CurtisRider
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bigger disc everytime!!! unless you ride a mod and are about 6 stone....
bigger discs are well worth the extra money, you wont regret it (Y)
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i was reading up about the juicy, apparently they feel amazing, but lack bite, which for me is very important on a front trials brake
however i cant see how you arent happy with your avid, i run a avid 185 with an ultimate lever and nokon cables and its frickin amzing
ok its an expensive setup but everyone who has used it has commented how bloody light and smooth it feels-and the power is immense-i think thats worth a go as hydraulics feel heavy after using this setup
i used to run an xtr on some avid cable on my old 160 avid-and that felt silly nice too
try out a juicy, they do sound good and we may be all surprised, the camino however im unsure about, like mentioned they are a bitch to bleed, but hayes brakes for me have always been very reliable, so you will probably never have to rebleeed it...well not for ages anyway
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didnt those forks used to belong to james porter and have already had a replacement steerer put in once before :D"
if thats the case then its kinda understandable why they broke, jon didnt make me aware of them being 3rdhand though, so ill have to ask him
im guessing that they wont be fixed due to the crack on the left leg (Y)
My only advice is to lose some weight, you fat shit!yeah thats an idea :D
Thats not good just get yourself to a bike shop and pick up a nice set of pashelys.i dont think identity tuning forks are the same as pashleys, they are infact slightly larger tubing from what i could tell visually-may be wrong though. pashleys are useless to me anyway, i need a disc mount-no way am i going back to a rim brake at the front!!!
strangely the main thing that pisses me off is the fact im cracking the disc mounts at the welds, i didnt hurt myself luckily, it was actually kinda funny, its a pity they dont make it 1 piece with the leg, may cure the problem for a bit longer
ill post some pics once i work out how to get them up, ive never tried before
EDIT: jon says he got them new, they werent porters
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rity snapped my curtis forks today at the steerer/crown interface :)
they are 6months old, jonpace had them originally, and i got them around a month ago
since i got them, i havent really used them a huge amount, havent had time :) and jon says he hasnt been rough with them at all
it seems as though the failure is more of a material one rather than workmanship as its not at the actual weld, its reasonably close though, although i found a crack at the top of the disc mount
as far as im aware of, they are the normal versions, not the thickened steerer ones, but i may be wrong-if jon replies to this he can clarify
anyways im really confused how they have failed so soon, they are advertised(and many say) that they are among the toughest forks out, yet i manage to mess them up in no time(im almost 13 stone and over 6ft-but i think many of us are around that)
i dont do big stuff, i havent front bumped with them, no hooks and i can only do 2 front hops on the rare ocasion i try :"> i have only really done very small gaps to front wheel-not even a bike length, i admit im not silly smooth but im also not ultra rough on the front wheel, usually its the backwheel stuff i struggle to stay smooth on. this weekend i have been riding skatepark stuff, but it was mainly just rolling around as all i could do was blunt things and spin around :">
i run a 185 avid disc upfront which may be part of the reason behind the disc mount cracking as my last forks-idenity tuning forks-cracked above the mount too which received the ame sort of streses as these
this isnt a dig at curtis bikes, i still think they make some of the best parts around, and i like thier stuff, but it seems a common problem wih most peoples forks, usually alloy ones though
i have no doubt they will replace them free of charge, and id love to try some more
other than the topic question, my other question is: have lots of others had a similar problem? i know of a few people who destroy forks regularly, but they ride large stuff as far as i know of
anyways any constructive comments would be of help, ive tried to be as detailled as possible!
cheers, paul
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well i was impressed with the riding, pity it wasnt longer and properly downloadable
i really like his style, bring on more akrigg vids
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the fact that you are using a deore brake makes it far more impressive! well done ^_^ good pics too :P
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maguras are far too inconsistent, overpriced and an arse to set up!
get a
decent vee: sdy calliper on an xtr lever/avid ultimate set up with nokon cables and some heatsink pads if you need any extra power
or a disc: avid 185 on an xtr/avid ultimate lever and nokon cable or a hope mono trial
simple matey ^_^
id go for my set up anytime-avid 185(160 lacks hold-had 1 before but im almost 13 stone), nokon cable and a ultimate lever (used to have xtr and that was sweet too :P )
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high roller single ply is good :S im running it in you old curtis forks (only just fits!!!)
