nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 thats awesome ... ya that would be brilliant ... just send me your banking details etc and i'll put some tom into your acc... my emails nigel.hicks101@gmail.com
patches Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 Here's a pic of the exact ones (obviously not the ones on the Ndiza )
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 ya those will be perfect dude ... **** you have no idea how much i appreciate this! ... and hopefully how much all the newbies who borrow the Wheeler to try out DH will be as well.
patches Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 ya those will be perfect dude ... **** you have no idea how much i appreciate this! ... and hopefully how much all the newbies who borrow the Wheeler to try out DH will be as well. aaah! worthy cause... that's great to hear! We've got a "village bike" project going on up here in GP. I've donated some of my other spares to that, and it should be up and running pretty soon. So what travel will this fork be running? The circa 2000's were 170/180mm weren't they? With your parts and the donated lowers can they be built up to run 200mm?
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 i donno ... i think the original is a 180mm i need to check ... but thats not really the issue as the current marzocchi's are only 150mm. So a 180mm fork would probably be best. I think a 200mm will slacken the head angle too much.But will wait and see when i build it up.
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Heres the bike in action at last years Provincial series ... Peter now has a 2011 Mongoose Bootr Romo ... and does ALL the Dh races ... and hes 51! So im keen for some of the other characters on the hub to give it a go at the next event ... @Grebel ... you or Gerhard can use it ... Edited May 23, 2012 by nigelhicks
Grebel Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 ya those will be perfect dude ... **** you have no idea how much i appreciate this! ... and hopefully how much all the newbies who borrow the Wheeler to try out DH will be as well.aaah! worthy cause... that's great to hear! We've got a "village bike" project going on up here in GP. I've donated some of my other spares to that, and it should be up and running pretty soon. So what travel will this fork be running? The circa 2000's were 170/180mm weren't they? With your parts and the donated lowers can they be built up to run 200mm? On behalf of all the newbies who could possibly stand a chance of giving DH a (another) bash.... Thanks Guys!!! Just goes to show how awesome the DH community is
Grebel Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 Heres the bike in action at last years Provincial series ... Peter now has a 2011 Mongoose Bootr Romo ... and does ALL the Dh races ... and hes 51! So im keen for some of the other characters on the hub to give it a go at the next event ... @Grebel ... you or Gerhard can use it ... I would be very keen! Thanks Nige!!
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 On behalf of all the newbies who could possibly stand a chance of giving DH a (another) bash.... Thanks Guys!!! Just goes to show how awesome the DH community is SO .... you have a bike to ride for the Ricos race then ... ... Oh i checked the track that we will be using for the race and its really cool. The top will be slightly different from what you rode with me (your bank drop wont be in the new track) ... but there are 2 BIG jumps that you will just have to hit the chicken run around ... but otherwise the course is REALLY cool. So no EXCUSES now!
Grebel Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 I know of somebody coming down to DBN this weekend from Pretoria and if Patches can get the part to hime he might be able to bring it down... Waiting for confirmation. I was chatting to my sister recently and she said how excited she was that the Top Gear festival was just around the corner...... on the 17th June......... which is when my ticket is booked for........... so that is my excuse for not being able to race Rico's (provided that the race is still on the 17th June. If not, you can count me in!!!!!!!)
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 shot for the offer of the lift for the lowers - but we will just mail it down ... its easier and gives Patches time to strip them down. As for the top gear thing ... thats a POOR excuse ... hahaha ... **** so Top Gear is on the same weekend as Ricos... BUMMER!
patches Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) I know of somebody coming down to DBN this weekend from Pretoria and if Patches can get the part to hime he might be able to bring it down... Waiting for confirmation. I was chatting to my sister recently and she said how excited she was that the Top Gear festival was just around the corner...... on the 17th June......... which is when my ticket is booked for........... so that is my excuse for not being able to race Rico's (provided that the race is still on the 17th June. If not, you can count me in!!!!!!!) Grebel, thanks for the offer, but as Nige says, I still need to strip the forks. So will mail them saturday. Shot again though! Glad they can get some mud on them, as opposed to dust in tha garage Edited May 23, 2012 by patches
Grebel Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 SO .... you have a bike to ride for the Ricos race then ... ... Oh i checked the track that we will be using for the race and its really cool. The top will be slightly different from what you rode with me (your bank drop wont be in the new track) ... but there are 2 BIG jumps that you will just have to hit the chicken run around ... but otherwise the course is REALLY cool. So no EXCUSES now! I thought I had that bank dialled after I bought that small plot..... Jumping is all about commitment and not thinking about the consequences. Having said that though, if you are reffering to the road gap on the way up to the start of the track that we rode, I don't mind the term chicken run...
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 HAH ..... just checked with the powers that be ... RICOS is on the 10th of JUNE ... so Grebel ... no excuses
Grebel Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 Grebel, thanks for the offer, but as Nige says, I still need to strip the forks. So will mail them saturday. Shot again though! Glad they can get some mud on them, as opposed to dust in tha garage Cool. Still waiting to hear what the travel plans are (he is a business contact of my wife's). As soon as I know for definite if he doesn't mind collecting and bringing them down I will let you know. Thanks again for what you are doing!!
nigelhicks Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 I thought I had that bank dialled after I bought that small plot..... Jumping is all about commitment and not thinking about the consequences. Having said that though, if you are reffering to the road gap on the way up to the start of the track that we rode, I don't mind the term chicken run... YIP ... i be referring to that one ... and thats the SMALL one! ...
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