yakboy
Manitou Fan
It needs replacing as it as rough as a badgers arse.Why are you pulling out? Replacing it? If not, then leave it alone.
It needs replacing as it as rough as a badgers arse.Why are you pulling out? Replacing it? If not, then leave it alone.
I agree with the weight of the frame they needed all the help they could get with weight saving elsewhere.I think it’s a shame Kirk never went higher in spec. I think it would’ve been cool to see a Kirk with xtr/xt in the catalogues and made with lighter bars/stem/forks. Of course they did make the Kirk road bike which was equipped with dura ace
Really, is a shame. An XT and XTR variants would have been more appropriate. His old advertisements of running over frames and crushing them then running over his frames and surviving no problem is classic.I think it’s a shame Kirk never went higher in spec. I think it would’ve been cool to see a Kirk with xtr/xt in the catalogues and made with lighter bars/stem/forks. Of course they did make the Kirk road bike which was equipped with dura ace
Yes, would be nice to know.With your bottom bracket there, try with your park tool wrench as intended but try, covering the side of the Park Tool that will contact the bottom bracket housing, then put on the tool, then cover the tool and part of the bottom bracket cup with another piece of metal, then take a big C-clamp and pin both the bottom bracket cup and tool THEN try and turn tool with both hands. If you have a bench vise to grab the spindle as the bike lays horizontal to your shop floor, even better.
Really, is a shame. An XT and XTR variants would have been more appropriate. His old advertisements of running over frames and crushing them then running over his frames and surviving no problem is classic.
Does anyone know the stripped bare frame weight?
You can do it! Can you see down the seat tube and see bottom bracket? Maybe a very liberal doucing with penetrox or the like and letting the frame rest on its side will help you work in some breaker lubricant on a few internal threads before you attempt to break it loose again?Will do if I ever get the damn BB out