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RodTi

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  1. Dude - c'mon - share the love!!
  2. I read somewhere that ADMIN was looking at rolling out a new classification system (that I think included a rating-option) somewhere towards the end of February...
  3. My 2 cents - baring in mind that I'm quite unbiased in this regard - older Ti frames from reputable companies are very often seriously undervalued, imo... Back then - early 90's, many of the big cycling companies were getting into/possibly about to exit their fascination with titanium... Frames produced during that era, were - for the most part - very well made, with frame breakage issues not really featuring... My guess is that this probably has much to do with the simple fact that there were (relatively) many competitors in the market - and this in turn ensured decent quality titanium being sourced, and being properly welded/designed etc... It was towards the end of the boom-period, when it became apparent that Ti was probably unjustifiably expensive as a frame material - and several other options became more acceptable, that some companies were accused of cutting corners - to some extent with R&D, but more frequently, with the quality of the titanium being used... 'Exports' from the old USSR and China were certainly bandied about - and this, if you believe the web-forums, even filtered into the most reputable of Ti frame companies... Do a bit of research in frame breakage involving Ti, and you would note that it's often limited to a particular year (or two) of a particular model... Obviously there are exceptions, but the general feeling out there is that such incidents can most often be attributed to certain cost-basis decisions being taken by the companies in question... Regarding your Victoria - do some research into its status and frame-reviews back in the day. If by all accounts the company, and the frame was rated - and the frame still appears to be in good nick, I would be pretty confident in it not becoming a problem... As someone here pointed out - if it hasn't broken by now, it probably wont... And at the risk of really stirring the pot, Ti (along with steel?) is probably one of the few frame materials that can offer this sort of longevity 'guarantee'... As stated - I'm biased. I'm no lightweight - and whereas I don't go bombing off serious drop-offs etc. - my weight being hammered downhill, puts some serious stress on a frame. I'm still on a 1994 Ti HT - never had a smidge of problems... I'm also in the process of taking the plunge on a 2001 Ti softail. Bit more nervous about it, due to the inherent stress that is 'built-in' to the frame, purely due to its design... So I guess what I'm saying is, old-skool geometry issues/technology aside - if it's a hardtail/roadbike, made by a reputable company - then even if it's old - "they simply don't make 'em like they used to... Hope this helps!
  4. Popped this post in Buyer's Guide - thought I'd link it here as well, since presumably the right crowd would see it :DMR STS
  5. Wooaahhhh... Here comes a bun-fight!
  6. Shimano's tech documentation has three clamp sizes for the M960 FD - small (28,6mm), medium (31,8mm) and large (34,9mm).. The small actually amounts to using the medium clamp size, with a rubber spacer attached between frame and clamp, to get it up from a small 28,6 to the medium 31,8mm... Thinking about it, I'm pretty sure mine is a standard medium... which suggests 31,8mm... I'll go and have a closer look tonight - which might see me removing the FD, and checking how it's clamp would fit over the seatpost entry... Thanks for the suggestions Hubbers...
  7. Hi! Anyone of the SS brigade use/familiar with the DMR tensioner... It be cheap off CRC, and if half-decent - worth a try, maybe?
  8. Thanks Zaskar... I've bookmared the page for future reference. Also has my eye on a Hope clamp of CRC - they have various sizes as well - but good to have options in case Salsa proves to be closer to the money...
  9. Would like to - but cannot add any more questions...
  10. Cool calculator.. Thought I'd bump this, to see what the views are...
  11. Which is kind of what I'm wondering... it really looks kind of thin at the point where the tube slides in - but then again
  12. Verniers - cool - ja, me'thinks this is all I'll probably be able to do. With the inside and outside reading, I should be able to then approximate which clamp would come closest? Remind me again - you said the seat clamp size refers to the ???? diameter of the frame? What bike? 1994 DBR Axis TT - if you're bored - check out my Profile page on the Hub - it has a gallery section with the original bike review from MTB Action, and a link under the "about me" section, to an earlier post of what the bike looks like now...
  13. Thanks Zaskar... I honestly don't know if it does? I've got a Thomson Elite inline 410mm as well, only mine's a 27.0mm... I had a 26,8mm in before - and experienced slippage. Did all the research, and confirmed it was a 27.0mm - duly bought it, only to find it was too big!! Had to take sandpaper to it, and took off the paint all along the bottom half of the post - now it fits tight as a tiger... The current clamp is an old GT one, with no markings on it to indicate size. I guess I could simply take the clamp along to LBS's, and gauge its size as against others - but with us now talking about millimeters, don't really trust my eyes! As is clear from your pic - there's quite a bit of a gap between the 27.2 post and the 31.8 clamp... And as stated by Drongo, this is the wriggle space for the frame... With my frame being Ti, and being old-skool at that, I'm not really sure how it would compare, width-wise, to other frames - which brings me back to square one... Anyone know of Cape Town/Paarl/Stellenbosch/Durbanville LBS's who might have the proper measurement devices - or would I be able to get something similar at an engineering firm/vehicle repair/mechanic shop??
