Bionic Balls

i live in swindon and drive to didcot every day... not been riding for aaages either! Adam

hahaha!!! HE TELLS THE TRUTH!!!!

ahh i miss riding Scottieland. Nice to see a shit load of snow didn't put you off. Good stuff Enjoy the 24 Ben.. Adam

enjoyed. Miss riding the London massif! SOOOOOOOON! Adam

top stuff Ben- enjoyed that. Adam

so so weird (I think it was the music and the prams and what not..)..but some good riding

There's an awesome quarry near Stirling that I rode once.. Fair few people in and around Glasgow if you can get there.. Adam

Hellooo all.. My mum wants ideas for things people can get me for Christmas, which is nice. I quite like the idea of a bike dvd or two.. any suggestions? Life Cycles looked awesome, but then so do the New World Disorder series.. Any good bmx ones? Electronical I've heard of? Trials? What's worth putting on the list? Cheers, Adam

if you induce a negative charge on the frame then it should speed it up... Get some batteries.. You'll need to find a bit with no anodizing to connect to..

Need to be a whole lot more specific there pal.. Have you managed a full air bleed?

Lookie here what I dragged up...! How we all doing then? Adam

I'm not sure what you mean by bronze weld but I guess it's some kind of cold weld where you don't actually melt the parent material? Though that wouldn't need post weld heat treating.. In a typical cold weld procedure you'd still be putting a fair amount of heat into the material and the C or N atoms introduced during case hardnening are bound to diffuse to some extent. Whether it would negate the hardening effect depends on lots of things but in any case it's nice to be able to weld with a similar metal... I'm not really sure there's any benefit in case hardening frame tubing either- maybe the dropouts? But then i'd steer clear of the weld area anyway.. Just looked at some of the Reynolds tubing on wikipedia.. there's a fair few here Adam

aaaa!! Nutter... Clipped in...f**k me.. That was mint.

You could case harden either of those steels if you wanted to though... Case hardening is usually done on individual parts like plates or bearing surfaces- not on fabricated structures like a frame. I highly doubt welding and case hardening are a good combination... As already said though- Cromo steel would have significantly greater tensile strength and resist scratches better. It should also have better resistance to rusting (although you'd still need paint) and the higher strength and reduced level of impurities would mean thinner tubes could be used, leading to a lighter frame.. The difference between these two steels is big..but be aware that high quality steel frames use much better materials again. Cromo is pretty basic in todays terms.. Adam

good stuff Ben....bunny to manny was mint Need to ride!!

Yeeeeah Ben! Lookin good... I've done some bike modification- will send ye a picture... Adam

Cheers for the replies- I'd like em to be alright for a bit of natural.. Where's the place for 24" schwalbe tyres? Sounds worth a look... Adam

Read an old topic posted by Trialsguru asking about 24" tyres but wondered if there's any new ones about? I'm in pretty dire need of some to replace my pair of DMR moto diggers... Ideally I'd like something with a bit more puncture resistance and grip, but they've been worn for so long I can't remember what the grip used to be like.. Something with similar weight or lighter would be nice. Cheers, Adam

Hi Ben..not sure if we've met but I live in Swindon. Not far from Bristol but there's a couple of people ride in Swindon pretty frequently.. Give us a ding if ye fancy it. Adam

Good stuff

I am a turbine metallurgist, paid to tell everyone that it won't blow up just yet and the lights can stay on.

What bashring and freewheel are you using? Is the freewheel rubbing on the bashring itself? Not a home-made bash by any chance? Get steve to have a look at it... Between us I reckon we've had every problem possible with a freewheel! Adam

Aaawesome.. Will try n be there! Will let you know if in gonna be late or what not Ben..

Might make it out for a bit on Sunday....

Aaaaawesome.. That was nuts!