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  1. ridea

    06-09 32mm Boxxer Bushings

    Yeah fair enough. In terms of ability I'm a qualified mechanical engineer so I'm competent enough to handle it hopefully ;). If they're weakened they're weakened, they'd end up in the bin anyway so nothing ventured nothing gained. All the more reason to source cheap off the shelf bushings...
  2. ridea

    06-09 32mm Boxxer Bushings

    Yeah sorry i'm in the UK found them but the P&P makes them 45pounds. Its not too difficult you just have to buy or fashion a tool for removal and then you can use an old bush and station to make a second tool to drift them in.
  3. ridea

    06-09 32mm Boxxer Bushings

    Aha I love the throw away mentality of the mountain bike industry. If I rode them in 2009 without problems, may I add doing a season in the Alps where I was riding tracks like Champery on a regular basis, just because there's something better about does that really mean I need to drop a G on a...
  4. ridea

    Musical chair game 2016 or Teh offseason prophecy

    Jesus christ what is this thread, mountainbike racers don't get paid enough for keyboard warriors to psychoanalyse them on the basis of a two minute pink bike video. To be fair he probably is nuts... a professional mountain bikes wants to win... put him in a straight jacket :bonk:
  5. ridea

    06-09 32mm Boxxer Bushings

    Does anybody know the dimensions and type of bushings used in the old style 203mm travel 32mm moco boxxers. Mine need replacing but the kits are either non-existent or around £90. I was thinking about going direct as they're only a few pounds each. Cheers
  6. ridea

    SPD Shoes

    hmm its looking like try some specialized or wait for the new shimano's, mind the less ridiculous looking/reasonably priced versions are pretty weighty still. Has anyone tried the Giro chamber in low the version? Seem difficult to get hold of but on paper they look good.
  7. ridea

    SPD Shoes

    nope im talking about these, still have them infact
  8. ridea

    SPD Shoes

    Rhyme in my opinion is too slippery for me still! as is the shimano M-089 Well I have old DX shoes which I hate but are definitely lighter than the launches so I'd have thought the AM would be even lighter no? may be worth a shout for me as I share the same infliction - I herd 5.10 in...
  9. ridea

    SPD Shoes

    I had some DX spd's a while back, hated them, I'll have a look at those though see if they've improved. I herd 5.10 ones fall apart, but they look good, can anyone vouch for their durability?
  10. ridea

    SPD Shoes

    Looking for a new pair of spd shoes, generally use them for pretty aggressive all mountain stuff or occasional DH. I prefer the skate shoe style rather than disco slippers as I use them with mallets and plus I have quite wide feet which tends to lend itself better to skate type shoes. I...
  11. ridea

    Here we go again

    Completely depends what country you're racing in. Not sure what its like anymore but the UK series used to be so competitive that people actually used to do the european cup to get enough UCI points to race world cups. Also you've then got to assume that the US and Australian/NZ series are as...
  12. ridea

    WORLDS

    So many injuries but wouldn't that be something if he came back and killed it. Not holding my breath though
  13. ridea

    WC #6 - Val Di Sole (ITA) 2015

    Glad you approve now I think of it Its a bit reminiscent of Chumbawumba (for whoever remembers them) just slightly more rediculous! None the less all of those are race proven bikes with a history of being on the circuit (appart from Guerilla gravity which I've not herd of, maybe they've not...
  14. ridea

    WC #6 - Val Di Sole (ITA) 2015

    Not that I'm pretending to know anything about ironhorses financial situation, but is that not pretty much exactly what Sam Hill did? Just look at the size of the Sunday thread on this forum. I thought Iron horse fell to bits over DW leaving, patents running out, a complete lack of any...
  15. ridea

    WC #6 - Val Di Sole (ITA) 2015

    Would you be buying a brand new bike 7k downhill bike by shlongadongawonga bikes who you've never seen near a world cup race let alone a podium? It wasn't a coincidence everyone had a Sunday a few years back was it? Hell lets go back 10 years and I cant imagine anyone would even entertain the...
  16. ridea

    The best bad component you've ever purchased

    Local bearing supplier should be able to sort you out unless eastern were using some bizzare custom bearings which I doubt.
  17. ridea

    Trail Shredder for the Downhill Rider

    Both a bit excessive in the travel department for me i'm afraid. Just for future proofing I think I'll be going with 27.5 as well.
  18. ridea

    The best bad component you've ever purchased

    Mavic EX721 or D521 rims for those who go back a little further. Every pair I ever owned was/still is faultless even after a season in the alps and pretty much all mountain weight, outperformed much heavier downhill rims all day.
  19. ridea

    The worst good component you've purchased

    ^^^^ This! I forgot how terrible they were, seemed like every month my cranks had about half a metre of play in them and sounded like a bag of gravel in a cement mixer
  20. ridea

    The worst good component you've purchased

    Balfa BB7 has to be the worst, the rear triangle had heat shrunk/bonded in wedges which the bolts holding the whole rear end on screwed into, which of course fell out after a few months... Then there was the first batch of Sunn Radical on which the chainstay-like section which drove the shock...