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I've a rockshox Judy TK on my bike. Use it in the Caribbean and in the Netherlands quite often. Hadn't serviced it for 5 years. Decided to do a full service myself. All the seals were still in good condition. Couldn't see the difference with the new ones. I think the lowers were just low in oil; the oil spills ever so slowly through the wiper seals during usage. The uppers were impeccable.
In my case refreshing the oil of the lowers and a change of the wiper seals (half an our job, no special tools, less then 20 euros) would have been enough.

Thank you for your feedback.
I have a couple of SID forks that have about this age if not more, never serviced them.
They were ridden in all kind of conditions, sometimes harshly.
I will try your light maintenance.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: VeloBuild VB-R-268 frame
« Last post by Eddy_Twerckx on May 03, 2024, 08:34:24 AM »
My 5 cents: careful with colours. You can get super durable decals cut for cheap locally, and you can change your mind every week. You can't change your mind with a colour. A colour also directly affect resale value. I chatted with a guy on Insta with a 168, white, who said his only regret was getting the frame painted white.
I got mine in glass black and am trolling Factor with Tractor decals. If i grow up one morning, i can remove them, it's fully reversible. My previous bike i painted orange because i loved the Giant propel from 2000 something in matte orange. Let's say my paint job didn't come out neaaaaarly as nice... I wish i had kept it black.

Counter point. I got my 168 painted in white with pink logos and a blue fork. I have zero regrets after over a year with this paint job. I bought an open mold because it was cheap and gave me the option of custom paint. I don’t have nor did I ever think of resale value because it’s an open mold and who is buying second hand open mold frames? I wanted something fun and unique.

My point is: get the paint you want. Forget about resale value. Get the paint job that excites you and makes you want to ride your bike. We’re not talking about $5000 frames and $2000 custom paint jobs. Mine cost an extra $50 to go wild and do custom logos. The whole package was like $650 before shipping. Have fun with it. I can say with 100% certainty that I would have regretted getting a black frame. Part of the fun with an open mold is the custom paint options. That’s my opinion at least. I didn’t see the point of getting a plain matte black frame when custom paint is so cheap.
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How much have you guys paid for it? I heard on youtube someone paid around 400 dollars (he's canadian but i would still assume USD) but I've never seen it anywhere near that price
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Bit of a shower thought, what is stopping LTWOO (and shimano for that matter because they are 100% in the same boat) from pooping out a MTB shifter? 95% of the research and development is done already with the road groupset, wouldn't they just have to rewire the electronics into a dropbar shifter and merge their MTB derailleur with the clutch and the eGR derailleur? No complicated STI, no front mech etc. What is stopping them, patents?
Also, why not supply titanium bolts for ERX? Would cost them at most another $10 to produce for an easy 50 gram save which would make it competitive with stock duraace in terms of weight
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Seka Spear
« Last post by RDY on May 03, 2024, 05:57:08 AM »
Before factor opened a new factory in Taiwan, Seka and Factor were made in the same factory I think.

Factor don't have a new factory in Taiwan, and Seka and Factor are still made in the same factory in China.
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29er / Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread.
« Last post by Specialf. on May 03, 2024, 05:05:04 AM »
Some great bikes StefanB. I have not built as many bikes as you, but I'm always thinking about the next one! I find researching and building these Chinese frames much more interesting than just buying a mainstream brand.

It looks like you have some beautiful trails and scenery too! Where do you live?

what bike is this?  where can you find more information?  do you have a website please?  Thank you.
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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Re: 007Bike on AliExpress
« Last post by Serge_K on May 03, 2024, 03:58:01 AM »
China is on holidays the whole week pretty much, they actually take a lot of holidays overall, arguably.
Not sure what you mean by "for some time".
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: In-frame triangle storage box ala Speedmax
« Last post by ejump0 on May 03, 2024, 03:07:28 AM »
(kinda off topic) i was searching for something n stumbled upon this rear seatpost storage box for cheap (tho not in-triangle storage) 
if your seatpost about the same as that Java bikes, this might work for you

https://a.aliexpress.com/_oCe5tKq
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Metal Frames / Re: Titan Hardtail 2024
« Last post by nicklej on May 03, 2024, 02:56:01 AM »
I couldn't finishing get everything put onto the bike on my break and had to finish it off at the end of the day. Really happy with how the bike came out. It weights about 10.4kg in total so not unhappy with that. Sub 10kg would be possible by replacing saddle, grips and bars for carbon. In fact, I intend to get carbon bars anyway but not yet. I will also replace as many bolts with Ti as possible. I just want the bike to be as corrosion resistant as possible since I am committing this to be my last bike for some time (he says!)

The fork steerer could be trimmed a smidge. I rode the bike home and back to work today. Only about 30 miles total. I have to say everything feels great. The frame is solid and the 34.9mm ISP is not as unforgiving as I had expected it to be!

I have not ridden non-lefty suspension fork for years and its odd - my balance feels slightly off. On the second ride, I didn't have the feeling nearly as much as the first ride. The geometry was meant to be an exact copy of the Cannondale Flash but i am running a 100mm stem instead of 110mm and the axle to crown on the Flash was a little shorter than this bike so my position feels a bit different but certainly not uncomfortable.

As with all builds, I need to make a few tweeks. Saddle nose needs to come up a degree or two and the saddle needs to come back a tiny bit too. I think I could also trim another 10mm off the ISP so that I have adjustment. I cut it perfectly and with the seatpost topped bottomed out my position is correct but it means I can only increase the saddle height from here and cannot lower it at all.

I will also get a carbon rigid fork at some point. I don't ride off road nearly as much as I should and when I do, even on rigid forks, i'm alright. Plus it'll lightly the bike up a chunk for commuting and nipping around the New Forest.

I've not had good luck with bike frames. 5 of my last 6 have cracked or snapped so I am hoping for better news here. I suppose there is always a gamble when buying something which will be hard to warrant, purely based on distances involved. However, my experience with Titan have been great and hopefully the only thing that goes wrong with this bike will be due to an accident instead of workmanship.
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Metal Frames / Re: Titan Hardtail 2024
« Last post by nicklej on May 03, 2024, 02:36:09 AM »
My KCNC ISP topper arrived on wednesday so on my break I got to work building up the bike.

Getting there! Brake hoses defo need shortening at some point.

I took a long time measuring the cut in the seat tube. My topper only has 20mm of adjustment so definitely didn't want to take too much off! I had to cut 65.5mm off.


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