Project SMX [Pic Heavy]
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@declan I'm just waiting for the Squirrels to finish eating their peanuts, then I'll head out to the garage OK.
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Aww how annoying!
Well you might be able to just get a new hub, saves the costs of buying rims.
I don't imagine those wheels being too cheap. What's a replacement?
@calum A complete new rear wheel is £944, a new hub is £364 so not cheap at all. :pouting_face:
Used wheels do not come up very often and are snapped up quickly. I have purchased 2 spare sets of wheels over the past year and was planning to keep the 2 best sets and sell the other. Sadly I now only have 5 usable wheels. I will take the original wheels off and hopefully fingers crossed be able to get the rear disc off, so that I have 2 usable sets again. The front disc is bolted on with hex bolts, just the same as the RS, as the discs are the exact same for both bikes.
It's such a shame as it was a good wheel, new bearings and she was good_to_go. The rim and spokes are still usable, so I'll just have to wait until another rear wheel comes up for sale and build a complete wheel out of all the best parts I have.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@calum A complete new rear wheel is £944, a new hub is £364 so not cheap at all. :pouting_face:
Used wheels do not come up very often and are snapped up quickly. I have purchased 2 spare sets of wheels over the past year and was planning to keep the 2 best sets and sell the other. Sadly I now only have 5 usable wheels. I will take the original wheels off and hopefully fingers crossed be able to get the rear disc off, so that I have 2 usable sets again. The front disc is bolted on with hex bolts, just the same as the RS, as the discs are the exact same for both bikes.
It's such a shame as it was a good wheel, new bearings and she was good_to_go. The rim and spokes are still usable, so I'll just have to wait until another rear wheel comes up for sale and build a complete wheel out of all the best parts I have.
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@calum Yeah the hubs scrap metal now sadly - and a new Talon hub would probably be cheaper???
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@calum The RX 125 run the same hubs and I've just found a dude in Germany selling an RX rear wheel. The hub looks good, the spokes and rim are a bit rusty, he wants £149 for it so it's a possibility. He also has terrible feedback, so we'll see, I have other priorities ATM and need to progress this build, so a spare set of wheels is low priority just now.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@calum The RX 125 run the same hubs and I've just found a dude in Germany selling an RX rear wheel. The hub looks good, the spokes and rim are a bit rusty, he wants £149 for it so it's a possibility. He also has terrible feedback, so we'll see, I have other priorities ATM and need to progress this build, so a spare set of wheels is low priority just now.
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@calum I paid £250 for a pair, so £149 for the rear is not too bad, especially compared to the new prices. Plus it has the disc and sprocket removed already. But like I said it's low priority ATM, I have one good set, if I can get another set out of what I've got then I'm golden, it's just a shame as the funds would have paid to have my frame shot blasted and coated.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@calum I paid £250 for a pair, so £149 for the rear is not too bad, especially compared to the new prices. Plus it has the disc and sprocket removed already. But like I said it's low priority ATM, I have one good set, if I can get another set out of what I've got then I'm golden, it's just a shame as the funds would have paid to have my frame shot blasted and coated.
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@ninja why is that squirrel so fat lol I’m sure you could get a generic sm hub laced up and that’s definitely a strange thing to snap do you think it was maybe already compromised maybe an hairline crack
@declan Are you picking on Gordo? That lil dude is the most patient Squirrel ever. He sits and waits for upto an hour, till he's 100% sure the cost is clear then jumps down for his daily feed.
And yeah it could have been pre-damaged, hard to say now but it's totally knackered now and just scrap metal.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@declan Are you picking on Gordo? That lil dude is the most patient Squirrel ever. He sits and waits for upto an hour, till he's 100% sure the cost is clear then jumps down for his daily feed.
And yeah it could have been pre-damaged, hard to say now but it's totally knackered now and just scrap metal.
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@declan Squirrel bully alert - REPORTED!!! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:
He has lots of friends to attack you with ya know.
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@declan
Squirrels are very territorial and will fight to the death to protect what they believe is theirs. I have at least 11 of them coming to my 2 peanut feeders daily. So bully boy decars would be no match for my Squirrel army!!!! :oncoming_fist: :oncoming_fist_light_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium-light_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium-dark_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_dark_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist: :oncoming_fist_light_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium-light_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_medium-dark_skin_tone: :oncoming_fist_dark_skin_tone:SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
