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  1. Olly

    Dark Owl Punkduro PROTOTYPE

    Reminds me of ye olde Rocky ETSX, except you know, this looks nice.
  2. Olly

    Psssst…anyone wanna buy some XTR?

    Even if they get a payout from the insurance company, getting another truckload of parts from Shimano could take months or even years right now.
  3. Olly

    Random new bike thread

    https://emrg.bike/reichmann-engineering-senduro-the-facts/?lang=en
  4. Olly

    Your most disappointing bike related purchase, what was it?

    I had an RST Mozo Pro fork, which I bent by riding off a kerb a bit too aggressively. Then there was an early Superstar dropper post which had so much stiction it was quicker and easier to stop and lower the post manually. When I emailed them about it, their response was effectively "well duh...
  5. Olly

    Bearing press (Abbey Tools or other)

    I've been using the RRP BPET kit for years, along with a variety of adaptors for the bearings in my frames. Works rather nicely - although the Abbey stuff looks even nicer :-) https://www.rapidracerproducts.com/products/tools/bpet.html I've usually been able to find bearing specs on the bike...
  6. Olly

    Ok,now I’m getting ready for the Mighty Gwin return.

    Based on what? It might be an incredibly lucrative role, but we have no way of knowing. Besides, money isn't everything (although it helps, especially if you drive a mclaren). He might take more personal satisfaction/enjoyment from the team owner role. He might be setting himself up for a...
  7. Olly

    Ok,now I’m getting ready for the Mighty Gwin return.

    This isn’t particularly new, as far as I remember he’s been team owner since early 2019. Don’t we all, Avy?
  8. Olly

    Fann...err, Hip packs

    Osprey Savu 2 looks like it'd fit the bill. https://www.osprey.com/ca/en/product/savu-2-SAVU2S21.html
  9. Olly

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    No you couldn't – apparently the super fancy pants kuat rack isn't available until after the that new commencal :D
  10. Olly

    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    Less burly than exo, in my experience. The 26" Butcher is a mighty fine tyre until things get fast and rocky, then they tend to get all hissy and porous.
  11. Olly

    Guerrilla Gravity, badass frame manufacturer in Colorado

    I had this on my Suppressor for a while (also has a Syntace X12 axle). Worked perfectly with Hope Pro2s, but on another wheel with an FSA hub the axle constantly backed out, no matter how many ugga-duggas were applied. I broke the rim before I figured it out and haven't used the hub since. So if...
  12. Olly

    Random new bike thread

    May I introduce you to the SRAM wireless dropper post, and ye olde Bionicon Golden Willow.
  13. Olly

    Random new bike thread

    Is this where we roll out the apocryphal Henry Ford quote about customers asking for a faster horse?
  14. Olly

    The E-word thread. EWS

    I was momentarily confused by the 4th place rider – it's Enduro Matt Walker, not DH Matt Walker.
  15. Olly

    Videos (and pics) that don't suck

    This one reminds me of the Earthed movies.
  16. Olly

    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    I think you might have your metric to imperial confabulator misaligned. Or maybe your torso isn't so short after all...
  17. Olly

    New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?

    You’d think so but you forget the general public are just as stupid and irrational. In the case of Specialized, my understanding is they tried to stick with 26” because they thought 29 was the future and 27.5 offered no real benefit. But nobody bought their 26ers – they had warehouses full of...
  18. Olly

    This is what's wrong with The Industry™

    A few years back (so pre-COVID) I had a suspension company order parts from Germany because the UK distro were out of Monarch Plus spares. They told me they'd been looking on Pinkbike buy/sell too...
  19. Olly

    11 speed options, Shimano XT or SRAM X1

    I think that’s down to the clutch. Less clutch force = lighter shift action.
  20. Olly

    Guerrilla Gravity, badass frame manufacturer in Colorado

    Except Brexit finally happened so prices, transit costs and delivery times might trend upward a bit.
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