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The bike I got brand new on insurance after being rear ended by a lorry with my old MTB on the back of a car!
The SRAM gears are bit of a pain and the brakes are a nightmare but other than that it's a nice capable bike. The diamond shaped top tube is easy to get a dead leg from though!

Today I've been having a night mare with avid elixir disc brakes on the Boardman MTB. Well known to be junk and probably best solution is to throw them in the bin according to every MTB forum. But I thought I'd try to fix as I have got a bleed kit for them and the pads are pretty new.

Thought I'd keep some kind of diary of my bike projects on here as it may be of interest to others. I'm not very organised or good and writing so this thread will probably just die ha.

Currently trying to sort:

Specialized Rockhoper FS
Specialized hard rock
Brian Rourke racing bike
Raleigh Pioneer trail
Boardman MTB
Raleigh royal touring bike

Also some really old bikes that belong to my dad that I will try and and get some photos of as they are very beautiful!

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I'll take the stem please!

Oh damn! I guess home paint jobs really are as fragile as people on bike forums say they are :(

Interesting, I patched up some forks with some halford graphite grey I had left over from my 205 it's early days but it's holding up well on some acid etch primer. Not pretty though.

Thanks, I did a bit of research and i think the park tools iso crown race cutter is designed to be able to resize it, but it takes quite a bit of time. There's AW cycles nearby and their workshop looks decent, they might be able to do it. Problem is I've got the same issue on a few bikes it's gonna add up £££

Can Winston cut a crown race from jis to iso? I did ask when I was getting some work done and he said no but maybe I didn't explain it properly.

Nice project, I started sanding down an old frame to paint, never tried it before. Lots of people online saying don't bother, good luck with it!

I've never resprayed a bike before, I'm going to try it soon. What did you for the clear coat?

Nice, saw one of these on gumtree locally but was too late. Frame geometry looks good.

Anyone got any half decent working 3x6 shifters for a budget MTB restoration?
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Sounds fancy! Probably be wasted on me haha, if I had to choose I wine based on a car it would the 2cv. Wine a cars though generally not a great idea..

Sorry to hear that, afraid this is sold.

That's pretty cool! I'm imagining what different car brands wine would taste like...

How do you consume a fiat and an alfa?
Nice of you to give it away :)

North Face fleece sold (thanks martbart87)

DMs potentially still for sale

Alife shoes reduced to £0

Lining

Dune leather boots, barely worn where a little bit small for me. One of the lace ends has come off otherwise mint. Still in box. Uk8 eu43 (£40)

Doc martens gone sorry

No problem :)

Dimitry sunglasses, very good condition, size 59-14 (£90)

Shimano SPD shoes, new, bought in the wrong size. Eu44 (£50)

Gap, 100% cotton jumper, new size S (£10)

Doc martens, well worn! eu45 uk10. (£5)