Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Looking at this http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIMSEAM2/magicshine-eagle-m2-2400-lumen-led-remote-controlled-bicycle-light

http://singletrackworld.com/reviews/from-issue-101-into-the-light-grouptest/

They were pretty impressed by the £54 offering.

Just gonna leave this here:

Looks OK I guess

Flats and rigid - confused

Why? That's how some people ride, especially in the snow. Not everyone conforms to what you read in singletrack.

I ride with flats & rigid too.

Yeah but don't you turn up for a ride in a t-shirt when it's snowing?

Yeah but don't you turn up for a ride in a t-shirt when it's snowing?

Going to the train station is not the same as turning up.

Especially when it's fucking freezing.

Going to the train station is not the same as turning up.

Only to be denied by SouthWest trains: it was a valiant effort.

True. Not sure if making it there in a t-shirt would have been a good idea that day, or no..

I think we can all agree it was not good idea!

Need to bodge the mounting. But this was a bargin....

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What kind of fitting are you bodging for? Got some monarchs sitting around I want to bodge as well.

Does any of you still ride with mini-v brakes especially when muddy?

These passable? And will my SLX cranks be 104?

https://www.merlincycles.com/rsp-narrow-wide-chainring-77212.html?utm_campaign=googlebase-GB&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shopping&utm_term=Chainrings&ucpo=18646&gclid=COul1o3098kCFcLnGwod40QCgw

Yes to 104, dunno about the ring.

On the CX bike I do, not had a problem in any amount of mud.

The internal dimension of the circular bearing is 10mm.
My frame takes a 10mm bolt. So no room for bushing. Was considering just leaving the bushing tube out and just using the spacers directly onto my bolt.

Probably should just sell it. But selling stuff has been a faff of late.

Was considering just leaving the bushing tube out and just using the spacers directly onto my bolt.

Assume the purpose of the bushing is to wear out, rather than the shock body wearing out? I wonder if it prevents binding, too?

Could someone machine you something that could allow you to use a bushing?

Questions, questions...

There's a bushing/bearing of sorts in the shock. £9 to replace.

I Think a 22mm bushing - bolt contact is a better set up than a 5mm eyelet - bolt contact.

Could have a new bolt made. Fucking done with custom solutions. Starting to get mad pricey.

This is fucking brilliant:

https://vimeo.com/149614122

Could do with Tester here.
I mean, from a stupid persons point of view (mine) how much wear does a bushing really withstand before said forces are exerted on the bearing itself.
I think the Fox's I've got have been running like that for a year without any issues. Then again, I ride like pebbles might kill me.

I guess the bushing is a interference fit in the eyelet. But that there's room for movement against the bolt. This would spread the wear out over the width of the bushing. As opposed to just the width of the eyelet bushing.

Going to give it a try though. Worse case, I'll need to replace £9 eyelet bearings.

In which case I'll have a bolt made that reduces from a 10mm shoulder to 6mm. With a nut that threads into the other side of the frame, which itself has a 6mm threaded hole to receive the first bolt.

Could I take a cog out of an 11 speed 40t xt cassette and run it as 10 speed?