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Stowed in the rafters of the shed was a pretty good selection of motorbike bars.

There I found some 800mm wide “Aero Flex” bars with a removable brace meaning I can get them into a quill stem. They’re 22.2 so I’ll need a shim to put them in the 25.4 stem currently on the bike.

I chucked the lot into the back of my Jazz (best car ever) and headed home.

Collecting parts for the Stumpjumper is going okay, but slowly. I’m taking a minor temporary detour …

I was visiting my parents last weekend and got into helping my dad clear out some of the stuff in his shed. He’s big into motorbikes and races pre 1974 stuff, so there’s a BSA, a Triumph and few others. In between the sheds is this Raleigh mountain bike, which my Nan bought brand new in 1988. Original colours were beige faded into yellow (ew?) which makes it a Maverick, I think. I don’t have a bike to keep at my parents, so this is going to be that. Plan is to keep it super simple and very cheap.

rawspuds builds bikes quickly

Hey, selling a set of these. Lovely tyres but don’t clear my frame unfortunately.

Fitted and ridden to the park, so a bit grubby but otherwise brand new.

£30 Collected in Bristol BS7, or can post for £35.

Cheers

Absolutely love it !

Hillclimbers dream of this level of weight saving

defo weight the stickers to see how much weight you saved

ps. I also have a pair of booze lights I might sell as they don’t clear the stays of my cool ATB

Thought this was a good read for people wondering about nattokinase.

https://pharmd.substack.com/p/frequency-asked-questions-nattokinase?fbclid=PAAabFBrv207KIO4GqeQ5HmLmNkBGxfALCU0ix-CfqVPamBjjSVukao06ggvA_aem_th_AW4yfR5vV0_6jCLubxjg_dMyQV-g8XKudpqA1MbyOK0hH0VwM-NNkXW_8cLA8FPHmXI

They look great! I’d take the slight weight penalty of brass nipples over worrying about corrosion on alloy ones every time

Looking forward to seeing this. The Bosch performance line motors are really powerful.

What’s your plan for the crate/box to hold Bella?

and yeah the orange frame is way too small for me sadly.

good news is I’ve got a replacement in the form of this 1994 Stumpjumper M2 I bought from @launchpadboi

my allegiances have shifted from trendy anodised componentry to (also trendy) functional minimalist bikes with bespoke luggage and tan wall tyres (a side effect of spending too much time on LFGSS dot com). I’m gonna live out my B Side Ronnie Romance fantasies with this thing. the small number of parts I bought for the orange will transfer over and I’ve got a Kona P2 fork to go with it. it’s got an axle to crown of 410mm which should be a suitable replacement for the original 60mm suspension fork. got some BLB Big Smoke bars on order too.

thanks for reading the most convoluted first page of a forum thread ever <3

while I was figuring out if the orange is too small for me (spoiler: it is) I gave the Galaxy a bit of attention. Got rid of the awful tourney levers in place for some Downtube shifters which are indexed. Also wrapped the bars again because it went mouldy in the shed.

this thing is so ideal for going to the park and then sitting in the park and then going home again.

the cane creek levers are great but the brakes aren’t as snappy as they were. not too much of a problem as I literally go no more than 10mph on this thing

What a lovely adventure. Reminds me of the bike rides my dad would take me and my sister on.

Excited to see the paint on the Marin. Very enjoyable thread !!

Stridsland Beachcomber ?

Sorry to hear about your cat. Hope you can get back to turning some spanners soon.

Looks very fun! Some hydros run the pads super close together - I’m sure it’ll sort itself out!

That's great to hear. I would definitely go for Steel for an MTB over carbon just for durability reasons alone. Thanks for taking the time to explain!

Looking good! OG V2s a solid choice for this.

That’s lovely - steel full suspension is very ideal.

I’m looking to get just a fork made. Interested to know if their lead times + shipping to the UK are accurate. Are you’re happy with build quality and communication too? Thank you!

Has anyone had experience ordering custom stuff from Marino?

https://www.marinobike.com/product/custom-chromoly-crmo-4130-bike-fork/

A guy I watch on YouTube called Spindatt has a full suspension from them, but unsure if anyone has any experience this side of the pond.

I think the one on the testing rig is the through axle version which doesn’t have brake posts! In the caption for the reel it says both QR versions will have V Brake mounts.

As far as I know all Barnacle forks with Canti/V Mounts are for 26in wheels.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnzwF69LcqZ/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Yes, but holding out for the Barnacle Lite.

GLWS @packet !

yeah I think the original shock on this would have had 60mm travel? so something with an Axle to Crown of about 400mm would do it. Stridsland Barnacle fork or Surly Troll fork (420mm A-C) - I plan to use one of the two should I become the owner of this !

I’d love this! Dibs if you’d consider posting it to Bristol. No worries if not, Thanks!