Recent content by Gary

Hi Folks, What: Looking for rear suspension upgrade for my 98 FSR Ground Control, like BETD linkage , bearings or seatstay with disc brake mounts Price range/Willing to Pay: Fair market price, but not more than my bikes worth ;-) Location: Sydney, North Shore Extra Info: Hope someone has...

Dst Hi Folks, Is there a problem with the Daylight Savings Time? I found the time spot on until the daylight savings kicked in over Easter, now the posts show an hour later than actual: All times are GMT +11. The time now is 06:17 PM The above line copied from the site at 17:17 Sydney time...

Yep, seen this many times, sheep/geese/foxes/dogs just lining up at the abbatoir by choice, seems they are so fed up with their lifestyles and being unappreciated and abused that suicide is just the answer :D I've owned many dogs (and before they ran off to the abbatoir) they never barked...

Just wanted to say thanks and kudo's to the organisers and helpers, my kids and I have just come back from our second venture into Dirt Crit's and it was heaps of fun. Just so you know we are all noob's, so this has been our initiation into mtb racing, and I reckon we've enjoyed it so much we'll...

Hey Kris, I will start by saying that I am not very experienced and not qualified to give you sizing advice ;-) I went down the same path some months ago - being a noob I had no idea what bike I needed/suited and sprung some clams for a 2nd-hand FSR that I thought would give me enough...

I ended up doing the pipeline as well this evening - yep, not worth the walk back up - so I decided to cross the river and ended up cutting through the bush to get to a suitable crossing site - so if you saw a poor sod carrying a mango coloured FSR over and under logs for about 3km's that was me...

Hey Carl, I have a few thoughts on this, personal experience, etc. First - what do you need the funky lcd stuff in the front for? Is this a home entertainment system or a pc? My experience with these "combined cases" is that there is just more to go wrong, and at the price points the folks...

Hi Folks, This is kinda MTB related, so I reckon I'm safe to post :-) I am looking for advice on the most economical way to freight a bike rack (floor display type for 5 bikes) from Burnett/Bundaberg (Qld) to Sydney - not very heavy but slightly bulky ? So far the courier reckons about $90...

There are replacement seatstays for these bikes which will allow you to put on 26". BETD (http://www.betd.co.uk/website/specialised/bighit.htm) does them, but I believe there are also other manufacturers, try googling. Cheers Gary

Rik, time to work off some of those xmas calories and some of the forum migration frustrations :eek: I have only had my bike for two months now (old '98 FSR Comp) and this will be my first pedal powered race ever. I live near Acron, so ride a bit around Garigal, and soon to venture to...

Waiting for confirmation, but I have entered the half-solo. Anyone able to help me with what a reasonable time would be to complete this? (need to figure out how many smokes to take with :( ) Cheers Gary

Deore LX levers Hi, This is the power adjustment which allows the rider to adjust the "relationship between the brake input and output" - more info from http://bike.shimano.com/product_images/BL/si_images/BL_M570_SI.pdf cheers Gary

Thanks all, I'll keep my ears open for options, but I think for now the v's will have to be upgraded, the brackets/disks are just too expensive. Appreciate the advice :-) Cheers Gary

Hi Folks, Newbie question (so please be gentle :? ) I am looking to upgrade the brakes on my mango-pip (std rear configuration and with '99 Judy XC fork). Prefer to go for disks, the V's don't like water 'n mud, and I was hoping someone could give me some suggestions (apart from getting a...