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On the older Stans bottles there used to be a patent number. Now google this number and it will take you to Patent Storm. The recipe is on there.

I have a few of these lying around the house and in the car. It is light and takes around 30 mins to make one. It will really hurt. All the weight is in the head so it fits in your shirt pocket and doesn't fall out. You can make any length you need. The wip section slides out when you swing it. Long enough to even keep a chasing dog at bay. Only hit them if you really have to. This will draw blood.

Guess it is marketing driven. If you haven't tried it, you wouldn't know any better. Years ago I ordered a bike which was specced with a Fox shoc. When the bike arrived it had a RS Reba on. I was not happy at all. Eventually took the bike. Will never buy anything else now than a RS. I had a good experience and will be hard pushed to change.

As of 1st of March I've been running on my own mix for 2 years now. Use it on 3 bikes. No problems so far. Even cheaper than Joes. I've had no corrosion and only 2 punctures which were caused by cuts.

I wouldn't ride on that side of the valley anymore without a gun. A real pity since there are great trails there. I hope this incident will be one of the last. Did any of the boys get hurt?

I have ridden an Anthem for 4 years. Nothing wrong with the suspension. It is a pain to service and clean all those bearings once the bike gets older. Now on a Morewood with single pivot and I am convinced the ride is better. No bobbing at all but with the Anthem I always had some at high speed.

Sheez man!! We will either need proof of this or at least your address for those helpline okes..

I am often amazed at how light some racers are. Some of us are limited by our height (or length )so the weight will never come down to that level. So I was wondering, what is the height and weight of the average cyclist? I'll go first: 1.82m weighing 73kg (naked)

You are light enough. Spend the extra moola now and get the SID.

Plugs often don't work well on a sidewall cut. The sidewall also flexes a lot which is why is might not hold. Go to a motor bike repair shop and have them fit a decent patch on the inside of the tyre.

I once made that mistake by shortening a riser bar, only to find the shifters hit the handle bar afterwards. I had to use shorter grips to overcome the issue. Luckily it was el-cheapo bars.

I'm not sure on the current length, but I'll probably go a bit wider. I have dropped the saddle around 3mm since that photo and for XC I normally go down another 3mm.

I figured I'd probably only need a 20mm rise, but if I go for 40mm rise, I can remove a spacer. Will that work?

It's a large.

I only have this photo with me at the moment.

I currently have a flat bar on the Zula and I am pretty useless on drop-offs. I was thinking of fitting a riser bar to help with that. I also have too many spacers below the stem and was therefore thinking of going with 40mm rise, so I can maybe remove a spacer or 2 at the same time. I need a 25.4mm diameter bar to fit my current stem. Will a 40mm riser bar look/work ok on a Zula? No bar-ends of course.

Thanks, but its a HE

My Zula, now 3 weeks old and not so clean anymore.

These ones?

Happened to me a long time ago. Happened to my riding partner the other day and we had to fit 2 links since his chain also got twisted and we had to remove a short section of chain. The SRAM quick link can come undone, the powerlink unlikely. Get yourself the Connex link, it will not come undone by itself but you can remove it by hand. They are not cheap though.

Sintered in the front for reliable stopping in the wet. They don't fade easily. They might squeal a bit more, but if you are using Avid brakes, they will squeal anyway.

Weight saving?

My LBS used the headset from my Giant Anthem frame in the new Zula frame. So it seems nothing special.

Ok, just collected my stuff from the PO. Got anxious a few hours too soon.

OK, thanks for all the advice. This was the first time that I used Royal Mail. Before, my orders used to be over R3000 with free shipping. That must've been with Parcel Force which is why it was faster. I'll wait a bit longer then.