Recent content by oldandslow

Always level, because that's what I recall Richard's Bicycle Book teaching. Very slightly up if for some reason perfectly flat is not possible.

Well I thought I should report back after all your help. I went for a Monarch RL shock, and ordered some hardware from Offset. I couldn't fit it all together because the arc described by the rear triangle didn't allow the bolt holes to line up. So I went back to Offset for some, well, offset...

I thought it was about how long we'd had the same bike?

I used one for exactly that reason - to solve a routing problem. No issues at all.

I built up this Aende as a student in 1979. My avatar shows it in the first few months I had it, though I bought the frame second-hand. It was pink then (don't think I have any colour photos of it then, which may be just as well), but it's had two resprays since. I make it currently approaching...

So do I, though my preferred tourer is 700C (and I do tend to think of it more as touring than bikepacking): Limited time means that my camping tends to be with Scouts, so I have a reputation for turning up, kitted out like that, when everyone else has driven to camp. I suspect I wouldn't need...

👍 Enquiry sent to Offset. I'll update with the response. Looking at BETD now (cross-posted).

So I've reviewed all that, and this is the Monarch RL that I'm looking at. Measured with a digital Vernier calliper, my current DU bushes have an OD of 12mm (not 12.7 mm - the eyelet was the same of course) and an ID of 10mm. As I see it, that size is obsolete, so I can't re-use the two-piece...

What extra possible products would that make worth considering? And it's true that I've not tended to change settings to any degree so far, even the fork lock. I'm looking at an eBay bike parts supplier. I'm aware of the issues but shocks cost quite a lot for the kind of use I'm likely to get...

That's really useful, thanks. I'll do some research, but what would I need and from where? It looks as though the bushes might come pre-fitted to the shock, so new shouldered "washers" to go on the bolts and match the new-size bushes? Is the eyelet width (i.e. the width of the shoulder on the...

Yes, 100%. I've given up on the shock, but not on the bike. Encouraged by your support for my favouring the Monarch RL, and thanks for the comment against the RT as well. The fund has been started 👍

No, I moved the sticker to check. Can't see anything, it's weird, bit like a ship-in-a-bottle assembly on the face of it, which is impossible, so I have to be missing something but, as above, don't think there's much to gain from taking it apart anyway. Currently looking at a RockShox Monarch...

Thanks, because that made me think again about what I was seeing and whether it made sense. My measurements were correct, in that there is indeed 0.75" of smooth travel in between the two hard stops in my photos below. However, the bumper stopper wouldn't then get compressed before the limit of...

I've measured it up at 6.25*0.75". Does that make it a toy, with so little compression stroke? Is anything that size even available?

OK so I've replaced the transmission and gear cables on my Brompton, and sorted the rust under its BB, so I've got back onto this one now. Removing the suspension was easy of course, but I think I now see what valve bouncer meant. The Deluxe looks like this variant, which is literally...