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THE ASHTON VID!??????
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I'm looking to build a custom 24incher. The problem is I live in canada so getting good 400mm forks with lowered mounts are usually a custom affair. Well, my friend has connections with pashley and I can get staff pricing on PX knifen lights so I'm wondering which fork would be better.
A PX knifen light with rewelded brake bosses or a pashley trials fork with lowered mounts?
I'll be riding everything with this bike, from trials to park to DJs to XC, so I'd like to know which is the best combination of strength and weight.
Thanks
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Hey buddy, nice to see another canadian on the site. You ride so much like craig robinson it's crazy. I commented on your thread on MTBkanata.com
Ok, well, you should borrow alot of ideas from BMX geometry because you'll be riding alot of BMX inspired stuff, but you still need to keep some trials aspects.
For the head angle, the steeper it is, the longer your top tube is, which makes the bike harder to pull up. The slacker it is, the longer your wheelbase is. Therefor, I'd say a 73 degree head angle is good. It's close to the 74 deg average BMXs have and you'll be able to maintain a 1010 wheelbase without too long a top tube. The steeper you go, though, the easier front brake tricks, spins and control will be.
A shorter wheelbase will make spins really easy. 1010mm is really good. Don't get too long a fork though. It's better to have a high handlebar set up than a long fork. My bike's gonna have a 1010mm wheelbase but that's cause I want it to feel like a BMX, you're alot taller than me, so you might be able to pull off 1020, which would make trials easier.
As for chainstays, I think the length on the Leeson and the Ashton are around 380mm, or 14.9", but I'm not sure. Copy their length. It's worked for everyone. Because of the smaller wheel, you do need to go shorter than what you would on a 26" wheeled bike.
I'M gonna be getting mine made by Joe Mamma's in Ottawa this winter. If you have anymore questions or just wanna come down to our nation's capital to ride, PM me your MSN address. We'll talk.
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Ashton video!
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I wouldn't be suprised if it's a road ti saddle.
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Could somebody upload it to
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I was offered the chance to trade in my PX Ghost for a PX Zebdi MK5. A planet X ghost is a frame that was only released in Canada, it has the same angles as the Zebdi except that it's chainstays are about 15.75 instead of the Zebber's 15.5. I use my ghost currently for urban trials and I chose it originally because I figured the longer chainstays would help my manual. Well it turns out I never manual or but I still do 180s and tons of other BMX tricks and I know shorter stays would help spinning and such.
Would I regret trading frames?
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I suggest going through Phatmoosecycles.com
They're based here in canada but our dollar is really low and they ship out cheap so they might be able to hook you up. I can vouch that they're an awsome shop.
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What about the song from the Ashton/Hawyes vid?
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You have the bike, we canadians have the terrain! BAHAHA! Long live long winters/high mountains.
Actually, that's a lie, winters suck. I'd rather live in the UK
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Yeah, an incline going down.... :ermm:
Anybody have the song?
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Video: MTT-6
Song: AFI - Days Of the Pheonix
Video: Sometimes
Song: Nice-N-Smooth - Sometimes I Ryhme Slow
Video: TRAnew
Song: Portishead - Sour times
Video: sbt-sheffield
Song: Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way
SONGS FROM VIDS I'D LIKE TO FIND
NickJackTim
Royalnass
danny <-Trialskings vid
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That was an amazing viddy. YOu gotta love how they just flow through sections like water on an incline!
Do any of you guys know the song though, I can't get it out of my head!
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What about wheelbase and chainstay lenght?
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Well the reason I ask is because I really want to make a custom do it all frame for street/park and trials. So far, my Planet X ghost seems really ackward for it so I figured I'd use something with a shorter wheelbase, say 1000 or 1010mm and see how it goes but I'd love to know how a shorter wheelbase effects ones ability to do trials.
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I was wondering, the latest trend is long wheelbases, but I'd like to know what advantage other than bunnyhopping and manualing a short wheelbase bike has for trials? By short, I mean 1000mm to 1020mm. I know the Norco Team Trials and the Zebdi have about 1015mm wheelbase and I wonder how a 1010mm wheelbase would feel.
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Ok, so I have yet to understand the forks issue.
Do you use 400mm forks with lowered mounts or actual itty bitty 24" specific forks?
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Man, that song makes the vid better than any other vid! It's soooo goooooood!
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What's the song from the 26inch.co.uk video for the first round of the video comp! It's amazing!
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The other one is Bag Lady by Erika Badu or somethignlike that. There are many remixes and he has one of the remixes.