This has taken longer than I expected
I was hoping the rear wheel would fly on but just about everything was wrong with it:
Bearings all Rough
Free hub pawls dry and sticking
Valve hole so knackered that stans juice pissed out like a woman with a mesh bodge. I tried all sorts of remedies but in the end I invented my own: Hot melt glue gun - 2 days in and the tire is holding at 50psi - i guess time will tell...
Mind you I had another nightmare inflating a Jones Mud 1.8 on it - in the end I caved and brought an AIRSHOT.
My next dilema in the steerer tube - to chop or not to chop.....
I have tested this set up with the air shock completely empty and it does not foul - there is about 3mm gap - this is a speecy compset stem with about 3 offset shims - this is not the highest setting !
I will test it like this and then with another stem at the top and see if it makes any difference to front end stiffness.
I would also like to know where I can get one of these sphericals (for my other JW)- it looks like its rubber coated - and this one has no play in any direction