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price is a bit steep, but maybe someone can talk some sense into them? http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/b ... 12540.html

any Vancouverites check this out yet? http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/b ... 43606.html

Well RockiMtn needed to modify this spider to fit his AC cranks. I've got access to a lathe and am always up for a challenge so thought I'd give it a go. The spider has 5-fold symmetry and the lathe chuck has 6-fold symmetry. So this was my solution. Make a custom jig to hold the spider...

From the July 1992 MBA. Even if these weren't the greatest quality parts they always appealed to me BITD. I guess it's just the Bower in me. :wink:

From the December 1991 MBA

From August 1989 MBA. Cool stuff 8) 8) This ad just reeks of engineering. Look at those seatpost lengths stated in inches with 5 significant digits !!!

Has anyone every seen these in person? or better yet, does anyone have these on their bike? From the January 1993 MBA:

From the March 1992 MBA, a Wilderness Trails Bikes Trailgrips ad. "More bitchin' than the competition" 8)

From the September 1990 MBA. I wish they still made these.

Scanned from the back of the August 1990 MBA. MBA did a full page write up of the Speed Controllers in the April 1990 issue, but this is the earliest Grafton advertisement I've seen in MBA. It is not much to look at, but underscores the grassroots-guy-in-a-garage-making-awesome-bike-parts ethos...

Same one that is in the archive from May 1992 MBA, but higher resolution.

From April 1992 MBA.

A cool FAT ad I hadn't noticed BITD. Scanned from January 1992 MBA.

Scanned from October 1993 MBA.

The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: EDIT/ Removed dead image. Post and upload all your adverts for Rocky Montain in one place EDIT

These were of interest to me so thought to post for others.

Having been fortunate enough to have access to the required Avid Bearing Replacement tool I decided to replace the VERY seized up bearings in my Avid Arch Supremes. The bearings are 688HZZ 8mm x 16mm x 5mm 8mm ID 16mm OD 5mm thick There are 2 bearings per brake arm so a total of eight...

I'm surprised this hasn't been outed here yet. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221122768537

This is the Titanium bike Chris showed at this years Handmade Bike Show in Sacramento. A phenomenal piece of machinery. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dekerf-Custom-T ... m4ab8a1d35 I would expect this to go pretty high.

yikes :shock: some sobering documentation of carbon fiber failures. http://www.bustedcarbon.com/