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  1. Zhi Vee Mount Adapters

    in Trials Chat

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    I don't want to ruin your hopes, but in most cases homemade adapters will be the only choice if you want to use Vees on a mod.

    Heatsink, Zhi or Bonz adapters move the brake mount closer to the axle and thus decreases the vertical clearance. This causes big mod rear tires to run on the cable. Ideally the mount should be located at the bottom hole of the 4-bolt mounts.

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  2. Kenny Belaey

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    I just found this on youtube.

    It's from the World Cup last weekend, where Mr Belaey apparently won.

    Youtube Video ->
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  3. Middleburns: Cloud9 Or Super Pro Trials?

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    Posted · Edited by Felix

    So theres really that much difference between 16 and 18 tooth chainrings, based on the fact you only including 2 more teeth and if we're talking about leverage as being the main cause of chain snaps, the radius (half the actual diameter) of the chainring.

    What size difference is there between the radius on a 16 and an 18 tooth chainring?

    18t: 18 links, 2 links are 1" in length --> 9" in circumference or 22,86mm in proper dimensions ;) Divided by 2*pi gives a radius of 3,64cm

    16t: 20,32mm radius 3,23cm

    That's roughly 12% difference between 16t and 18t.

    The radius for 22t is 4,45cm by the way.

  11. Switzerland Squealer

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    Anyone know why it has that name?

    http://www.23mag.com/tricks/flat.htm

    RL Osborn, BMX Action september 1985 : I started wheel-walkin' about a year ago, but I was standing on the front pegs. It was a variation for front wheel hops. Then, I saw Martin Aparijo and Eddie Fiola doin' it the same way. All three of us were attempting to perfect it using the front fork pegs. Then while I was in Switzerland (in May), I tried doing it with my left foot on the pedal and I got it dialed. I haven't seen Eddie or Martin since I got back, so I don't know if they learned it this way yet. Yup, it helped me a lot doing those shows in Switzerland.

    Gork, BMX Action september 1985 : With the recorder goin' full bore and RL scooting backwards tons of times for the camera, I intensely quizzed the Rad Lad for every detail I could get on how to do this maneuver. Imagine my surprise back at the office when the last word I heard was "Switzerland" and then a "squeak... squeak... squeak!" of RL 's front brakes when he would push the wheel. Not one word was left from there on -only the squeaking of brakes drowning out all the taped info. After playing it over a few times for Steve, a little 60 watt light bulb appeared above his head. "That's what we'll call it, The SWITZERLAND SQUEAKER!" I thought that was kinda dumb at first, but after a few minutes of saying it, I began liking it The Switzerland Squeaker it was.

  13. Omg Felix

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    Very impressive! Were the bottles weighted down?

    The bottles were glues to a piece of wood. Otherwise it would have been a bit hard :P

    Pretty random bike he was on - You reckon he was riding it to make it seem like a more 'normal' bike? You don't exactly need the standover height for that.

    Anyway, that was cool. Boy got skillz :D

    If I was on a trials bike most people would have probably thought "uhh he's on a special bike, then it's easy!"

    That was one of the reasons to use that street bike.

    Can someone please upload this somewhere else?

    Rich

    Try this link Rich!

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