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Hello All, So I have a set of XTR ST-M950 M951 shifter, brake lever combo. Now the gear barrel adjuster of one side had a stripped thread. Strangely the size of the screw threading into the shifter is a weird size :S It seems to be 7.5mm (if I got it correctly). Went through all my shifters and...

Thank you and I enjoyed the footage. But does not really have much to do with adventure racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLeIdt-WfXQ

Hello all, So I am wondering if anybody knows more about the earlier adventure races that had mountain bike sections in its course, what bikes were used and are there any pictures around? There is quite the overlap in dedicated MTB's being build and the start of multi discipline adventure...

Aaah Wheeler, yes I see those here in the Netherlands quite often too. Some of them are indeed high end specced and solid bikes :) Did not know they even made titanium frames, will look closer at those if I can find some pictures. Thanks for that. Humble roots or not, I do not care. Am so happy...

Re: Re: Thanks for the suggestion, looking for something a bit lighter and a bit more exotic material wise :)

Hello All, So title is pretty much saying it all. Looking for a Rolf's wheel set 26" for rim brakes. Also in the market for a 26" lightweight fork for canti/v-brakes. A based in the Netherlands so that might be a bit of a pain in the butt shipping the wheels. But if you have anything you would...

Yeah I found that post to about somebody finding out who made the titanium Motobecane frames! You are right, the finish does look the same! But indeed, on some of the pics I can find, the drop-outs are all wrong and the cable guides too! But they have bended chainstays!!! And then I found...

So grabbed the dremel (well not really as it is not a Dremel by brand, but you get the idea :P ) and the sparks were so much whiter than the steel I cut after it. So titanium folks!! Also the inside of the head tube and seat tube do not have the same finish as the outside, not the...

Will address all of your reply but I have to start with the elephant....EUHM I mean COW in the room...I mean topic! XD Still pissing my pants right now hahaha . That was GOLDEN sir!!! @ d8mok: Can not disagree with that and don't worry about sounding harsh! Think the XT parts are solid? Do...

The finish of the material has me in a bind too! But as far as I have heard stainless steel is a biatch to work with and make a frame out of it. Also for it not to be magnetic it needs a lot of non magnetic materials, this would be nickel in most cases if I am correct (??? again anybody who...

@ Greencat: You are right and I agree :) I have seen these decals on bikes before too. Some low end, some mid range and some higher end stuff. Think some of them were local brands that were sold by LBS, or like a LBS own "label"/"line" of bikes. Some might have been demo's and I know some team...

@ Troje: Yeah it has been used! Still in great nick, the parts too, though they show mure signs of usage than the frame. About the cable stops, that is why I made close up pictures of them, because I thought that could tell some. A Litespeed, did they have a seatclamp thing like this frame...

I think it would be "polished" titanium right? I was looking at titanium frames from the 90's and the seatpost clamp thingy looks very Marin, the brake mounts too....Anybody else thinks so too? Haha no info there, that is a "ticket" "vignet" to ride your bike in nature areas/reservations that...

You could try and make a "shim" with some aluminium foil? That should be enough to compensate for some small differences in diameter. Maybe another option is use paper rolled up in the tube and measure that outer diameter? Stretching an aluminium seat tube...don't think so. If the outer...

Re: Re: That is what I thought in the start too. But it is not magnetic at all, inside, outside, where ever. Can a stainless steel frame of 50cm come in at 1600grams? I really do not know. You think it is stainless? EDIT: If it is stainless, what frame builders build stainless steel frames of...

NONE!!! No pitting either! Only scratching on the chain stay where there was chain suck, but even that is minimal. Other argument for Titanium right? Aluminium would have had deeper scratching on that spot as it is softer. Correct me if I am wrong please! :D

Hello All, Have not been posting in a long while now. But this frame/bike has me coming back here because I need the expertise of this forum! So I bought this bike this week and the frame has no branding except for Shimano stickers. The bike is build up with high end Shimano kit, the parts...

Re: Re: So the rear part of the bike. The chain and seatstay in one piece with the bend in it where the dropouts are welded to has been used on several types of Mongoose IBOC bikes, incl. the one with the triangular headtube and the 95 model. Currently the project is a lot of sandig as I am...

Mine is in process of being sanded so I stole this picture of the interwebs. Might going to make a build post out of this build.