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I'll take them. PM incoming.

It'll have been galvanic corrosion between the stainless steel and the aluminium, especially if there's mag in the lowers. A suggestion for future stubborn bolts is to soak for a few days to a week (if you know it's going to be really stubborn) in Bulldog BDX which is amazing stuff.

If you want to get the dent out I'd consider speaking to a local good (and I will emphasise that point) PDR guy. I've got a local one here I use from time to time who's excellent and loves all sorts of interesting challenges. A seat clamp on at the top to prevent distortion there and I reckon...

I'll go with that option I think, please ;) I need another spare tyre I'll never use like a hole in the head. Want to PM me your PayPal? Cheers

Cool, how much do you want for it posted?

Would you be willing to split the Michelin Comp 15 out from the pair?

You can also use a plastic drinking straw and a small jar to decant the paint from an aerosol. I've used this technique a lot for decanting it out to use in an airbrush for finer details. Tamiya sell empty 30ml and 60ml jars for saving the paint. It'll gas out for a bit so best to leave the lid...

What's M3-500 when it's at home? Halfords used to be my go to for model making and helmet spraying etc when not using an airbrush as the can tops were close enough an approximation (although not as good as their original painted tops) but this new system that takes a manufacturers actual paint...

Yep, very much so. I was struggling with the more recent 11/12spd Shimano stuff just not lasting, particularly 2nd & 3rd, but I only just replaced the SRAM X01 Eagle on the MT after about 7000km which given the grit, slop and steep climbs (and heavy bike/rider) it deals with is very impressive...

I'm already loving the pointlessness of this, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Everything we do on this site is pretty pointless, but it's great, and living out childhood dreams and plans is about the best of those pointless activities.

Candy apple red: Polished:

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.