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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    bobs bikes wrote:
    bring it round here matey, not like i have never swapped any before!
    pm me the price for the tora's. i get them too you know! :wink:

    dannielle, bring it in, i have all the bleeding kits here.

    ive already ordered them mate,got tora318 with pop lock 2009 for £195,reduced from £280,im going to have a go with quake to fit them,i need to learn how to do a bit more on my bike anyway,but thanks for the offer mate :)
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Looks like Bob will sort it for you? If not I have everything needed to change the forks....

    Let me know.

    ive ordered them mate,says upto 3 days to get them,only thing i aint got is a new headset,i didnt know what to order,tried the buying advice on here but they confused me even more on what to get,so if its ok with you 4ought id try using the headset ive got,if its to much hassle to get it off ill go and buy one from a lbs.......
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Danielle - Tektro are a copy of the avids, so need a bleed kit. If you get I can do it for you....

    Cheers, i'll go source a bleeding kit today and is its simple enough i'll have a go myself, need to learn how to do things myself, if I get into too much of a pickle then i'll shout for help :lol:

    If I do mess it up, when is the best time you can help?

    Thanks :)
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    altern_8 wrote:
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Looks like Bob will sort it for you? If not I have everything needed to change the forks....

    Let me know.

    ive ordered them mate,says upto 3 days to get them,only thing i aint got is a new headset,i didnt know what to order,tried the buying advice on here but they confused me even more on what to get,so if its ok with you 4ought id try using the headset ive got,if its to much hassle to get it off ill go and buy one from a lbs.......

    Presumably you have a standard bike that will have 1 1/8" headtube.

    You need a 1/18 headset, either Bob's or Freetown will supply one for not much more than £15?

    Something like this:
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=1066

    Forks, headset and the star fangled nut you get with the forks will be all you need!
  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    DanielleT wrote:
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Danielle - Tektro are a copy of the avids, so need a bleed kit. If you get I can do it for you....

    Cheers, i'll go source a bleeding kit today and is its simple enough i'll have a go myself, need to learn how to do things myself, if I get into too much of a pickle then i'll shout for help :lol:

    If I do mess it up, when is the best time you can help?

    Thanks :)

    Anytime, try coming with Altern_8 - we could have a little workshop session!
  • ichabod crane
    ichabod crane Posts: 144
    edited September 2009
    altern_8 wrote:
    quake7.2 wrote:

    I can give you a hand with changing your front shock, if you brought it around to mine, I presume you will be changing your headset? They are a breeze to swap out.

    freetown didnt say anthing about changing the headset mate,just quoted me price for new shock,im in two minds to get either the>Rockshox Tora 318 Coil U-Turn with PopLock or the Rockshox Tora 302 U-Turn Poploc Fork.....so any help on whether i need to order a new headset as well would help me out....i aint got a clue how to swap the forks or what i need to do the job :oops:

    All you need to fit your new forks is an alan key, you unscrew the stem and top cap on your bike the old forks should just drop out then with a little push or mild tap from a rubber mallet. What headset do you currently have? It should not need replacing if it is a reasonably descent one! The trickiest thing you might have to do is put the star fangle nut in if it hasn't already been done. If you do have to replace a part it will more than likely be the crown race which you can get for a few £'s.
  • ichabod crane
    ichabod crane Posts: 144
    quake7.2 wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Looks like Bob will sort it for you? If not I have everything needed to change the forks....

    Let me know.

    ive ordered them mate,says upto 3 days to get them,only thing i aint got is a new headset,i didnt know what to order,tried the buying advice on here but they confused me even more on what to get,so if its ok with you 4ought id try using the headset ive got,if its to much hassle to get it off ill go and buy one from a lbs.......

    Presumably you have a standard bike that will have 1 1/8" headtube.

    You need a 1/18 headset, either Bob's or Freetown will supply one for not much more than £15?

    Something like this:
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=1066

    Forks, headset and the star fangled nut you get with the forks will be all you need!

