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Time to go.... Two perfect tapered steerer 26 inch forks - fully serviced. Perfect stanchions. 15mm axles 100mm spacing. Both long steerers at 195mm: Sektor originally 140mm but have 150mm airshaft 80gbp plus postage Revelation 140mm 80gbp plus postage On One rigid 26 inch forks straight one...

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Hans Dampf on front = 2.35 on the carcass actual measured with vernier at 61mm or 2.40 in old money Ardent on rear = 2.25 on the carcass actual at 57.5mm or 2.26 inches 30mm internal advised tyre range, as your prob know, 2.2 to 2.6 Thanks

BURMP for the weekend.....

Jo B: “I was trying to figure out a character to put on a bike. One day, I tried a sheep, and it was like, ‘There he is'. I remember it clearly – it was just before lunch, I think it was a Tuesday. Somewhere along the line, I lost that bit of paper, which was a real shame.

I think You know And this is why....

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Blimey that's new to me and you of course are dead right...a bit of searching and a 142 DH pattern 12mm suddenly popped up. Interesting. And the picture of the 135 DH is dead interesting. Gosh the folk in Barnoldswick are busy with their CAD.

Er ... that's not a 142 hub, I am pretty sure. That's a 150, given the bearing housing pattern inboard of the drive side and the size of the gap on the rotor outboard side. That can only fit 150 rear spacing. I had the same mistake a few years' back - well a long time ago actually - and had to...

Update on saving 4,000gbp carbon FS frame acquired from a person who knows how to neglect things. So....main bearing housing which has had a bearing rotating in it for goodness know how long. Novocaine you are perfectly right - the bearing seat indeed is no longer round. Try number one...

That's a possibility - I asked about the history of the frame but it may not have been accurate of course. That's indeed there in the background. I have been digging around on metallurgy sites and it was this that got me thinking... from...

Just really working through bearing problems and solutions. Amongst the many bearing-related issues I have been engaged with is the conundrum of black oxide bearings moving in the bearing seats. I have always used ss bearings and have only had a few instances of VERY neglected bearings moving...

Thanks Foz I did wonder about that. I think I might try that.

This is the first instalment of a potential solution to a problem. I picked up a very high end carbon FS frame for Not Very Much - an object which had been much neglected, was missing large amounts of hardware and needed a new rear suspension element. I have overhauled our existing frames and...