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Re: Cheers for the tips, getting a post from IShaw and going to give that a whirl. I don’t do mega miles on the bike and can’t justify spending more money on a dropper than I did on the bike, the suggested posts all look a good shout though. As for making a hole for an internally routed...

Re: Cheers will keep an eye out on deals on the brand x seat posts.

Re: Seem to be having trouble with messaging on here, let me know if you have any dropper posts available Cheers

Re: Cool, let us know cheers

Looking for suggestions on budget externally routed 30.9 dropper posts, on an old Marin hardtail. Cheapest seems to be be RSP at go outdoors without taking a punt on something on eBay, at 99.99 with a 125mm drop, anybody had any experience with these? Anybody have anything suitable for sale? Cheers

Re: Nice one cheers. Good deal on wiggle at the moment on xt BBs £15, cheaper than the deore bbs so should be good for that side of things

Re: Sounds good. Looking to try and get black crank arms if possible, how much you looking for the black race face? What colour are the xt cranks? Cheers

Re: Went for a long ride today and the powerspline bb is driving me mad ticking away, I removed and refitted, torqued to spec, still no improvement so going to be my next upgrade. Going to order a HT2 bb from wiggle or similar. Is anybody selling a reasonably priced ht2 compatible crank...

Re: Sounds good cheers, I’ve measured my fork travel at 120mm. Let me have a look at my bike budget, I’m on Furlough at the moment, but can hopefully top up the bike pot with a few eBay sales I have on the go

Re: Haha, I know it won’t future proof me, but I’ve got a tatty old powerspline crank at the moment, and my choice for a replacement is almost zero. I’m already having enough trouble finding a 26” wheel, straight steerer reasonable fork that isn’t going to cost me more than double the cost of...

Re: Cheers, think I’m gonna go for a HT2 to try future proof the bike as much as possible whilst I’m at it

Re: Cheers all for your help, better get looking for parts.

Re: Cheers, seen deore BBs for about £20 so worth a punt, then I’ll try find used crank to match. Having never fitted a External BB myself, looking at the cranks, it looks like the bolts at end of shaft set the preload then you tighten the pinch bolts like a headset/ stem ? Would this be correct ?

Re: Nice one cheers, I see it does get a little confusing. Basically I think I’m going to look for a hollow tech 2 BB and a single chain ring crank and go from there. Any reasonable BBS You would suggest ? Think I’ve read deore ht2 is pretty good and reasonably priced

Re: Ah, the refacing makes sense with the external cups. I just like the idea of a thru style crank over the traditional BBs, although I know of people using square taper etc for years and no issues. Cheers, I’ll look into my options

Re: Sorry for the stupid questions, is my understanding right that for a 68 and 73 shell width you would use the same BB but would use spacers if you had 68mm shell? Also say for example I was using a hollow tech BB, would the crank used with it be hollow tech specific, or could you use other...

The BB width frame measurement on my bike frame is 68mm, it currently has a powerspline BB in it that was replaced fairly recently but think it’s on its way out again. Looking at my options it seems I’m very limited in crank arms etc for this BB. (I run a 34t single chain ring 104 bcd) Any...

Looking for reasonably priced 26” qr straight steerer (205mm min) rock shox or fox fork. Currently on a rockshox Tora with no lock out, Looking for an improvement on that. I’m in the Swindon area. Cheers

Re: Looks awesome!

Re: Cheers, yep, I did it some years ago with a couple of old Konas, forgot how much hassle it was Before lockdown I had a couple of weeks off for a hernia operation, decided to buy a cheap bike to ride with the kids. It sat in my house, with the horrible scratched paint staring at me...