Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Perfectly. 29th Feb only happens a quarter of the time, which means that anything bought today automatically becomes 1/4 of the price... EDIT: Applies to all cycling goods. Not just Naai-ners

So by compensating, we're going with the smaller wheels... Raaaight.

Nah, I've got some Specialized Equipment. It allows me to take the Big Hits like a Mongoose fighting a Voodoo cobra. I'm Nuke Proof like that...

Good quality, yes, but they're marketing whores and claim to be better than they actually are... Don't get me wrong, they make some bloody good stuff. But I'd rather have a set of stahlwilhe / gedore tools with some Record hand-tools (planes, saws vices etc) than the Snap-On stuff...

fantastic stuff...

Nah, the Giant gets my vote. Better fork (should compare to either the REBA RLT Dual Air or the SID) and I prefer SRAM.

Gah! Slow connection fail...

Damn, you're a Heckler! Let the debate Commence, al! A lot pivots on the outcome of this Fury-ous discussion...

Yeah, my elixir 5's on my dh bike are superb. And if they stop me, they'll stop anyone!

I was replying to GianTjop's post. Which, if you look carefully, is directly before mine... Bleeding obviously won't fix the OP's problem of incompatible levers/shifters....

Bleed them...

You saying he's a small, functional 4wd vehicle now?

The Ryobi pack that you bought would have been the Ryobi home stuff (builders warehouse / game etc sells them for next to nothing) They are nowhere near the quality of the Ryobi Commercial stuff, which is, quite frankly, sublime. And yes, spend first, reap the rewards later... Things last, but you have to pay for that quality, unfortunately. Things like more copper in the windings, better brushes, superior batteries / contacts & better tolerances make for a far better product.

You bastid. I'd give my entire ballsack to have an Irwin toolset. They really, really are the mutt's nuts. Ryobi commercial stuff is fantastic. If you're looking at getting is for a cut-down price, there is the HOMELITE stuff (AEG / MILWAUKEE / Ryobi commercial re-branded stuff) that is made by the same guys who own the abovementioned tool-makers. You can get it from Checkers Hyper... Also, TORQ is re-branded Ryobi Home DIY stuff. So, if you're on a budget (and it's for LIGHT use) that's a way of saving some tom. OOOOOH. Festool. Drool. I have my eyes on my dad's combination workshop. It's an old 50's / 60's SHOPSMITH set. He got it for R 500 off Gumtree in durbs. Just needed a new blade for the saw, a lick of paint and a new switch. The price of one of those new is over $ 5,000.00

Dude, Irwin tools are KING!

Or you could do the proper full-on ghetto tubeless conversion - cut out a valve from an old tube (about 2cm of the rubber must remain around the valve, or it has nothing to grip on) and superglue it in place on the naked rim. Then wrap the rim in electrical tape, and poke a hole for the air to flow through. Superglue the hole in the electrical tape to the old valve, and hey presto! For a troublesome tire/rim combo, cut the old tube so that it resembles a rim strip. Far cheaper than buying a rim strip all the time...

Lekker nuus, Bushcamp!

LOL... Yeah, but that's just my experience. I know GRIP is k4k. But at the moment, so is Stanley. It's really sad that it's gone that way, 'cos STANLEY used to be fantastic...

Very recently... I must say that it's only the stuff I've bought here that has had such a bad run, but ALL of my Stanley screwdrivers have become stripped or chipped (not through mis-use) and I've lost 2 chisels thanks to the blade snapping. The blades also blunt & dent VERY easily. Almost as if their curing process has gone awry. I've bought them over the past 2 to 3 years... Suffice to say that my old tools (stahlwilhe, record etc) are still perfect.

Dude, if you go for the chisels, do not touch the STANLEY stuff, unless it is the old Stanley. The new stuff is soft, as well as brittle. I don't know how they got that right, but I've broken 2 chisels whilst cutting out mortises in wood. I would even get the GRIP stuff over STANLEY at the moment. Also - get some screwies that have the chrome/vanadium tips. Again - stay away from Stanley. They are that bad at the moment, which is quite sad, really, as they used to be fantastic tools.

Answer to the incompatability - use a tjoob!

I'd say almost certainly... Depending on which knobblies you have, you can have up to 30% extra rolling resistance on the wheels thanks to the tread pattern & knobs (not to mention the softer rubber on the knobblies) Why don't you change out the wheels & tires so that your lighter set has the slicks on? If you're running tubeless, it's not a hassle to re-seat & re-fill the tires...

Just spoke to mine, and it says "god no, there's a baby coming in 4 months!"

I want one. If my geee teeee breaks, this is on the list to replace it.

Schaweeeeet!