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  1. Gultimate, '06 Naturally

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    Nice :) What's the weight?

    8,79kg

    Good luck with fitting a new tyre on with that rear V. ;)

    Looking fresh. B)

    Actually, there's still few milimeters left between the cable and bold tyre. Should be fine with a new one. Anyway, I ride 99,9 street and 95% in dry so a slick tyre isn't an issue.

    Bike looks awesome man, how're you finding that front tyre?

    First of all, it is unbelieveably light - 360g. My previous tyre was Maxxis MaxDaddy 2,25 so it wasn't a trials-specific tyre too. Given the one ride I've had on the new setup, I don't find any difference in grip between both.

  2. Gultimate, '06 Naturally

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    I've just switched from a BB7 to vee today and, after the first ride, the front brake works horribly. It locks the wheel instantly with no modulation and it's mega loud. I'm scared of riding above 5mph as the breaking would be followed by falling off the bike. I think it's because of Plaz pads and painted rim. I'll probably look for either standard avid pads or coustvees.

  7. New Front Wheel

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    I got this:

    http://www.schwalbe.com/gbl/en/bicycle/bmx...tn_subPoint=BMX

    The 2.0 version that came to me is 360g. And it has a less slick tread I think. 1119g full front wheel, including inner tube and skewer.

    I doubt Dob mag rims would be capable of taking titanium spokes. I heard that you need more tension to get the same wheel stiffness as in the case of steel spokes. Steel spokes tension already pulls nipples through Dobs.

  8. New Front Wheel

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    "Chosen" hub? One of these things http://www.chosen-hubs.com/pro-detail.php?...d=48&id=253

    That's pretty light, not sure what my front wheel is, shouldn't be too much more. Dob rim 318g, Neon hub 150g, and standard Mutiny spokes/nipples. Around 600g's full weight I'm thinking?

    It's another hub model - A1266B:

    http://allegro.pl/item361234391_chosen_a12...rzod_szosa.html

    you picked heavy spokes, 2mm no need for front wheel

    The problem is Dt Swiss does not make lighter spokes for 20' wheels. They start from 200mm. I need 180mm :(

  9. New Front Wheel

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    Hey Adam, could you specify the weights of the rim and spokes separately? Would like to see, where I can save some more grams. My new front wheel is Dob (335g) + Dt Champion spokes (152g) + Dartmoor alu nipples (10g) + Chosen hub (80g)=577g. I thought it was already a superlight wheel. Apparently I was wrong :)

  19. Biketrials Survey

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    The survey summary is completed. It contains all raw submissions and simple tables with questions, options, number of votes, and percents.

    Sometimes percents for a given question do not add up to 100%. They maybe less than 100% when some respondents skipped this question, then it can exceed 100% in case of multiple choice (checkboxes) question.

    I had to disqualify some responses (they are shown in the results file), e.g. when somebody just clicked "submit" without answering any question or when somebody declared to live outside the UK and still continued to complete the whole questionnaire.

    Surprisingly, some people were unsure about their sex and left the question empty, maybe I should have added more options for this question ;)

    Let me know if the file doesn't work.

    The link: http://www.biketrials.byethost9.com/results/uk.xls

    I hope the results will lead to further improvement of British trials shops so you can enjoy riding biketrials even more :)

  20. Biketrials Survey

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    i did your questionnaire, simply because your name is zordon and thats f**kin epic

    Power Rangers and marmalade ;) Actually, I have not seen an episode of this.

    Ok, the survey is finished. I did not expect such a huge response within 72 hours. I received almost 100 results from the UK survey and over 120 from the Polish one. Big thanks to everyone who participated!

    Now I am going to make some sort of summary. I will post it here soon. Thanks once again!

  21. Biketrials Survey

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    We have few possibilities of writing a master's thesis at my uni. We can write a totally theoretical one (this may be a dissertation with specific goals etc.), or based on company internship, based on a public opinion survey, or to write a project of something (like business plan). All depends on the supervisor we choose. My first supervisor was from the logistics department, which demanded to write a thesis based on a internship. I had no idea what I could write about, then the idea of a master's thesis on biketrials came to me. I changed the supervisor and started to write something much more interesting than boring academic stuff. I had to prepare a set of hypotheses and this survey will prove them right or wrong. That's my main task.

    Good luck to you with your dissertation, too. Hope it will be successful :)

  23. Biketrials Survey

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    if it wouldn't take to much of your time, i'd like to see the reults on a graph or something :)
    Well designed questionnare (Y) As Ogre said, the results would be interesting!

    Ads

    I'll put all raw data into an excel file, make some summary and post it here when it's done (Y)

    Doing it now. Is that the working title? I just wondered if it might be a little vague and non-specific?

    When I started my studies, my faculty was called management and marketing. After some time it changed to management but actually the courses taught here didn't change at all. My specialty is international business and we study a lot of management and marketing subjects in international aspects. Good thing is that all courses are in English and we study in international environment (with students from all over Europe coming to Poland for a semester or two). We can write master's thesis on a very broad range of topics (e.g. logistics, econometrics, marketing, management, entrepreneurship etc.). I wanted to write about something I love, which is biketrials of course. To fit into "international" some more I decided to conduct a survey in two countries. The thesis is in English so one day, when I defend it successfully (in a year or so), I can post the whole text here :)

    Once again thanks for your time, the number of completed questionnaires is already impressive. Keep them coming :)

  24. Biketrials Survey

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    Thanks dudes! Keep them coming :)

    My master is in management (international business). We have a lot of laugh at Erasmus/Socrates students from Spain, who barely can speak English in classes :P

  25. Biketrials Survey

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    Posted · Edited by Zordon

    Hi,

    I am writing a master's thesis. The topic is - "The consumer behaviour on the biketrials market in Great Britain and Poland". To finish it, I need to conduct a survey amongst British and Polish trials riders. I have prepared a questionnaire for you. It contains 17 questions regarding mainly your preferences about online trials stores. It should take 10 minutes to complete it.

    THE SURVEY IS OVER, LINKS REMOVED

    I know there are many surveys around and you may be bored of them but this one is about biketrials so I hope it will be interesting to you as well. Please, take your time and fill it in. You will greatly help me. Moreover, the survey's results will be available for anyone interested so they can improve trials stores and, ultimately, your satisfaction as customers.

    It will be very kind of you if you also share the questionnaire's link with your trials riding friends. I need to collect at least 50 completed questionnaires (preferably 100).

    If you have any questions, do not hesitate to post it here or send me a PM.

    Thank you for your help in advance :)

    Best regards,

    Zordon

    EDIT: Ok, the survey is finished. I did not expect such a huge response within 72 hours. I received almost 100 results from the UK survey and over 120 from the Polish one. Big thanks to everyone who participated!

    Now I am going to make some sort of summary. I will post it here soon. Thanks once again!

    EDIT2: The survey summary is completed. It contains all raw submissions and simple tables with questions, options, number of votes, and percents. Sometimes percents for a given question do not add up to 100%. They maybe less than 100% when some respondents skipped this question, then it can exceed 100% in case of multiple choice (checkboxes) question. I had to disqualify some responses (they are shown in the results file), e.g. when somebody just clicked "submit" without answering any question or when somebody declared to live outside the UK and still continued to complete the whole questionnaire. Surprisingly, some people were unsure about their sex and left the question empty, maybe I should have added more options for this question. Let me know if the file doesn't work.

    The link: http://www.biketrials.byethost9.com/results/uk.xls

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