so no harm done swapping it out.
atomant48
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I was more 20-60 miles XC. I used to import Boulder Bikes
The Green Defiant I bought in 89/90, replacing a Proflex 956. I became the European importer in 93. The Starship LT was bought as a demo in 98ish, liked it so much I kept it. My mate still owns the Defiant.
I rode the Starship yesterday, though I haven’t been off road in 15yrs
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Nice ! Proper bikes. Proflex .... there’s a few memories. The other interesting one at the time was AMP research with a parallel link front end.
Anyway maybe we should start a bike thread. Ive got a Cove hard tail at the moment. Far fewer moving parts and resin to worry about !
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I’ve a brand new pair of Girvin forks. Shortly after becoming the Boulder Bikes Importer, the owner Rich Williams started to use a Risse Racing Dampers. It was long before I became their importer/distributor/service agent. Risse made replacement dampers for many makes including AMP and Proflex. I sold many dampers to replace the joke of a damper on the AMP, and the Poorly built Noleen dampers on the Proflex frames. By this time I was also the UK service agent for Noleen
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Hard tail ? Mines steel so supposed to have a bit of give. I had a big tube aluminium one years ago and don’t remember a huge difference but I was many years younger and more flexible then......it suits me I’m just XC with a couple of little-me’s in tow these days. But I love seeing them enjoy the sport grew up lovin.
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Didn’t use it as we declined to service Rock Shox forks, as Carrati Sport couldn’t get the spares.
These were supplied by Noleen/K2, I was told the red pot was 75quid, used for rebuilding K2 pull shocks
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What's so good about these special greases? It seems Judy Butter is now called Sram Butter, a one ounce pot costs nearly a tenner! I only bought it to get me over a free postage threshold and even then I was reluctant.
I've got a litre of Rockshox suspension fluid too, I was planning on servicing the Rockshox Recon forks on my old bike at some point, I assume using it in Fox forks is a big no?
I've got a litre of Rockshox suspension fluid too, I was planning on servicing the Rockshox Recon forks on my old bike at some point, I assume using it in Fox forks is a big no?
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What's so good about these special greases? It seems Judy Butter is now called Sram Butter, a one ounce pot costs nearly a tenner! I only bought it to get me over a free postage threshold and even then I was reluctant.
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I've got a litre of Rockshox suspension fluid too, I was planning on servicing the Rockshox Recon forks on my old bike at some point, I assume using it in Fox forks is a big no?
Judy butter was pants. The Noleen greases dissolve in oil, while retaining the same viscosity. The Girvin is for use with Elastomers
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New headset arrived...
Very chinese looking packaging, no chamfer on one side of the lower bearing (Don't think its angular contact) and the upper bearing is about half a mm too big.
In other words, it would appear to be a cheap clone, which might explain why Halfords are charging twice as much for the same thing.
EDIT; Actually now I'm not so sure. I've just taken a bearing out of my BMX and it's the same size as the new FSA one, I think the aluminium cups in the frame are part of the old cheap one the bike came with, I need to pull them out somehow and get a semi-integrated headset.
Very chinese looking packaging, no chamfer on one side of the lower bearing (Don't think its angular contact) and the upper bearing is about half a mm too big.
In other words, it would appear to be a cheap clone, which might explain why Halfords are charging twice as much for the same thing.
EDIT; Actually now I'm not so sure. I've just taken a bearing out of my BMX and it's the same size as the new FSA one, I think the aluminium cups in the frame are part of the old cheap one the bike came with, I need to pull them out somehow and get a semi-integrated headset.
