Recent content by Chrisgriff44

Re: New front end day. 180mm travel, air spring with adjustable compression and rebound damping and 20mm axle. I've pulled them apart and they seem like the real deal and not cheap shite. Not much info about on them save for a few boiler plate press releases. 27.5 too so I can go mullet

Re: It would have been rude not to pick up this Rock Shoc Kage RC rear shock for £99 on clearance. Just needs a new spring because it came with a 300 but I need 450.

Re: Yeah they are Clarks M4. They are powerful enough but just feel a bit woolly. My dodgy riding is probably more the issue. I've not ridden proper hardcore downhill for a long long (long) time. I've decided to upgrade the front forks to something more adjustable. I got hold of some brand new...

Re: First run out on the SGS DH at Antur Stiniog. It took a right battering but ran like a dream all day. Suspension needs some work on the spring rates to get it dialled in and the 4 pot brakes were a little underwhelming. Might go up a rotor size.

Re: She's rollin'... New 4 pot M4 brakes feel like pooh out of the box.Lets hope they bed in after a run or two. Springs feel a bit soft for my weight front and rear but as I've never ridden this rig in anger I'll reserve judgement for now.

Re: Show stopping disasters that have cropped up in the last 24 hours... The steerer on the set of domains I bought wasn't as long as the seller advertised so the original stem was less than half on and would have been super sketchy. So I had to get hold of a lower stack headset and and a...

Uplift is at Antur Stiniog. Hasn't been too difficult to get bits for it. Main issue is the rear hub and BB being an obsolete standard.

Re: Thread revival.... The frame is finally back from metal finish masters powder coaters. Went for something a bit different, a textured Matt black. Rear triangle is silver. Looks well. Have an uplift booked for Sunday so it's time to cross my fingers I have all the parts and it all fits...

I have a good as new '98 gold version currently being rebuilt from a slightly odd slick tyres drop bar hybrid back to MTB spec. The GT pro team were the absolute shizz back in the day, what happened to them they don't seem to be anywhere these days.

Gamble on the pit bike axle paid off. Fits like it was made to measure. Now to press out the pivot bearings and get it all powder coated. Also got hold of an isis 100mm shell BB. Had to bring it in from the states though which was a bummer on fees etc.

Well the 12x165mm hub showed up from Spain... And the 12mm axle won't fit through without being smacked home with a lump hammer. I think it has been incorrectly machined. Hub looks okay 50 points of engagement I have 4 options. Get my engineer to ream the hub or turn down the axle a few thou...

Been working on a solution for the odd hard to get 12x165mm hub by spacing out the back end to work with a 150mm hub. Pretty straight forward . In the meantime I managed to find a company in Spain that carries new 12x165 hubs. So if there are any Tomac or SGS riders looking for a new hub Google...

Let's get this DH beast rollin' again! Going to do my usual strip down and re-powder coat job and replace the pivot bearings etc. Not sure what spec to build it to yet... Period, trick or budget? Since purchasing the frame I've discovered it runs a humongous 165mm rear hub and a 100mm BB shell...

Cool. Used to race downhill on a steel Rockhopper back in the day with a set of rockshox quadra up front. Snapped the seat tube at the BB shell. Must get one for old times sake I recon...

Took the xcile out for its first bit of serious gravity today. Couldn't stop the original dnm air forks leaking so swapped them out for some squelchy 120mm marzocchi exr comps. Rides well, super stiff frame. Stacked it hard within 10mins. Few pressure tweaks at the front and it stuck like glue...