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Bolt lengths are always excluding head, i.e shaft only (although I'm sure if someone's going to ignore that ISO way of doing things, it'll be the MTB industry). A standard sized bearing is going to be 6-8mm wide depending on diameter and spec they've gone for. I'm going to guess at 7mm for those...

Measure the pitch of the threads if you can. To prevent play in the bearing I think the OD of the shank is going to be pretty critical (i.e don't use a full threaded standard steel bolt as it'll be undersized and allow play). If you don't have a pitch guage then measure the end of the bolt to...

I like the phrase 'never mistake action for progress'! Also, not all evolution is good. By it's nature evolution means change over time, but not all change is positive or beneficial, either in manufactured stuff, or nature.

Some pics of the setup as it left the factory in here: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mondraker-foxy-carbon-first-look-2014.html

But that is exactly what you've got; a flanged aluminium bolt with a hex on either end to give options for (dis)assembly, and the chip. Is the hex on the flanged side of the bolt also too rounded to use, or can you try that? It looks exactly like every other Mondraker I've seen from that generation.

If you can't get the bolt from Mondraker it sounds like they're all M10. The thread looks like 1.0, in which case you could potentially use something like this Trek bolt - they do a few lengths so get the closest and if it's too long then either leave it, or file it down as necessary. Obviously...

Part 13 is just a washer/spacer so should be undamaged once you get the other bits out. What you need are parts 18 and 16, which are the nut and bolt respectively. The nut is the black drilled flip chip looking arrangement. The hex on the outside of the bolt is simply to make it easier to...

As to beavers. Lots of contention on this one; and as with everything you've got many competing arguments, priorities and beliefs. Fishermen hate seeing their rivers dammed because they see anything other than smooth flow as a problem. Farmers hate seeing land flood and go marshy. People...

Do it!

I was going to reply to the badger point but the thread seems to have taken a turn! As with the individual approach to making peace with our impact on the planet, we all spend money on different things. If you value good, tasty, home cooked food then you'll be happy spending more on it than...

Fox can't even support their own shit for more than five minutes. Six and half a dozen I'd say. Unless you know the restorers work I'd be inclined to go non-restored. That way anything you have to spend money on is new and done properly rather than using someone's dubious word they've done it...

To be fair the £40 an end ones are usually pretty ruined. Not all, but most. Corroded pistons, baggy levers, scratched and gouged adjusters etc. If you want a good set there aren't many out there as most were well used.

Circlips are the same as the contemporary ones so that's at least slightly easier to deal with!

As you say, a shame there weren't more trees but also it's nice to see the enthusiasm. Hopefully this enthusiasm carries on elsewhere. The thing I don't like around a lot of these figures is that they bandy about numbers based on their own agenda; farmers underplay their impact and vegans...

Doing the Collie stare to try and mesmerise the ball into jumping into her mouth itself: