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Gibbon on an Orange 2

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    Gordon Fisher
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  1. Helmet is a cert. Preferably one which comes down round the back of your head too to protect the base of your skull if you fall backwards onto something. Gloves. These won't prevent callouses but they certainly help to stop your hands slipping on the grips when you get sweaty hands. Shin pads are great for preventing the pedals mashing your shins, but some people find them quite constricting and hot, so that's up to you. Elbow pads will obviously protect your elbows in a bail, but you will rarely see them worn for similar reasons to the leg pads.
  2. Lever has a much lighter feel, and if you bath bleed it's a lot easier to get a good solid brake as there's no chance of getting any air in the system like you can with a normal bleed since you can refit the plug bolts while submerged.
  3. I had to claim through them my first year out there after a hefty off. They didn't even question the accident, all they wanted was a photocopy of the receipts from the medical centre and they sorted it all out in a jiffy. I can't fault them at all. If in doubt, pop them an email. I would think since it's not specifically covered in any of the plans that maybe 'Multi-Sport Bike and Climbing' might cover enough to sort you out.
  4. Groves on motorsport discs are there to help de-glaze hot pads, but it also improves bite. As the pads are put under pressure and the pads leading edge reaches a grove, it deforms smightly into the grove. This amount of material is then skimmed off the pad (its only slight, but this is what keeps the surface of the pad deglazed). The material's resistance to the skimming increases the bite of the brake.
  5. then making motorbike noises while ramming your bike against a kerb
  6. Most halfords stores do an assortment of flouro spray paints.
  7. I'm not sure if they'll cover you for Spain, but each time I've gone to France with the DH bike I've used Snowcard Insurance. They covered you for any personal injury while out the country, including any sustained through riding, and they will also cover your bike for any theft or loss. [edit] I've just checked, they cover 'Europe' rather than indivudual countries so you'll be covered for spain.
  8. Let this be a lesson to everyone, a test fit never goes a miss...
  9. Have you tried? If they were that hard, they wouldn't have rounded Get yourself a decent quality hacksaw blade and have a go and you might be supprised. I had to do it on my Mini lever and it worked fine, in fact, I'm still using the same bolt to this day!
  10. Quite handy someone should post this question, as I've just asked Santa for some LGM's The thing is, what do people consider a 'harsh' or a 'light' grind? How would you gague the harshness without being able to compare it to someone elses rim?
  11. I'm supprised after all that drilling and gramme shaving he decided to then add the weight of the paint...
  12. This. An exterior/water proof paint will do your job. I've used emulsion before and that works well until it wears off.
  13. For the bike, some TNN LGM's from my brother. Decided against getting some new forks from the parents.
  14. That'll drop the whole bike, reduce your clearence and slacken your head angle (unless you reduce the PL on the forks too) and then you end up with a slack, sluggish bike that'll constantly bottom out. Their theory is nice, slimmer pedals = better clearence (the number of times i've been had off by the pedal just hanging up on a stump or a rock...) but I can't see it having any benifit on a trials bike other than maybe shedding a bit of weight.
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