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  5. Innertubes

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    Posted · Edited by Wet Banana

    Buy Asda/Wilkinson/Tesco cheap tubes and use a Maxxis Dual Ply tyre. Namely a "Maxxis Minion 2.5" Dual-Ply Super-Tacky".

    I've used that combo for well over 5 years and I've never had a pinch flat even on some very sharp heavy edges.

    Failing that, go tubeless. Fatmike did a guide a few years ago and it worked pretty well, but was quite expensive from what I remember.

  6. Pimping A Cheap Bike

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    You get what you pay for.

    It's not so much the case now, but quite a while ago, if you bought a cheap trials frame, the geometry would be utter shite. Onza springs to mind, in roughly 2001-2003 basically all thier frames rode quite badly compared to what was also on the market at the same time, then they sort of caught on and decided to copy Koxx with the Levelboss/T-pro and then Zoo! with the Pitbull/T-Rex and the rest is history, now we even have Zona and all that. Even still, why do they still make and sell the T-Bird? They should just put all the cheaper parts onto a T-Pro frame and get rid of the T-Bird all together.

    Could be slightly biased, as I'm not a mod fan ^_^

  7. Broken Bike Stands Please

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    I made one a long long time ago in my later years at school, I'll see if I can find some pictures or digg out the stand and take some.

    It's pretty good actually, I still use it every now and again. Has height adjustability, removable legs, and a tool tray etc.

    I used a test tube clamp from the labs for the clamp, and it worked really well haha.

  9. Spoke Length?

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    Posted · Edited by Wet Banana

    www.wheelpro.co.uk/spokecalc

    You'll need the ERD of the rim, which you can either measure yourself spoke hole to spoke hole (effectively just the inside diameter of the rim), and the hub flange measurements of the King. The Hope ones are actually on the wheelpro site (wheelpro calculatr used to be on Hopetech, don't know if it still is)

  10. Drinking And Weight Gain?

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    I've put on a stone in about 6 months because of getting wasted.

    My theory is that the extra weight gain is due to Ken's Fried Chicken's "Mega Meal Deal" with chicken burger, 6 wings, 2 fries and can of soft drink, that I always end up eating after clubbing when I've got the munchies. Damn Turks.

  11. When You Think Old School What Do You Think ?

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    Home made bashrings.

    Tar/coke on your rim.

    50mm CNC stems.

    Tioga DH tyres with the side knobbles cut off to clear your 11" £99 'Ultimate Hardware' dual slalom frame.

    Breaking an LX freehub every few weeks.

    DCDs (with Union Jack if you were lucky!).

    Full kevlar-covered seats in yellow or red.

    Oh the fun we had...

    Edit: Will edit as/when I think of more :D

    All of that ^ , and;

    Raceline yellow maguras (the mega fat ones)

    Sram PC38 and KMC Z chains

    Club roost grips

    SQ taper cheap cranks that rounded off after one drop

    Gloves with carbon fibre knuckle protectors

    Single cage pedals

    Hope O2s

    Ashton's Cannondale

    Hawzeees Giant

    Patsy Kensit narrating Dirty Tricks and Cunning Stunts

    Good times.

  19. Road Bike For Sub 250 Squids

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    I'm not much of a roadie, but I'm getting fat and I think buying a road bike will solve all my problems :ermm:

    Anyway, I purely can't be bothered to spend more than 250 quid as I "might" not use it as much as I'd like to and whats the point really of spending any more.

    So, I've been pondering over this;

    http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B2102.html

    Doesn't look too bad. CB used to have a good name back in the day, don't know about now though.

    I think it's the best I'll get for the price to be honest but what do you think?

  22. The Mighty Boosh Thread

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    Posted

    yeah,

    in my experience they all dress the same, listen to similar generic music and really dont have a clue about life, at my college you just get every other tool wearing eye shadow and dying their hair wearing shite skinny jeans and girls jumpers trying to be different and thinking their fashionable,. when they dont know the first thing about clothing and again just wear henleys or some other shit brand etc

    Yeah you've pretty much summed up college right there.

    Uni is something different.

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