Ali C

sure does look pretty!!

he told me he had used them, plus I think they were in the box when it arrived. He said that they were supplied with his cranks and thought he had to use them, even though cranks don't come with these spacers . Perhaps he had an old bb with the spacers before the reset one and while it was being removed the spacers were left in the tool and transferred over? It almost happened to me once.

its different

I think part of the problem was that where the cranks ended up sitting was exactly where the internal threads ended meaning all the stress of the rider was going straight into the most stressed point. If the crank was further onto the axel, it would have gone past that point and there wouldn't have been a problem.

the spacers are about 3mm each, I am not sure about the tightness, you would need to ask Dave.

Dave, yours snapped because you had used some other spacers on the axel (same as the axel stops on trialtech and echo bbs). This made your cranks sit further out and increased the stress on the axel.

used to take them for years, no longer need them

if your landing on it, your doing it wrong, so may as well go for the lightest bash ring possible just as a back up measure

popped one on my inspired last night, bled fine first try, feels solid! The adjustment works exactly the same as a TPA on a magura, normal hope levers generally bite too far away from the bar for my liking, so I have to run the lever too close to get the bite point right, not so with the Tech lever.

general fail

Have you missed any sidehops and landed on the spokes? I have and snapped a few spokes doing other moves just from the damage of missed sidehops

Hmm, I still think its not the same as what the coust bros use. I ordered some material from them directly and they sent me exactly what they send you, however I have had first hand experience with the real compound and there is a difference.

I love you Rowan! That was fantastic

sure did! you see, the problem is you havn't tried a rain king yet, they are honestly in another league! I thought the rubber queen gripped slightly worse than a maxxis (which the duro test backed up). the rain king just grips to anything, when you pick your bike up you can see they are actually stuck to the floor!

I asked stan yesterday what would he rather keep, his fave frame ever, or the conti rain king...... rain king won. We have a duro tester here now, rain king came in at 39A, Maxxis st at 45A and a rubber queen was 50A. Rubber queens suck!

someone cloned you

wasnt impressed with the power of mine

shocked that he has once again ventured into the dirty world of mods! Bike looks sweet though, must ride soon darlings!

rather you than me!

about a year

I agree with Mat, apart from the disc brake cleaner part, I have always found that to seriously reduce the power of the brake, anyway new parts will be as clean as they need to be from the packet.

again, not too sure what advantages it has over other bikes, but would like a go to see for myself

looking likley that I'll be there too

Cheers dude What's what? Frame's a Zoo Lynx Long Disc. It is Adam's, yeah. He had it lying around, battered me into trying a dual disc setup up. It's amazing, so there's now a 4-bolt Lynx for sale with a brake fitted... They're a sample set of Atomz grips that are veeeery similar to Rockman thins. Yeah, Ads has a front Mono Trial kicking around that I might poach! Regarding the forks, they're great. Super stiff, not particularly heavy, strong steerer (which I usually break) - they're just good forks in general. It's strange they're not more popular because they're the best forks available. The price seems to put people off a bit, but then people are happy to buy cheaper forks that they need to replace more often? Seems odd to me. Equally, I like to know I can trust everything on my bike, and I fully trust these forks. Edit: This was Mark

As the water freezes, it expands slightly and pushes your pads towards your rim. That's about it, really. It just means you can't ride, so putting a bit of anti-freeze in with your water means you can ride with a water bleed all year round.