Recent content by Cloverleaf

Try using Bulldog BDX. Soak, soak, and soak again. I don't know what's in it but it's an incredible penetrant and release fluid, beats XCP/Plusgas etc by a country mile.

Finding a pic should be easy enough, finding the actual hub may be more of a challenge but I'll see what I can do. They're all mk1 hubs.

I'm going to leave this one as is just now, I was never the biggest fan of red hubs, although my Hadleys on the Rotec at least did stay red! I might however have some spare hubs sitting around somewhere if you still need them; a silver and a black front 32h Bulb and a rear 36h one in black.

I did see that, it was a nice build and went for a good price. The X-Vert Ti were a fork I always lusted after as a kid. I don't need another one though!

That and people have less spare cash, or are less willing to spend cash on discretionary items, and so those sellers with stuff they've been able to inflate the prices on for the last few years are having to reduce them to more reasonable levels so that they can actually sell anything. No bad...

Absolutely loved seeing this when my mate sent it to me. I know the Lairig Ghru and the surrounding area very well from riding, wandering and climbing so it's great to see it in a different light through the annals of history. Incidentally, despite much bollocks online, the proper name should...

Maxxis have been horrendous for this in recent years, particularly the 2.5" DH Assegai. At one point some of the World Cup teams were selecting one good one from every three. Given the cost of these things now exceeds mid-range car tyres you'd expect better. It does happen on every tyre, and...

The bay ones are some of the scariest things I've ever seen. Some of the cheapest chinesium I've ever seen, and you can't tighten the headset up effectively when they're fitted. I bought one to see if it would work for extending the steerer of a wall hanger DH bike but even in that scenario it's...

Boots look way better on forks of that era IMO, they look naked and not finished if they're not fitted IMO.

Thanks for the kind words. Not much on the Sub3's other than a lot of them broke and the original protos had the horizontal dropouts that were too short and allowed the wheel to fall out under hard hits, sorry!

It's actually finished now, I just need to get some pics of it. Yeah, I remember them seeming very cutting edge. How things change! Compared to modern stuff they're very old hat but they still look pretty special. Also, a pic of more powdercoating; the spring and the 24/7 cranks. Next I'll...

Not a flipping chance Lee, I ain't spending that much money for a fork that's never getting ridden! Now if a Boxxcart came up I'd stick that in as I did have one on the bike briefly. It was shit. Actually, did Avi ever do 32mm dampers? I've got one of the pukka spring charged 40 ones on the...

Which year are you trying to replicate? I've repainted a few old RS forks and can give you the approximate codes for the relevant manufacturer options like VW Mars Red ('99 IIRC, but I can check).

Yeah, or around the axle might also have some tell tale red. RS did do some black ones for teams and bike co's though, albeit not that many, so it is possible that the black is original. Back in the day you were the cool of the cool if you had your lowers custom painted. These days it doesn't...

Decals are unlikely to be correct (they're '01/'02) given they went with metallic cherry red lowers. If they're 6" travel then they're '98 or '99. If they're 7" then they're '00-'02. The silver axle end indicates likely '01/02 but that's not a guarantee as it could easily have been replaced...