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Hi all, After a few years of absence, and in time for the 20th anniversary of Heatsink Bikes, the Heatsink Chain Tensioner is now available to buy! https://www.heatsinkbikes.com/tensioner Free postage & double sided Heatsink chainstay protector for a limited period! As is often the way, good news comes in pairs - Heatsink V Adapters are coming next week! Steve
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Chem trails will do that
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Need some rims to fit an old school bike - what's the best options here? Doesn't seem to be a lot of choice out there for rim brakes Ideal would be something like a d521 and something a bit lighter up front.
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On this site you can order just the perfect containers for your food business! https://mcdonаldpaper.com/safepro-eco-sbcs1000-3-8x8x1-5-inch-42-oz-3-compartment-bio-square-fiber-tray-300-cs/ - I'm very glad to have found this site, and that's why I recommend it to you, because it has the best products!
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That is super nice work! Well done!
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Holy sh*t at 0:46! How the hell does he control the bike.
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Failed to understand during a recent London visit how I was able to get an impressive 4G network whilst travelling on the jubilee line from Canning Town to Westminster watching YouTube content, but struggled to get decent 4G/5G when outside on the streets.
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Thought the frame could do with a freshen up for 2024. Really happy with the colour, used some funky 2k aerosol lacquer on this too that seems to have come out really well. reworked the carbon frame protectors, skinned them again in plain black carbon instead of the green I had previously.
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Looks awesome! I always fancied a Leeson with the peg conversion, if only I could go back in time!
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Adulting continues! Picked up our brand new Seat Arona FR on Friday, full dad wagon
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Only thing is the finish now of the frame as it’s quite dull.
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Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
richard0800 replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
I found using greater stopping power pads on the rear can solve the problem in a different way. rear lever still feels squisy, but when riding, both brake preformed pretty much 90% alike.(hose 70cm vs 220cm) I ordered stiffer 170cm hose for rear brake, but since the pads strategy went well, I didn't bother. -
Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
La Bourde replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
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).
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Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
Daan replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
Perhaps be (even more) picky with the bleed? I find it unnoticeable on my bike when the bleed is perfect (and I'm pretty anal-retentive myself about these things). With Hope T3V4, MT5s, Shigura, Hayes, no issues at all, at least not lever feel related To get the last bits of air out, I sometimes hang my brakes vertically overnight with the lever clamped down. Hit it with a screwdriver handle once in awhile to dislodge bubbles so they can all move towards the lever, next day slowly release the lever, do a fluid top up and all good. -
Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
Sam Song replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
Yes, I forgot to mention. Adjusting the reach to further out definitely helps but I find the rear brake to be noticeably softer and engaging closer to the bar still. -
I definitely agree with all three of you guys. It seems like as long as he's able to stay in his warp speed flow state he's magic, but in the big comps when something interrupts that flow, things fall short. Missed flags and the lot. But he's still my favorite comp rider to watch. Style and creativity for days. And he's got the power to back it up now.
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Wasn't sure where to put this video but I laughed so hard watching this.
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Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
Ross McArthur replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
You don't mention anything about lever reach. Have you experimented by screwing the lever reach adjuster further out? -
Charlie had no pressure on this competition, and that's probably why he did so well there. I guess it will be different on world cups and such. It's what happened the past years too...
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Rear hydraulic disc brakes feeling soft. Am I being too sensitive?
Canardweb replied to Sam Song's topic in Trials Chat
When I owned a MTB, I felt the same. I guess that's due to riding dual HS33 for so long and being used to having the same lever feeling on both sides... One of the bad sides of riding mod was getting used to two different levers actually. It took some time! -
I have been riding a Norco Manifesto street trials bike for a couple years. And since then I have gone through many fancy disc brakes, but only to finally settle with the Avid BBDB mechanical disc brake released over 20 years ago. Brakes I have tried - Saint M820 - "Shigura" with Magura caliper and Shimano lever - TRP DHR Evo All those brakes in the front felt great. In the back however, there were a couple issues being: - The rear brake feeling softer than front - The rear lever engagement not being far enough from the bar, even with a fresh bleed. I understand that the hose will expand more for the longer rear brake hose length, but it was always cut to the shortest length possible. And the even if I added as much fluid as possible in the back brake with the pads pushed out + using a thinner bleed block, I could not get the rear brake to engage at the same spot as the front brake, with the rear brake engaging closer to the bar. Though the brakes were still useable, the discrepancy between the front and the rear brake could not be unnoticed. Any of you feel the same way with hydraulic disc brakes? Or am I being too sensitive? With my Avid BBDB mechanical, the discrepancy between the front and the rear brake is not as noticeable as with hydraulic brakes.
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Love watching Charlie runs although you get the feeling that he not taking it seriously because he just wants to go through at warp speed with style.
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