  14. Thanks Velo and Drongo... I guess the only proper way to go about this, would be to get the diameter measured? I never thought about checking the FD clamp - the tube is ovalised towards the BB, but since I managed to get (what I presume to be??) a stock standard 2007 XTR bottom clamp FD on, then the ovalisation (is that even a word?) occurs lower than where it is clamped... Will try and figure that out. The problem I'm faced with is that I don't have all that much readily available information pertaining to the frame, given it's age - and it's no longer a frame that too many people have... I'll also try my luck contacting owners on forums that I came across overseas... I was tempted to take it into the LBS, and try out different sizes - but now question whether this will be any use, since it's probably unlikely I'll get one that would fit perfectly... I guess it would help in me working out what doesn't fit! In any event - the LBS might have 3 different sizes (at most), and are probably not going to be willing to order an unusual size, only for it not too fit... Any idea what type of business would have calipers of this nature to do the measurements??
  15. "From an engineering perspective..."? This being your chosen field? You make more sense now!
  16. Drongo - you have a rather peculiar way of getting your thoughts across, but given the nature of the internet, I shall give you the benefit of the doubt. As for references to "tauri", which was not, presumably, some reference to the Stargate series [c/o "Tau'ri"], well - let's just say you made as much sense as my signature, which is plainly terrible Latin. Regardless - whereas I would like to suggest that you assisted me in clarifying the terribly difficult concept of something bigger needing to clamp over something smaller, I must add that this concept, surprisingly, had popped into my head, albeit briefly, all by iteslf. But since I'm maybe not being clear enough - allow me to clarify: I've never bought a seatpost clamp before. Having always had an unusual seatpost size - I've never bothered to check what clampsize is regarded 'standard' for a 27.2mm post. A bit of googling now suggests that whereas many take a 31.8, it pretty much depends on the frame in question. Some even take a 30mm. And in a few cases, a 28.6mm has worked on a 26.8 post, and at a push, on a 27.0mm post. Since mine is old-skool titanium, and since most LBS's only stock the standard sizes, I was hoping that a few Hubbers might pop out of the woodwork who are making using of something other than a 31.8mm on a 27.2mm... Or, although extremely unlikely, someone who has a 27.0mm, might share what they use... So in light of the above - and to get the ball rolling (or not), what post do you have, and what clamp do you use??
  17. Qe?
  18. Hello All, What seatclamp size do 27.2mm seatpost bikes use? Is it the 28.6mm? The old frame I'm using takes a 27.0mm seatpost - which has me wondering about whether or not a 28.6mm would do the job? Any opinions/comments would be appreciated.
  19. I use RapidRise, and absolutely love it... Paraphrasing what The Drongo said - with RR, the spring is tensioned so as to "help pull" the chain from the small to the big sprocket at the back. Conventional works the opposite way. However - afaik - Shimano has finally pulled RapidRise from the new lines, citing lack of interest/up-take amongst the mtb fraternity. Riders apparently simply preferred the 'conventional' style, since they were familar with it, and didn't make the switch across to RapidRise... Keep that in mind when making future purchases, as whereas there will no doubt still be many available, it remains a 'technology' that is being phased out... Me - as soon as I upgrade, I'm going to pick-up the newest RapidRise I can find off CRC...
  20. Apologies for the hi-jack: Any approximate turn-over times for a service on a Fox fork these days - if you take it in to a LBS down here in the WC, how long will you be out of action for, more or less? Brighter-lights - the neoprene shock cover you use, where did you get it - or did you simply fashion something yourself? Hi-jack off
  21. I once saw Piet van Zyl in a pub in Viljoenskroon... Beat that!
  22. Same here... Did some research about it - plenty of complaints about how poorly they are made, given its location on the bike... I was initially thinking of replacing mine - but not going to bother. I'm happy to have HR - and whereas cadence interested me initially, it was probably the novelty of it... On a slightly seperate point - at least the cadence/speed unit gave one an instant accurate reading of one's speed - which was more useful. Without it, speed is measured by satellite, no?
  23. + 1...
  24. Interesting reading this - but I guess everything is relative... I started relaying all this info to the wife - who by the way, has another 6 weeks to go (more or less) before our 2nd one, and first boy, arrives... Needless to say, I sort of changed tack - since the look I received pretty much convinced me that until the day comes that I experience Paarl's heat whilst 8 months pregnant, I should just shut up and HTFU...
  25. My upper wheel on one of my old XT RD's, ended up looking like a cowboy's stirrup. Most bizarre thing - how I never noticed it, is beyond me - possibly due to me hardly never taking the chain off...
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