Airborne 2000 Lucky Strike DB Rebuild

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Thanks

The fork bung is just a generic protection cap, building a car I save all the ones I get. I guess forks vary somewhat on the ID depending on manufacturer / strength / material etc. If you have a look on moss plastic parts website you will find quite a range

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Shock horror, it's going to get finished soon ... :shock:

The motivation ? Dad's got a modern MTB, sisters other half has just bought a Kona blast, I have just fitted some Reba's to my brothers bike ... They are all going out riding and I am missing out !

I decided I needed some better rubber with the riding they are doing so I picked up a pair of ralphs and a pair of freds off here.

The plan was a ralph on the front and a fred on the rear. If the fred was crap, I would put the second ralph on the rear and keep the fred's, maybe for the bear valley ...

If anyones got stained logos / oils splattered walls etc - standard APC cleans them up really well :



I spent ages pulling off all the moulding knobs and then blacking the walls, they came up really good :



I fitted both ralph's at weekend (tubeless) but then disaster !

What I thought was a scuff turned out to leak air very quickly





Anyhow, the seller has been really good and its being returned for a full refund

I now have some 2.2 X Kings on the way to handle the general off road duties Tyres get expensive quite quickly ...

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They arrived and in very nice condition to :





Lots of spikes to pull off on these though...

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Fitted :

And aligned with the valves ...

I have never had Continental or Schwalbe tyres before - not sure if it's just differences in the models I have, but I have to say the Continentals just seem 'nicer' and maybe better quality ? Even the logos on one side compared to the other line up ... I don't know if that's just my opinion though or if it's typical of other people's to ?

Dura Ace, King Ti, Control Tech Ti :

Anyone know a torque setting for M5 bolt on skewers ? The instructions don't mention anything and I would guess they have quite a narrow window of being to loose or rounding off ? :-(

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[Awkward Kid]

Hurry up and get some full build pics up
Love your attention to detail!

 

[twain]

Surely a lighter and a steady hand would see off those tyre spikes a lot quicker/easier.....?!

 

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I know I am late in replying, but it was to late ! I had already spent ages doing this :

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From this :

To this :

By removing the 20mm spacer :

I used these instructions :

http://faqload.com/faqs/bicycle-compone ... vel-spacer

And bought these sockets :

I filed the chamfers off the 24mm socket to give it full engagement with the flat ally head on the forks (to minimise the potential for it to slip) - worked perfect

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Another bit done ...

I needed a seatpost shim, wanted a USE one (long) and wanted it to be plastic.

I needed a 25.0 to 27.2 but USE's offering in that size was ally ...

25.0 to 27.2 = 1.1 wall thickness.

USE do a plastic shim in 27.2 to 29.4 = 1.1. wall thickness ...

I sanded the slot wider so it would clamp down without binding :



And then sanded the top down just to make it fit a bit neater. Clamped in the closed position so I could get a smooth / level edge :



Fits great, blends in well and will almost be hidden under / behind the post clamp :



The gaps about 1mm - before clamping up :



The post is a nice tight, but smooth fit - it easily holds in position without any clamp and with zero play

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[letmetalktomark]

Completely redonkulous :shock:

Bonkers attention to detail

Love following this.