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Coust pads have a worthy reputation. I get alot of very strong praise for them, hence the reason I continue to order them from Michel Coustellier (last 5 years) & hand cut them to size as one of the HSB services. The very first set I cut was almost the last since it was a shock how much work the compound takes to cut! The current pads I prepare now benefit from a wipe of a very effective degreaser I've discovered. Squeaky braking straight out of the box! Coust CNC Magura Coust Magura Coust Vee Steve

Hi all, I've not been on the forum for a while, and now I've just logged in I thought I should respond in this thread. Good news #1: After a concerted effort, all orders were sent out to customers on Friday and Saturday last week. All parcels included an apology note and sweets I must say an enormous sorry to all those who had to endure such delays recently. This includes Inur, whom I was speaking to on the phone today confirming the send out of his order today. Many thanks to him for his support. Thanks to all those who have been generous with their comments regarding the integrity of HSB, in the face of my below-par service recently. Good news #2: Expect much better service from now on: Same day email repliesDelivery update emailsOrder parcels containing Sweets and notes How did I get here? Poor time organisation, and it snowed balled from there. No excuses! Future I'm excited about building riders' confidence back in HSB. Quick send out. Quick and informative email replies. Quick and quality support for Team riders too (ref. Ross' comments). I'd like to think that the current gang of riders I've been speaking to recently on email will testify to me stepping up with my energy levels. Having a blip like this has made it starkly clear how fortunate I am to have/be Heatsinkbikes. It's taken alot of work over the past 5 years to build up the product range and respect around the world. It's a priveledge to be involved in the Trials scene. Best regards, Steve Spurgeon P.S. Following the catch-up order send out, if any one doesn't receive their parcel please email me straight away ( steve@heatsinkbikes.com - I'm on my email many times daily, more frequently than the forum) and I will sort it out as quickly as possible.

Good to hear you praising the forum Middleageman! There's a lot of good about this place and the many talented and helpful riders on it! It seems that your verbose posts have irritated some people. I guess people want to talk about Bikes/Trials and get annoyed having to read alot of text. I think I've been guilty of writing the odd essay in the past! Nevertheless, there's plenty to unite us all, so I hope you continue to enjoy it on TF and be patience with us grumpy ones! Steve

Hi all, I caught up with Ben Savage recently for an interview with him. I did try and ask more interesting questions than are often seen in magazines. Big thanks to Ben for his insightful answers! HSB Website ^ PDF at the top left of page. Hope you enjoy it! Happy Xmas and new year! Steve

Great filming Andy! Thanks ever-so-much for doing that to show off Rossy's riding! Ross, I'm jealous of your bike - it's looking fantastic and your riding deserves all the Kudos everyone is giving you. You've come along way since we first crossed paths. Top class riding and a very enjoyable watch! The wider screen is a treat and the music gets my vote too. BTW, I haven't forgotten to get those new pads sent off to you. Great end to the vid! Hard to top the Policeman's contribution! Steve

Sheer riding class Rich! Nice one Luke for filming! Love the music which creates such a mellow mood for the vid Steve

A nice demonstration of the speed of this software in laying down a "Fat beat": http://www.renoise.com/indepth/renoise-new...han-10-minutes/ Steve

The video tutorials quickly put my mind to rest. The previous programs I had used like Protracker (Atari ST) were very simple in comparison, and this evolution seems to have extra sophistication in all the right places! http://www.vincentvoois.com/renoise/ I haven't got my head around the plugins yet. Worth using? Steve

Just discovered Renoise Renoise Wikipedia Page Bang up to date Music composing software based on the classic "Tracker" programs on the computers of Yore. When much younger back in the late 80s/early 90s, I used to be really into composing Tracker Music on my old Atari ST, Just wondering if anyone else was into classic Trackers/Renoise or similar? Steve

The idea was to take as much PC stuff off the table as possible. It's the kitchen table in use for meals during the day, and where I work during the evening. Before the wall mounting, at the beginning of each day I had to disconnect all the cables and pretty much pack it away. Now there is just a keyboard and mouse to lift away and the table is ready. It does help that the laptop is out of reach of children, but they're already getting quite skilled with the wireless mouse at navigating around the Cbeebies website to see their favourite programs! Steve

Here's mine Steve

Hi! 2 names have stood out for me, so I think I'm going to declare the winner: Solar Polar Thanks to everyone who entered! Steve

Hi, A new video from Aurelien Fontenoy, 20" & 26" Jr UCI World Champ and also reigning Jr European Champ. We've been sponsoring Aurelien with HeatsinkBikes.com brake pads since before he became World Champ, and he's won his multiple World & European titles on our pads! His current pads are the new (still to be named!) yellow/white Heatsink Magura pads in plastic backings, which Aurelien himself selected as best from extensive testing of a variety of compounds. In this vid Aurelien takes us through every trials technique. I've not had a chance to see if he's missed any out in the vid! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6xh3f_fo...ues-trial_sport I hope you enjoy! Steve

