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It's great to see an old MTB being used & not just hung on a wall. Who knew fr baskets would become de-rigueur one day?

That's a band I often think is missing from Absolute90's playlists, & not connected in any way, but Carter the unstoppable sex machine then springs to mind too.

Pretty sure the chains sold in ASDA supermarkets are low end KMC which should be trustworthy.

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I like the solid single colours, I think I'm stuck in 1992. Wasn't there a pastel green one pictured on here recently? That all Red one that was on ebay back in the summer was really tempting too. (not very adventurous I know)

I can't get excited about these flame paint jobs, esp on a HOT.

Yeah but tapes! LOLz

There was a time, approximately when full sus hit the mainstream & all the kids were asking for them at christmas, 1997 I think it was. Barracuda seemed to be all that the kids were asking for, we didn't sell them but i swear if I had a £pound for every person that asked for a Barracuda, I'd...

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I'd just be inclined to source better components, perhaps second hand to be honest. You can build a 9 or 10sp XTR based drivetrain for not too much money. It might just be me, but high quality components win every time.

I have a minty pair of 6800 11sp STI levers. PMing you

A picture would help, it may be that the pivot within the rear mech has got sticky & does not return against the spring tension properly. I just noticed an old XT 9 speed mech of mine is suffering this fate, despite my mechanical sympathy with it.

Twist/Grip shift is dreadful. I repaired a 24" wheel budget MTB last week with 15sp indexed Shimano & Gripshifts. I could barely twist the shifter to change gears on either mech, nothing seized, stuck or broken. Quite how a small child (girl in this case) is supposed to operate the gears is...

They can be, or thinking about it another way, cheap/crap chains can hinder the indexing of some gear systems. It's a question of standards to be honest. It may bug you, but does it bug the end user? (it shouldn't)

Yes. Think I'm subscribed but certainly I have lot's of his uploads saved to my faves. Liquid/soulful DnB is my thing. That's not always possible, plus I've actually discovered many an album on YT & ended up buying the CD or the back catalogue - I do still buy & listen to CD's (whilst...

Yes, last resort. I always ask here first.

92 Kilauea frame on ebay currently, sure it's a 19", no forks, £80 iirc

Don't confuse the asking price with price they actually fetch in the real world.

I am a firm believer that being a rider of a bicycle gets you 50% of the way there when it comes to mechanicing on bikes. Most of my skills are self-taught through feel. I began Cytech training some years ago when I worked in the trade, I didn't think much of it tbh. Glad to see you are...

So the tune is called Old Ned, maybe that might help you track it down. I used to love watching Steptoe as a young boy, hilarious.