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It depends what you want from your suspension. Elastomers are high maintenance, massively effected by temperature, introduce their own damping which messes with your damper in a variable way (depending on temperature) which impacts overall consistent performance. Some people say MCU's are better...

I had a pair, killed them (bent both axles), and had them replaced under warranty with the later style in the pics above (which I then sold). Two bad decisions, the originals were amazing pedals both in grip and looks/manufacturing. The issue they did have was the axles were too thin at the end...

Is it the axle and bearings you need, or just the bearings? These all came from pretty much the same Taiwanese factory back in the day and there are numerous other companies like Gussett who made similar cranks. Standard MTB setups used four 32 x 20 x 7 bearings whereas BMX setups used two much...

The pics are a combination of Funn, Atomlab Aircorp and mk1 Crank Bros Mallets. The Aircorps felt great but the bearings lasted five minutes the pedals were so thin, and the Funns weren't the best feeling but lasted a while. I do have some Atomlab Trailkings but they're earmarked for the M1. I'm...

Bulbs predated 15mm axles.

Seems reasonable to me, remember that most of these are ornaments these days so whether it's racked or not isn't massively impacting its useability. It'll be worth what someone's willing to pay for it but given I don't think I've seen one of those for sale since they were current I would say...

Thinking laterally here I'd suggest going for a post mount version which is based on a 165mm rotor and then space it out to suit using the Avid style v-brake conical washers (which would take up any mismatch between the two bolts if one needs to be spaced out more than another) up to the 185mm...

Ah, I get you. No, this one's the Team Marin DH which is the same as the following year's DH FRS, and the 1998 B17, and they were all the longer travel variants with about 6" rear travel compared to the xc variants based on the Mount Vision/East Peak etc. In 1999 (or possibly 2000) they...

Not sure if you're confusing me with someone else? Not got (or ever had) a Mount Vision.

Not where I was thinking of, albeit not that far away. Never ridden on Skye, only ever been in the Cuillin for climbing and mountaineering but that looks like a good spot!

Cheers Al. It was a great bike in its day. I'm going to get it out in the next month or so which'll be an interesting experience I'm sure. The rear end was always pretty good, if the front end was about 4" longer and the head angle several degrees slacker to match modern geo, I suspect it would...

Cheers. If my mate stops playing around with World Cup racers telemetry and actually sorts the forks out for me (I can't think why I'd be second on that lit) I might even get it finished and ridden this year, and maybe a race in. I haven't raced DH (or even ridden it in anger) since 2013 so that...

That looks familiar but rather annoyingly I can't work out where it is, any hints?

I think those of us with a work ethic might like to disagree with that rather sweeping and chippy shouldered generalisation! It does seem on this forum that there is sometimes this undercurrent of 'my way is the only way', and a lack of understanding that forms of riding bikes can exist other...

It’s quirky, it’s a little ugly, and it’s awesome! It makes me think of things like the Alfa SZ and such where it’s not what you’d traditionally pretty, but it is very cool. It’s an awesome build, congrats for pulling the trigger and doing something so odd and out there, it’s a truly unique bit...

BETD used to make/source pretty much everything you needed to rebuild these. They still have most of it listed on their site.

I’ll take them from you - want to PM me with your PayPal details?

That thing looks in stunning condition, I always loved the look of these.

Of all the 30+ bikes I've owned over the years and hundreds, or probably thousands, I've ridden, only two have been Konas. One was my mate's first generation Stab Deluxe with kinky downtube and stupidly steep head angle, and the other was one of Fabien's World Cup bikes. And yet I still consider...

Hey, don't be embarrassed about it, I'd suggest the post gets moved into general chat and more people will be aware of these things. I was looking for a converter for a rear 12mm hub to use on my Trek as the original Bulb axles are NLA and it was through all the years of having used the...