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Re: The Suntour XCE thumbshifters on the Hardrock Comp are great. Mine still changes really nicely and I love the fact that you can just twist a wee dial to revert to friction shifting if anything starts playing up when you're out in the wilds.

Aye. I noticed around Mitton/Whalley area that the back wheel had gone a bit misshapen. Fairly certain it was OK at the start and still OK coming off Waddington Fell otherwise I would have expected to get a wobble on at speed. You might be able to correct me on this! I thought I'd done it on the...

Re: Re: oi! It's not "beaten up", it's "well-loved". And I reckon rust is lighter than paint... Seriously though I would quite like to give it a proper respray, rechrome the forks etc, but every time I feel like I have a suitable chunk of cash with which to do it something more important...

I bought the same Hardrock Comp in "Magenta and Ivory" in late 1990. New but of course I got a deal as it was a previous year's model. Back in pre-internet shopping days so I found it in a retailer's ad in Bicycle Magazine I think. Can't remember who the retailer was now. Do still remember the...