Current Projects chat and miscellany

Ritchey scuzzy logic's ok and aheadset's tr1 ain't bad, I had one on my moser, 'twas fine. Right now I've a chorus which I thoroughly recommend, but I don't think they make em anymore.

Cane Creek 40 (got one for sellz); -17° (not got one for sellz).

Just got the Fort that was selling for hundred fiddy and it is bent, i cry.
Is there anything to do, as it is aluminium? Currently waiting reply from seller. :(

Thanks, both suggestions come in silver as well!

Thanks!
As above, is your one silver? What condition? I googled and different looking ones come, would you be able to show a link for yours (if silver of course...)

get 100 refund, ride it like you stole it

get 100 refund, ride it like you stole it

This :-)

Ah! Sorry no, CC40 only come in black.

Built this today - much fun - will be more so when I dig out a half-link to get the chainlength right - total cost was £12 and the only parts from the parts bin were the saddle and pedals.
Will be fitting some better brakes (sans STI) and risers at some point soon

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Bit o "stretch" and that'll fit nicely into the dropouts no?

Upgrading to V brakes as well as changing the levers?

Love old specialized mountain bikes, ever since this free vid I got with either mbuk or total mtb which was all the late 80s/ early 90s guys killing it on fully rigid stumpjumpers.

Same old Bontrager seat post I notice!

Same story here: To me - Red Specialized = JMC

I also remember those VHS's free on the front of MBUK - this one here was a favourite of mine:

Hoping the QR will hold ok in the dropout and allow time for chain stretch - time will tell.
Wasn't planning on Vee's though - I quite like the old "not even low profile" Deore Canti's - really good modulation - BITD I was running them right up until '97 when I switched to Magura HS33 blues

Lovely!

I used to have a red hard rock (couldn't afford te rock hopper) with manitou sxr (I think) crud catcher, DCD, XT v brakes and "v brake booster" plate on the back, rode everything on it, expeditions into the malaysian highlands, street, trials, downhill, xc... Took a lot of abuse but flared the headtube eventually, then got a p3 which was a beast. Still got the red spesh frame in the shed like, on my list of build "to dos"... Would love an oldie like yours though.

i'd love to replace my work bike with a oldschool MTB frame, the problem is i know fuck all about them so i dunno what to look for

I also remember those VHS's free on the front of MBUK - this one here was a favourite of mine

Same here, the most fun on a bicycle, I watched that tape so much it wore out from all the FWD / RWD I did. The days when mountain biking was defined by ritchey tubing and rock shox. What fun

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Itm eclypse in ahead is also an option :)

Got a nos 9cm from evilay.it for £20 posted to uk

Dibs pls if you don't use it (;

Start with 3 triangles and go from there, or a Kona.

This looks unreal

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/261939260113?nav=SEARCH

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Wrecked my wheel a while back and I am thinking of replacing the rim myself. I would love to use the same spokes and nipples, but that would mean I need the exact same rim to replace the old one (right?).

Can anyone identify what model rim this is? It is a 700c rim and aside from the decal visible on the picture there are no other decals on the rim.

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Hmmm... Rigida Ultimate Power perhaps?

I would love to use the same spokes and nipples, but that would mean I need the exact same rim to replace the old one (right?)

Well, you'd need one with the same ERD, give or take the usual tolerances. The wheelbuilding thread is your friend.

http://m.ebay.it/itm/371290520236?nav=SEARCH

Had no clamp bolt but sure easy enough to find

rode everything on it, expeditions into the malaysian highlands,
street, trials, downhill, xc... Took a lot of abuse but flared the
headtube eventually

Same here - I've a great nostalgia for my early 90's XC bike - Used for everything from cycle-touring, commuting through to Dirt Jumping, SuperG etc - It ended up in a skip in '99 after a particularly bad DH crash in somerset and was replaced with a proper DH rig
Happy days 90's MTBing: Quality engineering, looney riding and rave culture colliding most merrily.
Here's my 90's custom steel in long-distance mode.

Search for old Spec, GT, Marin, Orange or Saracen (Saracen made good bikes once) on the bay. I turned up an old Univega for not much on RetroBike for a budget MTB/child carrying bike. Worth checking there as well.