Chakers1998

I found Steve on Linkedin and sent a request.

Does anyone know Steve personally and is able to get a hold of him? That would be a big step to finding out for definite if he plans to sell again.

Silicone grease is the one for me. Also, give the spring a little stretch as if you're playing an accordion.

Jack Carthy is riding Bristol on the 27th of December, if you can make it. Shindig will be there as well. I'm just hoping it's not raining that day.

They were supposed to sell stock again this year in the summer. I have heard that Steve at Heatsink is the worst person to get hold of, and all the unanswered emails that I've sent can attest to that. Tartybikes were supposed to get his stuff in stock, but in the end nothing happened. Probably due to no communication.

Some of us from the Swindon group like to ride Bristol. I'm looking to ride it regularly when the weather is nice. I've never rode Weston but from Google street view, the seafront looks to be good.

Has anyone snapped one of these BBs or heard of anyone snapping one? Or has anyone snapped a Ti Isis BB of another manufacturer?

The Carthy rim is the only 26 rim I have used, and I don't want to use any other purely because the Trialtech works so well.

I think that the street rides are certainly good for getting other adults into trials. It isn't what got me into it originally, as me and my dad started riding trials at home watching Ali's videos (first trials video watched was Danny), but I certainly progressed and decided to stick with trials because there is a group here in Swindon with regular rides in the town and surrounding places. Whilst organising group rides on Facebook is fine with us adults, it is not going to work with parents that have young children who want to get into trials. Can you imagine how it sounds to parents who don't know anyone in the trials world to be told to meet in a random car park in Reading with their kid? That's why we need more formalised club comps, like the Weightman's DBT, Bike Trial Academy, SBT, SCBT (big up Shaun), and hopefully TNT to get the youngest riders into trials.

It's going to be hard to get the younger generations into trials considering that we live in an instant gratification society, and trials is in noooo way a quick skill to learn.

I think that the Clean levers look the worse out of all the levers I've seen, and you don't even want to see what their slave cylinders look like. I ditched the 2014 Magura levers pretty quick for some 05s that I bought on eBay and they are great. Strong, have decent power, look nice. Now I'm using Trialtech Carthy levers and they are better than the 05s in everyway.

If it is still happening after lubing the slave cylinder pistons, take the lever apart and use some silicon grease to lube the piston bore and piston O-rings. Slightly stretching the spring can also make a difference, as TartyBikes have said that this needs to be done with the Clean levers sometimes.

I second all of the above

My Dad started trials when he was 54 and he's doing alright, so you should be fine. You can pretty much write the first 9-12 months off because you'll be trying to learn to pedal kick (but keep learning the other bike control skills as well), but if you stick with it you'll soon start progressing after that. That Onza has a rim brake, so I'd recommend watching Ali C's video when he's at TartyBikes explaining how to setup a HS brake, that helped me out immensely. I'd avoid using the dainty trial hubs with m6 bolts on a horizontal dropout frame, as they just can't create the clamping forces needed to keep the wheel in place and the wheel will move around, which is a pain with rim brakes. Seeing as it's an older bike, the spacing should be 135, so you should be able to get a 10mm bolt in hub in there running the snail cams outside the dropouts. I'm not sure how available Hope hubs are out there or how much they are, but their Pro 4 SS/T hubs are good when the ratchet ring threads don't strip after three weeks... Then you'd use a fixed sprocket on the cranks. Modern 20" bikes use a 18t/12t ratio for wheelbases over 1000m, but I have no clue what WB the Onza will have. @onzatpro09 This is right up your street, how did you build yours?

Has anyone else used this on TartyBikes website? I'm surprised at the amount of captured points in the sites history. I would imagine it would be very nostalgic for some to have a look this, as the site captures go back to 2005 when you had a whopping selection of three rim brake pads to choose from.

I've actually found some spots in oxford that aren't too bad. Some others have said that it's alright as well.

I noticed the new pawls on my hub when I got it back last week after stripping the ratchet ring threads. My hub skipped a few times on rides as well, so I completely degreased the freewheel and ratchet and only put some chain lube on the moving parts in the freewheel. Running the ratchet almost completely dry with double springs and it seems to be fine now.

I heard that Echo are not dead, but they are only producing bike components for other brands, mostly MTB brands. Obviously far more profitable for them than making trials stuff in tiny numbers.

This happened to my dads Skye. The thickness of the material at the threads isn't the best and Inspired could do with having the Allen key fitting having less depth just to give the threads at the weak point some much needed material.

That is true, you're most likely to hear the negative opinions than the positive ones. People often forget how reassuring good feedback is to others.

I have also had this. I snapped the inner links at the join, just completely tore the chain only after two months.

Welcome to the forum! The Fourplay will be slightly closer to your DJ in terms of geo, plus they are lighter than arcades.

I just broke a Pro 4 SS/T hub tonight that is less than 3 weeks old. Is that a record?

Has anyone used this chain? They are quite pricey, but from what I understand they are possibly the strongest chain you can get. I would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on them.

Just finished building a Hope trials hub. The Jitsie isn't cutting it, which is a shame as it's a really nice hub and it would be fine with vertical dropouts.