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OK, quickie. Blew out a spoke nipple this morning, need to get a handful of new nipples. Prolly going to change the lot, but *embarassed* I don't know what gauge my spokes are. How do I find out?

So, upgrading time again for the Sunn Start spec : Xircuit '97, size 50. Suntour fork, mavic rims laced on LX hubs, deore 9s crankset, shifters, v-brakes, RD & 11-32 cassette, XT top pull FD, kore bars, ritchey stubbies, look 110mm stem, kalloy seatpost, Fizik pavé saddle. generic pedals, XT...

So, going 1x on my Sunn, Shimano (I don't get on with Sram shifters, horrible bloody things). I *thought* I'd got it all worked out, 10s SLX or similar shifters, XT if I can get my hands on them at a decent price, and an XT 786 mech (with either long b screw, goatlink, cage mod, or some...

Shipping costs from France might give you the shakes. https://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/1453184380.htm/ (the actual term the seller was looking for is "velo elliptique")

… fettled your gear shifting, the weather's not too bad so you say to yourself "I'll head off for a little ride", remember to chuck your allen keys in the backpack along with the waterproofs and the cereal bars. Because you *have* forgotten something. In my case, just got back from my first...

So, the boy came in about an hour ago after his first real ride on his new (to him) 2012 Specialised enduro, says Dad, I think I've got a problem with my freehub Symptoms - funny noise from the freehub, occasionally goes freewheel in both directions, occasionally locks up in both directions...

So, I've got a hankering for a bike that's bouncy at both ends. I'm far more on the XC end of the spectrum than DH, quite happy with 26" wheels, needs discs and decent spec suspension. 55mm suspension is all very well, but... And, obviously, not a boat anchor - I want to ride, and it's...

So, just scored a pair of XC717 disc rims, pretty much mint. Would it be sacrilege to lace 'em up to a pair of formula disk hubs with 4-bolt disks, or should I go "modern all the way" with a pair of XTs?

So, last week I bought a pair of XT 756 disc hubs on here, as part of my Sunn Urge 999 disc conversion project. The plan was to lace them to a pair of XC717 rims (which I haven't yet managed to put my hands on, but have a tacit agreement to buy). So, yesterday I headed down to my LBS, who does...

Used but in pretty good condition, tread barely touched, one more "gold" than the other, 20€ the pair + shipping from frogland (10€ UK & most of Mainland Europe, 5€ France, Belgium, Luxembourg)

So, bought me a rigid steel fork for my Sunn. Made by Sobre. Asked him for the A-C distance, he said "410mm", I thought "yeah, I can live with that", so bought it. Turns out he'd measured to the bottom of the fork crown, it's actually 450mm A-C. Lovely fork, but - well. Looks a bit long to...

… a pair of godawful forks? So, I skipfound a Scott frame* the other day, brought it home for the bars and shifters attached to it. Attached to the front end was a rather unpleasant boinger, a pair of Manitou Axel "Comp**" forks. Which appear to have been treated with all the respect they...

So, rescued a frame from the tip this morning, mainly for the spuds and bars it had on it. It's a Scott Yecora, 2005 model. Junk forks (Manitou Axel), low-grade crankset, but stripped down to just the frame it doesn't look *that* bad. Apart from being grey, and fat aluminium, and all that...

Seller wants 300€, but it seems quite - particular. https://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/1037514423.htm

http://www.bicycling.com/news/news/cycl ... roo-attack

So, I need a way to make my old, removed and now no longer sticky, stickers - umm - stick again. any ideas? I've seen spray adhesive suggested, as well as fabric glue.

RAL 6018 "yellow green" Sunn Urge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNUoHwE8-2o

Looking for a set of 10 speed chainrings if anyone has set. Seeing as how 1x10 is all the rage... Also looking for a set of Sunn 1999 rigid forks (the straight ones) any help appreciated...

So, I got me an addiction to french* steel. I came across an ad for some bits on the french equivalent of fleabay, with the tantalising comment "I've got a lad of other Sunn stuff to get rid of, for example an Urge Comp 99 frame in L". A few emails back and forth, a quick trip to Lyon and an...

I'm currently struggling with the extraction of a totally seized BB-UN71 from a Sunn frame. Bolted the extractor tool to the spindle, non-drive side, apply large spanner, nothing. Apply a metre of pipe to large spanner, ah, there she goes, it's starting to - oh. Bugger. I now have a...