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Mike Beck

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  1. Thats W**k Go and look around in the local cash converters and make sure EVERYONE you know has their ears open to offers from suspicious people e.g. pikeys. Keep an eye out on ebay or other auction sites or even the local paper/Ad-mag. hope you find them mate lewis
  2. made a nice mess of a bottom bracket, square taper completely in half, yes in half!!! I heard that the square tapers were ment to be stronger than isis??? a couple of mech hangers have gone as well, along with 3-4 magura levers
  3. get one of the old style metric allen key which isslightly bigger and hammer it in, ot get a massive screwdriver and hammer that in, they have both worked for me in the past on a crank bolt. lewis.
  4. hey, i am having trouble with my front magura martyr and with it locking up having some resistance/braking power. The pads seem to have loads of material left and i recently cleaned the disk with boiling hot water. Can other pads be bought that will grip more or can anything else be done to improve the quality of the brake. cheers lewis
  5. left foot forward -> sidehop to the right. the adamant frame is mod spacing so that would mean having to get a diffent hub instead of my king
  6. zoo pads on a smooth mavic d521 ceramic rim, no tar, deafening, with dab of tar, hearing bells in your ears for a week
  7. hey, was ondering whether i would be able to run single speed without a tensioner on my p-x tibo beause whenever i sidehop i just about kill my hanger/tensioner. Would a half-link work?? views and opinions welcome
  8. looks good but it is news to me. Never seen one before so if anyone has one give opinions
  9. echo 07 smooth with zoo! pads and maybe a bad of tar. Will be immense and no dents
  10. amazing frame, plus its very cheap for a new frame. Get one 'cos mines lasted absolutely ages, it will ride reate too with the right parts on
  11. zoo pads on a clean mavic d521 ceramic rim. If it is a bit poo then i wack some boiling water on the rim and ride around with the brake on slightly.
  12. erm........ got to be when i was going to bunnyhop on the back of a bench over the front (saety bit) when the back wheel caught on the seaty bit and bumoled my self looked a TW*t funny clips guys
  13. a few of us are going to be going to Derby tomorrow if we can get more people to venture there, sorry about the late notice but i only found out today. post if you are going to come lewis forgot to mention whos coming, me, matt henstock, joe b, wigs and danny foster
  14. in response to 'wheres your seat yuuuuuf?' i say; o shit mate , where the fu*k is me seat, ave u seen it, and act dead suprised
  15. looks looaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaads better in real life, but a two colour colour scheme is much better than just one colour IMO...... zoo bars ***!!!!!! The flou rims have got a mint contrast witht the frame
  16. hellfrauds hopefully they may go a few parts down if that doesn't go through ill get it at jaguar witha bit of help from my step-dads brother
  17. hs33's are better, dont know much about the hs11's as ive always had hs33's but the 11's avnt gt TPA's and are more simple
  18. hey i am starting to become very prone of snapping my magura lever bodies, gone through 3 in the space of 2 months!!!!!! not hitting the levers or anaything but im just topping up my brake at the bleed hole on the lever, comes to tightening it up and i hear a crack and look down to see a massive crack appear. The 05 levers are better designed but this still happened,,,, poor metal or too heavy handed??? cheers
  19. mansfield is like 15 mins on train?? come down an check it out one day plus worksop is good and a few riders are placed there, paddy etc...
  20. zona's ***!!!! mine looks a bit sketch but tis mint!! ( no say its a poothon ) ZOOna!
  21. speak properly and maybe someone will help
  22. its the pads probs, try cleaning the rim and/or grinding the rim as well, get some plazmatic crm pads and it bite like a dog on a bone
  23. avid bb7 caliper xtr cable/or other high end cable (no expert ) and lube it up in the hosing avid ultimate lever/shimano xtr v-brake lever almost as good as hydraulic, joe b has his set up mint and works better than squinces marta are the hayes mechanical disks any good ?............ dunno why but im obsessed with hayes!!!
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