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I guess it depends on the eye of the beholder! Pre-2000 I'd say silver, post-2000 I've used black spokes for every wheel I've built, pretty much because the spoke ends blend into the black hubs. Mostly that's through choice but even if I wanted to, just try finding straight pull silver double...

Not really any worse or better than any other company that's a decent size. Some are really standout in their awfulness but ultimately a big company is always going to receive more ire from people than a smaller one because they have access to more people to piss off who wouldn't have even been...

But, and not standing up for 'big business' here in any way, Amazon have a slick and pain free returns process, and most of all, delivery that actually delivers everywhere in the UK for the same price (which is free if you've got Prime). Many sellers on the general market and on Ebay, including...

I'm glad you got it sorted, I knew the axle was the fundamental change as the originals were notorious for bending/cracking/snapping in 12mm guise but couldn't remember what else changed, other than a single bearing was different to accommodate the axle. My Pro 2 hubs are a mix of proto stuff...

They definitely did one for the Evo iteration as I had one, although I can't remember if the Evo free hub worked on the original without the different axle as it's a while ago.

Pace RC150 Monster. 140mm (they said 160mm but it wasn't) of soggy, poorly damped and unreliable crap travel. It wasn't even in the same league as the 2000 Boxxer that replaced it when Pace got a lawyers letter requesting they consider a refund after six months and what must have been 25 bags of...

Yeah, it's much better than kurust (their lanolin based anti-corrosion waxes beat waxoyl hands down too). Bilt Hamber is used a lot in classic car restorations and I've used it for years in that world. They also do stuff called Deox C which is basically citric acid crystals that you make into a...

I'd think you've got two options, depending on if it's actually rust on the paint, or staining from the rust. If it's rust then you could try something relatively benign like Bilt Hamber Deox Gel, cover it and wrap in cling film to stop it drying out, clean that off once it's done the job and...

I suspect low volume or custom at the time, but the later Middleburn one would look reasonably close I'd suspect.

This was one of the first, and coincided with the matching Steve Peat branded oversize bars. I think the 25.4mm ones were called Assassin but I can't remember what the 31.8mm DH one was.

Nice colour, I'm always a sucker for purple. I realised the other day that I've got bikes with every iteration of XTR shifter on it since M952, so between my bikes I now seem to cover all bases from 8spd through to 12spd. Mad really when you think about it. On a light bike like the Cove I don't...

I've got a slightly older one running 1x11 after its last rebuild (it's been like Trigger's broom in the last 20 years and IMO it suits it really well, it's just a shame the older seat tubes were 26.8mm so not able to take a droppper. Great bikes that ride superbly for all sorts of stuff; I've...

The arch has no effect as a booster as it pivots in the middle (and thus does nothing to keep the brake bosses rigid), but overall it's a better execution of the parallel linkage design that Shimano introduced as it doesn't go sloppy after five minutes.

It probably is, but twenty years ago it was much more difficult to come across this stuff if it was outside your sphere of knowledge, after all MTB was also much smaller and less hipster/trendy than it is these days. Then again MB took 'inspiration' from Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album...

How about this if you're spraying with an airbrush? https://www.hiroboy.com/Champagne_Gold_Paint_Similar_to_TS75_60ml--product--8157.html

Ahh, you mean the arsebook group, my bad!

Aren't you on the wrong forum then?!

Are you able to bond new bushes in too?

Well the BOS 888 is still a work in progress so I took the Fox 40's from the Rotec and stuck them on the front of the M9 for a day of riding and tweaking. I was down in Fort William with my dad for a weekend of eating fine food and drinking lots of fine wine (and whisky) and while he was...

Can you still call eBay?