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DT swiss's new hub has 90 engagement points and uses a similar but bigger version of the current 240's ratchet. With a 18/15 transmission it shall feel like a 108 POE front freewheel. The DT swiss star system is amazing, it feels less spongy than other systems and is really light and reliable. Too me the best system. It seems DT swiss won't currently offer a singlespeed version though 😐 Would be nice on an Enduro bike.

Nice to see your videos are back! The first line with your street trials is amazing! I did not expect the bar spin. The one at 3:24 is so smooth, no extra hop, Manifesto style 😍

It seems also that some hoses are stiffer than other. Goodridge had a good call. But even with stiffer hoses, there will always be a difference. Even with V-brakes and linear cables I can notice a slight difference. Maybe you have also more forces in your right hand too.

Ali experiments with head angles. @Ali C: Do not forget that the lower part of the Slack-R raises the front of the bike of 10mm or more. It is like riding a fork with a10mm higher A2C. This slacks the head angle from 0,5°. But still your bike head angle should be around 72°, not 70°. Is there maybe a difference in A2C between the pro fork and the team fork? I don't think so, but who knows. I guess one further drawback of having a slacker head angle and thus longer wheelbase is that the rotations are harder to execute. Did you try some bunnies 360°? What about static hook? You are right, Flatland BMXs have really steep head angles. Matthias Dandois rides a 75,5° currently (Haro La Bastille).

I don't know the brand from the pads, I got them with a brake. I thought they were Crewkerz orange ones, cause they are translucent. I think they are my favourite pads. I love the feel and it seems to me they are better in wet conditions than the Coust one.

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Hello, recently I was looking for a cheaper bike with a front disc brake. I found an used Atomz Quark II for a good price. It is a medium size. Two years ago I bought a small one after more than 10 years without comp bike. I could not really appreciate the small one, cause I had basically no reference to compare to. So after riding different bikes (cleep, jealousy, freed), I was looking forward to find how good the bike is. Even if the bike is more than 10 years old, it rides really well. The geometry is not too far from a cleep or a jealousy, only the bottom bracket is 15mm lower. It had already a through axle and built-in tensioner. It seems to me that the bike is less stif than the cleep and less reactive. But is ride really well though. It is overall a solid bike. The carbon plate to hide the HS33 hose was missing so I built a smaller part from Kydex. I think I will swap the brake lever for an old 2005 HS33 black one (the current one is from another bike) and the Louise lever blade for one with TPA. Hope you like it.

Thanks for sharing. I follow a few Asian YouTube channels, they like to ride comp trials and/or natural grounds, it is nice to watch. Will post a list of them maybe.

I don't think they will. The market is saturated, so many brands currently and I have the impression street/trials has no longer the momentum it had a few years ago. In Germany and France, the used market is full of 24" street/trials. I think the fact that Danny and Fabio do not release any street/trials edit anymore and with the rise of e bikes, there is less interest in this discipline (sadly). I guess it will be like Danny's Santa Cruz or Duncan's Marin. I heard some rumors alledging that Fabio's frame is released cause it was part of his contract. Hopefully I am wrong and the big S will become a new major actor.

Hi, Tartybikes has developed its own range of products! The brand ist called RD: https://www.tartybikes.co.uk/news/tarty_bikes_launch_a_new_range_of_products/u330.html Love the use of steel and laser cut (think Adam already knows the French brand Boulhol) and the development of lower price components. (some v-brake adapters are upcoming) Such a good news! Thanks Tarty to launch a new brand in this tough times! Wish you the best!

Hi, Good to hear you did not get bad injured. Did you notice some scuffs on the chain? Months ago my chain broke regularly and I then understood it was related to some hits on the chain (I had no bash at that time). I just swapped my chain and bought two Z1HEX. I run one of my cleep 26 for many months no, but I don't ride it currently as much (somehow it is refreshing to ride 20" ) I also tried a Izumi 410 chain, used in track racing and black on my street trial. No problem with it neither. I noticed there are now a KMC e101 and z101.

Hi, Cheap with 72 poe... My answer would have been Hope. It is quite a lot for MTB... Yohan Triboulat rides a Spank Hex hub and he seems happy with, more than with Hope. The hub is slightly less expensive than the UK made one. Why not an old pro 2 evo? It has 40 poe but with 4 pawls engaging simultaneously. So you could shorten two like Tarty did? But you know already the trick I guess. 😁

Thank you to Rich, Heatsink and the participants! Trials needs more of this kind of contests to get more visibility overall. And the riding on these bikes was fantastic and proved again that the rider skills are more relevant that the bike!

Love the first glimpse of purple😍 Look forward to see the result and to hear about your riding feedback. And let us knowhow the Comas hub works.

I forgot one thing: I have the impression it is more difficult when the bike and application are too close. For example I had more difficulties with a 24" race BMX than with a 20" on a pump track or race track where I used to ride a 26" bike. I had a similar feeling when I tried the different 24" street/trial bikes of my friends. I have a similar problem with the different keyboard layouts I have to deal with (en, dr, fr). I noticed that I don't map a location (home, at work, etc.) or a device (laptop, workstation, private computer) with a layout but more what specific application I am using (what mail program exactly). But maybe that is just me.