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[Closed] someone's old... my new! 🙂

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Finally dipped a toe in the world of full suss. Thrown together this afternoon, needs a bit of fettling. Quite excited to try it out. I am guessing the frame will cope with the forks at 130? They are u turn revs so can always wind them in a bit.
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Posted : 24/05/2010 5:38 pm
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nice.. welcome to full susser world 8)


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 5:47 pm
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:0) thanks. It all went together from bare frame without any drama.. even the headset and bb. Hopefully there won't be too many teething problems.


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 5:51 pm
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Had a stumpy like that brill bike just enough sus to keep you out of real trouble. FAb day for it mate enjoy!!!!


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 6:07 pm
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I intend to! 🙂 will have to just be a gentle spin tonight to bed things in.


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 6:24 pm
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Good choice - can't see you going far wrong with that. I've a couple of old Specialized full-sussers myself (2003 Epic and 2004 Enduro) which are both still going strong.


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 7:09 pm
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If it's a 120mm travel frame it'll be better at 130mm on the front. Stumpys of that age benefitted from a sligtly longer fork. If it's a 100mm, it'll be better at around 115 on the front which is how I ran mine at the time

they are great bikes though. Good choice! 🙂


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 7:20 pm
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Pretty sure its the 100mm one. Will give it a try wound in a little. Cheers pp.


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 9:53 pm
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I ran my old fsr with oversized forks. It was great for the downs but it rode much better on the ups with them wound in a bit. Depends how much you want to fiddle. Tyres, valves and logos mis-aligned BTW 🙂


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 10:20 pm
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Nick, was waiting for that. It's my lo-fi build, I didn't really clean the donar parts much or anything. A firm believer in spending time on the bike rather than making it pretty! :0 )


 
Posted : 24/05/2010 10:39 pm
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So it was only a commute just to bed things in but what a revelation!! I can so see how full suss is the tool of choice for all day epics. Just need to engineer a blast off road on Fri evening.:0)


 
Posted : 25/05/2010 6:20 pm
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nice flower pot bottle cage. Very resourceful 😉


 
Posted : 25/05/2010 6:22 pm

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