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such short chain stays takes the fun out of riding imo. Still seems like a good looking frame. Not much different to the old really. Far from the geo i would ride though.

Looks good. Can only be an improvment really. I'll be taking the plunge as my xbox broke recently. EDIT; why has it not been advertised?

If you start with a small enough drill bit you wont have a problem. Your just not holding it still by the sounds of it. I've never slipped on metal. Maybe that some with experience. I personally wouldnt bother drilling it though.

Anyone gone from a mod to pure trials 24? Would be interesting to hear view on this.

Do you know the geometry and weight of this frame as im unsure as to get one of these or the echo lite. I'm going back to rear rim brake now.

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What would be a fair price to build a wheel for somone? It takes a lot of effort and skill. My lbs quoted me £70.00 for two mod wheels. I thought that was expensive. Maybe im wrong.

Sorry i meant they cannot take the frictional force at all well, like you said

I'm pretty sure the i everything apple inc the touch and ipad will get the 4g softwear update. So what will be the difference between the 3gs on 4g softwear and the 4g?

It seems these days trials uk has very poor customer service. This is why they are not used really. At least not by the people on here. More on topic, just because your tall a long frame is not the answer. The top 15 riders in the world ride short mod bikes.. Dont go really long and end up regretting it. The long zoo! lynx and echo lite are not too long, so these may be ideal for someone your height. Hope this helps.

Amazing. Must have a good few bails making some of the things he did in this video. Really enjoyed it!

He tried them at the top of the hill static and they just stuck to the rim. As he went down the hill at the top the pads didnt even work. Agreed pad height on the rim was not good but thats the best he can get with his mounts at the moment. They were perfectly parallel though. I know people are trying to come up with an excuse for why this happened. If you were there you would have seen and been just as shocked as we were. Looking at the pads again tonight. I can bed my fingernail right into them is that right ? I think not. Anyway, as for a solution, he has bought new forks and a disk. This thread was merely to show you what happened to the pads and not to slate them in anyway, im sure they are very good and he has just been unfortunate. Or maybe krisboats is right and they are not subject to any friction.

Thats what actually happened for those interested.

Just put your opinion forward here mate

Aye thats him. So the general thing is that you cant use your brake to stop on a trials bike going down a hill? So why has no-one else had this problem then? Also he has just told me that he did no feather the brake at all he simply pulled it to stop.. Are they meant to melt away when you do that as well?

Cheers for that. Used copper grease worked a treat.

Well not really i would like to think they last longer than going down one hill. He wasn't even going very fast. As for sticking to the rim like tar.. This was the problem, after he put them on he pulled the brake and the pistons didnt even return as the pads stuck onto the the rim. This i know for sure is not right. Yea..he the moment he had used them. Then we looked at the bottom of the slope. I asked if he had used the front brake all the way down and he said no. Granted they were not set up perfect. It was the best he could do with what he has. I'd say the melting temperature is extremely low in these pads. They didnt melt due to going down a hill for 15 mins at 40mph with the brake on. Some of you have some fair points. I cant belive you are trying to defend these pads. They are surely not ment to do that going down a small hill for about 10 seconds. Thats like saying you can only feather your brake going to front wheel a hand full of times before the pads are shot.

I meant the flouro finnish. He wasn't travelling at a high speed. Even if he was they should not do that the very moment you used them. He said they feel like they stick before we rode off. Then went down the hill and they were like that at the bottom. He hadnt even dragged his brake because i could hear him using his back one. He they felt odd then we looked and they were like this.

About as fast as a run. So probably 12 /15 mph. The compound seemed very sticky. Not right to me. Pads are normally very hard to the touch. Nothing was on the rim. It was brand new

I'm sure the lads at tarty bikes will understand, he is going to ring them tomorrow. It might be worth them stating they cannot be used on fluro rims?

I know we couldnt believe it. The wheel is awesome though. Very light. Well worth the money. Shame it seems to eat brake pads

My friend bought a new wheel yesterday. The neon full build front from tarty, he also bought a set of TR pads to go on the front as he hates the screech of stoping with a front grind! To the shock of us both he literally road down the road put the brake on and the pads melted leaving hard rubber all over his new rim, making it unusable as any other pad will now stick to the melted brake pad (we did try) and of course rinsing the pads to an unusable state. He is going to ring tarty tomorrow and explain. That aside i think this is pretty bad. Anyone else had any problems with these? Maybe the fact the rim is white had something to do with it? Sorry about the poor photo but its dark eh.

Is it advisable to lube a bottom bracket in (if so what type of lube?) or to thread lock it in? Cheers shay

i think people get used to a loud brake and the associate a good working brake with a loud one. If your pads are quiet and work well you'll get used to it. Its just having faith in a quiet brake really. If your unlucky then they just havent bed in yet