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Cracking caused by over tightening of Hope disc mount on rear lower of carbon probably. Very common, and yes I may have a good replacement but would need to check👍

Fierce!! A perfect example of an original tracker. I am loving the patina😎

What’s that coming over the hill??

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An MXCD rebuild just completed Before:

Doh! Turned out as a custom 1996 MXC with optional oil damper fitted, not an MXCD! Check your crown widths eh?!! 😉

Wow, that is a long steerer, not sure Peter does a threaded longer than 240, but then I have never been asked for one. The ahead steerers are 300mm I think.

Cool, threaded steerers available in 3 lengths: 180mm 210mm 240mm That is the actual length of the steerer. They all have approx. 50mm thread and the circlip in the groove at the base. Allow approx 30mm for depth of crown + headset stack height + head tube length = steerer length. Fine...

Pop a pic of the Pace fork on here for id. Pace crowns were mostly anodised, some in colours. If it is the fork in the pic at the thread start(1994 RC35 XCS) then the bridge/brace is raw ally & not anodised, will polish up if needed. Earlier Tube bridge RC35 bridge was painted, then went to...

The original RC30/35 crowns were made with steerer socket sizes to suit the steerers. They were produced with: 1” 1 1/8” 1 1/4” Indeed, as Danson points out, the 1” easily spotted with its flat face. The 1 1/8” and 1 1/4” had the bulge in the face, the 1 1/4” was obviously larger/wider. The...

Next one to start; a ‘96 MXCD

Cheers our kid! Glad to be of service.

No worries, I guess with suitably sized bearings an MT Lock axle could in theory be fitted into an XC body.

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