Bike Mechanics Impart Their Wisdom On Vorb

doofus · *by **doofus** on Tue 2/Jul/13 11:56am*

wooo brakes have arrived and look good.. now for the discs and adaptors.. went for 203 and 180 thanks for the advice! :cool:

Mr_Bob · *by **Mr_Bob** on Tue 2/Jul/13 10:43pm*

I'm after a pair of these to fit a Marzocchi X fly (circa 2002/3) can anyone help?

doofus · *by **doofus** on Thu 4/Jul/13 11:38pm*

One wee roll down the hill.. no chain or front derailleur (dumb story), yeah.. WOW!, anybody who borrows that thing is going to have to be careful! and that's not broken in much and with the stock pads..

doofus wrote:wooo brakes have arrived and look good.. now for the discs and adaptors.. went for 203 and 180 thanks for the advice!

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Fri 5/Jul/13 10:25am*

anyone in chch likely to be able to repair a cracked 853 frame? crack at head tube downtube junction, both sides, bad picture below.

wondering about resurrecting my Soul for light duties... designated 'bach' bike... probably rigid.

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Fri 5/Jul/13 10:27am*

swtchbckr wrote:anyone in chch likely to be able to repair a cracked 853 frame? crack at head tube downtube junction, both sides, bad picture below.

wondering about resurrecting my Soul for light duties... designated 'bach' bike... probably rigid.

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Brian Phillips had his 853 ticket but good luck getting him to do it

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Fri 5/Jul/13 7:22pm*

Would it be worth talking to Keith at Cycle Trading co, he might know of someone who could repair it

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Tue 9/Jul/13 1:10pm*

So hardtail made for ballpark 120mm forks, most rigid forks seem to be on the short side (more like 80mm equivalent) would using 29er rigids be retarded? I cant really think of any reason why not :eh:

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Tue 9/Jul/13 1:15pm*

omg 29er homo etc

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Tue 9/Jul/13 1:17pm*

should be sweden au. apart from being ghey

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Tue 9/Jul/13 1:26pm*

Wobbler wrote:So hardtail made for ballpark 120mm forks, most rigid forks seem to be on the short side (more like 80mm equivalent) would using 29er rigids be retarded? I cant really think of any reason why not

29r forks work good, did it with my Switchback, see pic in this and this blog post. AND gives you the option of chucking 69er styles onboard...