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  1. That's exactly what I was afraid of lol
  2. Oh sweet, thanks, so just push the pistons back by hand before bleeding?
  3. I have a set of Tech 4 Trial Zones arriving soon, they are coming off of someone's new '23 bike so probably won't have a bleed block so I need to make one, so anyone know what thickness it needs to be?
  4. Yeah really enjoyed seeing it person mate.
  5. And after watching it up close I can definitely say it's more impressive than it looks in videos. The riding was so smooth and big. Great to see the boys local to me as well and a nice surprise to see Ben Travis in the show too and Rory doing some filming. Great job boys. After watching all of Ali's vlogs and now seeing him riding in person I can only imagine what watching him ride street in person is like. So if anyone here hasn't yet seen the show I highly recommend it.
  6. Probably totally won't happen, it's just an insight into the type of ideas that are being banded around by people who are clearly out of touch with most of the real world.
  7. https://news.sky.com/story/cyclists-could-face-speed-limits-and-may-need-number-plates-reports-say-12674899 Speed limits for road cyclists I totally get, if a car has to do 20mph on a certain road then so should cyclists but the whole notion that all cyclists (assuming MTBs, street trials bikes, bmx's and trials bikes as well, because they use the pavements and roads a fair bit too) have to display number plates that are readable from a distance (so fairly big plates) and assuming also readable by ANPR like car plates is just ridiculous. /In before drilling number plates to make them lighter
  8. lololol after I submitted a support ticket they emailed me once a day for about 2 weeks with the same email stating 'your support ticket has been forwarded to EU support', yet no one from EU support ever got back to me until I kicked off and told them to stop spamming me the same useless messages and even then only half my questions were answered so I gave up.
  9. Now wondering how I get a free set?! I actually tried to get some info from Hayes themselves about a couple of things before makiy an order but got such a convoluted runaround from them I gave up and never bothered because I figure their customer service would be too difficult to deal with in the event I had an issue.
  10. Yeah been there before, pain in the ass.
  11. Well I had a dig around and found a really old retro chain tool in my garage so I've rejoined it with that so hopefully it's all good. It's a brand new chain so as long as my join holds up I won't have any nasty accidents. Still open to recommendations for a decent tool for splitting and rejoining 3/32" chains.
  12. Seriously considering some Tech 4 Trialzones (or even Tech 3) to replace my MT7's, brakes are such a tricky thing to purchase because they aren't cheap and they are so subjective so you have no idea if you'll like them until after all the expense and fitting. Magura levers are so fragile it's ridiculous for a street trials bike that inevitably gets dropped on hard surfaces every so often. And on top of that all of a sudden my MT7's have lost their bite, they seem to work fine for an hour or so if I put some water on the rotors but after that the bite just fades away again, the levers are no more spongy than usual and the pads are definitely not contaminated. Today I actually cleaned the rotors with 99.9% Isopropanol and gave the pads a very light rub on some sandpaper, some brown residue came off of the rotors and some black residue off of the pads but the brakes are still the same (no bite unless sprayed with water). Both pads and rotors are fairly new (Magura Performance Grey and Storm HC). The Grey pads used to throw me over the bars unexpectedly more times than I'd like but not anymore. Maybe I need new pads for whatever reason. Wondering if 2-pot Hope Trial Zones will have enough modulation and bite/holding power with 180mm rotors, I'm told 200mm rotors would improve holding power but also reduce modulation? I quite fancied Hayes after Ali seemed to be getting on fine with them so I bought a used set on eBay but the seller cancelled the order because he'd listed the hose length wrong, the length would still have been fine for me but he never asked and just cancelled it! I've also since read quite a lot about them failing a lot too so maybe I dodged a bullet there anyway. How has the perfect brake set not yet been designed? Robust, easy to bleed with adjustable modulation and bite and user serviceable. Too much to ask apparently lol
  13. Thinking maybe this one? Had dealings with Pro Bike Tool in the past and they are very helpful and their tools are good quality, just insure whether it would be suitable for a 3/32" chain. I'll see if I can call someone and ask. https://www.amazon.co.uk/PRO-BIKE-TOOL-Chain-Spare/dp/B08X7D554M/ref=sr_1_29?crid=250X8PQPU926M&keywords=chain%2Btool&qid=1649255708&refinements=p_72%3A184323031%2Cp_76%3A419158031&rnid=419157031&rps=1&s=sports&sprefix=chain%2Btool%2Csports%2C61&sr=1-29&th=1
  14. I need a new chain tool to join my KMZ Z1eHX Narrow chain, I was looking at KMC's tool (Here) but their blurb says the tool is for breaking only and not rejoining, I know they recomend using a split link but obviously I'm not going to do that so I'm wondering if their tool is not actually designed to rejoin a chain also? I had a BBB Nautilus II because they 'were' apparently well made but they're not any more it seems (see below) lol I managed to use this tool to break and rejoin a KMC chain with success but upon trying it for a second time the thread just stripped out when I tried to push the pin back in. So, any recomendations for a sub £20 chain tool that will rejoin my chain? Assuming it's actually OK to rejoin, the internet has been scaring me with threads about 'you should never rejoin a chain because it will definitely snap on you, you have to use a split link'
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