    The Pig headset is a more DH orientated one its a robust design, if your looking at FSA you would be better off with an Orbit. But if he is considering replacing his headset a Hope or Chris king is the way forward will last longer than the bike :p
    I would hazard a guess that your scott had an integrated headset so you would need the equivalent replacement.
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    ichabod crane wrote:

    The Pig headset is a more DH orientated one its a robust design, if your looking at FSA you would be better off with an Orbit. But if he is considering replacing his headset a Hope or Chris king is the way forward will last longer than the bike :p
    I would hazard a guess that your scott had an integrated headset so you would need the equivalent replacement.

    yes mate it is integrated headset,i was trying to find out if i could just get any integrated headset or if id have to buy the same one as ive got on the bike which is>Ritchey Logic OE integ 1.1/8
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    DanielleT wrote:
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    As I was typing that sentence I wondered if someone would pick up on it..... :D

    So, for the ride on Sunday then people, shall we say 9.30am again. Could meet up at the Lion Inn.

    www.lionblakey.co.uk/location.htm

    Ouuhh I know where that is, i've been a couple of time! I know its a fair trek getting there. Early start again then :D

    I will be picking our kid up at 7.45am, so its not as early as last week, though its only 15min difference i suppose....
    MattHarper wrote:
    Been watching more Coast 2 Coast, huh? No problems with meeting there on sunday.

    Sunday lunch opportunity for everyone after the ride..... :wink:
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    I will be picking our kid up at 7.45am, so its not as early as last week, though its only 15min difference i suppose....
    MattHarper wrote:
    Been watching more Coast 2 Coast, huh? No problems with meeting there on sunday.

    Sunday lunch opportunity for everyone after the ride..... :wink:

    Bet you'll still have time to stop off at McD's for the usual. I've made some flapjack this week so if your all lucky (or if I remember to be honest) i'll fetch a bit for everyone! :lol:

    I'm up for lunch afterwards if anyone else is, since I rarely get fed at home! ha ha!
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    MattHarper wrote:
    Been watching more Coast 2 Coast, huh? No problems with meeting there on sunday.

    Sunday lunch opportunity for everyone after the ride..... :wink:

    see you there then mate.

    As you've bro might of told you, i've switched to SPD's for tomorrows ride. Had a quick play with them in the street, im suprized on how much you can really put the power down when your clipped in.

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    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    DanielleT wrote:

    Bet you'll still have time to stop off at McD's for the usual. I've made some flapjack this week so if your all lucky (or if I remember to be honest) i'll fetch a bit for everyone! :lol:

    I'm up for lunch afterwards if anyone else is, since I rarely get fed at home! ha ha!

    im deff up for some lunch afterwards or i wont get fed till late at night,lol......and there are 2 lads who we know coming out with us as well,one of them is lycra clad man who we was on about last week :lol:
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    altern_8 wrote:
    im deff up for some lunch afterwards or i wont get fed till late at night,lol......and there are 2 lads who we know coming out with us as well,one of them is lycra clad man who we was on about last week :lol:

    more people who are gonna name my bike 'tank'?
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
    http://twitter.com/Mattharperbikin
  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    altern_8 wrote:

    im deff up for some lunch afterwards or i wont get fed till late at night,lol......and there are 2 lads who we know coming out with us as well,one of them is lycra clad man who we was on about last week :lol:

    Ha ha! Oh Dear, lycra... not looking forward to seeing that first thing on a sunday morning!! :lol:
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    Thanks for todays ride everyone, was good to get out and about with our usual 'fun' :wink:

    Highlight for me, was the Corkscrew, but then its no suprize!

    Todays pics,

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    Hiking with bikes, Danielle, Heather, Ian and Dan hiking on a so called 'bridleway' should be. Of course when its over grown with Heather, its a case of just carrying the bike.

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    The View into Rosedale Valley.

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    Heather getting lost in Heather above Rosedale Railway.

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    Danielle, Dan, Heather and Stu at the top of Danby Rigg.

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    The Singletrack trail heading down off Danby Rigg.

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    Danielle coming down from Danby Rigg.

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    Ian coming down from Danby Rigg.

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    Heather coming down from Danby Rigg.
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    Yep thanks for the ride today peeps! It was good fun again :D

    Cracking pics again matt!
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    DanielleT wrote:
    Cracking pics again matt!

