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I did a shady conversion that works on mine.........

Just be wary if using cassette sprockets for ss work, the deeper tooth ss ones are better and less likely to slipping the chain under load.
You will need a stack of spacers anyway so best to get a SS conversion kit with 16 or 18t sprocket and spacers required, not costly and much stronger.

Always easier planning to spend others money :)
Forget paint, chrome dip FTW, i belive mud slides off chrome, or teflon coating, think of the advantages in muddy conditions.

What budget do we have to fantasise with :)

A White industries eccentric rear SS hub might be an easier route than new dropouts.
It's something to consider.

Google-fu.
500 units made for Austrailian Olympics in 2000, pro riders all got them, rest went on open sale, all forks had special serial numbers.
Haven't found a photo of Caroline Alexander with them yet :(

So is that Ritchey circa 2000 and a pro riders ride.

The SIDney forks on the Ritchey, was that the Austrailian Olympics or a big world champs race.
XC mountain biking has been an olympic event for some time.

I can remember the forks being marketed as a limited edition for an event.

yeaaaa.

Must try and find that on DVD as the spoof rockumentry video for that track is funny.

Heliparking Glencoe summit

Start line view from the heli

Sorry, thats Scotland, Glencoe Mountain upper chair lifts heading for the summit way above where the actual DH tracks are.
The chair lifts are not ment for bikes, some had a sort of hook, you might notice a lack of safety bar across my lap too as the bike kinda got in the way. Glad it was a nice day and not windy :)

I huffed and puffed a bit more, start line behind me, actual summit behind me more, ski lift is a button affair so useless for us.

Avoiding serious injury is always good.

Aha.

Shady chairlifting, no bike hook so bike sits in your lap, don't lean forward, don't look down, don't drop bike :)
And flat pedals with long pins will hurt your tackle.

Trying to load a piccy.....

Nice, looks like dry weather too.

Everytime i see a dropper seatpost on a hardtail i think "i must find that USE xcr suspension post" got one somewhere, the elastomers might have gone hard by now.......

another photoattempt

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Got some SDH stickers somewhere :)

Found a bar one of me, post 6hour enduro of the fort william world cup track. It was a wet race and the granite sand and cement they patch the track with had gone through my waterproofs and armoured under shorts and shorts and underwear and rubbed my ringpiece and sack raw, i had issues with farting and walking for a while afterwards.
As i lived on scronged energy bars i didn't need a dump for a while, but it hurt when the time came.
I would do a smiley face but really it was painfull, hardtailer dosen't always equate to a hard ass :)

No Fuss events, knock out as many runs in 6 hours as possible, in the first race i think they hit 18 it was rejigged later to first to 15 back to back laps.

Howard, a photo of a dusty hardtail, lent up against a stack of dual sussers, outside an alpine town bar is needed for the forum.
Enjoy the holiday old chap :)

Bird bikes did a HT champs this year tagged onto another race (like i used to) i don't actually know who won, or what they won.....

No it's mine, my alter ego is Ace, i used to arrange the HT champs.
The last Champ with the denim jacket was Lewis Bateman on the Dirt 1.04 track more commonly called super Tavy at Gawton, think Lewis slayed that in 2.10mins on a single speed with Dj3 forks.

I have the studded ACE cafe jacket :)

^^ Lols, sums up some of my racing encounters.

Glencoe mountain, single speed was not a great move, but was much fun.

My Atomlab for the 6hour Downhill Enduro at the fort, after 7 laps i was a bit broken and had a hole in my leg.
Apart from crashing through the Deer fence crossing (i touched the back brake and went sideways over the cattle grid) the Atomlab was brilliant, bit harsh on the ankles with the compact rear triangle, but did what i told it and went where pointed.

Jesse, a very scary person indeed.
I think he was pulling 5.50-6.00 min laps down Fort William, he pissed off a lot of big bike riders :)

My Atomlab Pimp2 about to fall off the cable car...... i was hanging out the window trying to grab the back wheel incase it jolted off the car and into freefall.
It survived to only punch a hole in my leg later on......