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T-Limburn

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  1. I loved my brisa bar and stem shame I swapped them back with George when he got his xtp
  2. that rim has loads of life left in it!
  3. shame the weather was rubbish, enjoyed that!
  4. http://craigleescott.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/prototype-onza.html
  5. I think he means that your head isn't in half of the clips... cool edit though
  6. Yes Flipp, that was 'kin sick!
  7. What a joke. Please look up Ali's old seatless bike vids and see how creative his riding was even then, definitely not TGS. Yeah, those moves are involved but there's also a lot more going down.
  8. Yes Nick I think I will try that too, it was just nice to be able to go out riding last night knowing that my chain was at a decent tension without being over tight like it was with the Rohloff. Running it as tight as it is in the top picture the cranks wouldn't even rotate backwards very nicely it was that tight. With the mech on they spin nice and freely. I'm now wondering whether the rear jockey wheel was catching a little on rear sprocket where I was trying to run a nice slimline set up when the Rohloff arm isn't very long. But that'll teach me for choosing aesthetics over function Oh and Al_Fel I've used various chain tools on the multiple chain replacements so I don't think its that, but cheers I'll keep a closer eye on it next time just in case!
  9. Thanks Adam! Well I repaired my chain last night and put my crappy old mech back on, everything is running very nicely! I think the chain was well over tight with the rohloff at full stretch, hopefully this will last a little longer - as I said, I've never had this problem before now and I've been running 16:14 for about 5/6 years now. If it does start happening again I guess I'll have to suck it up and get a bigger cog up front, but fingers crossed I'll be ok now! Edit: The only thing is that my old mech is quite big whereas the rohloff was nicely tucked out the way. If this solves my problem, what tensioner would you suggest that is slimline and not as powerful as a rohloff?
  10. Speedrace Fans is a beautiful frame, but weren't they snap happy? Not many frames lower than +50bb around atm, which is a shame as I think +35 - +40 is about bang on geo also, shotgun your GU
  11. Cheers guys. I know that a 16t sprocket has more stress than an 18t, but I used my superpro for years, with badly stretched teeth and never had a problem before this year, so I only changed to the tnn on the off chance that this could be the problem. I've always run my chains as short as possible too, but never with such a strong tensioner I guess. Think I might try it with a slightly longer chain so that the rohloff isn't at full whack like pictured above and hopefully it'll last a bit longer!
  12. Hi guys, basically I have never had such bad luck with chains - as of tonight I have snapped 5 this year! Luckily the snaps have all happened whilst I'm kicking to get on the rear wheel rather than when I'm doing a big move! I need to get to the bottom of this so here goes: At the beginning of the year i was using: Middleburn super pro trials ti bash (been good for years but very stretched and worn teeth), cheap crappy mech that did the job, KHE collapse chain (one year old at time of snap so I thought yeah, fair enough), and a chain line that was way off but that had worked for years (if it aint broke, don't fix it?) Once the KHE died I got a Sram 9 speed chain as it was all I could get hold of on a Sunday, and I really wanted to ride that day! The Sram lasted a week but are in no way designed for the stresses of trials, so that was fine. Next I bought a KMC Z510 and fitted a Rohloff that I'd had laying around for a while. This too lasted one week. I bought a Z510HX next, and sorted my chain line out when fitting it as it was out and I figured this may be a factor. This lasted a while but then snap! At this point I was getting pretty pissed off with snapping chains and bashing up my knee, so when I bought my new chain (another Z510HX) I also bought myself new front and rear cogs as mine were pretty knackered. I replaced the super pro trials bash with a TNN Super Comp 16t and got a 14t Trialtech for the rear. This setup lasted a while, but the chain snapped tonight. This is a picture of my setup before I fitted the new cogs: The Rohloff is at pretty much full stretch, but I've definitely seen them run like this before... and plus it looks awesome haha. Obviously I'd rather not replace my massively overpriced chain tensioner, but can it really be the problem?! Other people have run Rohloffs nice and taught like this with no troubles! When the first 4 chains snapped it was in the middle of the link, suggesting it was stretched but most have only been a matter of weeks old! The 5th just ripped the plate away from the pin! Cheers, Tom
  13. Great video Ben, as usual!
  14. Phil was a bit of a monster!
  15. I run 16:14 and it does seem light at times, but I've been using that ratio for years now. I think a little more power could be put down with 16:13, but I'd have to re-learn all my run ups haha.
  16. Awesome video, really gutted I couldn't make it AGAIN! Its a must for next year though. Guessing you mean Jack Carthy.
  17. Get the camera out Ben, need a full edit mate!
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