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Re: I gotta new boingy thing... Cheers Chris: I have a spare headset knocking about but I might treat it to a good one, depending on how it turns out. Not sure about the shock qr...*pokes at girlfriend's bike* Nope it's thicker and longer, but I am sure I can sort something. Marin probably do...

It was a bloody good bike in it's day :-) If nothing else you have a nice pile of XT bits :-)

Re: I gotta new boingy thing... Cheers Rick :-) Yep, in my mind's eyes she's a gleaming spanking piece of two wheeled Hi Techiness, just begging for a day at BPW. Once she's got new tyres she'll even smell new :-) ( Actually, the smell of a "new" bike to me these days is a mix of Muck Off...

Re: Cheap Parts discs/forks/brakes Thanks Chris :-) Hamster - you have the forks mate. :-) Did you hear back from the guy about the Orange?

That sounds like a superb idea, I am going to give it a go :-)

Re: Specialized Strongarm square taper crankset What size (tooth count) are the chainrings?

Oooh Hadleigh sounds good...

Crikey, keep it coming folks :-) Some good stuff here :-) I was kind of thinking the Malverns, but there are some other good suggestions for venues too. I kinda like RBGs Idea, but also quite like the idea of having a distinct event: something like; Retrocon, a celebration of the History of...

Thanks! Will do.

Thanks guys, like I said, I used to organise Who conventions with upwards of 700 - 1000 attendees, so I reckon this can be done but I am also aware of the workload involved and the necessity for a fairly long lead time. Spud: I know exactly what you mean and it's my only reservation: I dunno if...

Lovely work, Kaz. Really nice. You've done a great job :-) How much de gumming did you have to do? Gonna give it a blingier stem, or just a different one?

BLIMEY that's a bit nice. I'm gonna go and read the thread now. ( and I'm an old man, I never keep up. ) :-)

Re: I gotta new boingy thing... No! Honest, I bought it a while back but it took me some time to get it back up the frozen North. ( But then when I see what you have I might get all jealous ) I love my other one, but I am just a bit scared for the old swingarm, so I got this one to thrash...

Ooooh. *baits breath in preparation for unveiling...*

Look, don't judge me but BITD I used to organise Doctor Who Conventions. Now then, having been to the excellent Iconoclassic, I got thinking that Iconoclassic was brilliant, and yet I wanted to see people riding these lovely bikes around in a field ( and ride my own) have some dealer's tables...

Re: I gotta new boingy thing... It's most of the way there. I am slightly worried it'll be possessed by some bloody Garden Spirit or the mould/lichen on it will have evolved to hostile sentience. "Mountain biker absorbed by hellish mould/bike hybrid whilst trying to fix it..."

Certainly when I worked for them ( Halfords) the real markup was in accessories. Strangely, although the staff in my store knew our stuff on bikes ( a few of us, anyway ) we didn't charge much for repairs and fitting accessories, which I suspect is where a lot of profit comes from these days. As...

As is my preference, it's made by Marin. It's a 2003 ( according to MBUK) Alpine Trail. It was dirt cheap, partly because you get a lot of dirt free with it. The rust comes complimentary too. It's filthy, rusty and probably a bit knackered, but it was cheap ( I like cheap ) and it's one of the...

Re: Cheap Parts discs/forks/brakes Cheers :-) As in other thread, ok if I pop over week after next some time?

I very kindly got a pile of MBIs given to me by a fine RBer, lemme have a look, if I have one, it's yours.