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This is rad. I really like that era of the Courier Comp. What's the biggest tyre you can get on there do you reckon? I've been riding the Billy Bonkers for a year now and have to say I love them. You may not want 'that look' I guess with tan wall, but they roll really quick on road and grip when they need to. But they're also quite fat.

Will do! Awaiting t-cut to arrive so won’t get to do it til next week now.

Some other parts have arrived in the meantime. Wanted to stay in the 90s as far as possible. DX post and nos headset. Deore MT60 cranks, nos zoom stem and MKS beartraps. More modern Renthal risers.

Splashed out on the HS which may have been going overboard. It arrived and the logo is totally on the piss. The guys over at Pedal Pedlar are letting me swap it for another they have, which is nice of them.

Potentially interested in the Carradice let me just check with the friend it’s for. Any pics?

Edit: he’s up for it, I’ve pm’d

For the 950 I’ll start with the modern parts. New Deore clutch mech which tbh is a bit cheap looking but I got it half price so can’t complain, new deore 11-42 cassette, chain and used slx shifter. Hope narrow wide chainring, new, 38T.

Interested to see whether all this is any better than early 90s XT. I kinda doubt it. I’ll lose a lot of gear range too I guess. Updates on other parts as they come in (almost there).

Will try and restore the paint a bit, using @Ndeipi step by step guide in his tandem thread (thanks mate!). I did the linseed oil thing yesterday and have covered the steps of my shared building with the stuff. Sorry neighbours 😬

Thanks! It is very fun to ride. Not like anything I’m used to. I find it hard to bunny hop though, and have had some close calls with kerbs.

Have you thought about running the spacers on top of the stem for a few rides to check the fit before cutting? In case you’re unsure....

I’d take the rack if you split, pending quick check it would fit!

Stripped the Trek this evening and removed the offending pewter parts. I like the concept, just not with the white frame. Maybe use them on the giant at some point but it’s on loan atm.

The paint is white with black splatter. It’s not so bad for a 30yo mtb but it’s not great either. First step will be to linseed oil the inside of it as there were some worryingly large chunks of rust hanging out around the bb. Not sure whether to polish and t-cut the paint??

Anyone got one...? XT, deore, zee, slx etc

Shimano road 11s pulls 2.7mm, so I guess I could put a GRX mech on there and that would work in friction mode?! It’s the clutch I’m after more than anything. For some reason it just sounds like a bad idea.

No it wouldn’t would it, you need 27mm total pull from the shifter to do that and 8x2.8 is less than that

I was wondering if I could still use them in friction mode... looked at the dynasys shifter pull and it’s something like 3.4mm per gear whereas the old 8sp shimano mtb shifters pull 2.8mm per gear... so not gonna happen unfortunately. Sorry @Skülly but not ready to part with them yet. There are a couple of reasonably priced sets on eBay atm though!

Bit of a makeover coming for my Trek 950. New 11-42 1x drivetrain too, with a clutch mech and narrow wide retainer ring.

I’ll be really sad to lose the XT thumbies though as they feel so satisfying. By far my favourite shifter.

Brake is nothing special, 105 with an odyssey lever I had from pre brakeless bmx days. Trails we’ve been digging are making me think I need it back on there now though

Thanks yeah it’s very fun, but the toeverlap is a bit sketchy at times! Still need a slightly shorter stem than this one. I overcompensated by buying a 90mm version and it’s too twitchy. Maybe ought to slam the stem too.

Dredging this as looking for the same for my Trek 950... any leftovers @AlexD ? :P

Aye no worries, it’s a bit far for me I’m afraid otherwise, but am randomly in se5 tomorrow. No doubt others will be keen for it!

I’ll take that if I can collect tomorrow late afternoon? I’ll be in the area... otherwise will happily leave to others more local

should have mentioned I'm after the more classic look of the 1A

Am I the only one who finds buying the right stem impossible? I must have bought about 25 this year. Need something in the middle of these two I've got I think, having tried both on my latest build.

Silver, 1", 25.4mm, length 120mm. It's for a road bike, so not the riser mtb type.

Lx triple please :) have pmd

So again, this is all funded by us so if anyone who uses it (or even if you don't :P) feels like contributing that would be amazing. You’ll find the info on our @metalpegs Instagram

I’d say this was a bit of a tipping point. Sometime around mid-late 2019 stuff just started coming. Lots of people brought and built wooden ramps. Rubbish started piling up and the graffiti was coming in hot. It was great the place was getting more use and attention but we didn’t necessarily foresee the effort required for upkeep. We don’t want the place to be a shit hole and risk losing it. The latest concrete creation is this monster driveway with a big ledge along the back and down the sides (wall under construction)

Then we made this bank to sub box thing that was even steeper and harder than anything else before. Later we extended it with a quarter off the end. I was not particularly active at this point as I’d temporarily moved away so I’m stealing photos off others.

Once that stuff had been there a while and we grew confidence in the spot, the next thing was a bit of a step up in size. We called it the sports bar. It’s quite steep and hard to ride again but that’s kinda how we like it. We started attracting various wooden ramps by this stage.

Yeah that's the one! Next up we put some rails in and built this double lumpy thing that you can grind the back of. There’s angle iron on there now.