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The olive and barb is single use, you can buy those loose form any bike shop.
The banjo fitting is crimped onto the brake hose, you cant just rip it out and reuse it.
You can by the whole kit, with olive, barbs and hose with pre-crimped banjo. You will also need a bleeding kit to bleed your brakes with MINERAL and not Dot fluid.
(currently out of stock though) the kits come in 1700mm or 2000mm lengths. check which will work best for you.
https://evobikes.co.za/product/shimano-xtr-xt-slx-brake-hose-sm-bh90-sbm-2000mm/
Plenty videos on youtube for that can help with guidance.
If you don't not have the right tools (and skills/ knowledge) for the job, rather let your local bike shop do the replacement of the hose for you. Will be a lot cheaper than a hospital visit if your brakes fail.
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Stoke Suspension used to do shockwiz rentals. DM @droo to find out
Autosol is any raw aluminium frame's best friend.
For the frames i did I used a green 3m pad and WD40 for the initial polish, and then autosol to finish it off.
If you want to clear coat, ou will need to use a self etching 2k clear coat. rattlecan won't be durable enough.
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Hands down Williams. You can also check out The Hanger Bike Co or Pedalworx
If you have time: elbow grease, WD40 and green scotch brite.
Done that to all 3 my previous RAW frame projects
59 minutes ago, Hairy said:Who was selling the DVO ... I may know someone ....
It was bike addict that had one at a good price.
Was looking to replace my cane creek dbair IL.
the rebuilds are getting exponentially more expensive, and Isiko sports moved from the Strand to the othet side of the country, so adding courier cost to service cost makes it even more expensive
https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/profile/154930
A fellow hubber helped me track his bikehub handle. His bikehub nicname is Delong
58 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:Damn, That Sucks buddy. Thought you were gonna get the DVO
They never replied my emails when I enquired about stock, went for the "second best" option. Fuming about this
I cant remember his bikehub handle. Unless admin can go back on my chat history
I sent him a link to this thread as well incase anyone asks
Hi guys and girls
Just a heads up about a dodgy seller in the classifieds, Henrico Jacobs. ( I cant remember his bikehub nikname, stupid me cleared my inbox)
About a month ago i bough a Fox DPS rear shock off him, advertised as a 200x57.
Upon receiving it, I found out it was a 190x50. We spoke, he promised to rectify the issue and produced another Fox DPS, this time 200x57.
I met up with him, swopped the 190 for the 200 and went on my merry way, believing the issues was resolved.
Fast forward to last night. I finally fitted the shock to my bike with the hope of setting it up for my ride this morning.
While setting the sag in my driveway, I heard the shock clunking on full extension. And decided to deflate the shock and reinflate it, cycling the suspension ever so often to equilize the positive and negative chambers in case that was the issue. (Also found that he rebound dail is also on the frits, no positive detent clicks)
On the first compress I saw that I didn't get full travel. I only got 50mm in stead of 57mm. Tried cycling it a few more time, but to no avail, no more than 50mm travel.
I refitted my cane creek and went riding today. When i got home i opened the aircan and found that the damper's stanchion is warn and that the top out stopper was removed in order to extend the 190x50 shock to 200mm.
I contacted Henrico, but he is igoring my messages. So school fees paid and have a new paperweight for my desk.
Be careful when dealing with this bloke.
Henrico Jacobs
Cell number:076 330 5100
7 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:I see with the Update, my name and do.b etc is no longer listed under profile. If it was, You would see my name is Riyadh.
I can confirm that Riyadh is indeed Riyadh (if that make sense). We have ridden together, swopped parts, talk on a regular basis, been to my house on a few occasions.
Very solid guy in my book
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Ibis Ripley AF...because Ibis and DW link susension. And @ $1899 for a frameset, its a no brainer..for me that is (now..if I only had the money...)
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Hi Guys,
I haven't been on here for ages, so please excuse if posted incorrectly.
Info:
I recently had my fork serviced/ rebuilt after the dust seal popped out, RockShox XC30 Gold Solo Air 2015. The bike had been standing a while and after consulting with the LBS we concluded that the o rings and seals are probably dry and need to be replaced as air is probably leaking into the lowers.
