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Sorry can't help, just waiting for the 'mudguards are for pussies' post...

Yeah me too! I think I had one extra semi-colon in the code but close enough

And as far as I'm aware Marino's are still put together in the guy's garage so there's no initial heat treatment process used s nothing to need to renew post-disc mount adding. Winchman- the issues usually arise with any ally frame where you get pre-treated tubes made of stuff with wall thicknesses not far off those of coke cans. Welding is difficult to begin with and it's thought (never tried it myself) that if the frame isn't heat treated afterwards, the alloy properties will mean that it will fail faster in the area which has been welded. Can't remember enough of my materials lecture materials to tell you the process behind it but I'm sure someone will!

Well if you tell us what you're currently running we can advise as to whether it is compatible or if it's too short... which it sounds like it is. In which case you'll need to get a BB with a longer axle.

Depends what axle length you have. If it's too short there's not much you can do besides buying a new BB.

If you're serious, your best bet would be to get a brake so you can offer up the caliper and make a mount to suit. Mock something up in cardboard to start with to get the dimensions and placement right, transfer to a bit of sheet steel (5mm thick would be a rough guestimate to thickness). Adding a diagonal support from opposite the front mount hole to the chainstay wouldn't hurt. Use a hole saw on a pillar drill with the tube held at the right angle to get the mating surface pretty good prior to welding. The biggest problem will be getting it aligned for welding. If it were me I'd bodge together some kind of bracket which would sit on a simple 'axle' inside the dropouts, with the mount bolted to it (in the correct place) to ensure that the mount remains perpendicular to the axle. It may also be worth tracking down someone with a disc mount facing tool too just to make it all good. What size wheels are you running? 24" or 26" I'd go for 180mm, 20" you'd get away with a 160mm. If you can get it sorted easily enough via mates etc then yeah, go for it.

So where's the update from the Bounder enhanced Tarty boys?!

What is that she keeps doing with her mouth? She's off her face on something surely? I'm sure we have some drug specialists on the forum somewhere...

YOU AIN'T BRITISH, YOU'RE BLACK! Face. Palm. Glad she's since been arrested and charged. I feel very sorry for the poor kid though...

Yeah, seeing as there's a bit of a debate about whether 29" will be the new big thing in DH and AM, smaller doesn't sound like that good an idea. I think the future may be 29" front, 26" rear but am willing to be shot down and/or proven wrong.

Well that explains it!

From some of those images I fear he may be a serial killer. If he was Austrian I'd be searching his basement.

Is he Spanish? I'd have thought that alone is a good enough reason for him to strongly consider a switch to Monty. It's like Valentino Rossi always deep down wanting to ride for Ducati or Lewis Hamilton preferring to drive for McLaren than disappearing off to Ferrari or any other foreign team. Obviously in their cases there are also tens of millions of dolla involved but the principle is the same. Assuming Abel's Spanish.

Do you want a bigger shovel to dig that hole with?

Did you read the couple of bits that say he's German? In other news, ok, I get it, I'm a worrying old fart!

But it was extended back to the original pre-cut length, if you get me. The steerer wasn't one piece in the end, which would worry me!

Ah fair enough, sounds pretty bomb proof to be fair doing it like that. Probably stronger than it was before if the plug is as I imagine it.

Just make sure it doesn't end up just looking like a Team ! Still think you're a wee bit mad...

Fair enough... still sounds wrong unless done proper, like, with welds and shiz.

I find the more scary thing about that setup is the fact the steerer was extended to allow that many stackers to be used... That just sounds so wrong to me! FamilyBiker- what bike do you ride? Why do I get the feeling you're actually a proper street rider rather than a trials rider?

Staedtler I believe.

Very true.

Personally I wouldn't pay more than £80-£100 for that. The frame's obviously pretty good but the rest of it looks old, heavy and in need of upgrading.