greatwhite

The process is pretty simple (but the tools required are harder to come by) - measure the shrink fit section in the crown of your fox fork, measure an RST on and make sure they are the same size. If they are the same size, you can swop them out. Strip the fork and place the upper assembly in a heater at about 80?C (some surface treatments may fail if you go higher than this) and soak - i.e allow time for the heat to penetrate all the way through the crown. Now the hardest bit - support the crown and press out the steerer tube. You MUST support the crown, not the legs - this is what make this part a bit difficult. The RST steerers have knurling on them which many others forks don't - I suggest taking off the high points on the knurling so they don't put too much stess on the crown when pressing the new steerer in. Pressing in the new steerer is much easier than getting the old one out, because the crown top (where the bottom of the headset goes) is flat as is the bottom of the steerer. Heat the crown again (not the steerer), press the steerer in until the it 'bottoms' and your done. (make sure you bottom it all the way round so the steerer is straight relative to the rest of the assembly) Allow to cool and rebuild the fork!

I replaced the steerer tube on my Duke Race with an RST steerer - rochshox would only sell me a complete upper assembly - what fox are like, I don't know.

You have no spacers in below the stem at all?

Can you not put a headset with a lower stack into the frame, recover the missing 10mm and change the stem to get the bars to the same position? Much light, stronger solution if you can do it.

Front wheel will probably be fine, but the back will loose spokes regulalry - unless your a small guy 16 spoke just aren't enough for the back.

BTW, good to meat you all this weekend!

You're right - it seems we turned left off the downhill at the correct place but that the route follows the river more closely after that - must be some singletrack hidden in there...? Yay!! More single track (with a camp in the middle?)

I notice a difference between the route IanJ posted and the route map around the halfway camp area - it looks like an extra 500m to 1km deviation to go through the halfway camp - this would also explain why IanJ only has 16.5km instead of 17.5km.

Hear hear - if not there will be a lot of traffic back up in the busier laps Does anyone have an email address for the organisers? If they're not aware, it won't get fixed.

7AM SATURDAY - NORTHERN FARMS 7am' date=' I do sphincter clench each time. Think i'll put coffee in my hydration pack @slick- www.northernfarm.co.za or ut could actually be www.northernfarms.co.za .. plural[/quote'] www.northernfarms.co.za .. plural Just got off the phone with Debbie - their ticket office is open 6am to 6pm, so tickets no prop - (R180 for 20 or R18 for 1)

What - overweight? sorry, I couldn't resist

Yep' date=' Still have my First Cannondale M500 from 18 years ago, as well as my second one... [/quote'] Impresive - I've never had a frame that has lasted half that long

not so sure about that - some manufacturers manage to get fairly close to their claimed weight - I'd say a 5% tolerance is acceptable. When its 10%+ out, they know they are propagating a lie. AGAIN see: http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings/components.php?type=roadframes Note certain manufacturers are consitantly guilty: De rosa, Orbea, Wilier As for warranty - cannondale - lifetime for 1st owner only - do you normally have a frame for more than 5 years? (be honest)

follow the link on weights - others say the same

To 'dale owners - How many of you have ever weighed your frame? I had a CAAD7 that I sold recently and was dissapointed with how heavy it was (1.35kg 60cm frame only, completely stripped), given that at the time I got it, it was their top of range product. My experience seems to be similar to others: http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings/components.php?type=roadframes I contacted cannondale a few years back and they replied, but avoided giving an answer to how much the frame should way. They are also delibaratley evasive about it on their website: Quoted from http://www.cannondale.com/faq/bike.html#Q2 "What is the WEIGHT of my bike? BIKE WEIGHT: Cannondale produces and offers the "best in class" when it comes to bike weight, and stiffness to weight ratio. A bike's weight depends not only on the size of the frame and the specs selected, but the variences inherent within the manufacturing process as well. Calibration of the scale is also a factor in determining specific weight. Although we could give you "average frame weights", we feel this would be misleading. Because we are obsessed as you are about your bike's weight, we implore you to go visit your local Cannondale Dealer to help you determine the specific weight of any bike you may be considering. We know you'll be impressed. " I know their six13 frames were heavier than the CAAD7, but for the 1st time in recent years they have published a mass of 1050g for their super6 frame (http://gb.cannondale.com/bikes/07/ce/road/supersix/index.html) My only question is, is it true? (given they impied that the CAAD7 I had was supposed to be 1096g)

7AM SATURDAY - NORTHERN FARMS

4 laps = 75km: that'll do. 2 laps for me - 3 absolute tops - doing the cradle to cave the next day.

Welcome to the 'hub', slick Thanks for the the 'eggwhite' thing, I see thats stuckgreatwhite2007-11-21 03:34:00

Got this from one of my guys: "Howzit In the attached jpeg I overlayed the previous route (which I know well) on top of the new route which makes it pretty easy to analyse now. I'm now 99% certain I know the whole route. 2006 route is green. 2007 route yellow. Red lines are climbs. Yellow is flat/downhill. Blue is water. The big loop that extends from the north to the south west is the only track down by the river so no way to get lost there. The no.1 I marked on the map is the biggest question mark but it shouldn't be difficult to work out based on distance between landmarks. No.2 I know where it is but for some reason can't picture it in my mind. Will know it when I'm there. No.3 - we've always headed straight down the hill (green line) to the tunnel drop-off under the N14. Never knew there was another path that went along the highway but we'll find it. Hope that helps."