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Is this supposed to be funny? I don't get it.

Lol!!! That's him! I wouldn't want to have such a nick name. Nico.

For one, I wasn't asking for help in this thread and you can very well avoid broken spokes and/or nipples by knowing the right ERD. What happens if the spokes are too short? The threads aren't all the way in the nipple or if they are, you've overtightened the spokes and what might possible happen in either case? You can do the math... or not... So yeah... try to help yourself by reading about how to build wheels instead of illuminating the forum with your smattering. Nico.

Even though on the internet, I try to have some etiquettes dear Jason. NICO!

If the first frame isn't like you expected it to be, why the hack do you buy a second and even a third and fourth frame? Doesn't make any sense. Nico.

Like the fork shown here? It most likely had been cracked before the accident. Just look at the corrosion. Nico.

Would be a nice feature though. Nico.

From the corrosion shown on some edges I guess the fork had been cracked already before your friend crashed. Now, I broke a Surly 1x1 fork some years ago, should this mean that nobody should ever buy a Surly bike again? Nico. p.s.: How old was the fork?

Can you explain that to me (trials beginner)? I don't see any difference to todays bikes. Nico.

5495 posts. Nico.

Yeah... I mixed them up but still, you get what I mean. You're experience doesn't help at all. A spoke calculator (knowing the right ERD) helps more than you do by saying that it works, just because you made the experience on two of your rims. But yeah... what can possibly happen except some cracked spokes and/or nipples? Nico.

Are you serious? Just build a hypothetical wheel on this site. I just tried a frontwheel with a Hope Pro II Hub and Spank Stiffy rims. Now the Stiffy has an ERD of 478. Just by changing the ERD by 4mm results in different spoke lengths. ERD=478/laced 3x -> left: 229mm right 331mm ERD=474/laced 3x -> left: 227mm right 329mm Now 2mm don't seem to make a huge difference but they very well might. So in order to know what do do or what parts to get, the ERDs of the old and the new rim have to be compared. Nico.

Damn!!! I wish I had started at this age. I'm more than twice as old as you and have just recently started this sport. Very good riding indeed from what I can figure!!! Nico.

Just recently bought my first trial bike (used from family-biker) and have had quite some fun with it. Here's a compilation of the "best" scenes of day four with this bike. I figured you guys might like it, not because of the things shown, but because of the background music. Nico.