    Np! :wink: Just been looking at Orange Alpine 160's lol. In a few yrs maybe...
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    cheers for the ride today gang,uphills where a bit of a pain,and so where the downhills,cant wait to get my new front suss,my arms/wrists and neck are killing me tonight.........nice pic of me contemplating suicide matt :lol:

    at least i managed to ride all the way up the 33% road climb :D
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    just got a email today about my new suss,they wont be getting them in till 16 sept,so aint got a clue now when ill be getting them,well gutted now,as they said they had them in when i ordered them...... :cry:
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    altern_8 wrote:
    just got a email today about my new suss,they wont be getting them in till 16 sept,so aint got a clue now when ill be getting them,well gutted now,as they said they had them in when i ordered them...... :cry:

    Sorry to hear mate, but then again we wouldn't be going biking at the weekend anyways.. At least we didn't have a ride planned for the weekend. Just think how fast you'll be when you get your new front fork :wink:

    I've been to Dalby this afternoon, more getting used to my SPD's then anything. Did a full loop of the black to start with, then sessioned the descent of the black down from Staindale, (which is the bit where the red and black spilt on the corner of a fireroad. Did that run about 7-8times. Nothing like abit of 'gnarly' bits to get you used to being clipped in.

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    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    MattHarper wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    just got a email today about my new suss,they wont be getting them in till 16 sept,so aint got a clue now when ill be getting them,well gutted now,as they said they had them in when i ordered them...... :cry:

    Sorry to hear mate, but then again we wouldn't be going biking at the weekend anyways.. At least we didn't have a ride planned for the weekend. Just think how fast you'll be when you get your new front fork :wink:

    ive just sent them a email asking if i can cancel the order as i can goto freetown 2mor and order the 2010 shock for £10 less......

    hopefully will be doing local ride on sunday mate if you can make it across here,be looking at setting off round about 4pm,as me and bro are off to watch start of the clipper race in the afternoon :lol:
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    altern_8 wrote:
    MattHarper wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    just got a email today about my new suss,they wont be getting them in till 16 sept,so aint got a clue now when ill be getting them,well gutted now,as they said they had them in when i ordered them...... :cry:

    Sorry to hear mate, but then again we wouldn't be going biking at the weekend anyways.. At least we didn't have a ride planned for the weekend. Just think how fast you'll be when you get your new front fork :wink:

    ive just sent them a email asking if i can cancel the order as i can goto freetown 2mor and order the 2010 shock for £10 less......

    hopefully will be doing local ride on sunday mate if you can make it across here,be looking at setting off round about 4pm,as me and bro are off to watch start of the clipper race in the afternoon :lol:

    We'll see mate, my mate is back from his Holiday at the weekend, might have a weekend off biking since im nicely bruised from sunday ;)
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Cheers for the ride on Sunday guys. The first couple of miles through the heather was not the best, but the rest of the ride was very enjoyable, especially walking down the corkscrew..... :lol:

    So, did any of you enjoy a nice Sunday lunch at the pub then?

    Here are a few pics from the ride.

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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    nice pics mate, shame we didn't get any from the Corkscrew though... :cry:
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Thats what I was thinking, I should have gone first but then you would have been waiting a few minutes for me to get halfway down.....

    Even a couple of pics looking out from the top would have been good.
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    Good pics giggs! Good action shots!

    Lunch was good! :)

    That must annoying about the forks Altern! Hope you get it sorted.

    I won't be able to make a Sunday ride :( i'm in the wrong end of the country down in London at the weekend! Not going to be able to get out on my bike till sometime next week, very annoying!
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    DanielleT wrote:
    Good pics giggs! Good action shots!

    Lunch was good! :)

    That must annoying about the forks Altern! Hope you get it sorted.

    I won't be able to make a Sunday ride :( i'm in the wrong end of the country down in London at the weekend! Not going to be able to get out on my bike till sometime next week, very annoying!

    got email this aft saying my order is cancelled,so looks like im going to ave to go into freetown in morning and see what they can do for me :(
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    Try these guys:

    http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/rockshox ... 97118.html

    Let me know how you get on...

    Alternatively I can lend you set of Dart's to keep you going....
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    quake7.2 wrote:
    Try these guys:

    http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/rockshox ... 97118.html

    Let me know how you get on...

    Alternatively I can lend you set of Dart's to keep you going....

    cheers for link mate,winstanleys said they had them in stock as well,and showed the quantity as 1 till i ordered them,ill see what freetown can do for me....i was after them in black to match bike, :lol:
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    I don't know of anyone is interested, but me and Altern are off to do the usual route round Ferriby/Brantingham tomorrow afternoon.

    If anyone is joining us we will be setting off from the same spot in Ferriby about 2pm.
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