Rebuild done, everything feels great for the first 70km. The fork develops about 3mm of free play before engaging the damper. I return to the LBS, they report that the shim stack has degraded, but they have added some oil to compensate...
15km In to the next ride the dust seal pops out again (loud bang) and the fork drops down to 50psi. I contact the LBS who tell me that I'm running my fork with to much pressure.
The fork states not to exceed 205psi, I was running 140psi as I'm around 105kg. I'm going to try running it at 100psi to see if it holds. I ride mostly jeep track and mild trails, I realize these are budget forks.
Question:
Is there any merit in the LBS' response, as it does not make sense to me?
Is it worth rebuilding the fork again, also where? Somerset West, Cape Town area.
If not, what would be the best replacement?
Thanks for reading.
Get your fork to a proper suspension guru. Like Andrew at Stoke suspension, or Robbie as RBC (in PE though). They will be the best people to asses your fork.
I have a RS Recon that is doing the same, and I will be taking it in as soon as I have funds to have it looked at again.
As for the best replacement, it all depends how deep your pockets are. I am very happy with my RS SID on my hardtail, the Recon is also sufficient for most application. It all depends on your riding style and how much you want to spend.
If my calculation is correct (possibly debatable) then that equates to R1500 per year if you were to drive 20,000km. Mine stay on for the convenience factor over a Securi-Lid on a bakkie so I suspect they will have a smaller impact being behind the cab.
I think my heavy foot and all the stop/go to work is a bigger influence on my fuel economy than my roof racks / thule racks. I drove up to the Northern Cape easer weekend, and I got 6.2km/l on the open road (the racks were empty though).
My racks stay on, purely due to convenience. We mostly start riding before sunrise, so I dont want to fumble in the dark fitting my racks before I drive to the trailhead
Lekker pics guys, thx.
The feedback I got from some Epic riding marathon bike equipped friends of mine was that they didn't enjoy the trails on the 45 that much. I think it was a combination of technical trail overload and being a bit under-biked with 100mm and brain equipped shocks. I think they just need to HTFU though :-)
No excuses. haha. 
Last year there was a guy that rode the 45km with us on a rigid hardtail, I think it was single speed as well. Cant remember to well as I was dying from my lack of fitness.
Really upset I couldn't go ride it this year though. Best mountain biking for me for sure.
I hope that there could be a second open day later this year...
Thanx Gents.
Didn't expect so many replies. Much obliged.
Try RBC in PE
Already mailed them this morning about the enduro sets, still waiting for a reply.
I've got a few 32mm large flange sets left, but no small flange ones.
Pretty sure the 09 models were large flange, so P me if you want a set.
Shot Droo. Will strip the fork as soon as I have a gap and send you the deets.
Do you have the dust wipers and the oil seals?
Also try Droo on the Hub. If you don't come right I have a set of wipers 32/44. You should be able to get an oil seal from an industrial bearing company. I also have a combined wiper/seal 32/42/6.5-9.5. Not sure which your model uses.
Thanx David. Will get in touch if I get stuck. Got some dust wipers for a previous Marz Dirt Jam fork from you in the past. Didnt think you would still have spares, but good to know.
Thanx bud. Was hoping someone local might stock some in stead of ordering from overseas.
Last few thing i bought was hit and miss on delivery
Hi guys and girls
I am looking for hen's teeth again. My dirt jumper's 2009 Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 2 is in need of a new seal kit.
I know Enduro makes kits for the old school marzocchi's still. Question is if anyone locally stock it though?
Any pointers in the right direction will be appreciated.
Thanx in advance
Any recommendations for carbon repairers and resprayers?
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Carbon repair, CBR yes.
Respray Jared at BMC or Bogus.
Had my bike resprayed at CBR after I needed to color match a new rear triangle after an insurance claim. Paintwork looked good, durability on the other hand, not so good. Paint is flaking off in certain areas, top coat pulled off on my downtube when I replaced my frame protection.
Bogus also did carbon repairs. Can maybe drop him a dm for a quote @BogusOne