mee at the driveway in Knaresborough, United Kingdom - photo by uttanutta12

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Album: Old-Bikes
Category: Bikes - DH
Date Posted: Dec 31, 2010 at 8:10
Dec 31, 2010
Location: Knaresborough, United Kingdom
Trail: the driveway
Riders: mee

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Olympus E-500

Shutter Speed

1/4

Aperture

5.1

Focal Length

38.0 mm

ISO Speed

200

Date

2010:12:31

Time

15:27:26

57 Comments

staike (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:16)

I know you wanted to paint the fork legs, but I would rather get a new fork, those scratches on tha stanchions are gonna bug you forever. I would look into a 07 888 with white lowers (SL ATA or RC2x). They both look and perform stunning!

staike (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:20)

THESE: www.pinkbike.com/buysell/753252
A bargain! Get them!

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:25)

there is no point in spending £235 on a fork that performs only a tiny bit better, the scratches are no problem at all and do not effect the performance. i'd much rather spend £10 on getting them powdercoated white...

staike (Dec 31, 2010 at 15:18)

Not in short term, that's right. But in the long term your fork will leak oil and those scratches will rip up the seals.

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 18:35)

do you know how long these scratches have been on there? well over a year, possibly 2yrs, the seals are perfectly fine and there was near enough god dammit 240ml of oil in each leg when i pulled them apart last month....

road-cyclist (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:35)

Looks nice mate, but all that mud that'll flick up will soon turn it brown

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:36)

cheers, true, we'll see how well it copes with the mud

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:43)

nice looking thing , looks better without the stickers on the legs , and it will look better with white bottoms

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:44)

tar chuck

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:50)

nice big scratch on the stantions aswell

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:51)

thats stainburn for ya, i threw the stab on the floor ages ago, and there happened to be 2 boulders, bounced off one onto the other where it slid across it

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:54)

nasty , yeah stainburn can be nasty if you get it wrong

you know you can get them recoated you know

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:54)

yea, they don't effect the performance, so i'm not bothered about it

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:57)

it will wear the seals out faster, and are the open bath

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:59)

i like how your assuiming the depth and roughness of the scratches there.... and yeh, it is open bath

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:03)

nope im not

but doesnt matter how deep it is , but it will affect performance , why dont you get em coated , my dads mate , works at a place where they can dip them , like chrome plating or low friction adonsied

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:05)

when i say performance, i mean they're not leaking oil. and it does matter how deep it is.... and im not fussed, it's all money anyhow...

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:09)

hmm yeah , and i know it does , and pitted stantions or scratched stantions , can be really bad , but if your not bothered it doesnt really matter

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:15)

no, it doesn't matter...

K-Forbes (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:21)

ok but , im just warning you , they will destroy the seals over a long period of a time

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 18:38)

so these 3yr old seals, that have had a scratched stanchion run over them for around 1 1/2 to 2 yrs that are perfectly fine, will be destroyed over a long period of time?

right, whatever......

K-Forbes (Jan 1, 2011 at 5:21)

yes , and it looks a twat

bea5ty (Jan 1, 2011 at 5:23)

haha be careful Ant, This one time at band camp this dude had a scratch on his stantion and his nose fell off!

So its probably best to get them fixed!

uttanutta12 (Jan 1, 2011 at 5:33)

shit man

i'll send it to moonglu ASAP!!

and forbes, i wonder about you, how the hell can you tell the severity of the scratch from this photo?

and know that it'll destroy the seals etc....?

and who gives a f*ck about it looking bad, it isn't, if you come and look at them in person, you'll see it's fine..

K-Forbes (Jan 1, 2011 at 5:43)

no , i was just saying that scratches or pitted stantions are bad , and f*ck seals up and genarally get worse over time

just saying

uttanutta12 (Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47)

you said 'im just warning you , they will destroy the seals over a long period of a time' which implies your talking about my scratch in particular.

jacob-jay-12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:13)

looking good. looks like a nasty scratch on the stanchtion :/

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:14)

tar, and yea, they're purely cosmetic though, not deep and the seals are still sealing

corbett95 (Jan 4, 2011 at 14:32)

very sexy, some 2011 white fox 40's would make it even better

uttanutta12 (Jan 5, 2011 at 8:14)

thank you, and i agree, but i have £80 in total at the moment, i live on a shoestring budget!

corbett95 (Jan 5, 2011 at 9:00)

i know how you feel mate ;(

uttanutta12 (Jan 5, 2011 at 9:05)

aye, putting half my earnings towards them from now on though, should have enough by next year for when the 2011 ones are up for £600 2nd hand

corbett95 (Jan 5, 2011 at 11:11)

good thinking, never get fully brand new, waste of money

uttanutta12 (Jan 5, 2011 at 11:13)

hehe

apart from a marin quake of course >_>

corbett95 (Jan 6, 2011 at 1:55)

haha, wasnt that free anyway??

uttanutta12 (Jan 6, 2011 at 2:05)

to me yes, not to the buyer

therefore it's worth buying it

corbett95 (Jan 6, 2011 at 14:28)

aye there is allways some one who will buy it

uttanutta12 (Jan 7, 2011 at 8:42)

hopefully!

Bmx-Is-My-Life (Jan 22, 2011 at 8:47)

OH MY 3 everytime i see this i jizz alittle

uttanutta12 (Jan 22, 2011 at 10:00)

melonhead1145 (Feb 13, 2011 at 1:36)

nice bike! new stem and forks and it will be dailed

uttanutta12 (Feb 14, 2011 at 1:11)

cheers fella

getting some 40's hopefully in about april

mike24dh (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:12)

smart!!!!!!!

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:13)

tar chuck

ginged26dj (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:14)

oooh look at that with its new seat

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:15)

Aggression (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:18)

That looks sweet!!

STARWARS (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:20)

Beautiful bike

forks next time

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 8:23)

cheers, and yeh

crunchss (Dec 31, 2010 at 9:23)

It finally looks good

uttanutta12 (Dec 31, 2010 at 18:38)

cheers fella

s-t-e-v-o (Jan 3, 2011 at 10:58)

what a poo shifter

uttanutta12 (Jan 3, 2011 at 10:59)

shifts poo faster than yours

s-t-e-v-o (Jan 3, 2011 at 15:06)

yer but mine jumps bumps better then yours

uttanutta12 (Jan 4, 2011 at 8:40)

true, very true

Bmx-Is-My-Life (Jan 20, 2011 at 10:27)

SO NICE

uttanutta12 (Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36)

thanks