BreadPitt

Ha, that is like the ultimate dream from when you were a BMX grom scribbling on desks in class and then grew up and and made it happen in the big boy world. Respect that.

One guy a member for 2 years, the other a member for 16 hours. Last picture on the 'MInt' advert is the 4th picture on the R60K ad. R60k for an alu' SB seems to be pretty pricey to me. I'd just send a message to both accounts and ask what the deal is and link to the other advert. Then if I was going to get it then I'd go throw an offer at for the R28K one. Or maybe ask for at least a R32k discount on the R60K one. 😆 Price aside he obviously likes treat his bike to trips to nice locations and nice photo shoots with complimentary backgrounds.

So CRC has one of these on BF special for about R1700 new (£74) down from £240. I've never used one before but after a bit of research I found that the gen 1's were air powered with a valve under the seat and Gen 2 were sealed cartridge versions. Both seem to have some link to Fox with Fox Branding on the bottom of the post on the Gen 1's and a few reviews saying the Gen 2s are pretty much the Fox Transfer guts in a slightly different package. The one they have on special is the 2019 / 2020 version apparently. https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/race-face-aeffect-r-dropper-seatpost There also seems to be some noise around the air ones not going up and staying up and a general level of squish after not too long on some. Any one here have any experience / advice on this as a purchase? I've pretty much had either Lyne or Bike Yoke on my previous rides and just bought a new bike with a too short existing post. I was a bit shocked about how much the Lyne ones have gone up in the past years since I bought one. Actually I was a bit shocked about how much all drop posts had gone up since I last was looking so it's not just Lyne.

That's not good. I'm guessing they were brass brazed?

I've just got a quote from DeRustit in Montague Gardens and for a dual sus frame I'm looking at about R400 which is great value. Has anyone else here done this with them and any thing I need to know in advance. Obviously remove everything including bearings etc. Also has anyone keot their bikes raw after a stripping or best together a clearcoat added?

A big thank you to everyone for taking the time to go through this for me. It is really helpful and a lot clearer. I just was worried about buying a set if wheels and then being stuck not able to use them and not able to sell them on as there aren't so many people wanting non boost wheels these days. 🙏

Thanks for that. Makes sense.

Hello, I'm new here so 'hello to all' and wondering if I could get some advice regarding Shimano 12 speed, hubs and different cassettes. Seems to be a lot of knowledge around there. The Problem: I'm looking to build up a new trail (old) bike and while I've pretty much got everything bought now I'm struggling with the wheels / cassettes / freehub combinations. I've got a non boost frame and a 12 speed SLX groupset and I am in the process of trying to find a set of non boost wheels. What I'm confused about is what matches and can work with what. My questions are: - Can a 12sp Microspline free hub fit on non boost hub? - If not then can I get a 12sp cassette that will work with a normal 11sp Shimano free hub? Some one mentioned that a NX or Deore or sunrace will fit (?) - I've seen a set of wheels that will work with my budget but I don't know if I can get a a 12sp micro spline free hub for the Csixx hubs as it has a XD on it at the moment. Can I use a Sram cassette with the XT gear set? - Lastly, and sorry for the large amount of questions in my first post, do Hope make Pro4 hubs in dedicated Boost or are they essentially non boost with different end caps? May thanks in advance for any help you can give and if anyone has any decent width non-boost trail type wheels that are gathering dust in the garage then please let me know as I am searching for some without much luck. 🙏