Caleb

if it was anodized, youd need a lot more than nitromors. try caustic soda

yeah used a full can of lacquer and 2 base coats and 1 of primer after roughing down every inch of the anodised surface to give the paint a good key

oooh smart 306 id reccomend getting it done properly to be honest me and my dad did my onza a year or so ago, everything properly to the book. primered, warmed the cans hung, from wire etc, and left my the fire over night ! as soon as it touched rock it chipped bad ! after about a month it looked shit !

looks a beauty, was it originally the grey colour or always polished? err try taking some of them spacers off, might be why its riding so wierd. your bar height must be like 46 inch there or something !

anyone ever claimed through ebay not paypal? i made a claim and was meant to hear back from them, they told me to fax/post all the details to them of which ive done both and heard nothing back for like 7 weeks ! Anyone know how long it is?

no think about it with 26" wheels the bb will sit like 13" above the ground if the b height was 0mm (monty urban etc) with 24" it will be 13" above the ground so an inch closer which is 25 mm, therefore -25mm which isnt good. you could always put stackers under your headtube. a co worker at halfords when i was tere actually did that on a pdi'd bike funniest thing ever lol, didnt tell him to see if he noticed . . . he didnt ever true story

yeah £10 a can for custom cans at halfords, they might need a paint code off you though not too sure . . halfords have an online store too btw

nice frames, whenever i used to have frames lyiing about i was too tempted to re build them or just flog them. each to their own. gotta love megamo's despite their weakness

stay away from them halfords foams, some blackpool rider had them and they were uttter wank! ritchet wcs foams are good after a bit of use, tryall are the same as velo btw. except velo are a lot cheaper to buy .

Yeah you can run a frewheel on the back and its fine the tensile one has a lock ring designed specifically for the front , so it wont loosen off when pedalling unlike the old acs (designed for the back), hence why its a bmx freewheel for kids using 44 18 and the likes . . . there will be arear specific tensile freewheel out shortly though i hear. but it would deffinitely be worth waiting.

wahey forgot about them lil beauties j-t, you not get one of josh on his arse on the rainy skatepark lol

like the cranks not very keen on the frame, looks over gusseted and reminds me of a shogun gatecrasher . least its different

yeah you can run a booster just need to use spacers to bring the booster above the arms for clearance . still depends on your seat set up though. im running nokon cable up front and its definitely the best ive ever used. not sure about the differences between the two however

dont be such a geek, illegal who gives a shit. do you buy all your music then? dont think bill gates needs much more money anyway, if i had a copy id send it. you tried downloading it yet?

your looking for a stem for your 24" yeah? i reccomend an easton vice 90 mm *10 deg standard clamp with some azonic double walls 2.5" rise

ah fair enough i suppose i'll let you off. only i had 8 speed on my base and went for a rolling gap, to snap one of the cogs clean in half, and oput a big divot in my knee

Looks very smart, perfectly set up. only thing i would do is get a wide based cog instead of the gears ( due to my own bad experience) and maybe a tensile freewheel instead of the hope. then again i used to love my old xc until i tried profile on my mod , and i couldnt get re used to it . . and practise makes perfect dont forget

me josh and john trillo went down a while ago, there a few decent spots but i dont know what the weather will be like by the weekend. theres masses of rocks o the sea defence but look too dangerous to ride, theres a few funny little benches on the sea front, a metal skate park, a few flower beds b the train station, a section of wallas and steps down at the bottom of the stair lift thing, and loads of flower beds again just up the road from there. then me josh and boumsong went and tried the cliffs, but it was that snowy and icy wasnt really worth staying out plus joshs magura froze . id say its probably worth taking your bike cause y9ou could have a lookand if theres nowt just keep it in the hotel room or something?

cnced l;ever blades just feel more solid and seem to fit your finger a bit better, available in black or silver from cleanbikes or bikehut/crc.only available in pairs you can order them from halfords too

yeah if there thecabkle cutter in thinking of there stupidly oiverpriced, bikehut used to do them they work alright till the spring goes commando. i was going to nab a set but they were that bad i just left them ! you literally have to reposition the spring everytime you use them

for local fund raising you could . . Shave your head boxing match sponsored run/swim loads of stuff reallly raffle sounds good though, would have to use paypal ideally though could do a big car boot sale gigalo? sponsored pub crawl?

Bikehut tools are really good quality, pedal spanners, allen keys go for park tool everytime, and some long tee handled ones for clearance when setting 4 bolt maguras, get a bikehut crank puller, block pof wood for headsets and any ole hammer, decent track pump, booiikehut black chain tool( better than the big park tool one imo! yeah bikehut stuff is good, but geta aprktool allen key set, theyre " simply the best "

Now £10 and that would of gone if my mate gave it me, lol yeah planned night went tits up,

i already have a pretty good idea now. too much to go through though

your rim and hub are both the same hole yeah?