Looks like john beat me to it! The vanillas are one of the easier forks to strip and rebuild, and there has been magazine articles on the stripping/rebuilding...
... I'll be out later, but only locally to see how my foot is going to hold up. That is of course providing the postie delivers some flat pedals this morning! ...
I've learned that the Vanillas can be set up for different lengths by using spacers. Does this compress the forks and make them shorter overall? In other...
Mainly for Dwayne this, but we need a team name! Currently got a team of three, and I just need to finish filling the form in. moray PS. Dwayne, I need your...
So who did you rope in to doing it then? OD _____ From: mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of moray_cuthill Sent: 05...
I never roped anyone into doing it! I only asked if he would be interested, and he said yes ;0) His name's Adam, and is a mechanic for the army. Know him...
Nowt wrong with that :0) I won't tell you what it was going to be! OD _____ From: mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
No excuse for mechanicals then with 2 mechanics in the team? I'll know where to come with my broken bike. By the way I'm off up to Fort Bill again this w/e....
... Ha! Do you really think so? ... Now how many arm and a leg's could we charge for repairs.... ;-) ... More training? And what's this technical downhill...
Technical downhill? All I noticed was a wee chute that I didn't try but will at the weekend. Looks a bit tricky cos the angle you've got to take it at. You'll...
Just found that out! Anybody got any pics? I'd like to know roughly what I'll be letting myself in for! moray ... didn't try ... is ... <david.hamill@> ... ...
I'll get some at the weekend OD _____ From: mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of moray_cuthill Sent: 05 June 2006...
... The vast majority of riders last year took a walking line to its side. Not that this wasn't without danger - it was steep and after the rain got a bit...
... side. ... rain ... that ... don't ... I'm hoping to get up earlyish on the friday, so I can get a preview of the course in, and see for myself how tricky...
... My team's pit crew and I are driving up on the Friday, so hopefully we'll be able to pre-ride the course too. I'm not sure that there's a "black" XC course...
... preview ... to ... have a ... hopefully ... there's a ... course ... bits ... Pit Crew??? You sound as though you're taking this whole racing malarky a bit...
... Matthew. ... He did the same job last year and it was great. Finish a lap, collapse into a chair and he'd rinse down your bike and provide you with pasta ...
Yeah its worth having a go at the real witches trail apart from nessie the 10 under course misses out most of the technical stuff ... bit ... collapse ... ...
. and prepared for a slow ride? I need to get out but lacking motivation after a painfull red one night last week (and it was cut short) Alan [Non-text...
... I'll probably be out late tonight, rather than tomorrow night. Go on, tell us what happened. -- Will "I thought of that while riding my bike." Albert...
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I'm going to go to the guided ride at Blairadam on Saturday morning. It's been nearly 2 years since I last went and I should stop promising Grant I'll make it...
I was planning to go Chris but I now have to do something else so will not be able to make it - my apologies Grant. Hopefully next time. Tom ... From:...