Recent content by mallion

Do you know what the weight of the fork is? Cheers

Item: 2.00 x 400 and/or 2.00 x 450 springs Location: Canberra, but happy to pay postage Price range/Willing to Pay: $10-$60 depending on what it is. Extra Info: Its to go on a Cane Creek DB-Inline coil, so I think the inner diameter needs to be 36.5mm (1.43in). Manitou, Marzocchi, XFusion...

SLX shadow+ 10sp and a 32t RaceFace front ring. Pretty much the same setup I have had on the full suspension bikes, might be a chain line thing?

With clutched rear derailleurs I rarely drop chains on full suspensions bikes, but on my xc hardtail the chain dropped all the time. So ended up with a guide on the xc bike.

The redbull coverage did not really show the tight spots. I only saw how tight it was a day or two after the race from rider head cams.

The first time I change the stem length I was amazed how much of difference it made. I did not like the change but it encourage me to keep trying different lengths until I found something which suited.

Get on Gumtree and have a look at bikes in your local area, then if there is something that interests you post the link up here.

Yep a 29er would be a good option for what you want it for. But as others have said your money will go further on the second hand market. But if you want new Polygon is probably a better option - https://www.bicyclesonline.com.au/2018-polygon-xtrada-5.0-mountain-bike

Spotted a 1994 Trek Y11 for sale in Canberra - http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gungahlin/bicycles/1994-trek-y11-oclv-carbon-m-bike/1047840649

I would recommend using Gorilla Tape as well. Used it on a few ghetto tubeless set ups over the years with no issues, it always has sealed up the rim first shot for me. Including Giant P XC 2's with no rim strip. Also you can buy it in a 2" width which is pretty perfect for most rims.

Great thread, I had just started thinking about this other day. and thanks for the link to the wooden balance bike plans. The Monty 202 looks pretty well thought out if anyone is looking for inspiration - http://www.trialshop.net/shop/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=1285

Anyone want to give an old Kona a new breath of life? http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/chapman/bicycles/vintage-kona-sex-too-the-yippy-ki-yay-of-mtb/1041687976 Looks to be in pretty good nic still.

Any one seen this - http://vimeo.com/12753472 Of course you would not go through rock gardens and wip through corners with a kid in the back. But you can definitely ride with a trailer on the back.

Just wanted to add that I found some stuff called Plastimake which I used to do the same sort of thing as the guys using plasti-dip are doing. See here - http://www.plastimake.com/example/bike-rack-hack Worked well, no more beat up cranks and cheaper than plasti-dip.