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  1. M

    GT Lobo DH or STS

    There is a wanted forum or maybe get off your arse and build one? :oops:
  2. M

    Hope C2's - Confused

    Wow, I want that machine! Look wicked :)
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    Suggestions: disc brakes

    I appreciate the beautiful engineering of the Hopes, they come apart and go back together really well and if you buy the mono generation all parts are available cheaply. Easy to bleed, great lever feel and with real Hope organic pads no noise.
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    Fedex Customs/Import Charges AFTER i Recieve Goods!

    Vat and duty, probably not far off, it varies depending on goods type also. It sucks big time but you always have to consider it a risk, win sometimes loose others, although I think the 'keep you head down' tactic has to be worth a go! As far as I could tell Fed-Ex have paid it for you, so...
  5. M

    My 99 Lobo Restoration and build

    Massive box of parts sent today to the anodiser and two weeks off work starting on Monday! Due to some extreme stupidity I've gone and bought some BOS n'dee forks, so one frame will deffo be modern/retro/improved (inc pro deluxe, 6 pots etc) and then the smaller one can take the full set of...
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    Fedex Customs/Import Charges AFTER i Recieve Goods!

    Same here, bought a four figure camera lens and actually came home from the holiday I bought it for to find a request for a couple hundred. I'm normally a chancer but I just paid up, making me wonder now if I could have ducked and dived? :wink:
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    Upgrading ebay / paypal account for selling?

    I've had a business account for 8 years despite just being a part time seller. That said you can sell with a normal account but they limit you arbitrarily it seems. You used to hit a receive limit in a month that was a £1000 or so and then needed to upgrade to business, additionally they...
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    Hope C2's - Confused

    Sorry can't make out anything in the picture but I'd like to say running a rotor that s too small is just dangerous. When you wear the pads enough, the part of them not wearing out because the disc is too small will touch together and instead of clamping disc you will be getting pad on pad...
  9. M

    ***SOLD*** GT STS DH LOBO - 1998 FOR SALE***

    Real shame we didn't see it here before you needed to sell it :roll:
  10. M

    weight loss vs light bike.

    I'll leave the keto for another thread, you are right but for some people it is incredibly effective even once that water has gone. So lets ignore rims, hubs, spokes, fork lowers, brakes, chain stays / swingarms...it is too much to ignore, how great is the positive effect on the mechanics of...
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    weight loss vs light bike.

    I understand what you are all saying but I am looking from a pure, no side effect point. Those people who say 'have a shit before you ride and leave your TI bolts at home', are they right or wrong? Money always comes into the discussion but if it didn't, does losing weight from the bike help...
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    weight loss vs light bike.

    Usually exercise is required to lose weight and a byproduct of that is you improve fitness but that came from the work not the weight. I agree to a point carrying the weight has an effect in terms of it needing to be 'fed' or 'sustained' by the body during a workload but losing 5lb is not...
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    weight loss vs light bike.

    Question is still there though...all things being equal, no improved fitness etc If you lose 5lbs from your body, does that leave you in the same boat as losing 5lbs from the bike? Is the loss equal in performance? I know that in motoring it is always vital to lose unsprung or rotational...
  14. M

    retrobike search

    PHPBB doesn't like/handle short searches like that, most forums will be the same. Had the same C2/O2/DH4 problem recently, try 'hope AND c2'
  15. M

    xtr, lx, tyre, helmet and wheels (pics)

    They are on ukbikestore and/or winstanleys and http://www.cycle-aix.de HBSP154:160:5 HBSP154:180:5
  16. M

    Mercedes S*#$ service

    Really, wheel centres? :? You put/get Fast Glass on the rubbers and leave it dry out (regularly) and what you get is what you see in your photo. It is essentially iso-propynol alcohol and not kind to rubber at all. Autoglym has a reputation that exceeds the products abilities, whilst...
  17. M

    Just want to clear my name with those involved

    Good on you :D Although I can't believe you gave him the £20, too generous! He met, he inspected, deal done.
  18. M

    Olympics, what channel?

    Sky and Virgin customers now have 24 HD BBC channels with guide. Is there not something similar on Freeview? (retune?)
  19. M

    Mavic 321's

    Unlikely I know, excellent 32h 321's wanted :)
  20. M

    Ebay stolen bikes and parts *for your info update*

    Ask for proof, reply slowly, let it take its time, hopefully it will go away. If they cannot identify them then I guess no proof either way and you keep but if they can legally you are buggered :( If the insurance has paid out then they belong to the insurance company, so that doesn't work...
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