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yep - and the shim needed to be long enough to go past the join of the top tube and the seat stays...shorter than that junction and it's a terrifying delayed-action disaster....

The vernier will be very good for measuring the outside diameter of the seatpost and absolutely hopeless for measuring the inside of the seat tube. Seattubes can be temperamental at 0.05 difference and the width of the internal jaws on a vernier means that they just don't measure to that accuracy.

and I am thinking that it might be Rock Ring and not Monty's....

ouch...

I am quite liking this although it's not identical to the one in the first photo...

Yes I had this on a ti Marin. In the end I solved it by using a USE post and played with USE shims until I got one which was snug. I did need to sand the (oversize) shim a bit though to get it just right. Where in the UK are you? I have many 31-6 seatposts and as other have said you should get...

Bump for Monday …

Another important thing - what species were the trees? This affects whether they have a deep tap root or not. Obviously much easier if they don't. Looking to the right of your picture I see a Rhododendron - if so that's good: ',....Their roots are shallow, meaning they don't have a large tap...

Hi - yes I would say it would make a great jump for you and a perhaps too small trail bike! At your height I would indeed go for the next size up.....

Or a new Olsen Ti over on the Olsen site - currently 500gbp reductions.....gulp

Yes designed for tapered steerers. I’ll do measurements - currently away from home but back late tonight. How tall are you? Best Tim

Conversations with Stanton and Cotic in the last two years. Stanton I’m 5-7, 30 inch inside leg and 66kg. Which Switch9er ti will I need? I see your size charts suggest the 16.5. Yes that’s right OK I’ll have one of those OK Result - great build up, perfect fit, superb ride. COTIC I’m 5-7...

Bump for the weekend. Keep banging my head on it when I am rooting through the parts shelves…

Amongst the ‘to be built’ frames hanging in the workshop I have a gorgeous late 853 COTIC SIMPLE which was to be for the Grom but he has shot up and it will no longer fit him. The COTIC 853 frames need no introduction really, they are truly classic frames which ride wonderfully. So light, so...

We used pink mucoff sealant in the Grom’s enduro bike … and following the usual tyre-Welsh slate interaction it completely failed to seal a 4mm slit. It did however successfully cover a large area of Welsh mountain with pink fluid. I think Effing useless compared with Stan’s and Effetto...

Hmmm interesting … note that I am talking about the wet MOTORCYCLE lube not the drip on cycle lube. Not sure how formulations compare. This stuff …...

Interesting. I read their website and was a bit worried about the magical thinking in it…. How the lube works and how to use it. The formulation goes deep down into the chain and traps any dirt. Then, with the energy of the chain freewheeling backwards, the dirt and grit floats to the...

Oh go on … I’ll have the last pair of Deity bars ….

Ah Duckhams And interesting re motorcycle chain spray Indeed hinges - vital on car hinges. Why? It has high pressure resistance - hinges like chains are slowing moving, high load. The pressure pushes out lighter oils, that’s why light oil winds up all over the outside of the chain rather than...

....the 70s! That means - 'heat in a flat tin' by Putoline? or Linklyfe? Castrol...!!?