All the solid info I've found on the WTIs says that you'll have a worrying insecure insert if you screw it into an oversize hole. Trying to fill the gaps with a weaker material isn't the way forward. I wouldn't advise it! If you have some inserts to hand then why not investigate & form an Engineering judgement for yourself. They start at M8 is all I can find. Here's a UK supplier Speciality Fastners My Echo Control has M5 holes tapped into blocks which are 10mm square. So with an M8 hole tapped in it then that's 1mm wall thickness at the tips of the threads. I defer to Luke's first hand experiences on whether this is enough material! I suspect that he did the same on an Echo. I've noticed that the tapped holes on my Echo aren't actually in the centre of the blocks, maybe 0.5mm out vertically. For questions about how to use Keenserts, check out the Tech info link here: June 2008 Catalog Any road, the more people know about thread inserts the better. There's not much to it really, and you can't beat the manufacturer datasheets for the solid information to help you know when and how to use them. An excellent tool up the sleeve of any Mechanical Engineer One thing to look out for - Keenserts are expensive! Definately give the Supplier listed above a ring to see what their prices are like. Steve

The Helicoils dig into the thread of the outer material. If these threads are Epoxy instead of alu, then the pull out strength will of course be much lower. There is such an insert design: The "Keensert" A "Keensert" - Solid barrel with thread outside & inside and 4 locking arms which you hammer down through the theads after it's screwed in For the M5 size, the smallest outer thread I can find is M8: Alcoa Website catalog Just for comparison, here's the "Helicoil" insert (tradename) which is commonly used by Trials riders, generic name "Wire Thread Insert" Wire Thread Insert - Like a coiled spring especially designed to mate with threads inside and out. I hope this helps a bit! I have a helicoil kit around and will dig it out and have a look at the size of the tap which comes with it. If I have a stroke of inspiration to solve your problem then I'll pop another reply in Steve EDIT: The Technical info on my WTIs is here (PDF) They need a 5.2mm Dia hole to do their magic in (The same as Anal's set, and most probabily the same as other WTI sets out there)

Sorry about the wait on a decision! So much choice! It will take me a few more days to properly review all the names posted. The more descriptive names stand out (which create the right sort of punchy mental image) rather than something that matches the colour. Still some time to sneak in a few more entries! Cheers, Steve

Hi, I can't think of any decent names for the new Yellow & White pad compounds that we've just moved to in our CNC Magura, CNC Vee & Magura Powerpad backings HeatsinkBikes CNC Magura versions ^ I'd love to hear your suggestions. I was thinking of picking the winners on Friday evening the 19th of Sept. Free pads in Magura backings (£15 RRP) to those chosen. Multiple entries are ok Best wishes, Steve

Hi! Yes it's an interesting idea, and one that I spent a while exploring. Nothing solid came of it though. Ontop of the extra design complexity, the additional material & machining would be a significant extra cost for my UK manufacture which would push the RRP out of the feasible realm. A shame really, but it's an eternal challenge to keep my business head straight even when intriguing ideas are compelling me for manufacture no matter what! As I create more time for my website improvements I've got some interesting but rejected product ideas which I could put up as food for thought. Interesting CAD models and such. If they're not a match for HSB then who knows, all may not be lost. They could help spark off some more ideas which evolve Trials products further. It's nice to be able to help in a small way with the improvement of Trials components Must get off to bed - I will probabily be back on baby calming duty at about 3am Steve

Hi Ross, I really like this video! You've been really progressing further since last time. Loving the wheel-swap ups to the rails and seeing your skills growing more and more assured all round. Great music and the comedy falls add to the great technique and variety of obstacles to make it a very enjoyable video to watch over and over! Top stuff Steve

Thanks for all your comments so far. I'm really glad that the improvements and the realisation is well received Into this design I've incorporated all the little tweaks which have appeared on the radar since the Mk2s first came out almost 2 1/2 years ago (Mk2s were released on the 25th April '06 it says on the front page of my website!) I get quite direct contact with riders which is really beneficial to help spotting those small changes which really matter as well as the major new features which make the headlines and raise a product above the rest. I'm really chuffed with the extra mounting arrangement, and the machining and finish improvements. A particular good point for me is the improved strength. I must admit to it disappointing me to hear of some Mk2s breaking near the 3 hole region, the same highly stressed point which caused the Bonz adapters to break. I could ascertain in these cases of Mk2 breakage that there was some seriously huge riding going down! Although the breakage rate was very low, to the point that some may judge it acceptable, I strongly took it to heart that a future version needed to be even stronger, rather than skimpier. Alot of time was spent refining the geometry to address this, noticing that when trying a variety of brake arms there was scope to increase the radius between the two levels and beef up the Alu in the right direction to pump up the strength considerably. On the brake pads, Aurelien Fontenoy was trying a variety of HSB compounds whilst competing against the likes of the Coustelliers on the French Competition circuit. He got uncharacteristically excited about one compound and bearing in mind that I had been offering him the Coust pads and he asked for more pads in this new HSB compound over them, it's praise indeed! At the same time as the compound improvement, I've finally got the refills side of things nailed to ensure availability. Looking forward to more of your comments and thoughts as always, Steve

