Recent content by Peterg

thanks :D

Almost finished my Zaskar. Picked up a frame three months ago and went through the old parts bin to assemble this bike. Fork is a Girvin, I disassembled it and had the fork ends re-anodized in matte black. I had to turn a custom carbon spacer with an aluminium liner to fit the fork to the...

thought so, I'll cut one in half to check how they did it :wink:

Did anyone remove the cylinder from the caliper housing? I would like to have the housing stripped and polished. But the I have to take the brake cylinder out. but I can't figure out how to disassemble this (yes I know it voids the warranty :) )

p.s best feature of the 130 Defender, just throw your atb in the back and off you go in a second!

Hi Mo, I ordered Vinco V-brakes over Ebay.de to replace the XT brakes. Check out their site www.http://vinco-bike.pl/ENG/ Got notice the package is at the post office, hope the quality is as good as the looks. cheers p

Slightly off topic, Landie piccies This is a special Dutch version of the 130 hpcu crew cab. It just fits a tiny loophole in the cartaxes :-) which makes it relatively cheap to buy and it has a low road tax. Quite luxurious for a Defender; airco, electric windows, heated front window, heated...

P.s what brake is that?

Lovely black Gipiemmes!

As promised :D

Hi Mo, I'll post more pictures later this week,

Mine is using 26 road wheels, they have 5 mm smaller axles than the mtb version so I had to turn small aluminium filler rings. Approx 1,75 mm thickness proved to be enough. Got a nice pair of 5 spoke spinergies in reserve but they need a bit of tlc first. By the way these wheels needs 571 tires...

yep, shamelessly inspired by Chris Turners STS, but nice anyway, at least imho Spinergy wheels Risse airshock Fournales Forks Polished XT cranks

first post from Holland, hello everybody