J Trials 31
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What happened to BMX-forum or is it still around?
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what about canada http://www.hbtrials.com/product.php?productid=16402&cat=252&page=1
google is your friend!
Not looking to spend that much right now, but will start saving and just keep looking used.
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i can get them for £50 but with postage on top it wouldn't be worth it, give webcyclery a ring or send them an email they'll get probably order you one in
Yeah, I've contacted all the U.S. dealers and there all out
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Yeah my Zm2 is pretty flexy, I figured I needed one. Hoping to hold out for a TNN one but their pretty pricey, hard to find, and no one seems to want to let there's go haha
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As the topic says, is there a way you can determine whether you should use a booster? Or should you just always have one on hand to try.
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definitely! you cant go wrong aslong as the brake is set up and bedded in properly, it will work amazingly
that is provided you get a hope or a decent brake, i had an echo and that wasnt bad after it bedded in, was much better with some hope pro pads in.
I haven't used an Echo but I'm sure they're good, I highly recommend the hopes, been using them for quite a while now and they're perfect. Magura Louise and Martas are great as well
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I'm sure that's true, I'm no Neil T or anything, but I never had it skip on me or anything
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Good that Dani's still gonna do BIU anyway, wish he could do both, but I'm sure he has a family and other responsibilities at this point in his life that are more important
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I'd heard they were terrible and such but I ran one for a year without problems, guess if just depends if you luck upon a good one or not.
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I've ridden with maggies, vees, and disc on the rear in the past and if set up properly they're all great, if you want to give it a go, just make sure you have a frame with both maggie and disc mounts that way you can swap back if you want.
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I had one of these as my first "real" trials bike. Terrible geo, I think the wheelbase was somewhere around 1010mm and I kept rubbing my shoes on the tire when I had my foot forward and turned, but it did get me started off right. Mine was the black and gold one. LOL. It's really up to you, I would never personally buy one again, but if it gets you going for cheap why not?
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Alright, well I'm not too sure what it was really but I rebled it with a new jug of blood and it's working fine. Now to find some TNN clamps and booster and some pads.
Thanks for the help guys, I used a lot of your tips so it all helped out considerably. I think it's safe to say that it didn't freeze or if it did it didn't bother anything. -
RB levers are known for leaking. But that would make it lose pressure during use...
Either it's holding air, your bleeds suck or the seals are bust.
That's all I can think of.
Alright, yeah it worked perfect before and it wasn't even bled by me, it was bled by the person I bought it from, so I'll give a few things a try. How would you be able to figure out if it's holding air or if the seals are bad?
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Well would anyone know why it lost pressure over that time and worked crappy after it sat then? Just water evaporation?
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Mine weren't all that close to the rim and weren't even lined up properly as I stripped my hub and was checking all that out and just threw the wheel back on there to roll it over to the corner.
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Come on Dave! He said in the thread it wasn't frozen now, just that it was sat still during the last winter and now it's fooked. He's wondering if that could have caused the problems he's experiencing now.
I'd say give it a damn good bleed, check that the lever isn't bottoming out before the pads have a chance to lock the rim. You also mentioned that the whole "cylinder thing was moving", did you mean the master cylinder in the lever was moving? In what way is it moving?
It does seem to be bottoming out before the pads hit the rim if I have it barely screwed in, but I haven't given a full lookover yet. Does anyone know if it makes a difference when you bleed it if it's screwed out where it's not even in there or if it's just screwed in a little ways? Also what do you mean by having the bleed screw at the highest point? Yes, it's not clamped down to the bar because I had to loosen it to bleed it, I have been bleeding it with blood, but I may take it off and give a good bath bleed, was just using the blood because it's starting to get cold here and you know what that means.
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Dunno actually. If I get back round to riding the long bike again it'll probably be another Bionic. It lasted well for the price!
Where do you get your Bionic stuff? Nice riding mate, one of the best vids I've seen in a while! Loving the Foo Fighters in most of your vids as well!
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The only one I've used out of those was the Tensile 60 and I highly recommend against it, I've blown up 2 of them and I'm not the greatest of riders. I quite like my Monty and my White Industries though.
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Bleed it?
Yeah, I've bled it twice, but I guess it's possible some air got in there.
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RB's are sensitive at the best of times, through in water freezing in the lines - expanding and pushing on the seals probably is a recipe for disaster, normally if your brake freezes the "easiest" thing for the brake to do is to push your callipers our as it will offer the least resistance, if the pistons are set up too close or whatever then it can split your hose or f**k your seals.
Well that's not it then I guess, I don't see any leaking and it definitely didn't slit the hose either, it seems very weak. It's not like it's slowly going out, it's just weak. The pads that I've tried won't even hold. I've tried my Tryall Croco reds, Plazmatic Crm's and Tango 44's. Given though, all these pads are quite worn as well and I have to set them up pretty close to the rim as well. I'm looking around for some TNN clamps and booster as well because I'm running no booster and the old style Echo clamps
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No it would no longer be frozen, if it would have froze it would have last winter, and it has been inside for that entire time, but it's been in the basement where it's not climate controlled.
Your right it could be anything at this point. The pistons definitely aren't moving as much as they should, I hate that this happened as it was working perfect before I parked it.
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Looks pretty nice except for that stem and Evo adaptors
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Well I had my magura on my bike and I stripped the rear hub so the bike sat for a year and I didn't even touch it, it has a water bleed so I suspect it might have frozen. I've rebleed it twice and am still not getting any power out of it, so I'm worried it might have screwed up something, I sure hope not as it's got my uber nice RB lever on it. Also does anyone know if the entire cylinder thing in the middle of the RB is supposed to move? I can move the entire thing all the around?!?
I've also tried 3 different pad setups so I don't think that's it. I did just get new wheels in from Tart with a fresh grind put on them by them as well.
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Great looking bike man! They have one in a high BB or is this it?
My Steed - 2011 Echo Pure
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That's lovely man! Sure it's as light as a feather as well.