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2.25... Not a chance. In fact I doubt the switch back hills will either. I bought the blumels thinking I'd be going 42mm biggest.

Panceti SL23, velocity blunt..? Loads of mtb rims out there, must be a few that are rim compatible.

To be fair when you go too low it does feel squirmy but having said that I'm running my front at 22 psi. On a wide tyre 45 is pretty high.

Yeah, friction - doddle to set up but it does take some getting used to not to miss gears. What I love is the ability to slide from a high gear to a low gear very fast when moving from the smooth stuff to the rough stuff.

Haulin Collin - it's designed specifically for this bike (maybe for a Rawland as well?).

Tape goes with the bag... Will add more pics with bag in due course. The routing for the light cables goes through the fire leg and up to the fork crown. That would be great if that's where the light was gonna be put but if you have a rack then it's rubbish. Means have no choice but for external routing. If anyone has a bright idea on how to make it look better I'm all ears.

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(Having a hard time uploading pics from phone... Will do when home)

Fork flex is certainly makes for a plush ride when combined with fast tyres. Had a decent rag around this afternoon in the rain. Thunder burts slippery on wet logs but very nice over all. Great fun ride, need a few more days before I can give a proper run down and I need to dial in the fit a bit as well. But very happy so far.

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Not finished but will do for now in order to get her on the road. Noticeable fork flex under heavy braking which is interesting...

Quick steering week take a bit of getting used to but not nearly as different as some 650b commentators might have one belive.

Phone pics:

Thunder Burts... Thoughts?

much better colour than chrome if truth be told. Looking ace.

will look at as well - thanks!

you nearly had me there... then 'prepared for punctures' ruined everything! Thanks vm for the offer though!

Someone else pointed this out to me on the4 google 650b group... I am ashamed of my lack of google sklilz, but thank you for bringing to my attention again! Luckily my M-in-L is about to fly out to Singapore to help look after the kids for a couple of weeks when the missus goes back to work so I will be posting these to her.

Thanks again.

New ice tech rotors rubbing on hyrd, front and back... Not amused.

Compass switch back hill $200 for a pair posted... Not amused, refuse to pay.

Thinking about the new shwalbe big ones, but at 60mm my mudguards are going to be wasted. Maybe just run 35mm kojak till I win the lottery.

Bugger

Wheels laced and finally trued. Got the rims for cheap, 40 bucks for the pair. Problem was they aren't disc specific... No dramas though. Big fat felt tip.

I can but the compressionless cable sort of bends outward of I run out drive side. I agree will look better, will have a play later.

Cheers ed. Kojaks to April and next month's pay check.

Waiting for wiggle order to arrive so I can get finished now... Otherwise pretty much all done. Decent @edscoble approved tyres will have to wait till I can afford them, in the meantime will be kojak-ing with a measley 35mm of rubber.

otherwise, is this bend too tight?

we that was unexpected... I thought he'd nail it. Also thought he was about to pull the handle bars off at one point...

Can't say I'm too disappointed the photos aren't uploaded... think imagination is enough!

Heal up and good luck with what I hope is a speedy recovery! Get back on the bike as soon as you are fit... beat those pesky psychological demons!