zoobert

Hi , as the guys have said , pallets are the way to go The only thing is if you don't own the "piece of waste land" don't get caught taking pallets and other materials there or you'll probably get a fine for "dumping" , I'm guessing you'd rather spend the cash on bike parts than a fine Cheers

Yeah I'm the same Is it weird to sidehop to the left if your left foot is your forward foot? Thats what I do and it seems to be working fine for me cheers

Hi , I ride both motorbike trials and bike trials , and your idea sounds absolutely great , and being from Ayrshire I'm well within reach of Glasgow so please keep the information coming as I'm really interested in finding a place to ride and practise alongside other like-minded people. I'll send out the word to my motor trials biking buddies ,don't know anyone who rides cycle trials though I'm the only one in my town lol seriously hope it all works out it would be really good I think. cheers

Hi there, I can't honestly say i've ever heard of it being done . The edges of the holes might actually give the pads an edge to bite onto giving it good grip but I think it would be murder on your pads to be honest. I think the best idea would be to stick with a disc rather than shelling out money for a magura , just to find that you would have to buy/build a new wheel. If your Hope brake isn't powerful enough for you as it is you could always try a larger rotor. cheers

Hi, My first trials bike was a Yaabaa 499. and it was bombproof lol What bike did you start on James?

Hey can I join the "I snapped my echo SL forks club" once I'm a full member LOL mines snapped 3 days after my 3 month warranty ran out , Quite a shame because I really did like these forks........ Ahhh well , I'm using echo urbans now

Hey the Koxx silver sky and white sky frames are made out of a material called K-ALONE, I don't know much about it but there is a link on the tartybikes website when you open up the page for either the koxx silver sky frame or the white sky frame that takes you to an information page about this material, from what i've read its a material used for competition frames , so its super light but wont take much abuse. this is what the link tells you; K-ALONE, a new aluminium alloy developed by KOXX, is a state of the art material formulated specifically for Trials. Lighter and more rigid than other alloys currently utilised in the Trials market,KOXX predict that this new material will prove to be an advantage to those that compete at the highest level. Due to its single intrinsic structure, this extremely rigid material has elasticity lower than half that of traditional aluminium... CAUTION: K-ALONE must be handled with caution. It should be regarded as the ultimate “no compromise” weapon. It will not tolerate unnecessary shocks and badly timed riding. Equipment manufactured from his revolutionary material is intended for use by Elite competition and professional riders. hope this helped

yeah I know , i'm just having a mess about to see what height the stem feels best at before i cut it down .

Hi , nice riding , where was this video filmed? happy biking

hey there , I'm running creepy crawlers at the moment and there really good in my opinion and at a good price, the wear rate is good ,mines have lasted ages and they grip well . hope this helped

my new ZOO! LYNX, still waiting for my front brake lol

Hey, thanks for the tips guys, I finally got the sprocket off by wrapping the chain round it , putting the chain in a vice and using a trampoline leg as big lever simple and effective! I'll remember your tips for the future cheers

hi there ,what type of fork is it that you're going to be using ? In my experience it'll need to be a strong fork to handle a set of hydrolic rim brakes , I ran a magura on the front of my bike with an echo sl fork and the fork snapped like a twig . (3 days after warrenty expired) anyway Im swapping to a disk brake on the front so that i can get better brake modulation cheers

hey guys, I'm looking for some advice on the best way to remove a screw on sprocket (not freewheel) from my cranks . I've been experimenting with gear ratios and have decided to change the front sprocket but obviously the front has tightened itself onto the crank with the pressure of pedalling and is on really tight . I've tried using a chain whip on it but it hasn't budged , the sprocket was fitted about a week ago with grease on the threads of both crank and sprocket and soon after I desided I would rather run a different ratio so any hints ,tips or techniques that you use when removing sprockets will be a huge help cheers folks

hey guys , my frame has been successfully re-tapped to clean up the threads so problem solved The bike is now shaping up nicely and the build is almost complete (postal company lost my BB7 disc brake and instead sent me computer discs ) hmmm close but no cigar lol so thanks again to all who helped and happy biking

hi I started on a yaabaa 499 for my first trials bike , and stock it is bombproof (made by koxx), I ended up modding it to the moon ,but now im moving onto a zoo! lynx frame but i found that the 499 was a very easy bike to learn on and id definaitley recommend it only problem i've had with it is the terrible stock headset with about 6 months of begginer trials riding it was completely shot. more or less everything else is super tough (frame ,bb ,fork , bars, cranks) so should last you ages and the wheelset is excellent. one point to note is that if you want to change the sprocket on the front you will need different crank arms as there doesn't seem to be any front sprockets available for the stock cranks (i looked for ages and found nothing) if you would like some pics of my modded 499 just give me a shout hope this helps with your decision happy biking

even better got any riding vids? that is a seriously nice riding spot cheers

yeah that is definately a possibility , sounds like a good idea , i think it could be worth trying to re-tapp it as the threads arent to badly damaged (my bb cups got the wurst of the damage) and could probably be sorted with a bit of a clean up with a tap . then if that doesn't work i'll go for the steel tube option does anyone know if tartybikes (or local bike shop) would be able to re-tap the threads to clean the damaged ones up? (would rather a professional did it as I dont want to mess the frame up anymore ) I know they offer a workshop sevice that cleans up fresh threads on new frames but would they do the same with damaged ones? thanks very much to everyone who has contributed!

hey mate, i'm new to the trials scene too and i've found that theres not really much that can be done with a hs33 to make it quieter , perhaps a harder compound pads would help but this would sacrifice your overall brake performance , I run yellow viz pads on a smooth rim and the squeak tends to show me that my brakes are working welland they have a healthy bite ,its when they make no sound that you have to wurry (probably wet or grimey) because when the rim is not clean or dry whatever is on it acts almost as a lubricant and reduces the grip that the pad has on the rim. but if its still bothering you I'd say make sure ur pads are correctly aligned with your rim and make sure your mounts are on tight hope this helped happy biking

right is that the same sort of idea as a helicoil? also where would I get this done? cheers

hi everyone , I've just received my new zoo lynx frame and when installing the bb i've stripped about 1 third of the threads in the yolk , is it possible to fix this problem and salvage my frame? thanks zoobert