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  1. I know that I shouldn't get one, but like Ross said, they sell themselves. The gain is so marginal in reality, meaning I'd only gain about 12 EPs at the cranks over my Pro 2s with my gearing, but who cares? 

    Obviously you'll have to buy a set though and not just a rear :P Plus this all depends on there being a trials version...

  2. 9 hours ago, Dman said:

    Joe's a beginner and didn't do anything worth putting in the edit really.

    Woah, savage...

    Surely for it to be called 'group ride', it should have a clip of everyone regardless of how little they rode or 'begginery' it was?

    Other than that, they were cool spots and Cocky's riding was as swish as usual. Jacob's is getting quite nice too :) 

  3. It's got to be my Arcade, however my Ashton is close :) 

    It's the first bike I have properly custom built to the point that I wouldn't really change anything, although I have changed the rims to the new spanks and put some contis on since the picture was taken :P 

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  4. Along with a few other bits, I got a pair of the new Spank rims for Christmas (despite actually owning them since the first batch came out on Tarty :P).  Although my wheels will now look like every other pair out there because it seems like everybody has bought a set, I'm quite proud that I have built up the wheels myself. I have always been scared to do anything to my spokes in case I destroyed them (I don't know why I thought that :P), but I learned to build wheels up just for this occasion. It seems to have gone fairly smoothly, although I haven't had a chance to test them so I may end up posting in the angry thread tomorrow...

    I know it's nothing mega cool to most of you, but it is just quite satisfying knowing that I shouldn't have to go to my LBS to do it anymore, so I'll be saving a fair bit of money in the long run :) I managed to do it without scratching my rims too, although despite my OCD about this kind of thing and constant checking, I managed to lace the front rim the opposite way around to the rear (in what I believe must have been a bit of a brain fart moment) so the graphics don't quite match :( I'm 98% sure that the rims aren't directional and this doesn't matter function-wise, but it's just a tad annoying and I may have to redo it on a rainy day.

    To top it off, I have a pair of Danny Mac Contis to go on instead of Holy Rollers :D 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Dman said:

    Bet you shit it on that road bike fall.

    Indeed! I wasn't expecting it which made it all the worse. I had a swollen wrist for a few days and a fairly badly bruised lower back for a couple of weeks.

    I have since realised I will never be the next Ashton and have ceased all road bike shenanigans :P 

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  6. Longer cranks = more leverage, shorter cranks = less leverage. This means shorter cranks require more "grunt" as Ali says. This slightly cancels with the light gear ratio and makes it a little nicer overall for Ali.

    That's how I understand it at least...

    *Queue crank length debate* :P 

  7. Hope cranks don't clear the chainstays when under load on the Arcades, despite clearing while at rest. I have them on mine, but it's not ideal. I don't really want to buy a different crankset after shelling out that much on Hope kit (which might be foolish, I don't know :P)

  8. Evening chaps,

    I went out for a wee ride today and thought I may as well film some of it. It was all shot (apart from two clips) in half an hour on my phone, then edited in Windows movie maker as I hear that's how the pros do it ;) Here is the result:

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  9. a blessed day to all Im 5'7" and 65kilos I need some suggestions can I use a 203mm rotor set up or a 180mm will work perfectly,

    Im using a ZEE brakeset on BIONIC BR5 24" street trials frame TIA

    You are both shorter (not that it makes a difference :P ) and a decent bit lighter than me so 180s should be fine. Some people might like 203s for the peace of mind and possibly slight bit more power when going huge (however I have not tried them so I cannot comment), but I don't ever find that my 180s aren't enough and I'm in no way smooth.

    I hope that helps :)

  10. If the rims were silver and there was a little less purple, It would look proper nice in my opinion.

    I was debating silver vs gold rims, but at the time there were a few Arcades/Archives emerging with silver rims, and even a black archive with purple Hope kit and silver spanks rims so I couldn't go down that route :P

    I did have SLX cranks on it which probably looked nicer, but I snapped them and just thought why not get Hope cranks :P

  11. I think it has been a while since I posted a picture of my bike on here, so here goes! It is incredibly unjustified having it when you look at my skill level, but it's nice to have I suppose :P I also know that the colour combo won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it is what it is.

    Spec:

    Frame - Inspired Arcade

    Forks - Inspired Arcade

    Bars - Inspired Arcade

    Stem - Hope

    Headset -Hope

    Grips - Inspired lock-on

    Bar ends - Hope

    Brakes - Hope tech 3 E4, Shimano Ice-tech rotors, hope adapters

    Front wheel - Hope pro 2 on a Spank subrosa rim with whatever spokes were the right length

    Rear wheel - Hope pro 2 on a Spank subrosa rim, Trialtech cassette spacers, Token lockring, Gusset sprocket and once again spokes that fit.

    Tyres - Maxxis holy rollers

    Cranks - Hope double spider

    Bottom bracket - Hope 30mm

    Bashring - Inspired 4 bolt

    Chainring - Shimano something-or-other

    Chainring bolts - Who really cares?

    Pedals - Inspired platforms

    Chain - KMC Z610 HX

    Seatpost - Gusset pivotal

    Saddle - Inspired pivotal

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  12. Evening chaps,

    I was off on holiday in Devon last week, so I decided to film a bit and throw it together into a rough video. I'm not happy with all of it, but it would of been a very short video if I was :P

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  13. What do you do about chain tensioners etc.? I tried 22/16 the other day on the Arcade and had to run without the tensioners to get the chain on and so lost the ability to set the wheel position properly...

    Pretty sure that the new Arcade has dropouts that allow 22/16 to be used by putting longer bolts in the tensioners :)

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