Call_me_Clyde said:
Very nice looking bike Stick. Two questions: 1) Which Marzocchi fork is that?
2) I thought you gave up on SRAM after the JRA breakage issue. Change of heart?
Bob
1) It's an '05 All-Mountain SL (110 - 130mm)
2) Hardly a change of heart. The derailleur on the bike is the replacement SRAM sent me. I decided to use it because it's brand new and wasn't doing me any good sitting in the box in my attic. The shifters had to go back on with the derailleur 'cos they're the only 1:1 shifters I had. But it's funny that you mention it, because those shifters have been nothing but trouble. First, getting that stupid rubber screw out to replace the cables proved to be a pain in the ass. One of them was stuck, and turning it with a screwdriver
quickly illustrated why it's a FU#KING STUPID idea to make screws out of rubber. I mean, really, could they pick a worse material to make a phillips-head screw out of?? I couldnt get it out without loosening the 4 screws that hold the whole shifter together. And, anyone who's ever tried this knows that it's a risky proposition becuase the internal workings of those shifters are like a damned swiss watch (if swiss watches were poorly assembled by sweathouse laborers!). So, as a result of all that, my rear shifter's gear indicator doesn't work anymore.
If I had bottomless pockets, I'd throw the whole pile of X-9 crap in the garbage tomorrow. But, it's functional enough for now and I'm feeling too lazy to switch back to the LX/Attack combo I had on the Cove, so. . .
:madman:
