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El Guapo

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  1. Alloy nipples is a fail for me. Down at the coast that’s normally the first things that goes. Brass all the way! Would be interested in that rim if they end up being sold separately.
  2. Yes... 'admin' please do what you need to do to get this where it needs to be. ????
  3. I will kick off by offering a good solution to the annoying sticky or jamming Rockshox Pushloc. Mine has been temperamental to say the least and originally I thought it was struggling in the wet or dry and dusty riding conditions. Despite a complete strip down and rebuild of the remote lever (made of crappy plastic!) together with a lube of the cable and inside of cable outer I could not get the thing to perform reliably. The matter was made worse by the fact that my 2014 REBA fork was locked out when there was no tension in the cable leaving me pretty much with a rigid front end. Given that I used the bike predominantly on single track trails I initially opted for a solution found online whereby one uses a short piece of shifter cable with the cable stop to secure the remote spool permanently under tension and so permanently 'open' however it has always irritated me that I had lost the lockout and that it wasn't working as designed or bought. Recently when going through an old box of spares I came across an old 9sp Shimano SLX triple front shifter and got thinking that it might be a good alternative to the Pushloc remote. Well I tried it and it works great! Basically the two click thumb shift action is exactly the right amount of cable pull to bring the spool around to the fully 'open' position. An added benefit is having the sprung trigger finger shift to release tension and return the fork to 'locked out'. One click from 'fully open' adds some compression damping and gives you a halfway house between open and locked out which you couldn't get with a Pushloc remote! It's all feeing a lot more crisp and precise and more importantly reliable. At least now the mechanism is contained in a nicely weather protected shifter body and given that this old shifter has stood the test of time and is still buttery smooth, I am now looking forward to a long future ahead of remote lockout bliss So if anyone else has lost faith in the Rockshox Pushloc and like me does not want to blow cash on a Oneloc upgrade or mod the damper for a crown lockout, just go dig out an old shimano triple front shifter and give it a go! You won't be disappointed!
  4. I am starting this topic in the hope that people might share their own little secrets as to how they have solved annoying design issues/ failures with components or ingenious solutions to mechanical failures on the trail. So post your mods, improvements, or additions and alterations to off the shelf components and hopefully they will go a long way to help the many poor cycling souls out there who suffer the same pains and frustrations!
  5. Hi All Busy setting up a 1 x 11 drivetrain and have a question about chain length. Have looked on the interweb and there are numerous theories around... some say work out shortest possible chain around largest cog and front chainring, and add two links, some say add four links (when its a 1x vs 2x or 3x), some say include master link in this calculation, some say not to. The shimano tech doc says +2 but there are reports that this results in a chain that is short and has the RD running horizontal in the granny ring.... So what is the correct answer? My bike is a hardtail My chain is a shimano XTR chain if that matters... and I am using a 42t xt cassette and xt 11sp derailleur... Sorry is this is a repeat question, I don't have the energy to trawl through the feed to check if this has been answered before. Thanks in advance for any wisdom...
  6. She's a few years old now and has travelled a few miles on and off road but still one if my finest builds and favourite rides! ???? One one Inbred Singlespeed 29er
  7. I was lucky enough to win a Praxisworks chainring at the Howick Enduro. Took delivery on Friday of a 34t narrow wide chainring. Thanks to Rushsports and the event organisers for the prize and to Good2Go for facilitating delivery. Time to upgrade the hardtail drivetrain!
  8. Are there any pictures from the day out there...? There was a few posted on the Howick club FB page but nothing I can find yet of the masses that attended... I did spot a photographer en route so thought there might be more...?
  9. Thanks for a great event yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed by my 'crew'. Please can you post the final results on here or elite timing so that we can figure out who's buying the beer for the next one...
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