Recent content by Cloverleaf

I was replying to @Slowhand about the polishing but when I'm digging out the polished M1 pics I'll put up some from before I sold it when I had it done candy apple red to help you, it looked stunning. The larger slab sides compared to tubes really allowed the colour to pop and show its subtlety...

Presumably not polished in your parents kitchen? I made that mistake once... I'll dig out some pics of when mine was polished with '03 decals.

Triggers broom comes to mind when describing this bike. Back in 2004 I was without a trail bike having had my Orange EvO2 nicked 18 months before. My dad wanted to get out riding in the hills again, and I must say I was keen too, so he basically gave me a budget and told me to sort out a bike...

I've never been that impressed with most aftermarket pads and don't generally like the SRAM/Avid spec sintered ones but they were actually pretty decent and their organic's more powerful but with less grab and less longevity. The levers you posted there are the original Juicy levers which were...

And the problem is that people who do have a use for those things then get lumped into the posing category by those who have animosity towards anyone enjoying life differently to them. An example is that my dad has an Evoque. Most people see it as too fancy, show off and completely useless...

Yeah, exactly, people on this forum are enthusiasts. Some want to keep old bikes going, and some will be happy spending £500 on some rare tyres to complete their build, but I would suggest that in the middle are many people who are all still willing to pay too much for some old stuff so they can...

Back when I first got them @rentedmule, in '06, they were an upgrade for Hayes Mags so were pretty decent, and with the '7' lever that had cartridge bearings in it I actually found them pretty grabby rather than modulable, and decently powerful. Of course things move on and now they'd probably...

I was about 600hrs into restoring the underside of my Impreza over the last few years, mostly done in some very intense bursts in my best mate's workshop. It was very satisfying to get it back on the road this year, with some external paint still to sort.

A new (well, not new, but good old) X Lite PSS2 in red as I originally had pretty much completes this build. Annoyingly it wasn't that long ago that I threw out my tatty original which was missing the first inch of foam from the nose. If only I knew then what I know now etc etc.

While I'm going for updates on everything, this is how the M1 currently sits (the Boxer's are still wrong). I did hum and haw over some Dorados that were on eBay recently as I'd always wanted a pair but decided that I'd rather track down some old World Cup Boxxers with nickel stanchions instead...

Thanks to a user on here I picked up some Mk1 Avid Code calipers and Juicy 5 levers (I originally had the Code 7's which had their own proprietary levers). I've swapped them onto some Guide levers for now and hopefully in time will be able to track down some 7 levers for not insane money.

I finally got some pics of this all built up, although it still needs some finishing touches, like crank bolts; The decals are still slightly annoying; no silver backing meant I had to do it myself, and it's not quite right, and the 'Orange' logo is a bit big as it's copied from the...

Thanks Mark, I appreciate it. I guess I've got the advantage that a lot of the bikes I've created threads for have a lot of memories that go with them so it's much easier to write about the emotional aspect that underpins them.

Back when I was a lad, and 8spd hadn't been invented, my first bike was a 20" wheeled Specialized Hard Rock Mega. It was bright red, and a mini Ned Overend lookalike, and was very, very cool to 6 year old me. And to think I could have ended up with a Raleigh Activator. Luckily a guy my dad was...

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