silentbutdeadly
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Is that lower bottle cage on upside down?
Nope. They are the correct way up, but they were both originally set for left hand access (in the second pic) but I have since swapped them to right hand access.Is that lower bottle cage on upside down?
Thanks Nath8, Farkin seems a lifetime ago now... spent so much time on these forums back then!Happy to see an old Farkin user back.
I have a soft spot for Yeti's. Happy days for you indeed!!
Thanks Asinindrivel. Agreed re dropper post, I'm quite comfortable going downhill with a high post and 95% of the time I'm not running long downhills looking for that extra few seconds... but, dropping the post on the weekend I found it made it a lot easier to negotiate fast changes of direction and sure gives the bike a very different feel. One I could get used to for those fun rides. I'll probably get myself a decent lightweight post and tyres for enduros and 'racing' but keep the dropper for most of my regular riding.Sweet Yeti. Always had a soft spot for SB95s. Dropper post in Adelaide is a bit of a mixed bag imo. First bike I tried that had one I was using it all the time, now I find it doesn't get used a heap unless things get steep or I've taken some brave pills or accidentally gone down a black diamond run - where it becomes invaluable. I reckon you'll probably end up keeping it with a bike like that.
Anyway, took this blast from the past out for a canter today, back from when 29ers were new and.... not fully resolved. A 2008(?) Intense Spider. Flawed but still fun. Some RBers will probably recognise it...
Me? Nah, on full time Dad duties all of this weekend. Will be lucky if I get on at all.Hope you're coming out to prospect hill this weekend fishin
Found a crack in my frame around the weld on the downtube / head tube junction when I was installing new forks – have spoken to Gripsport and it can be fixed but obviously I am fairly disappointed given I was hoping to do a few of the QLD Sunshine Series races over the next few weeks in the lead in to Bayview Blast. Hopefully it’s back well in time for Bayview at the end of June.
I emailed Hettly Bikes explaining what had happened with a few pics – I didn’t expect any help given the frame is second hand and about two years old but I must say I am fairly surprised I got no response what so ever :twitch:
Tried all the regulars, and a few frame builders here in SEQ, no dice... On the flip side Jon (Grip) can turn it around in about a week.Welding of titanium can be a bit tricky.
You may be able to find a good fabricator closer to home if you need it done faster.
Even funnier is when I right click the image and "Open in a new tab" (Safari, OS/X), it rotates the picture 180 degrees, so it's *still* not the right way up. But you're going to need the dropper down, because now it looks like you're descending something completely vertical...I give up. You will forever be riding uphill...
Probably Was Adam's but he stripped it, put all the parts on the Lenz and sold me the frame. I did the rounds with the obligatory CRC/Jenson sales and that was the result. I may strip it soon too - doesn't exactly get a lot of use anymore.Looks great JD... Do I recognise that Intense too ???