John Shrewsbury
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22 hours ago, LEON said:
Legend, good to see he's still going, he must be nearly 50 now.
47 now, Fairplay.
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37 minutes ago, JD™ said:
If somehow my geo or bb choices offended you then I’m sorry. I hope decisions I made 6+ years ago and had forgotten about haven’t caused you undue stress.
Can we get back to the fact that Marino is dog shit at doing anything other than building a bike, and the people on his side are making it worse rather than better?
As always, I reiterate that I only want that part of his business to be better because I like what he makes.
Any problems or questions with orders contact me direct on here privately or on instagram please.
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15 minutes ago, Ross McArthur said:
Give John Shrewsbury a shout on Facebook. He seems to have been talking to him recently.
I don't have a Marino and doubt ill be riding one again. I'm happy enough just riding the Element I have now.
Yes as Ross has mentioned give me a shout on here or FB and I will sort the problem. I didn’t know so few people were still waiting for frames, sorry.
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Shimano zee’s front and rear with EBC red pads and shimano icetech rotors 203mm. Not had any problems with them for the last 2 years almost now. Couple of crashes and marks on them, other then that there good brakes for around £80 each new. Would like to try the new Shimano deore XT M8020’s which come in 4piston as well. They Cost a little bit more, but I’m guessing the weight difference and with a lever adjustment added. Zee’s just have an Allen key to adjust them.
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5 hours ago, smiddy86 said:
Cheers That's what I was thinking do you no were I could get a replacement bolt
three different places https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/rohloff-chain-tensioner-mounting-bolt-with-washers-long-type-for-13t-sprocket-8257/
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It’s actually meant to be mounted to your dropout hanger. So your kinda missing the bolt which mounts it on there.
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All capliers snap, only reason is because of the brake adapter being so weak. If you run a big fat one as I showed in my previous post you won’t have a problem. The fin weak ones like shimano and hope adaptors don’t take the force. A lot more people these days have transferred to disc brakes which has made the numbers of brakes breaking or snapping. Only some people are lucky to not have the problem yet but I can admit I’ve had my fair share and noticed what’s strong and what lasts. But at the end of the day it’s your choice.
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Shimano 4 pot zee’s, saints or the new XT M8020 are brilliant. Fit a pair of Red EBC pads front and rear and you won’t want to run anything else. Also with matching ICE TECH or slx/zee rotors. Magura’s are good at first but so many people have snapped and cracked levers there not worth the cost, other people will differ as they haven’t had the problem yet. Shimano brakes are good for price, even the low spec deore’s, slx and XT 2 pots are good as long as you fit a good set of pads. Also the only problem why people think calipers break so easy is because you need a fat brake adapter to mount it to, not a weak fin Shimano one. Try Hayes or avid if you search for one.
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Interesting day Bespoked in Bristol today. I managed to see a lot of different types of hand built frames and bicycle company’s including this insane 24inch Bmx street trials bike from @baudou_bikes
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If you start drilling holes in areas where I think you want to drill the frame/fork it will weaken and crack. The reason trials frames don’t have internal rooting or drainage holes is to stop cracks acquiring so it stays stiff for a length of time.
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1 hour ago, Archie H said:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has ever done any sort of modification to a standard fork to make it fully internal routing. Not just through the steerer tube but also down the fork leg and out to the calliper. I was considering doing some hole drilling but I can't work out if it's genius or completely idiotic. Any advise or past experience would be gratefully accepted? Thankyou!
If you can get one of these off the internet or local bmx/bike shop then it will work down through your fork steerer. Don’t think anyone has tried it by drilling holes in the fork leg as it may weaken the leg of the forks and possibly crack. (Bmx star nut)
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New bike built today huge thanks to @marinobike for working so hard to get this frame to the spec and geometry I've wanted for a while
PARTS........
Frame/Forks - custom 26inch MarinoBike
Bars - NS Proof/ Sam pilgrim
Stem - BBB 90/35
Headset - cheap bmx one
Grips - Mafia bmx/ Harry main
Brakes - Shimano zee 4 pot
Brake pads - EBC Reds
Rotors - Shimano XT 203mm
Bottom bracket - Shimano XT
Cranks - Raceface turbines 175
Front sprocket - Shimano 22T
Pedals - Dmr V8
Bash guard- custom made / Euan beaden
Chain - kmc z610
Rear sprocket - onOne 17T
Hubs - Hope Pro 4 trials/Standard front
Front Axle - custom made / Euan beaden
Rims - Spank Spike 33s
Tyres - Maxxis holy rollers 2.4
Saddle - Affix bmx
Bolts - Titanium throughout
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@JoshLeech or @euanbeaden, both on Instagram/Facebook and great engineers.
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14 hours ago, Luke Rainbird said:
Cheers John. Has he stuck a disc mount on a Hex for you? I'd love a DD Hex, but have always been put off by the expense of heat treating etc - as much as I've had hairline cracks welded without treating before I'm not sure whether a disc mount would be a little much.
Edit; They're 7005. I seem to recall that being a little less critical with heat treating, but may well be completely wrong on that. You've started naughty thoughts in my mind, Shrewsbury, and not just the usual ones...
This is the hex I had josh weld a mount and inner brace plus carbon wrapped it. Still got the frame so I'll get some more closer pictures. It worked great for couple of years plus I dont think it ever cracked.
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Martyn Ashton talks about Ashton Bikes
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I recently went through the garage to find my first ever Ashton Ed Tongue frame. Rode it till it cracked, then received a second one to ride which didn’t last long because I had a Leeson 24inch in brown colour on the way. That was around the time Matt berridge had a Curtis one made in Racing Green. Leeson made a few frames for certain people and it started to kick off. I went back to 26inch for a little while, then Inspired brought out the first 24inch fourplay too the public to buy in black. That frame is still around in my mates garage in mint condition. That followed on to the brown one then the Racing green.
Then the Hex was on the cards..............