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Nicely bought, good colour too. My FIL needed a new motor so I was drafted in to help and he ended up with a very similar Partner. I had always respected them, but seeing all the storage cubbies and the space relative to the length really mad me want one.
They make great bike luggers and offer great value compared to most vans which have had a hard working life. Lots of them, seem to lack cruise control which would be a deal breaker for me.
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Thanks, but should have some sorted now. @littleK
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There seems to be a lack of used shifters out there at the moment, but hopefully there's some out there that someone is willing to part with. 105 probably unless they're extra cheap and in decent condition would be preferable, but let me know what you have.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cannondale-Super-V-full-suspension-mountain-bike-XTR/313071966159Get in quick, just £1165 with 2.5 hours left.
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If you're near Leeds, this guy has some great retro MTBs at good prices.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RETRO-1991-GT-KARAKORAM-ELITE-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-SHIMANO-DX/143594788700
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They're great, but that one seems like it was welded to the bare minimum to scrape an MOT pass and then punted on whilst it still has some MOT left.
It's sad how rare they are now.
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My right Potenza shifter seems to have a lazy return. It'll shift down no problem, but the last 3 shifts going up won't happen unless i put some pressure on the back of the mechanism in the shifter. I tried adding a washer in there, but no use. Is it the return spring at fault and if so can i replace/adjust it?
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I've got a very similar Golf estate on a 59 plate except mine's done 212k miles (bought at 208k). They like to do miles and mine drives perfectly and as said the engines are very robust. DMFs and DPFs are the big concerns although DPFs can be cleaned fairly inexpensively these days. The good thing about a big mile car is that it only cost me £645 so it doesn't matter if it goes pop.
I was pretty anti VAG before this, but it's a great motorway car with plenty of space and absurd economy (60+mpg average)
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Oh, it's all an opinion, much like you simply saying "incorrect", I just thought it was worth mentioning that's another route to go. Two-finger lever was all they came with when I got mine, glad to hear they're properly one finger now. I cracked the lever body at the hose connection in a crash so my fault, but I've definitely had Shimano and Hope brakes withstand worse.
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They're flexy, they break easily and unless you get the fancy levers they are rubbish for single finger use. XTR race (non servo-wave) were cheaper than replacing mine and better in every way.
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Get some MT5s and throw on Shimano levers of your choice, the Magura levers are a bit rubbish even in fancy MT7 spec.
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A fair few I'd imagine.
Does look like it'd be brilliant fun in the right setting though.
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Really? Just looks like a Z3 with a Cobra front end badly grafted on to me.
Also putting all that effort in to 4 pot autos is just madness. At least with a 6 they'd sound good.
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Ooh, very nice! Can't beat a bit of chrome and purple ano.
I really want to try one of the Cotic full sussers, the current gen BFe is great fun.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genesis-Equilibrium-56cm/223854842400If this were a bit bigger, It'd be bought already.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Colnago/193171473609?Logos make a bike look good, so ensure they are as large and numerous as possible.
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Not 10%. It’s 10 off 100, 25 off 250 and 50 off 500, but you get 3 uses and it works on baskets of multiple items.
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Will a pre-2015 Campag 11 speed front mech work with 10 speed shifters?
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Yeh, got to love FTW and the frames are just cool. I found a pic of my very budget/parts bin build. Fun times.
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Awesome! I had a Metalhead in the same colour and loved it.
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SX loses that annoying pulley on the rear mech and the shifter looks super cheap, but hopefully they haven't found a way to reduce the build quality over NX which is already a bit flaky.
New Bossnut looks fantastic. Shame they didn't spec a 35 and a dropper and bump the price to £1250/£1300 though.
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SJS are awesome. No-one else can be bothered to stock and list the obscure and small bits they have and I've always had quick delivery from them. Everyone has longer lead times with staffing issues and increased orders at the moment.