g0ggles1994
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Is this a retro build I smell?
Post A Picture of Your Last Purchase
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AlienALX
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Grr.
£120 carbon bars. They arrive, with a bright orange warning over them "TIGHTEN TO 7NM"
That's kinda hard with no torque wrench ffs. Then I remembered what happened to the £50 carbon seat post I over tightened two years back. Eeeeyup, *CRUNCH*.
I'd be annoyed (it was £40 !) but then I remembered that last year when in a rush I destroyed one thread of a stem, then snapped a bolt in the next slot rendering it scrap. And that was a £90 stem.
So, I bit the bullet. Good news was I had been eyeing this up for over a week any way.
The bike came originally with a white seat.
Which by the end of that year looked like I had been riding it bareback. The paths here are dusty, and the winds high (it's on the sea). I tried to clean it, but it just smeared and looked worse. Yeah, white saddles bad idea. Then I fitted this.
But yeah, hardly fitting.
£120 carbon bars. They arrive, with a bright orange warning over them "TIGHTEN TO 7NM"
That's kinda hard with no torque wrench ffs. Then I remembered what happened to the £50 carbon seat post I over tightened two years back. Eeeeyup, *CRUNCH*.
I'd be annoyed (it was £40 !) but then I remembered that last year when in a rush I destroyed one thread of a stem, then snapped a bolt in the next slot rendering it scrap. And that was a £90 stem.
So, I bit the bullet. Good news was I had been eyeing this up for over a week any way.
The bike came originally with a white seat.
Which by the end of that year looked like I had been riding it bareback. The paths here are dusty, and the winds high (it's on the sea). I tried to clean it, but it just smeared and looked worse. Yeah, white saddles bad idea. Then I fitted this.
But yeah, hardly fitting.
Daiyus
Member
Being in lockdown away from my kid means I've got a lot of free time, even though I am still working full time (I work in the construction industry). So I decided to finally start learning something I've been wanting to get into for years; bass guitar. I grabbed myself a dirt cheap £75 Fazley to get started. I'll upgrade to something nicer if I ever get good enough.
Ordered a Fractal Define 7 XL this morning, to replace my 750D.
Going to start ordering watercooling bit's each month, starting with the GPU block next month, and then once I have all the bit's I will get the loop built.
I think the Define 7 XL will support dual loops, but will have a look around the net as a single loop won't really be an issue but I always like to try and keep the cpu and gpu on seperate loops for some strange reason.
Going to start ordering watercooling bit's each month, starting with the GPU block next month, and then once I have all the bit's I will get the loop built.
I think the Define 7 XL will support dual loops, but will have a look around the net as a single loop won't really be an issue but I always like to try and keep the cpu and gpu on seperate loops for some strange reason.
trawetSluaP
Member
Time to update my loop.
New pump/res combo so I can run lower speed on the pumps with no loss in performance.
Block for second GPU and external optical driver so I can burn my CDs to PC!
New pump/res combo so I can run lower speed on the pumps with no loss in performance.
Block for second GPU and external optical driver so I can burn my CDs to PC!
AlienALX
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Mate of mine bought a very high end Voodoo MTB. I mean high end as in a high end Voodoo, not a uber high end MTB. Any way, it was reduced from £675 to £550. It boasts of lots of SRAM and Suntour parts, and it does have them. So I asked him for a link and half of the bike isn't even listed under spec. So I ask him to send me a pic of the pedals.
£9. Nine pounds. Quite literally the cheapest entry level crap you can get. On a £675 bike.
I tried in vain to convince him to buy some Superstars, but he balked at the £50. I don't think he understands the importance of not only a good set of pedals, but sealed bearings. It's the part of the bike you do most of the work with.
Any way, he wasn't having it so I bought these for him.
And they say auties have no empathy.
Any way, I also bought this.
I have three rare frames left to find now.
£9. Nine pounds. Quite literally the cheapest entry level crap you can get. On a £675 bike.
I tried in vain to convince him to buy some Superstars, but he balked at the £50. I don't think he understands the importance of not only a good set of pedals, but sealed bearings. It's the part of the bike you do most of the work with.
Any way, he wasn't having it so I bought these for him.
And they say auties have no empathy.
Any way, I also bought this.
I have three rare frames left to find now.
Wraith
Bettyswollocks
DMR V8s everyday! I'm still rocking mine, only replaced them once in 30 years they are the hardest wearing pedal by a country mile.
So on a similar note, I'm rebuilding my OG bike the one that started my addiction. The GT LTS 3000 DS,
frame is still at the powder coaters in Sheffield as lockdown has her held prisoner
the shock is with J Tech suspention being rebuilt so in the mean time I've managed to get my hands on not only 1 set but 2 RST HI5 forks for a bargain £100 for the pair one in OG red and the "other" in gunmetal... 
much to my surprise I was unaware of the recall in 1999 due to the stantions snapping. Well I noticed a stark difference in the gunmetal forks to the original reds being the top crown.. these are not HI5s despite the stickers they are the Delta replacements which were often found on 2000 Marin B17s. I'm a happy bunny! Even happier when I remove the "Elastomer/Spring" stacks for service.. They're only Rockshox speed srings with internal air adjustment!
for now they are on my Daily beater/work bike. 
For now I'm furloughed and just can't wait to get the GT back so I can finally rebuild and experience that geometry again I've riden many a springer and nothing even remotely comes close not even TTLs Scott which was a fantastic machine.
Wraith
Bettyswollocks
Both the V8 and V12 are sealed units and have been since 95'
WYP
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Managed to get this monitor fairly cheap on eBay.
The stand was abit iffy so I'd planned to mount it on an arm, but turns out my old one has broke a little, so until a new one arrives:
That's some solid engineering there. How is the monitor, does it look good? Is it a VA panel?
AlienALX
Well-known member
Yeah it's just a TN panel, looks good straight on even with the bright sun and apparently it's reasonably accurate when calibrated properly, but no ghosting with freesync, no banding, good uniformity of the lighting, nothing really to fault besides the stand (And maybe the weird joystick button to operate the menu)
SPS
Moderator
The stand was abit iffy so I'd planned to mount it on an arm, but turns out my old one has broke a little, so until a new one arrives:
What keyboard is that?
Just a Z-88, lots of manufacturers seem to sell complete boards, unfortunately I couldn't tell you which one made/sold mine because I can't read Chinese but it's got Cherry blue clones, slightly clickier audible wise than legit Blue's but almost exactly the same actuation wise. Though online you'll find these "Z-88" 81-key keyboards available with all sorts of switch and lighting combinations(I assume the base is from some common OEM), some really vomity RGB models but also some quite reasonable ones, the keys are removable/swappable too.
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