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Throwing up some random pictures of our house. Renovation started about three years ago and took six months to be ready to move in. The house was in rough shape so I've still got enough weekend projects to last a few years. The water damage to the floor system was bad enough that we propped up the roof and interior walls and ripped the floor system out and built a new one. It was literally collapsing first time I went in. Removed a few walls to open up the layout. Changed the bathroom layouts. Moved some closets. New windows, doors, roofing, HVAC system. All new plumbing. Updated most of the electrical. Southeast USA.
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Juste another crewkerz. Loving this bike
Edit: P.S. a huge thanks to @La Bourde for the frame kit and dealing with selling internationally. It all worked out great.
A few notes:
- The hashtagg / trialtech lever is dope. It feels great. I had the trialtech sport lever before and the better bushings seems worth the extra for me.
- The extension carbon bar is awesome. My wrists don't get on with current pure bar angles and have been using street bars, having a carbon option was really nice.
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Viral internet videos tells me ebike = trials
So that's a win?
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15 minutes ago, Ross McArthur said:
Nothing worse than a bike you need to ride gingerly.
Changing a tube normally ruins your grind so its just not worth running a light tube or an XC tyre to save a couple of grams here or there.
I have found the TPU tubes are more pinch resistant than a standard tube. They just don't take to patching well.
Normally I try to keep my PSI high enough I don't pinch; but was curious how often other people are. -
I'm curious what is considered normal for how often you guys pinch flat. Watching some of the group ride videos, it seems like some of you guys are replacing tubes a few times a ride.
I started riding the Ridenow TPU tubes; cause the weight savings is ridiculous. But patches have all pulled loose.
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2 hours ago, PeterH said:
Maybe v-brakes were so ahead of their time that you have to wait for responses to come from the future...
Or Kevin is shifty, but mostly in a shifting gears while pretending to race cars kind of way.
The Carbon v-brake brand from Kevin is Lykke; which I think he only made for one year and presumably had the same company has who did Maestro make the frames because they came out the year after his big promotion with Maestro.
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Was just re-watching the "Croatia Trials Camp 2019" video. Around 2018-2019 it seemed like every 3rd euro rider was sponsored by Maestro; I remember thinking their carbon frames looks super bad-ass; especially coming in lots of different colors. Recently I saw on FB they released a new 26" carbon frame. Did these carbon frames all break or did people just hang them up and move on to Crewkerz and Clean?
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After 25 years of trials I finally learned to tap. Still learning to push it higher, but was tapping about 4" higher than I can currently pedal up. Took me long enough
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Do you know how to true a wheel with a spoke key?
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Did your echo fork have an integrated crown race? In that case you need to find a race for your sacaren fork and would explain why it sinks in too much.
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2 hours ago, Jordi said:
How hard is it to put the chain back after that?
If you can put the chain on without it, you'll be able to put it on with it. It just tucks out of the way once you loosen the axle bolts
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Danny still feels like he's on a completely different bandwidth than anyone else. And he always seems like he genuinely just freaking loves riding his bike
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Same as Ross. Cage pedals always caused me problems. Proper flats and I was fine.
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51 minutes ago, Rusevelt said:
Madness
That was trippy seeing him stay in the same location relative to the ground. Super cool.
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So flat paint is the least slippy. Semi-gloss is just naturally slick. At least here latex is the cheapest and as it's water based it's really easy to use. I normally just use spare paint. But the cheapest flat latex ever is what I use. It simply comes down to cost, if I'm painting pallets that sit outdoors and are not a permanent structure than I want to the be as close to free as possible.
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Just randomly found this user on Pinkbike has uploaded 175+ old school trials videos. Nothing newer than 2008 I think. Mostly old UK trials videos, but a bunch of other stuff mixed in. Some crazy classics and a bunch of videos I've never seen before.
Worth checking out.
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Normally not a fan of Mods, but that looks pretty slick! Price is pretty good too. Would love if they did a 26" and helped the entry market a bit.
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Sand in Paint I have a decent amount of experience with. I actually did so on my demo platforms when I was doing shows too. Just get cheap as possible exterior latex paint, but 100% make sure it is flat. (exterior paint is just slightly less likely to mildew which helps too) Sand, any play sand or bagged sand you can get from a home improvement store will do. It can be hard to mix in the can, I mixed it in the roller tray, and put the paint on super thick with way more sand than I needed and spread it by hand on top a bit too. Just do whatever it takes. A bunch of it will rub off right away, but a decent amount will stick. It won't last forever, but you probably need to paint outdoor obstacles once a year anyway.
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If you can find an echo double wall rim somewhere, that would be the strongest. (I'm 105kg)
I've had good luck with the play 26" rear rim. The cutouts aren't crazy small and it has an I-beam shape. IMO single wall rims are stronger with the I beam profile. Some of the rims without I've had the sidewalls bend in on impact.
I'd say the echo single wall rim isn't the strongest I've tried.
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Yup. Most rims are pinned, not welded, so that is completely normal.
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Yeah, any pad is better than OEM maguras. But I've used original cousts for years and years with no issues.
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Hey guys, I actually was getting something pretty neat built up. I still have my old trials show setup, so it gave me a good start. I have some huge logs and a bunch for 4"x6" beams from a job site that I haven't incorporated into it yet .
But unfortunately I recently had to switch homeowners insurance because of a dog breed issue. (I have a boxer, which I've never heard of being an issue). And then my new company immediately cancelled after visiting the property, because my trials area is "debris in the yard". I'm pretty sure they're just looking for any reason to cancel because I live in a kinda sh!tty part of town. But I got to get this sorted and might need to collapse everything nice and neat for a bit.
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Agreed with above.
The entry echos of ten years ago came with tires, brakes, and brake pads that were pretty much useless, I'd buy a brand new bike and drop $400-$500 immediately. And they wouldn't last very long; the wheels were trash, and other parts scary to ride hard. The new entry bikes are actually solid and good out of the box. The biggest problem now is supply, it's really hard to get just about anything these days.
Just did an inflation calculator, $1000 USD in 2014 is $1343 now, so 34.3% inflation. That combined with the newer entry bikes being a lot more solid, things seem spot on price wise
As nostalgic as I am of the older bikes, I don't miss how flimsy and poorly made they seemed compares to the newer stuff. I used to buy a bike every year, now my bikes last until I get bored.
However, the extensive supply is sorely missed. I built a bike from scratch two years ago and had to make six orders from 3 countries to get all the parts.
2025 UCI Trials, Men's and Women's Elite finals
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Interested to hear other's opinions; but I was really impressed by the course design on this one. Looks like it required a pretty wide range of techniques instead of just all static hooks; and except for a few crazy gates different riders were tripping up in different areas.