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If it's canadian, by the paint job I'd say it's a dobermann (here), but those frame are made (yes made, not painted) in the same city where I live. So it would probably have gotten posted on the local forum, way before here, so there could be some doubt. But then again if christian@simtrabikes.com rode it there could be some damn good chance it's them since the cyclesimtra headquarters are in the region also... Anyways, if it's a dob, that's definitely my next frame! Also, side note, the rear tire is a Arrow Racing prime bite, and those are quite rare tires and so it happens one of the local shop, with who dob deals with sells arrow racing. Hope I'm right... but of course the only way to tell if I'm right is in a year. EDIT: to add a bit of credibility to my post, dobermann makes, or at least wanted, to make custom frames.

I'd change the frame if I were you, you can get a pretty penny for a msille you' know? Have you ever thought of keeping the suspended fork? Since you already used to riding a suspension fork, you can probably use it to your advantage at least more than the average trials rider. But then again, that depends on what kind of style you would like to ride later on, I suggest you watch a couple of videos to give you a better idea. But from your current setup, I'm guessing you ride street/park/dirt jump. So since you already have skills with that, it would be cool for you to integrate it in your riding though I don't know your intentions. If you could give us a general idea of what type of riding you would like to get to, it could help allot in some choices... comps, natural, street... ?

Yeah, SS in the way to go, I find, less stuff hanging off your bike, less to brake. If you want to do it yourself, tool-wise, you'll need just need a freehub tool, they're really cheap and can find useful for other stuff. Of course you *should* used a chain-whip, but a wrag can do the job. Parts wise, you'll need spacers [i'd suggest the Endless Bike co. fibonacci kit, using the the fibonnacci series you can space any hub within 1mm] and a cog, the wide-base type are preferable since they won't chew up your freehub body. Here's how to do it. -Take wheel off frame removing the QR, if you have one that is. -Place the wrag or chain-whip in place. -Put the "freehub" tool, I don't know the exact name, looks like some BB tools, on top of the axle. -Take everything a part, remove the cassette. -Put what a couple of spacers in, put the cog in then put the rest of the spacers in, don't tighten every thing up yet, carefully put the wheel in the drop outs and check if your chain line is straight, it most probably won't, so you'll have to move some spacers around until it's perfect, really perfect. -Tighten everything up, put the wheel back on and go ride. Of course, you'll need to shorten the chain (maybe buy a chain-tensionner) remove the derailleur and it's shifter...

To top off Jon0's post, are you sure your chain line is straight?

Maybe not to trials specific, still gets me around .

If you're gonna have that much viruses, I guess you'll want them in alphabetical order!

I probably have one of the most unique story as to how I got about to trials. As kid I always liked riding xc mtb. One day, while fixing my brakes I put them way to tight for xc and started doing endoes, 90 degree endo with a 90 degree hop on my rear wheel. A few months after my first "trials" experienced, when ever I could I would little tricks like that using my brakes. Then one day I got my bike stolen, so the insurance company let my get a bike of the same componentry so I got a bike with a more streetish frame geo. At wish point my mates were also getting into biking but most of us didn't want to ride trails (not trials) anymore so we started doing gaps, jumps, drop and such. Of course I would have lots of fun on a dirt jump, but I could get the same feeling doing abubacas and basic street/trials moves. So one day I was doing a stair gap, from one flight of stairs to another, something like a 8' gap landing in stairs. But the landing stairs were not good and weren't straight so on landing, I spun out and crashed my collarbone on the rail right beside it. I was lucky enough not to break it and to wear a fullface helmet because I couldn't find my regular one that day. But since then I stopped mtb freeriding, got a set of 24" wheels, a trialsy frame and ride a sweet blend of trials and mtb street. Ooh yeah, without a front brake for some reason...

Ehm I guess I could , but I'm not from the uk and don't know mbuk nor team halfords. Could you help me out a bit, it would be greatly appreciated!

Well I had just bought my new frame, while putting it together at the shop, everything looked good. I thought I would be able to get away without using a tensionner. I went riding with it and I was getting chain slap (when the chain hits the chain stay) so I modified a derraileur, it worked for a while but it was really ugly, bulky, in the way and made lots of the noise because it was on the metal part next to the roulette and not on the roulette, I had lost the part to put the cable in. Anyways, that ended up breaking it so I was thinking as to how to make my own, I tried plexiglass and other plastics they just kept breaking, so I was looking for some kind of piece of metal to use, I couldn't find any. So I thought I'd go buy something the day after, I went looking on the Internet for previously homemade tensionners, as expected "use a piece of metal this and this size". On my desk was a lying a spoon, so I decided to give it go. And it's still working good after a week after.

I snapped an Endless Lifetime [here] at the headtube welds, don't know how I did it, it just broke rolling down the street, so I don't know what cracked it before... You can see a picture here.

It's back up now, I think the whole serveur hosting my blog crashed yesterday.

I used a really thin spoon, it can bends sideways alot, but is stiff vertically.

I had thought of using a fork, but the one that I have at home aren't sturdy enough and I also discovered there's no real use to be able to slide it up and down, you'd just want it as small as possible, to be closer to the chainstay and if it was to far away, it would just wobble like mad. But the tablespoon is really a good idea, I'll try it if I ever break the one I have now. Thanks for the comments guys!

So yeah, I made my chain tensionner with a spoon, here's a link to my blog. I explained how-to do it and included some pictures. All comments welcome! here Oups, here it is . ^

You might also want to take a look at the tioaga Team DH, they also come front/rear, so you could have a matching set .

Well if you tried a crank puller, ehm I guess you could try taking it out with the BB (some BBs can be removed with one crank still on) if you have pinch bolts, wich I highly doubt if you used a crank puller and don't seem to have 3-piece cranks, you could try prying the "pinch slot" bigger, with a big flat head screw driver. If I understand what your'e saying correctly, you stripped your cranks. So you can't use them again I guess, so you could cut a horrizontal line across the crank. Then they could be removed easly with a mallet and save your BB from possible damage, if you remember not to cut to deep. Else, giver' with a mallet and penetrating oil... Good luck, Louis.

Pros, good power, more selection than just the hs33... Con, needs a the mounts and hub for it, I would prefer riding them on a stock or 24"er, because I think you'd have higher chances of hitting the disk on a mod then on a stock. Take in consideration wish way you tipicaly sidehop, also.

Allright, thanks, it's working verry well!

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to get the forum to be like other forum, to have all the replies all ready on the page, without having to click them individually from the thumbnail. If what I'm saying isn't verry clear, I'd like the forum to be like on here. I looked pretty much everywhere I thought it would be, my controls, the forums help files and such. Any kind of help would be appreicated

Hi, I guess introducing myself could be a good start on a new forum. I'm 15 from Ottawa, Canada, though my mother-tongue is french, please pardon my spelling/grammar. I've always been fascinated by trials and after a big crash, last year, I switched from freeride/urban to trials/street. Even thought I'm progressing pretty fast, I'm hopping to get some finesse reading from much better riders than me. Cheers' - Louis.