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I'm still traumatised from shimming the XT V brakes on my then-girlfriend's M-Trax, and that was in 1997! They're bleedin fiddly to do. Go to switzerland and find an unemployed watchmaker to do it for you.............. :wink:

Are we going to be lusting over stuff like this in 2025? I'm a bit worried - how will the uber-high tech bikes of now last in the long term? Loads of different formats and bits (different BB standards, different caliper mounts, 1.5 headsets, tapered steerers, air shocks etc) will make it...

I've had a couple of S Works frames - still got one. Both were of an era where they were built in the USA, and while it may have been that I just swallowed the hype, it wasn't a huge leap of faith to believe that there was a reasonable link between my frames and the guys who welded up Ned...

To Lewis - No idea on what happened to the original bike - presumably it disappeared, never to be seen again. Is Greg Fuquay still around? I remember hearing he'd given up and returned to the USA. He was originally in the USAF as a technician wasn't he? - oddly enough, in I know a bloke who...

It's huge! How tall are you? Mine was built for a guy circa 6'2" (I'm 5'11" and it's ok) and my head tube is about half the length of yours! :wink: Nice colour though.

Dukes- mayeb I was unlucky, but I had the yellow Duke XCs (I think) which looked lovely and evoked memories of a much lusted after merlin full sus with Judy Ti forks that used to ride around Letchworth where I lived many years ago. Anyway - I never really got on with the Dukes, and finally...

My S Works - this replaced an old M2 S Works hardtail, and over the years has taken me to Morzine, Clive Powell's place in the Elan valley, and Coed y Brenin, as well as regular forays to Chicksands (before the baggy trousered types got their shovels out) and a couple of races in the old...

Another old retro MTB - my Merlin frame which is I believe a 2001 model - the last of the pre-disc mount ones. It's been built up with a variety of bits over the years - some Rockshox Dukes (crap, avoid, despite the nice yellow colour) , some Pace carbon rigid forks (I'm now too fat and old to...

Late edit - Oh bugger - put it in the wrong category! Oops. A few of the bits are post 1998. Will that do? :wink: Hi, Some pics of my Fuquay. It has an interesting history - it was custom built for a then mate of mine, and was displayed at the Bike '95 show, and some scumbag nicked it...

Hi, true to form, I only post here when I'm flogging summat :wink: , so here goes: I have a Ringle Zooka A-Head stem circa 1996/97ish, black ano, 1 1/8th oversize, 135mm / Zero degree rise. It's in reasonably good nick, but without the original top cap, and also lacking the original ti...

12/24 8speed goldtec ti-nitride coated (gold, like on Mick Doohan's forks, amongst other things) ti cassette. 1995 vintage goldtec cassette, obtained new from goldtec, minimal use due to appallingly bad index shifting despite being tried with XTR, and SRAM ESP9.0sl. Suits weight sensitive XC...

1inch king crown race No. Well, yes, but it's being used on my bike. Have you tried Bromley Bike co? I acquired a horrid new school oversize one last month for my merlin. Their interweb site does have the 1inch size listed. http://www.bromleybike.co.uk/ishop/399/shopscr1404.html I...

Goldtec cassette Got one. Gold Ti Nitride coated sprockets on a blu ano spider. Shifting is fairly rubbash even with spotless sram esp transmission and funny bassworm thingy. Somewhere in the loft, I have another, in a strange semi-roadie ratio, where the shifting was even worse - no spider...

easiest way to do it Pedals to sell . £40.00, sorry no cleats. Ti axle Ritchey wcs, gold painted bodies. 1995ish vintage. Crap with this interweb thing so email an address for pics.

bits now gone. cheers Neg

Hello everybody Hi, I'm new to this malarkey. Have been into bikes for a few years, here's a list of highlights of bikes owned: Scott Unitrack, deore LX, scott unitrack forks 1992. S Works M2 rigid frame, 1997 ish Specialized Ground control extreme, XT, RS Judy twincrown forks...