Fairlight cycles - any opinions?

good price

Anyone put a Holt deposit down?

Don't see many other options for a fun hardtail for light trails that can also take a pannier rack, it's really tempting. Do not want a tailfin.

What lunatic would put a tailfin on a Holt.

Hey all, looking at a second hand strael, but it has a bit of a dent on the seatstay. Midway up. Apparently was dented while in the back of a van, toppled over another bike. How much of a worry should this be? Can a dent alter the geo/alignment of the frame?

Edit - I guess my question really is how can I check myself if the frame is still good or not.

What lunatic would put a tailfin on a Holt

Someone racing lunatic ultras, know anyone?

:)

I'm going to assume you like the Holt?

Post a picture.

It's probably totally fine though

Yes a lot. Also the people behind it.

I went ahead and got it! Yeah I think the dent is not an issue. Or that's what I keep telling myself...

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That's 100% absolutely fine

aero dimple

i'd be cool with riding that. nice bike and welcome to the strael club :---)

Cheers - planning to spend a bit of time over coming days to clean it up and will post some better pics then.

Had a question regarding the di2 battery - I had the seatpost out yesterday, but the battery is not mounted in the bottom of it as expected, but only thrown down in the seat tube. Owner is telling me that Fairlight built it up for him, and he hasn't really touched the battery or had seatpost out. Is there any danger of the battery/wires getting damaged when just placed in the seat tube? I am thinking to buy the battery 'bung' and install the battery in the seatpost... as it usually is. Then again the current 'bodged' way would be nice for me because I have a canyon vcls split seatpost that I could use...

I have a VCLS post and a di2 battery chucked in my seat tube. It is not ideal but has been fine for 10,000km. It is not loose however, I wrapped it in some plasticky stuff I had lying about so it's somewhat insulated from the frame tubes

Possibly was in the seatpost initially but got dislodged and fell down the seat tube

Yeah, a quick google gave me the idea of zip tieing the battery to the bottom of the vcls seatpost, and wrapping it with bubble wrap to prevent rattling.

A bit off topic - what's a good way of getting rid of this oxidisation/corrosion on the hub/spoke? Tried a toothbrush and some degreaser ,bur didn't want to budge. Wheels are Hunt carbon

Yes a lot. Also the people behind it.

Excellent, order placed!

Thanks. Tell them because of me! Always helps me.

An apparent addiction to choice fatigue means I feel compelled to ask if anyone has gone for silver mudguards with a putty coloured fairlight (strael in my case) and have an opinion/picture. Running 28mm tyres could be tempted to try 30 or 32mm at some point.

new pdw mudguards, arundel bottle holders and an anti fabric saddle with ti rails that hoops gave to me. such a great bike

So good - are these the 37mm PDWs?

they are!

told you!

Anyone attached a nito rack to their Faran? Did you have to bend the fork tab up a little? Feel like mine could do with a bend but I'm scared.

I had a similar issue with a 2nd hand Secan frameset I had bought. Dent in the D/S seatstay. Sent pics etc through to Dom and co who said that seatstay would be fine so long as the wheel alignment wasn't out of whack. Unfortunately the killer issue turned out to be the D/S dropout, which had a hairline crack in it, most like as a result of whatever impact caused the dent.

Had quotes and plans to replace the dropouts etc (Dom/Fairlight super helpful as well as Winston @ Varonha re the fix) but in the end I just sent the frame back to the seller as was turning into a real mare of a project for something I wanted to be riding on right away.

But in short, if it is just a dent in the stay then you are all good:)

Winter ready!

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