The frame had any tat thrown on it I could find, much to the disgust of some other bikes, and the near demise of my shoulder at Thetford after stealing the good brakes off the race Turner.
I like it...and it deserves some good kit now its earned a home. The new Fox forks have to go on for this weekend, the Mavericks have popped their clogs for now, and are not damped enough even in top tune. Trouble is as a sucker to marketing...........sorry progress they are the new 15mm QR through axle type that Fox and Shimano have come up with for 09. Good principle guys, quick releases are left over from our flexy roadie friends, but at least sort some hubs out to go with them.
BETD do a 15mm QR hub right now, I phoned them Tuesday and a freshly built hub with a Stans 355 rim arrived in my lap at work Wednesday dinner time.....Brilliant service I'll be using these guys again, check out their site they are engineering bikers.
Now another thing Fox are forcing us into is post mount brakes....bugger need one of them too, cheapo old Hope (boy its ugly) ordered and to the rescue and I'm ready to hit the hills.......just need to sort out my rebound damping, slow speed compression, and lockout blow off......help!!!
The bike now looks like its gone through an upgrading machine and got stuck at the head-tube, so moving on it has to be the bars followed by the cranks.
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