Wow Rich! Another Corker! I'm really liking the development in your editing too I'll get all your vids shown off on my site before the end of the week Steve

Hi, It's a time for new arrivals Available to buy here:http://www.heatsinkbikes.com/?p=veeadapters And through all HeatsinkBikes dealers around the world. The only adapters for 4 bolt frames to feature FOUR mounting positions each side to make sure you find your perfect set-up!NEW: Unlock increased braking power* via the 4th mounting position which moves the pad down the slot towards the arm pivot.Life time guarantee against failure due to materials or manufacture.Revised 3D geometry makes these significantly stronger than the Mk2 around the 3 hole regionFull edge chamfers all around to be kind to your anklesFully machined in the UK to very precise tolerances from solid billet.Super Shiny Hand polished 6086-T6 Heat Treated Aluminium BaseBright Nickel plated custom steel boss.Weight saving cavity machined into underside"H" logo engraved on so it won't rub offComes complete with all M5 fixing bolts needed99g weight for both adapters fitted. * Depending on your frame & wheel set-up Also, we've got some new brake pad set-ups for our backing family: ^ HeatsinkBikes Pad Backings New compounds as approved and used by Aurelien Fontenoy (World Jr Champion) More photos and details & ordering of the revised pad range can be found here: http://www.heatsinkbikes.com/?p=brakepads Many thanks to our customers for their patience and best wishes recently for the birth of our new baby girl! Best wishes! Steve@heatsinkbikes.com

Hi, I was very pleased to receive photos of a 24UK Mk2 build today. This is a bike built up by Thomas Magee in Leavenworth, Washington State, USA, to the following spec: Fork: Pashley/Leeson from Mr. Heatsink Headset: FSA The Pig Stem: 70mmx20degrees (out of the parts bin) Handlebar: 28” with 3” rise (new but really cheap) Grips: BMX style Brakes: Avid SD7 V-brakes with Heatsink CNC backings and pads BB: 68x113 square taper Crank set: Truvative 175mm arms, 22t chainring with BlackSpire GrannyGod bash ring Pedals: Odyssey triple cage (cheap) Seat: Sella Italia Front wheel: Rhyno Light rim (29mm), AtomLab bolt on hub and a 2.3 "Kenda K-Rad tire Rear wheel:Alex DM24 rim (32mm), Hadley 72 p.o.e. through bolt hub, Kenda Kinetics Stick E 2.6 tireRear Mech: Shimano 105 road short cage with six speeds (mix and match) Rear Mech shifter: old Suntour friction shifter (new but cheap) Those forks are specials where the Vee bosses were rewelded 1" lower by Clive Leeson. Forks owned by me for quite a while and I wasn't sure if I should let them go. Great to see them being put to good use again! Some further information from Thomas: Thomas, you're an inspiration to us all! Steve

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If you're still looking for a thread repair kit for Magura 4 bolt mounts (Correct size being M5 x 0.8), I bought one over the phone from the chaps below; http://www.wti-fasteners.co.uk/productslist.php?prodcatid=6 The cheaper kit with the "Screwdriver" type insertion tool. The posh name for it is "M5 x 0.8mm x 1.5D (depth of the insert i.e. 7.5mm) thread repair kit with Free running Wire Thread Inserts" Note that "Helicoil" is a tradename from one manufacturer (like we call Vacuum cleaners Hoovers). Every man and his dog seems to make them now. I reckon that the generic name "Wire Thread Insert" is a better way of talking about them since it perfectly describes what they're about. The Wire Thread Inserts (WTIs) are usually made from Stainless Steel across manufacturers. This kit all comes in a natty little storage box, and features all the key stuff you need namely: 5.2mm Dia drill bit to prepare the hole Tap tool to add the thread for the Wire Thread Insert Screwdriver tool to screw the WTI in with Steel rod to snap off the tang (used for screwing the WTI in) once in position 10 WTIs It cost me £21 for the kit and £2.50 for postage. You can see from the brake pads added for scale, that the box is smaller than you may expect. I just need a little tap wrench to put onto the tap tool and a spare hammer to use with the steel rod to snap off the tang. ^Have to buy: Tap wrench needed to hold the tap I happened to have one already, RS 546-275, £11.30 from www.rswww.com Maybe you can pick up a cheaper one at a local hardware shop. Hope this helps! Steve