Recent content by Cloverleaf

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...

I would do it with a couple of turns on it so there's space to back it off. If you don't, when the fluid heats up either on a long descent or a hot day, you won't be able to compensate with the dial.

Hope did a few different braided hoses. Oriignal stuff was 6mm and is treated just like the 6mm black by fitting the olive over the clear coating. Later stuff was 5mm to fit through more frames with internal routing. Internal diameter is the same so there's no difference in feel. For bleeding...

As ever it's down to control and profit, wrapped up in a bundle called 'better for the customer'. Yodel is absolutely useless and about half the parcels sent through them don't make it up here, the same with Herpes/Lose 'evry' parcel. Parcel Force, DPD and RM are by far and away the most...

If nobody else wanted them then I'd take them as I just used my last spare set but I am happy to be at the back of the queue. Great info on the seal ID, I hadn't realised they were generic parts!