hulud
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Sweet set up
Nice to see someone out there taking a gamble by sporting both Continential TQ/TK treads.
yes they are good tyres
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First and foremost, FINALLY. Been waiting months for this.
After the Fans, I built the Atomz AKT2 back up, it was just so much stiffer and a little less cramped in the reach.
out of the box..
tensioner is really good - easy to adjust and effective.
modified the bash, for fun. And I saved 12g! haha
viola!
the Short (1075) to try a slightly shorter bike.
Most parts are factory spec, except for a few:
- Reset titanium BB w/ Viz alloy bolts
- Wellgo MG1 Ti pedals
- Conti Trial King/Queen tyres
- Echo SL freewheel
- modified bash
- lighter rotor, 180mm
- Viz Pro 720 handlebar
- BBB foam grips
- Magura 4-finger lever
Weighs in at a nice 9.2kg!
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I won't use any pads other than TNN LGMs. Out of 4 of us who ride together all the time, all of us use LGMs. We've tried every pad under the sun. Not sure what people are doing to make them not work, but ours are consistently excellent, and we don't regrind every morning, they get chucked about and only reground after a puncture/new tyre usually.
Ditto. Almost everyone I ride with uses LGMs and they all work fantastic, even on dull grinds.
I can't understand how they don't work for some people?
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I think he's Belgian.
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Chris Hinson, nice. Could tell his style from the beginning, good riding
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Try putting a washer inbetween the bolts and clamps (ie under the head of the bolt) - your bolts are too long.
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Kenny Belaey is world #1 now, he won using these pads.
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great pics mate, good luck in Quebec!
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Does he still ride trials?
Bumped into his dad (at least I think it was him) while we were riding some lovely rocks by the ocean here in Sydney, Australia yesterday.
Told us about Chris and how he knew Ben Savage, Slinger, Butler etc and told us that we need to sidehop both ways if we weren't already
Said chris was in New Zealand or something
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Splined sprocket mount cranks and freewheels.
Atomz quark 2...
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great to see some natural riding from you, Ben... big moves!
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thank you guys!
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Cheers hulud! Seems like EVERYthing i need to know about trials over the last 8 years is right here.
i cant wait to get stuck back in as soon as i finish my new bike...
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No worries!
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So, i thought id set up this topic to discuss/reminisce about what has changed in the world of trials in the last decade, and also to answer a few questions I have about my new bike set up:
well....
- not many 26" bikes have seats any more
- bb's became roughly ~10mm higher per year, 03/04 would have been +10 if lucky... now about +45-60 is common
- bikes have become longer, from about 1040mm in the old days, to around 1080-1095 nowadays
- people are trying to get their bikes lighter and lighter, some 26" as light as 8kg (and under!)
- tyres went Michelin, Maxxis, now the trend is Continental tyres
- people used front V/magura until front disc brakes became popular around 03-04+, front & rear HS33 became a trend in about 08 onwards
- Benito Ros has become 20" UCI world champion many many times (only a 2nd place in 06!)
- 26" wise, world champs have been Giacomo Coustellier, Vincent Hermance, Kenny Belaey and Gilles Coustellier
- grinding rims is the standard these days, although you can buy tar on ebay
- there are 1385669x HS33 pads out there these days
- bashrings have become half rings (covering only under the front foot) in order to save weight and I guess it makes sense
- the use of titanium in bolts and other products (eg bb's) has increased
- tartybikes is now the world's largest online trials shop
- wide, drilled rims are widely manufactured, some single wall.. including the rear
- Danny macaskill released a video in April 2009 which took the world by storm.. had about 14289515 views on youtube. Increased the worlds knowledge of trials.
- as a result, 24" bikes became much more popular also - many different models of 24" bikes (both street and pure trials) now available
- dual disc on 20" bikes more common now. Not so much on 26"
- trend went from Try-all yourself replica low rise bars, to flat bars, now to riser bars. Some are even made of carbon
- koxx bikes are still expensive.
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which move are you asking about exactly?
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You should be able to, with practice.
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I run the Viz pro720 and they are great.
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Not really that old skool imo
Try DCD's, Power Pro cranks, lx rear hubs on Mavic 121's, Beast of the East etc...
I've still got my Mhz top tube protector.
Powerpros!!! I had a pair where they seized onto the bb axle and had to grind them off
they were expensive to get as a kidLX hubs, I remember blowing them up...
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Viz hubs are fine, good value too.
Had my Viz front disc one for over 2 years now, no problems at all. Bearings still smooth and all
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just stick to Tarty...
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hey i was wondering if the single wall rims such as try all hole are weak. Any help would be good thanks
It would depend on a number of things, your skill level, your style of riding, how heavy you are, good wheelbuild etc
I don't think they are weak if you get a decent build and check that the spokes are tensioned correctly every now and then.
Atomz Quark 2 26"
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No sorry, this one's taken