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    VIC WTD, QR Disc Hubs

    20 inch. 36H hubs wouldnt hurt either
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    VIC WTD, QR Disc Hubs

    yeah just standard 135/100 QR disck hub. 32 holes probably idea
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    VIC WTD, QR Disc Hubs

    Item: WTD pair of QR hubs or rear only. for wheel build kids bike which rear hub has died on Location: Geelong but will pay post Price range/Willing to Pay: depends on the hubs but ideally under 100 Extra Info:
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    Product Review Pro E4 brakes

    Anyone still running these how are they gping longer term?
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    Low stack stem -DMR defy etc

    Item: looking for a short low stack stem. Bar size not critical Location: geelong but will pay post Price range/Willing to Pay: Defys are 100 on pushys so that or less? Extra Info: prefer black or silver
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    AM Balfa belair. Yeah baby

    Always found these interesting kinda like a pre-cursor to the digit datum Quite jealous of the group of balfas. My minuteman is one of the frames I truly regret selling.
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    TAS 27.5/29 - 130/150mm Boost Forks <$300?

    Abit over your budget but johnny sprokets got Z2s cheap ATM worth abit more for new fork?
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    Ampt Engineering - Ti pedals

    I just want to clarify. nothing about redundant pricey products was specifically targeted at you. I remember in early-mid 2010s, I was doing a bunch of work with data/telemetry on bikes and kind of parked the idea, thinking nobody would pay for that. We had a pretty robust setup for telemetry...
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    Ampt Engineering - Ti pedals

    Interestingly, we have a thread about the "collapse" of the bike industry, primarily due to overpriced, niche and redundant products, and here we have an investment cast Ti flat pedal. These look cool, maybe I am a little concerned about the low-contact area. Either way with the cost of living...
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    Cracked Carbon Rim

    Ive had 3 sets. Admittedly they were all OE (bontrager/roval) but a flat shouldnt cost a rim.
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    Cracked Carbon Rim

    Scrap it. I still cant really get my head around carbon rims on MTBs. Just such a common area for damage and really hard to repair.
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    Servicing older model Fox Float Forks

    Oil has had moisture in it. Dont bother opening it, finding the piston ring as a spare will be very difficult. Push the base valve open with the end of a ziptie and cycle out the oil. Then sit it in some clean oil and cycle it until it runs clean. test the lockout is firm, and make sure it...
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    Chisel...but not as we know it.

    Hows it ride on the 120mms? Im looking at a new hardtail. Dont want full enduro 170mm hardtail dont want a 100mm xc race bike. One of these is on the list (also a fuse with 29 wheels)
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    Disc brakes for kids.

    Fair call. Fixed
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    Disc brakes for kids.

    Off topic but I feel like i have a few parents who have been thru this posting here, don't want to get carried away cause he will outgrow this bike in a year or 18 months but the revoshift/tourney gears are really kinda crap. poor kid trying to learn gears and the system isnt healping rear wheel...
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