The MTB thread

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Greek , stick a cable tie around your stantions and then put the front brake on and bounce all your weight on the front fork with back end off the ground , measure from rested position to the bottom of the cable tie and there is your travel .

Aye, thats pretty much what I did. heh. Great minds and all that

[northwind]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Northy , you can actually buy the 2010 rear end to stick on an older frame

Yup, and I can't say I'm not tempted... But then it's not like I'm exactly overstressing the old ones with my mighty bulk is it Might pick up a set if money allows, alternatively I guess I'll wait and see if I can snap the ones I have and then harass Cy into giving me replacements

TBH I've got about a dozen things I want to do with this bike and I can't afford to do more than 2 or 3 of em so I'm just doing nothing to it just now til I get a better idea. Lyriks, or maybe those K9 Industries head angle reducers, or just some general lightening, or a new dropper post so I don't need to keep swapping them over, or the rocker swap, or the chainstays... Gah. I did just buy it a bigger rotor and a bolt-in conversion for the rear hub but that's the piggy bank a bit empty, and I've still got to buy a lift pass for fort william... It's a hard life eh!

Oh, totally unrelated but I went on an XC ride last wednesday, and when I saw the route i realised it was pretty basic stuff so I thought I'd make it a bit harder, and put the rigid forks on my hardtail. What a laugh, suddenly wee roots I'd never even noticed before become certain death. Not sure I'd recommend it but it was pretty good fun... Only takes 5 minutes to swap as well so it's like having a whole other bike. Cool as.

OK, im an idiot. Pull the forks out a little and there is the extra 15mm... Looks like they sag on their own a little. Well glad thats sorted ha ha.

What do you think to putting some Boxxer race on it with a Fox RC4? Overkill or cool or?

[yorkie_chris]

Top out springs old chap

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

OK, im an idiot. Pull the forks out a little and there is the extra 15mm... Looks like they sag on their own a little. Well glad thats sorted ha ha.

What do you think to putting some Boxxer race on it with a Fox RC4? Overkill or cool or?

boxers are OTT and so is the rc4 stick with what you have

[northwind]

Man speaks sense. Have you found anything the Scott can't handle as it is?

Not really I guess ha.

Northy . Just checked out that French site and the seatpost (non remote version) comes to £122.82 with all taxes and delivery , that`s a saving of £50 mate , BUT I checked out the i950 with the remote and it came to £177 , Tredz in South Wales can do something not so far from that and I have a mate that works there , might do a deal for 2 posts

[northwind]

Oooh. Tempting that... Need to check the finances though

Not in a hurry mate , even next month would do or even later , I just paid for the Hemlock , a Fox DHX RC4 shock , a Thomson layback post and courier delivery . So I will not be eating for a few weeks and just riding after the build