Recent content by Lacuna

Are you still looking for an STS? I bought one as a project last year but I would be happy to move it on. There is a lot of play in the linkage so will need replacement bearings all round I expect.

I like to use Elixir levers with avid calipers, much better than Guide levers

I was a big fan of Comp 32's for how tough they were but that was also a bit of weakness; I remember getting off the chair lift at Morgins and seeing my innertube burst through the side of my tyre! If it hadn't been for the exposed part of the casing looking so fresh (despite being a bit old) I...

The front mud guard isn't too bad but the rear... 🤮 I prefer to just get dirty though, so I'm probably not the target market

Correct, they were too orange and I was a bit disappointed. This added to the issue of a dint showing up on the top tube after it was blasted and resprayed. I still put more than 3000km on it before retiring back in 2016. Unfortunately when taking the BB out the frame threads came along for the...

I had my '99 Kula painted up to look like a '97. Turned out quite well

Trek certainly made some decisions back in the day...

There's a fair chance that nobody working at Ribble now actually remembers anything that far back. None of the original company directors are there anymore

Those brakes seem like a terrible design. I'm really not sure what problem they were trying to solve. I would ditch them and just get a set of basic shimano or avid from ebay

33lbs is pretty wild for a trail/xc hardtail. My Transition Sentinel is also 33lbs....

I don't recall UCI ever banning URT suspension designs??

Yes. Also, the '03 - '05 Monster T's had so much clearance you could get a 29" wheel in them even though they were designed for 26"

Yeah, that's probably right

Marzocchi 66, Fox 36 and Rockshox Totem were all available in a 180mm/26" configuration