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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.wasn't my math_s ... (I'm british ;-) ) ... lbs guy... we were just chewing the fat whilst he rummaged in his boxes of parts :) even if... -
sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.it should be. mine didn't have futureshock (bought the 4.0 without on purpose) but I would expect there's a way to de-futureshock it...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.sorry I missed this request. But the inside of the head tube is basically a big hollow tube. and there are two chamfered sections to the...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.thought you might be interested, Vado build is almost finished, no tape or grips yet. I'm calling it a Dratflop Bar GravArdtail. mrp...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.<philosophy> I actually don't like what Avinox are doing. I'd rather the tech went in the direction of purely lighter for the same...
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Speak for yourself, these days I climb mountain paths on my fixie with 19mm tyres and a 52 - 9 gear 😂 😂 😂
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.of course, being teenage or 20 something makes coping with a rigid bike easier. being 50 something as we both are, means suspension is a...
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Or 26er rigids! Back as a teen in the 80s we bombed down any trail we could find. Bunnyhopping holes, like those nasty water courses...
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You are way deeper into modding than I will ever get, so I only have a few tangential points to add just based on riding experience. My...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.don't worry I will not be buying a fork off AI numbers. I hate the term AI. Its Machine Learning got a lot bigger (I worked on it a bit...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.going to run 10-52 rear. 38 or 40 front. AXS. I prefer to spin and have legs do most the work, motor for help when nothing left (or I my...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.bit of reading and learning about headsets. Seems that the stock fork is 1 1/8" all the way down, and has a shim on the crown to adapt...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.got it last night. morning of tinkering. starting point, I'd already taken the front wheel off stock specialised fork removed...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.ebay. £1k, which is about right. My understanding to-date is that its will take a 1-1/8" straight tube fork. hoping that one of whats...
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sandyman44 replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 with a suspension fork?.collecting a 2nd hand vado 4.0 Sl this weekend. I'll frankenbike it with a suspension fork from an old hardtail mtb just to prove the...
