Recent content by lou74

looked ligit, cant check cause i´m in ne england atm and they´re in sapin

i bought some when i was back home in spain, seem fine. obvs didnt get stung for customs, vat, etc as mentioned so i can live with it. plus they´re not dry rotted and liable to come apart at inopportune moments

hi matt, dials you say? the preload adjusters? in need of 1 of them. think most of the insides are there, hard to say as at the moment as some of them are keen to stay inside.

bike inn, 18.50 a pair, firexcpro 10.50 each cant fall off for that.

wondering if anyone has some Manitou 3 parts lying around, or dead or dying incomplete forks. i have a set that are essentially wall art, wouldn´t mind turning them from that into something that functions. not looking to spend a fortune before even thinking about new elastomers, yes i know what...

Hi, if there's 1 still available, I am interested. Will PM you

so a nice simple solution then? awesome..... m750 v brakes it is then. for now

me too..... if i want to run discs

i recently acquired this, as is less the wheels, for not much. research has provided the oem spec, which shall pretty much be ignored (rolfe wheels? more chance finding rocking horse poo or a pair of matrix mt titan rims). The question i have is related to the 2nd pic. is this some now obsolete...

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Thanks, interesting for sure. I have all summer to look for parts. Missed out on a hard tail frame with headshot forks, stem and m300 cranks on eBay, sold for 40 quid! Let me know as and when Cheers

All of 9 years old cutting about on his dad's trek y carbón While dad was riding 1 of the 2 Merlin's there

I think it's very much a case of knowing where to look. There are still bargains to be had as there are still people that think "it's just an old bike" while at the same time it and XTR parts will cost the same as the do in the UK or Germany. Had a good day out chatting old bikes (in Spanish)...

dude, as 50 rapidly approaches, i'm wondering on a daily basis "how the hell did that happen?!" not going to lie, was relived i wasn't the only one who was giving their lycra cause for concern!

picked up this super V last week, for a reasonable figure, I've seen the wheels it came with advertised for what i paid for the whole bike. I could see from the pictures in the ad it had xtr parts (950rear mech 900 front, 950 brake levers, along with xt 750 v brakes and slx 9spd shifters...