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Yep, had one for a few years in the early 00's. Not nearly as immaculate as that but brilliant car for it's time.Starion Turbo ? Haven't seen one of them since the 80's.
Yep, had one for a few years in the early 00's. Not nearly as immaculate as that but brilliant car for it's time.Starion Turbo ? Haven't seen one of them since the 80's.
Once they cooled, the balls rubbed off easily.I just filed the balls down so they wouldn't score the rotors
I overcooked a set of Hope sintered pads a while back. It got the oil out, but the pad material wasn't happy afterwards and started rusting afterwards. It was probably the third time I'd cooked those pads after running them for a year or so, so wasn't too upset really, lol.Nah, I've inadvertently done that on a BBQ to a pair of mine. Can't vouch for total lifespan, but they were fine to use after. I just filed the balls down so they wouldn't score the rotors
As above, I'm not sure I'm doing it right - can you show me how to rub my balls off correctly? I thought the cooling off happens afterwards though?Once they cooled, the balls rubbed off easily.
But it's the friction that starts the fire, no?Don't rub em!!! It will just make it worse.
He problem is that once you start that fore, it smoulders forever...until it consumes you with blindness!But it's the friction that starts the fire, no?
Let me just find the right Braille characters on my keyboard to respond to this...He problem is that once you start that fore, it smoulders forever...until it consumes you with blindness!
So did you get the same Scott copy down country thing that someone else on here posted recently?Stumbling back on-topic briefly...
WDIDFMBT (What did I do for my bike today)?
Well I ignored about a dozen phishing warnings and spam deflections from my e-mail host and ordered my new frame.
If it hadn't been for several user reviews, reports of the company actually responding to warranty issues/crash replacement assistance requests, and completed bike pictures on the Chinertown forums I might've been put off, but instead I'm just looking forward to New Frame Day.
...ish.So did you get the same Scott copy down country thing that someone else on here posted recently?
How was the purchase process - email them and go from there? Had been looking into buying something like that & this ticks all the boxes....ish.
It's an NS Bikes designed frame supposedly, but the front triangle is open-mould so it appears under various brand names with slightly different rear-ends (NS Synonym, Vitus ?, Ican S3, Stevens _?, etc...). The one on here was a Ican S3. I did initially contact Ican but never got a response. Wasn't really a bad thing in the end because it made me dig a little deeper into it, and I found what I just ordered:
Carbonda FM936
It's a short-travel "XC" dually but with long-low-slack geo. The Ican has pivots between the seat stays and chainstays near the rear axle, but the Carbonda uses flex-stays, which helps keep the weight down a couple of hundred grams lighter. The large "Superlight" BSA BB frames seem to be around 2000-2100gr, so even adding ~340gr for the shock it should still be plenty light.
I'll run mine with ~107mm-ish rear travel via a RockShox/Scott Nude 165x40mm shock and a Fox 36 (Yep, a 36!). I'm planning to mod an airspring to drop it down to a 120mm fork, which will slacken it out a degree and shorten the reach ~10mm. I'm also going to swap the Grip damper from from my Marz Z1 (it'll get the Grip2) into the 36 and adapt a remote lock-out onto it so the fork somewhat matches the shock's remote-actuated modes. The shock is typical in it's closed ("Climb") and open ("Descend) modes, but has an interesting trick with it's Trail ("Traction") mode - it closes off part of the air-spring as well as simultaneously increasing compression damping to partly reduce the amount of travel and firm things up at the same time.
Should be pretty spritely.
Yep, I just e-mailed them, and went from there. I spoke with Wing.How was the purchase process - email them and go from there? Had been looking into buying something like that & this ticks all the boxes.
Sadly not @pink poodle. I was sort-of hunting a 26" carbon HT to build a pump-track bike, but all the reach measurements are designed to fit children. Didn't see any 26" duallies except for a couple of very awkward and heavy looking alloy or steel frames. They did not look like something you'd want to ride if you you give your own health and safety any consideration.You come across any slope style frames while you are trawling the deep dark depths of Chinese manufacturing @beeb?
Clearly I will need to post a ride pic again to remind you that I don't...They did not look like something you'd want to ride if you you give your own health and safety any consideration.
You want the move to be sketchy, not the steed you're on!Clearly I will need to post a ride pic again to remind you that I don't...
Clearly smegmaMakes sense, thanks for your help
All the above!You want the move to be sketchy, not the steed you're on!
Happy sunshine dreams to you my friend!All the above!