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Lol, if my wife saw me putting bike parts in the dishwasher

cheers

Update: I removed the unsightly weld May have found solution for the thumbshifter, although will be unmatching. Opinions anyone? Matching gripshift or mismatched thumbies? Sorry for the dark pictures, sunlight is direct over the building. -Added the old xt pedals for now -Cleaned the...

:lol: Hermes lost my parcel in austria, lord may he be merciful

Skinny tube + fat tyres = 8)

I had no idea these frames existed until I bought it, doubt it's on there

Getting there 8). I might change my mind to DX thumbshifters The seller had 2 different tyres on...ritchey's and michelin country. I only have a spare michelin country style to match.

The front cable hanger had lost its blackness over time A quick spray of black ontop and a 2k varnish for the lungs later :shock: I couldn't look at that blob of weld anymore, so it's getting filed down. The XT Cassette is sitting in soapy water for a few hours, the grime is too hard to...

Lithium based for the internal springs. Mineral oil for the jockey wheels

Re: Re: If you have a M732 I would be interested. For this build however, I need to proceed to its completion rapidly, so I'm going to use the gripshifts

Next bottom bracket. I'd anticipated last night by allowing lubricant to fall in from the side overnight. Underneath a BBUN-51. Was rough but the lubricant seems to have done it's job. Now lunch

Ok moving on to the next part. Cranks=issue. Looks like the threading has been badly done, one of the bolts when removing was F+++kd. After playing around with some lube and slowly trying to rethread with another bolt, it looks like everything is good. Filed down some of the obvious dents and...

:facepalm: :facepalm: Whilst deciding a very easy decision. Thumbshifters, gripshift or the original xt rapid fires? I just got an awful shock :shock: 2 months ago I sold off some my last thumbies I had on ebay, only for them to get lost in the mail. Oh my god!!! I think I sent 2 right sided...

Ok so first thing to attack, the xt m737 derailleur. Clean regrease

This came up the other day for cheap, full XT M737. It's an intersport house brand "Nakamura", that might make you believe it's perhaps japanese, but actually french. Although it is made in Taiwan with japanese parts :lol:. The ribbed tube I presume is the ultrastrong?. Forks are spinner. I'm...

:lol: same

I've had a few of these, aswell as the stx's, alivio , DX etc that have similar internals. They all tend to have issues with the springs that have lost tension or grease that has hardened. For the springs, it's either the 2 small ones that do the shifting or a larger ones in the centre of the...

Ah think I saw this, nice catch for 50e. You usually only get dogs for that price

Nice I really like those forged specialites cranks. I might look out for one. They look like XT/XTR too! I wonder if they're JIS or ISO? I've been thinking about this for the simplex cranks I got, as they're french.... Pedals are ok, would like the smaller caged version if it pops up. I got...

Depends on the frame. Early 90's frames, the general geometry is fairly square, rigid with thin tubes, making a curved bar look out of place. On fatter tubes such as my cannondale in aluminiam, a riser looks ok as the fatter tubes project another form. For everyday usage, they obviously give you...