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Aero Reflex nOoB Build Phase 1..... Deliveries! (Pic Heavy)

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brettypeeps:
He actually means the old axles had flats to insert them into the forks and the new axles are round. Take a file to them and put two flats on there :daumenhoch:

Clean:

--- Quote from: 1mancity2 on March 23, 2011, 01:11 PM ---I think he actually means the axle is just a bit to long, not in the drop outs but width ways, just push your forks a part a bit then the wheel should slot home. you may need to nut the axles down after as well, new ones are quite long unless your putting stunt nuts on  :daumenhoch:

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Cheers, fella. Phew.

By the way, I think I have omitted to give a particularly big "Thank you" to a certain 1mancity2 for directing me to RADBMX a couple of weeks ago, when I was taking Thread grief from some guys over at another Forum (think Nottingham Cycle manufacturer on fire), for not wanting to be era-correct.

Nice, one, mate; couldn't have / wouldn't have done it without you.......  :4_17_5:

....... or is that actually "it's all your fault"? ???

 :smitten:

Clean:

--- Quote from: brettypeeps on March 23, 2011, 01:17 PM ---He actually means the old axles had flats to insert them into the forks and the new axles are round. Take a file to them and put two flats on there :daumenhoch:

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That requires a level of confidence and technical ability, not to mention a handtool, far beyond my current scope.  :shocked:

Arse.  :'(

Tuffs land tomorrow, hopefully, and with the missus at work on Sunday (an NHS Angel), I am planning a day of building, riding and breaking bones (boy, oh boy, did I just tempt fate?!?).

I will see how I get on without clonking, filing and grinding stuff before coming back here for help. :daumenhoch:

WINI:

--- Quote from: brettypeeps on March 23, 2011, 01:17 PM ---He actually means the old axles had flats to insert them into the forks and the new axles are round. Take a file to them and put two flats on there :daumenhoch:

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Bingo!  Give that man a prize  :daumenhoch:

griff:
nice! see you wasted no time getting the pink decals off (or did mark keep them as a memento?)
thanks for blaming me for the elina too, I'm not claiming any responsibility but if the abuse gets too much you can always find sanctuary in the Elina thread

what Brett said about the axles is spot on - I had NS tuffs which I had to get flats filed into, also took them to a bloke down the road to be shortened/rounded off as they were so long (fooker charged me £20 but serves me right for being desperate). easy enough to get done if you can find any metalworking-type peeps though or at a push I think you can get replacement axles with flats already in em which are a more sensible length

not sure about aero forks vs haro, but once the axles are in check how much play is there - mine needed a 'top-hat' style axle washer to hold em firmly in place (no pic to hand, but think key-hole shaped dropout as the ends are narrower than the bit where the axle sits) they were a bugger to find without using vertego but thanks to rad I managed to get a pair and keep my bike 100% biaggio-free

enjoy the ride!

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