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  3. The Happy Thread

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    I am about to rent a 125 cc chopper and ride along in Lanzarote, Canary island

    SO.MUCH.FUN

    I rented a 125 scooter a couple of years ago while on holiday in Majorca with the lady. Spent the day hooning around the island checking out different beaches etc.

    I had an awesome time, she feared for her life!

  7. Weight weenies

    in Trials Chat

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    We have some Ti spokes knocking around here at work, and a local BMX racing company were happy to cut them to length for me.

    In the end though I opted out. I've heard a lot of negative reviews of ti spokes, they stretch a lot more when building so can be an arse to deal with in a trials build where semi-regular tweaking is required, cost alot, and are less durable

  13. The Angry Thread.

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    Hmm, the axle bolt is in the middle of the dropout - I wouldn't say it was that bad? Grub screw tesioners is a win! At first glance I thought that part of the frame was there to protect the cog from failed side hops... :giggle:

    Yeah it's in the middle of the dropout but the dropout looks huge, they could have knocked at least 5mm from the inside and still had acres of adjustment. I also like the comments on that photo as if no one has ever used bolt tensioners before.

    Pics?

  14. instant engagement hubs

    in Trials Chat

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    Same as the 'anti reverse bearing' on a decent spinning reel. I envisage the hubshell being cracked by the force of the cams.

    A sprag clutch is similar to a roller clutch, but instead of allowing each piece to roll freely, the cam shaped pieces lock into place when rolled in the opposite direction. Free wheel and the cams barely brush the inner surface of the hub shell, held down by the spring, but pedal and the cams lock into place instantly where ever they are. The other crucial difference is that according to my engineering friends who know a lot more about this stuff than I do, the more torque you place on a roller clutch, the more force is exerted on the hub shell. The sprag doesn’t work in this way, which should mean the absence of cracked hub shells and much lighter overall weight.

  16. The Angry Thread.

    in Chit Chat

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    Today would have been five years with Sarah :ermm:

    Don't worry mate. You'll feel fine soon man

    Ha, I first read that as You'll soon find a man :P

    In all seriousness though, chin up dude. Keep busy and don't dwell on things, got to push forward

  19. RELIABLE freewheel.

    in Trials Chat

    Posted · Edited by J.KYDD

    i went through 2 echo sl's in two weeks. then bought a a tensile and has lasted longer than any other freewheel ive had, has only skipped 4 times when i fist put it on.

    I killed 4 Tensile freewheels and their Prototype 108 click in around 3 months.

    My last Echo SL lasted 2 years, and my current one has been on there for around 18 months with no issues

  21. Ben Travis - Inspired Console build video

    in Videos

    Posted

    Because just about every trials part I had in my hands doesn't come close to the standards you would expect in normal MTB riding. That's where my origins are and that's why I'm surprised by the high prices and the low quality. Not saying that an Arcade frame is low quality. I'd just expect things like facing to be normal for a high priced product as it is.

    Trials is an extremely niche sport, with low manufaturing units despite a (comparatively) high number of manufacturers. If the same amount of R+D went into trials components as do the rest of cycling components, the prices we have to pay would be even higher.

    I'm not saying this is a good thing, but it's the way it is - whether you complain about it in every Trials-Forum thread or not

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