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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.

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

First time out at Hoogekraal. Still recovering from a broken hand and flu, but was awesome being out and about today. Muddy as hell. But great fun.

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

They never replied my emails when I enquired about stock, went for the "second best" option. Fuming about this

Shot. Thanx bud

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

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

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...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7NiBzz9mp8 Seems it more directed at the ebike market?

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.

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

my average fuel consumption went up from 6.4l/100km to about 6.9l/100km. so not a biggie

I leave my thule racks on my car, but I insured them as well as my roof racks. Been doing it nearly 4 years now without incident. Way too much of a schlep to fit and remove them the whole time and storage space for them at my place is also too limited.

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. Already mailed them this morning about the enduro sets, still waiting for a reply. 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? 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

Thanx. Will give it a go

Hi guys and girls. Just a quick question on the venu sq. Has anyone maybe found some form of screen protector for it. I had mine for almost a month now, and I managed to scratch and crack the screen from just every day wearing. The screen got cracked while shopping yesterday I want to send mine into Garmin to have the screen fixed, but I am looking to protect the repaired unit when it returns, Seems the screen is made of cheese.

Also look at Trailtech Cycles. Been wanting to buy a Dartmoor Hornet or Primal from them for the longest time