Recent content by dinozoiks

Dibs after Defender8337. I’ll PM you just in case. I need this in my life. 🥳

If I ever start a band, my first album is going to be called “Tighter than hand tight”. Damn fine advice btw. There’s nothing like that roller of emotions feeling something slowly moving, assuming it’s the crank coming off and then realising it’s threads being stripped. 😬

Drat and bums. This would be perfect but I’m in London. Lmk if you drop your guard and consider posting (or carpet tape it to the next train to Waterloo). If not, hope it finds a good home. ✊

Can confirm they deffo came in standard “L” flavour. <Runs to garage> Here’s the one I got with my Manitou 1s in ‘92. That said, I’m all for allen key diversity, I don’t see shape. 😂✊

That VAR tool makes so much sense. But £153 plus £34 postage? Yikes. Glue and bodge it is then…

I don’t sell that much but now that there’s a badge for feedback, I’m totally into feedback! Whatever your feedback, feed it back… 🙏

Oh, oh, oh! Dibs pending extra photos and deets. 🫡

That all sounds sage advice. To be honest, it’s a garage queen now as I retired the poor thing years ago. It definitely earned it. Bought it new in ‘91 and raced / commuted on it for a good 15 years. It’ll probably get the heat and pickle fork treatment next time anyway. So thanks for the tip. 🔥🥒🍴

Aww heck. I keep missing these unicorns. Must 👏Check 👏 Every 👏 Hour 👏

I’m still kicking myself for missing a set of 4-spoke Spinergy RevX Rox wheels on EBay recently. Cosmetically great but with a slight buckle that made them cheap, £299 for a pair I seem to remember. They would have been the final piece for an Orange P7 “wall hanger” bike build to replace the...

Got a few sets of cranky Manitous in the garage I’ve been planing to make into a pair of table lamps. 3D printed a base that uses the forks inherent ability to stand upright plus a QR skewer to keep it all in place. Then had the “genius” idea of using LED strips around the steerer tube instead...

Loving this build. I still have my early-91 Zaskar that I bought new (after a year or two with the Karakoram Purple Haze) and that stem, fork and super-rigid frame combo takes me back to the first ride, 30mph down a rocky farm track and thinking "this is horrific!". Just looking at yours makes...

Sketchy-ass second dibs if something goes wonky. Would make a perfect carrier spindle for my 3D printer reel. 😉

If you have any cranky old Manitou Mk1 forks that are cosmetically ok but not really not fit to ride on, I’m interested. I have one pair already and need a matching set for a pair of lamps. If they’re 1 1/8” steerer, that would be a bonus as it will save on resisting the top fixing gubbins...