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of course this,too

assuming its 4130 with that complete weight of the bike at that spec,i´d say no.

to be honest,if you would´ve being putting that vid out before danny´s "next level" vid came out,you´d be in dannys position right now. i mean that as a compliment

first you cant compare a front hub to a rear hub(more bearing seals dragging a lot more,ratchet mechanism too) funny part is hitting it with a hammer isnt a bad idea in this case,pull the axle end caps off and gently knock on the axle,should fall out together with one of the bearings.hold a piece of wood between to avoid axle damage. check bearings,if theyre knackered replace with 6903RS(axle bearings) and 6902RS(driveshell bearings) also called 61902 and 61903. get ezo,skf,fag bearings,they live the longest

nice!

you can find that out pretty easy by sanding a bit where noone could see it,paint has multiple layers while anodizing is just one even for single coat paintings,paint is soft,anodizing pretty hard thought the zoot came in white too,theres no way to anodize in white though

wow,that was fast.youre a generous man,flipp.i seriously had problems giving my old marino frame away,so much heart involved in stuff thats made especially for you...

is that really something for the happy thread for brits? here thats the end of riding,pretty much something for the angry thread

bicycle with 330 horse power is damn fast lol i mean ours have 1 foot power when pedal kicking

yeah i think its matte painted,use nitro

i didnt know andee,whats the deal about him?

yes,arcade frames have a higher quality standard as marinos,yes,a marino is what you´d consider as "cheap",but i think its worth more than it actually costs. he has got a pretty cool frame jig now that avoids the off-geo cases pretty good. and i think clerictgm got way better in his behaviour,so i´d say let´s give him a chance. and cler... erm trials rider,please take that chance and be polite,we´ve got enough discussions in which the level is getting low. nothing personal,but everyone would understand the points youre trying to make way better if you wouldnt spell them like an insult. calm down,keep cool,everyone has his/her own opinion and youre playin don quichote here. i had to learn that,you´ll have to. the bars geo would be nice to know,any clues?

i got that pic from marino per email,i think he´s finding it funny too. it was the customers ordering copied frames,not him offering them as far as i know, just saying

i have no bagels but some seriously delicious drink called "goaß´n maß" here in bavaria. its a dark wheat beer with cola and some cherry spirit that tastes delicious(especially if youre quitting smoking like i do atm) and gives a good buzz to the brain,too lol

will the arcade bars be sold individually? are they alu or steel? that bars look nice,would be cool if someone other than onza made oversized crmo bars

agree,totally.

fair point

i hope so.really.hey that was a pretty cool discussion,proves its still possible in here

in germany between 349-499€,thats high end dirt/street stuff.remember,i took double the normal of a frames cost in taiwan as an example okay,tell me how its happening in real life then. sorry guys,but do you all just want to tell me that one of 100+ frames cant be produced at a price a handmade one i own was? theres a whole industrial city bigger than any capitol in western europe specialized on bicycles

could be right what youre saying,but double the price(!)of any mtb frame would be 120,and double would be a very high assumption. for example if the factory has a minimum order batch of 100pcs(pretty common),and inspired wouldnt just need 100 for sure,jig adjustment is at a fixed price,2 years ago that was like 1200€ for most of the factories the guy dealt with. so 1200+[100x120](thats reaaaaly high believe me)=13200.shipping for a container would be 1000€ from china to uk(for a 25 footer,should take 100 frames). customs would like to have taxes etc,lets grab high again and say 20%(from the amount the frames cost incl.shipping) 20% of 14200 would be 2840,so put that on top. for 17040€ you have imported 100 frames to your home country,making every frame at a pure product cost of 170,40€,and thats the minimum quantity at which the frames arent cheap for inspired.100+,no prob i think--- was just an example with factors from 2011,but you see that the profit margin gives a lot room for either profit or good prices. at last its that decision that makes stuff expensive for the customers here. i´mm sure you´ll say something about wages here and stuff,but that cant be 200+% of the frames pure cost imo

in general youre right,mark(and i know youre a man of the bike business). but ask the people from inspired,and if theyre honest,they´ll tell you that the setup of the jigs and the frame parts which are special cost a few 1000 more than a standard production lot at first,and every frame above the minimum order quantity will cost,say 120 € if its a really expensive one in taiwan(random mtb frame like canyon is around 60 incl powdering),assuming inspired dont have some people welding frames in their basement for wages european workers are used to i think the frames are made there,as literally every frame nowadays. a dh frame costs around 170 usd if you order it from taipeh,minimum 120pcs.. dh frames have 12x150 dropouts and there are hubs from shimano with 15mm through-axle,so i´m kind of wondering why a fork with that 15mm axle system should be that more expensive in taiwan,were everything bike production related is round the corner and all those catalogue parts are there at quantities you´d never believe,a dropout costs just cents there. i´m not just talking,we had a seminar(is it called that over there?) about bike production economics and stuff,and the guy who held it was in taipeh frequently to order 1200+frames for Trek,thats where i got that infos from btw no pun intended,just discussing i think everything has to have its price,but i think NS bikes or Scott or else do their homework too,and have high end bikes for just about half the money.some of them have reynolds tubing in the higher grade numbers not to be seen against inspired,i like their bikes a lot and they seem to be massively durable i´d say that about any other frame that is priced above 300-400€ max.,thats high already

crazy bike defined the release date with putting the geo up,not a clever move. nah,i didnt want to start an argument,no worries.

tarty making a call i´d guess

converted its 2090,23 gbp.not sure on the frame set,cler...erm trialsrider should be able to figure that out pretty funny,the geo even doesnt seem to be something special except the head angle. pffft,not a big thing,and way too expensive