[AK Chris]

Homers, poseurs, lemmings, wannabees and Dusty Butthumper. Ordered a pivot kit because I was a few pivot shafts shy of having the Spot (green frame) back together. I dig the grooves in the new HL/TNT pivot shafts. After hitting the TNT rear with the grease gun and watching the grease ooze out, these babies work like a charm.

I might have to do the Cheezy-link to the old ones in case I ever need to use them somewhere down the road. Although the original bushings (3 years old) still look great - so I doubt if I'll ever need to use them again.

I went ahead and got a couple sets of the new logo stickers and I must say in addition to looking pretty good, they went on REALLY easy and they look very clean - very understated - very Turner. If they're still on at the end of the season its $10 well spent.

 

[rr]

Lets see some full bike shots I WILL get my cross bike painted that green, love it.

 

[cactuscorn]

nice! looks like its all startin to come together. diggin the b&w shots on the wall. my office is covered in ansel adams' work.

 

[EndoRando]

Chris, either of those built up yet? I'm hitting the trails behind Service with the Pack and 5.3 rockers today for a test run, maybe we could meet up. Brown Bear trail beckons...

Rando

 

[Renegade]

Chris, you're killing me with this slow build pace of yours! Just send the new girlfriend away for two days, and get those ponies finished off please!

 

[Bikezilla]

Yeah Hurry the fock up Chris!

Chris, you're killing me with this slow build pace of yours! Just send the new girlfriend away for two days, and get those ponies finished off please!

I'm so glad nobody's bugging me on my build time

 

[Roy]

That's definitely good information that Dusty can use.

 

[Blue Shorts]

I'm so glad nobody's bugging me on my build time

Sometimes it's tough to spend time working on one bike when you have another to ride.

I got an all carbon Top Fuel 110 from Trek, as a warranty replacement for my old 2001 Fuel98 (I finally broke a bike). All my friends keep bugging me to finish it...but I have the Spot to ride. Soooo, it's taking longer than expected to finish.

 

[Renegade]

Sometimes it's tough to spend time working on one bike when you have another to ride.
.

:lol: In Chris's situation, it ain't another bike he's ridin!:thumbsup:

 

[AK Chris]

Thanks for the props...

All right fellas - they're mostly built. I need a few parts that I can't find locally (damn brake lines are too short!!) and between a really heavy workload and a really hot femme that's keeping me busy every night and every morning, I haven't finished the builds yet.

But if it helps - I haven't had the energy to ride for any significant amount of time anyway. So I've been terrorizing the paved trails with the Pugs and doing a lot of hiking-rollerblading-running to fill the void.

To make matters worse, I'm leaving town for a week on Sunday and heading to WAY up north Barrow, a place where the sun never drops below the horizon this time of year. Then the GF leaves two days after I get back so I have to squeeze a lot of "us" time in before then. But I'm placing an order today for the bits I need so the builds will be done by then.

So Rando - I won't be riding Brown Bear till about the 20th. But I'm dying to get on that trail and put the Spack through its paces. I also apologise to the Homer nation - no futher pics will be posted until the builds are finished.

 

[AK Chris]

:lol: In Chris's situation, it ain't another bike he's ridin!:thumbsup:

True dat...

 

[airwreck]

no futher pics will be posted until the builds are finished.

you realize at this point we'd really rather see GF pics....
:skep:

 

[Renegade]

you realize at this point we'd really rather see GF pics....
:skep:

YES! Another vote for GF pics. Heck Chris, you've probably got video clips of.......oops, getting to personal.:nono:

We'll settle for just pics.....of the GF!

 

[SSINGA]

you realize at this point we'd really rather see GF pics....
:skep:

with the couch

 

[airwreck]

to clarify...NOT Gary Fisher :nono:

 

[AK Chris]

No GF (edit: I don't ride a gary fisher - thanks ffor the clarification Airwreck) pics, not now, no how, not on the couch, not when I slouch, not in the pool, not looking cool... Sorry, had a Dr. Seuss moment there.

Once both rides are built and she's back in town we will be hitting the trails - she's about 5'10" so she'll be able to ride the Spot comfortably - and then I'll have a few action/ride pics of her on the Green Spot (G-Spot for short ) and post those.

 

[Dusty Bottoms]

What are those white top hats next to the pivot shafts? Where are the bearings?

 

[AK Chris]

What are those white top hats next to the pivot shafts? Where are the bearings?

very original... you really burned me... good one... *yawn*...

 

[wfl3]

What are those white top hats next to the pivot shafts? Where are the bearings?

Those be the low maintenance, non-indexing friction reducers.

Almost 3 years on my Turner bushings with nothing more than a few squirts of grease here and there - still super smooth and have never creaked or squeaked once.

The bearings on my Truth on the other hand we're indexed to hell after 18 months - you can keep the bearings.

 

[Dusty Bottoms]

very original... you really burned me... good one... *yawn*...

Settle down Beavis, it was subtle self-depriciation. Let me re-phrase it in a language better understood on latitude 55N...

"I'm a retard that has no idea of the benefits of bushings. I don't even know what they look like!"