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  1. lou74

    oh no, it's happened again...... cannondale content

    picked up this super V last week, for a reasonable figure, I've seen the wheels it came with advertised for what i paid for the whole bike. I could see from the pictures in the ad it had xtr parts (950rear mech 900 front, 950 brake levers, along with xt 750 v brakes and slx 9spd shifters...
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    meanwhile, in Madrid....

    Apparently last Saturday, the 6th, marked the 30th anniversary of the Grundig world cup race at the Casa de Campo in Madrid. I was invited along by a Couple of guys i've bought stuff off. There was a good turn out of 20 or so like minded people with some lovely shiney old bike, some i'd not even...
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    Torrot???

    This week I bought a pair of Continental Explorer tyres (2d hand, little to no use, still got the little hair on) for 40€, they came with a free Deore LX specced bike made in Italy by a company called Tarrot. Never heard of them and a Google search says they now produce electric motor bikes...
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    1 for our American cousins

    howdy, i'm in the process of planning a 2 month ish road trip across the U.S. in the summer. i'll be starting in the NE at my uncles & heading to california. the main purpose of the trip is skydiving but it dawned on me that as i'm going to be in cali it would be rude not to meet up with some...
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    just so you know

    i'm about for august, just in case anyone fancies going for a ride or tea & cake etc
  6. lou74

    thetford summer enduro after the dust has settled.....

    the morning after & i can actually walk unaided, which is mega & unexpected if i'm honest. we all had a good day, super human performances from everyone. me & jango finished 18th in the 8hr pairs, lewis the wippet & danson did 10th in the 10hr pairs and average mark finished a very unaverage...
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    bombers

    anyone know about pulling apart/servicing/fitting new bushes to bomber forks? inparticularly mx comp types with eta, & wtf is this eta???? think it's broken. cheers, lewis
  8. lou74

    bombers

    anyone know about pulling apart/servicing/fitting new bushes to bomber forks? inparticularly mx comp types with eta, & wtf is this eta???? think it's broken. cheers, lewis
  9. lou74

    servicing marzzochi forks

    sold bomber mx comp 04 forks, on way back as aparently they are f***ed. anyone know about servicing then & parts etc? have done google serch & not really come back with much. cheers, lewis
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    Flatlanders B Mountain Mayhem Organisation Thread

    thought i'd start this off as an easy way to com with the team as a whole rather than bugger about with pm's. i'll start with some good news. tues i sorted out ones funk with slicks ready to hop on it wed after work & start so serious training. now the 'not quite so good news' wed lunchtime...
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    lou's skydiving sale kona, bomber, hope, race face, xt

    here we go......... prices are ebay guided guesses, if i'm miles out, tell me or make an offer. chances are it'll be a yes. inc postage unless stated. 2 weeks tops then it's the bay, falling out of spanish skys mid april! 2004 kona roast jump frame good nic, not done a whole lot by the looks...
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    cancel sorted

    we in, all ok
  13. lou74

    in-sewer-ants

    this has proberly been covered before, but has anyone got their pride & joy insured in it's own right? if so who'd you use? when my 653 race bike got robbed, it would have cost £1400 to replace but i got the £1000 max pay out on a bicycle that the house hold ins would pay. promptly got spent...
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    i went to the pub last night (pace content)

    it was saturday after all. anyway, i was given this (see pic), mine anyway, but.......
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    rapid rise

    has anyone used a rapid rise mech with thumbies? does it work? have a m951 mech which is destined for rc300 & plan to run xt thumbshifters.
  16. lou74

    mon 27th twizzler replacement at thetford

    further to rekiborters enquiry on t'other thread.... i'm up for it, & a ride at thetford :roll: will give me something to do, usual time, usual place
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    look what i found in the loft (retro T-shirt content)

    not quite the full set, if memory serves my right i missed 1 round. all of 16 yrs old i was, remember turning up to thetford on the day, handing over a fiver & racing a national round! wouldn't happen nowadays, mind you, didn't happen the year after....... wasn't 91 the 1st year of the bmbf &...
  18. lou74

    at last the god of karma shines his rays of good will on me!

    this morning during a stroll to the local shop i spied an old mtb in a drive looking very sorry for it's self (quite literlly a stones throw for my front door). on the way back i knocked on the door to enquire whether it belonged to any one, but there was no answer....... later on noticed a car...
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    pace, manitou, ritchey.........

    right, in order that i can afford the parts for me pace the following is for sale. prices are inc postage to UK. feel free to make an offer by PM if you feel i'm way out with the price. will be as acurrate as poss with discriptions. FSA SL-280 seat post. 31.6 (that's elite size that is) x...
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    norwich this w/e

    as the title implies....... not been out on bike since thet 2 weeks ago & it is my birthday on saturday (21 again! yay!) i figure i should be able to get some me time. so, anyone local fancy doing sumit? sunday morning maybe, trundle round mousehold or poss further afield.......... ideas.....
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