TriаlsRider

Too fat. In Russia you may be killed even for suspicion in being gay. So you're fat trolling failed.

Come in Russia, there are so many possibilities to get a career in criminal world and earn your million :wink2: just kidding lol

I'm fine. I hate them and they are not so bad. Yes. I hate them for chance of ruin your ride and need to keep 2-3 hangers in store and they are not so bad because they breaks not every single day(lol but possibility is there). Afterall I love Omen and Arcade tensioning systems and single speed transmission. Even more I love the most awesome tensioner on the planet - the spoke tensioner. But unfortunately I can't use it on my frames with my gear ratios.

I only know difference between 18-14 and 22-16. With 18-14 chainstay is 8mm longer(can't find that picture with chainstay lengths and gear ratios). That's pretty big difference and feels from the first seconds of riding. By the way hangers are not so bad. I remembered how many crashes I have on my Element, few of them directly on tensioner (trialtech like) and only one huge crush on speed was lethal for my hanger. Maybe I'm a little bit obsessed with reliability of my bike. Probably I must just ride and don't think about it.

+-2mm is so much to care about? If frame built to run 22-15 the only thing you need tensioner for is to compensate chain stretching. So there are almost no geo changes.

I know it, but why Inspired did not choose horizontal dropouts and echo-like tensioning system or something similar(like Arcades one)?

I've just mentioned the ways to ride comfy in a long distances. With rear mech it's no problem and takes few seconds to switch a sprocket. But I understand your point and I also like simple bikes, because simple means reliable. And that's why I loved OMEN frame so much - because of it's genius tensioning system(I know idea is not new). You can crush concrete with your bike and nothing on your bike will break(concrete will, lol). But why the f**k not so long ago some people on here others was debating about blahlahlah how cool is this stupid vertical dropouts and tensioners blahlalah universal bike (universal with that geo? are you kidding?)? I think this is a mistake of Inspired - to produce bikes with hangers and tensioners because almost 99% of riders have only ONE rear sprocket. I love my fourplay and enjoy the geo pretty much, but I hate so much this freaking hanger and tensioner(rear mech) - that is the only one reason for me not to be absolutely happy about my bike. And yeah, 22:15 is already pretty high and comfy for long distances + street-trials geo helps alot. But also it's pretty high for static moves. Well, anyway I have no choice now and don't want to buy another frame. So I'll try to ride with rear mech and hanger, but got pretty bad feeling about this(I like to do some risky stuff and often fall).

Using some quick release seat clamp (and a bit longer seat post) plus 2 sprockets on rear hub(17+12 for example) will turn your bike in some really nice and comfy thing that allows you to ride pretty long distances far easier. Plus you can set higher gearing (22-12 for example) when you need some speed to do bmxy/streety stuff.

FKit ~700 pounds.

Which looks better?

Afrer 1 year of using. If you spin the wheel - it stops pretty fast (25 times faster than zhi front hub that is also 1 year old and was setted up on the same bike). Problem in bearings? Ratchet mechanism is in absolutely ideal state, looks like new. I disassembled this hub almost fully, but can't find out how to get bearings(2 main and biggest) out. *Done some experiment now: With same amount of force to spin the wheel I got this results: Zhi R hub - 277 seconds to full stop. Hope - 11 seconds to full stop. How and why is this happening? 1 year must be nothing for hope, isn't it?

Mark, is there are some way not to use this micro chain tugs? For example to just use some big strong tightened bolts like on this frame: And also a question about steerer tube: what lenght does it have, or it's ok and with Arcade bars and you don't need a tower of stackers anymore?

Stunningly!