Alex Dark

Ill be out, be good to see you boys again

Spanner under the crank, so it supports it. Clamp this into a vice. Then use an appropriately sized socket / socket extension br that rests on / in the bottom bracket axle. Heat the outside of the crank with a heat gun and proceed to twat the socket/extension out and thus the bb. Edit: Or, cut the BB axle so only a small portion is left in the crank, and instead of the spanner, support the crank on a slightly open vice.

Definitely giving today a miss....down for Sunday though?

Weather REALLY looks like shit now Anyone still heading out on Sunday to ride somewhere?

Beaut Rich, inspiring

If you're munching square taper shimano BB's I reckon you're doing something wrong to be honest! Maybe try an XT ( un72 ) ?

Your hope / magura lever will be anodised... you'll need caustic soda or mr muscle oven cleaner mart Bike looks better with the polished stuff, still not too sure on the frame though

Brilliant video, really loved that!

Surely dependant on the grind rather than the rim. I have no idea why a certain im wouldn't work as well, in my experience certain rims stay working longer than others due to a harder aluminium that holds grinds better.

Hey there, been off the bike for a bit so didn't edit this for ages. Not many clips in there as I was busier than i thought id be! Anyway, hope you lot like. Cheers, Alex Dark

Chris kings tend to develop a lot of play in them due to their o-ring system of preloading. Happily CK now sell an after-market part designed to solve this, called the grip-lock.

I quite liked that, music I thought went really well... riding was nice and relaxed, which I prefer to a video where people are pushing themselves so far they get sketchy.

My zhi is 9.4kg.... Pretty much the lightest I'm willing to go

18:12 with 165 cranks I found absurdly heavy...

Viz pro 720 fo shure

In response to your question, try-alls are pretty good. Will it not be a bit wide for what you want though? If youre coming off a DJ rim anyway.

Chris King have a helical spline drive interface..not a ratchet. Ratchets are what typical freehubs ( hope pro2's ) and to my knowledge every freewheel.

In that case I'd head over to chainreaction cycles for MTB parts. Commencal rear hub <<< click Top link there

Oooh I fancy coming with Jake, ill chat to you about it Rich Ill do me best to try and get up there.

Here's a video I made from the March Ride of Cligga Head in Cornwall. Ended up being a zhi video one / group ride really Riders are: James Davies, Matt Pengelly, Jake Norman and Alex Dark. First ride on the Zhi frame so wanted to get plenty of clips...loving it so far though. Music probably isnt to anyones taste! But I was watching an old Kranked and thought it sounded...different. Music is Zebrahead - Get Back As usual comments more than welcome, especially on how to improve riding and editing Cheers, Alex

Mine look exactly like that too.

Bike looks nice, pretty hench. On the subject of front brakes my view is: Avids are great if you do loads of gaps to front etc ...epic hold and pretty light lever feel if they are set up really well with a decent cable on the go. Unfortunately they are pretty weak, I snapped 3. I'm not saying this will happen, but it did to me! My hope had a nicer lever feel than the avid, and marginally better modulation. The hold wasn't anywhere near as good as my Avid was nor was the bite. I never broke one though

badass haha Need to get so low you can lick your knee

Try using boiling water over the crank, then an extension bar off the crank puller like the guy suggested above. If that doesn't work, try striking the end of the crank puller while tightening to shock the crank loose. Last thing to try is loosening the crank bolt right off and riding around until it *hopefully* comes loose Alex