Surly Moonlander

[saltyman]

Superb!

Was it the one up for £299?

Ed bikes are selling mukluk framesets for £380, also have tires and wheels etc

Lots of tires on eBay from surly too!

 

[kaiser]

Aye the £299 one, I'll need to start learning all the different bits and bobs. What fits and what doesn't.

Who's Ed Bikes?

 

[saltyman]

New little shop opened in Yorkshire, he's on Facebook matey

 

[saltyman]

noticed the brakes were rumbling at the fatbike weekend meet.....so today i serviced and replaced the pads, a easy job thankfully on avid BB7s....

EBC gold pads and copper grease on the backs, sorted.

rears were shot.

fronts were not too bad after about 800 miles

 

[saltyman]

swapped back to my original bars and post through the week, bike feels wierd now.....anyways, its the weekend so i wanted to take it out.

tide was out down coast, and temps were 14c and no rain forecast so off i went.....23miles to st marys island and back.

tynemouth

old outdoor pool at tynemouth beach

cullercoats beach

whitley bay beach

bit of erosion going on....

2ft deep seaweed washed up

st marys island

spanish city....was once a popular arcade and entertainment area....now closed and new buildings built were fairground was.

 

[saltyman]

little trip to north berwick and aberlady bay yesterday....nice to be on the beach

good day out with good friends

rest of pics here...

http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b263/ ... 1QQtppZZ24

 

[saltyman]

my first video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqa7XMKq-uI&feature=plcp

 

[saltyman]

Here's some from tonight's little trip around Newcastle upon Tyne

Quayside

Lots of history around these parts....

Castle keep

The black gate

 

[saltyman]

Answer pro-taper DH 780mm  

Arrived today still waiting on a 70mm stem though....so quick mock up, love the red and black that goes with my little colour scheme.

Doesn't look as mad as I thought.....and standing in the mirror holding bars and making motorbike noises I think I will get on with these!

 

[saltyman]

Been looking into new bars recently and noticed quite a few folk are using crazy wide bars....and the promise of more comfort and control over rocks and things had my attention.

Going to 31.8 also meant a new stem and speaking to doc we reckoned 70mm would suit me best.

Que yesterday and the postmen dropped off my answer pro taper DH 780mm bars and today a 70mm race face stem to replace the stock 110mm came through the door.

I was mortified when i removed the old stem and spacers to see the dreaded rust on the steerer!

After I removed the forks for inspection I was relieved the rest of the steerer was fine, headset bearings fine and greased still....inside the head tube was also as new....brilliant.

I obviously had to spent some time cleaning the rust off, gave it all a rub down and smoothed off then copper greased everything up.

Anyways....the bars are on now and although they look wrong they also feel so right.

No doubt I will have to remind myself I no longer have 620mm bars on so trees and city riding will be interesting for awhile, I am looking forward to a good test of these though.