MacRetro chat and rides thread

[RobMac]

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You lot are sick :roll:

 

[jimo746]

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You lot are sick :roll:

Bit rich, coming from the guy in the hospital...

 

[RobMac]

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Well that me waiting for my lift home, at last.

THANKS AGAIN NHS YOUR WONDERFUL

 

[Mr Panda]

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THANKS AGAIN NHS YOUR WONDERFUL

Totally agree. Plenty negative NHS Fake News doing the rounds but I have to say (again probably) my family's experiences have been exceptionally good, attentive, effective and entirely without complaint. Kids with broken whatevers, senile parents, STDs :shock: and my fekkin knee op - all dealt with quickly and professionally. Took a few months to get my physio sorted but all good now.
Maybe we're lucky - pals south of the border will tell a very different tale.
Hospital food was shite and I threw most of it up, but that was the halothane (sorry, used to work in sales/marketing for BOC) - does its job very well, just don't expect to be able to eat afterwards

I understand Rob's transition has been delayed though........which might hit the press soon.

 

[clubby]

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I understand Rob's transition has been delayed though........which might hit the press soon.

Don’t worry, we’ll get him on a 29er soon enough.

 

[epicyclo]

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THANKS AGAIN NHS YOUR WONDERFUL

Totally agree. Plenty negative NHS Fake News doing the rounds but I have to say (again probably) my family's experiences have been exceptionally good, attentive, effective and entirely without complaint....

Same here.

And not a penny to pay. If you have never been in a profit motive driven health system, it's hard to realise just how exceptional our NHS is.

 

[Jamiedyer]

Hope all is well Rob and your back to riding and running about mad as usual
All the best mate

Jamie

 

[jimo746]

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Help please... Manitou SX fork, the old one with the odd 69mm post mount fitting (guessing it'd fit a 160mm as standard?) , A2Z IS adapter (also makes it +20mm) , so a regular IS caliper and a 180mm rotor should be what i need?

What I've got is Hope Mini No.5 caliper , and its a gnats whisker from fitting over a 203mm rotor ... I tried a No.3 caliper but that was positioned too far out and the pads would only contact half the rotor.

A few washers should move the No.5 caliper out a couple of mm to allow it to fit over the rotor, but, Not sure if its ok to use a 203 rotor on these forks? apart from it just looking a bit odd on an xc bike...

I've now got 3 sets of these Hope brakes :facepalm: and still they won't fit nicely.
Makes me think rim brakes would be much simpler and cheaper!

 

[RobMac]

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203mm on that fork, I doubt it.
And 203mm on a XC bike, who do you think you are Keith aka Plough Boy :mrgreen:

 

[clubby]

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And 203mm on a XC bike, who do you think you are?

Considerably faster than you Rob (or me).

Forks definitely not designed for that size of rotor. Seeing how much my similar era SIDs flexed on v brakes, not sure I’d be risking it. Thing is, they’ll be fine right up to the point they’re not, just as the lower snaps.