its comfy, reasonable in weight and i havent pinched it yet, although it hasnt really had many hard knocks
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looks good, but its the same as every other bash ive seen to be honest....
im not saying its bad but is not very original, but hey-why fix what aint broken?
the price is ok, but i think the competition is a bit cheaper such as dmr and truvativ (i think they only come with the cranks though)
alo a 22t version would be more preferable-very few people use a 32t except for norhshore type chaps and the odd dirtjumper(including myself)
as long as its proven o be touch and perhaps came in a few colours and different sizes (if you make a gold 22t one pm me (Y) ) they will sell
are you aiming for a uk market? if so how are they gonna be disributed?
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to be fair i use the majority of those tools....and also quite often-but i do build bikes for people lol
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cant go wrong with a nokon cable!
expensive but will totally transform your brake!!
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deores anyday! had 3 sets, 1 messed up cos the bb snapped and took a huge chunk of taper with it (Y)
and the other 2 sets i sold, still worked fine though, dahhhnhillallalaal had 1 set of mine so ask him ;)
they are light, cheap and work fine, may be worth lookin at the octalink versions as they are prob stronger in the bb department (i hate square tapers :) )
power pros on the other hand..................RIP lol
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presumably you can take any removeable brake arch off a fork and use it? if so now i have a use for my old rst forks (Y) yay!
although the marzocchi ones far look the best and are probaby the stiffest(bloody good design)
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had a avid 160 on a xtr lever-felt wicked-really powerful and only started slipping due to the pork pies ive been eating :">
now got 185 on an ultimate lever with nokon cable-fooook me its lush, smooth as you like, bloomin powerful with very nice modulation (more modulaton than my hydro hopes) and a great amount of bite, i love it (Y)
i havent really had enough experience to comment on the mono trial, although i was impressed when i used one-it was still breaking in though so im guessing they must be equally as good if not better
o and defo get at least a 185 rotor, even if ur light (Y)
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if it makes any difference marcs got himself an echo team, so ermm maybe some people who own them could say what they run? doubt it makes much differnce though :) if at all :blink:
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lol
they are hefty gits, but an intense blurr is a very hardcore tyre that will never pinch however low you run it...well im pretty harsh at the ebst of times anyway
o and ive had mine a year and its still like new, even after being ridden low on the road for a few miles :) tis good :blink:
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hey i was gonna buy a full bike off this lad, we agreed a price and then.....he stops using msn. i pm'd him and emailed him but have not recived any replies (Y)
just wondered if anybody knows him and if they could get him to get in contact/give me some contact numbers?
i am still very interested in this bike and would really like to buy it!
cheers, paul
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give it a good clean, wash the rotor with washing up liquid, sand/file the pad surface to get any glaze/cack off and break the brake in again-sorrrted :S
maybe a new cable too?
i dont know how to actually service the unit itself though...but doubt that would help much
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i like that mate. >_< thats nice, how come you got a M4 rotor on the front but no caliper, lever etc?
Mat
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( Front M4 broke).looks fine apart from those forks, i bloody hate dirtjumper forks, the most awful fork ive ever used, lotsa people like them but ive never had/used a pair that feel good
some better hubs would be good, but not entirely needed, deores are solid and fine for dirtjumping :S
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a common mistake is to put the bearing cages in the wrong way up-presuming you are running an open bearing headset....
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but if they left farmer alone most would be out of business, but thats another matter all together and irrelavent to this one, so lets not get sucked into that!!!
I will be signing the petition, but thats mainly because i don't want to see the end of trials comps and motorsports in this country!
o no no i meant leave them alone as in leave them to it lol, all the government do is f**k everything up for all industries, most famers (including my dad) struggle to keep the money comin, so i can understand why farmers are doin the 'double income' thing
anyways private land should be left to people do what they like with within reason, although there are laws for protection of land and whats on it which i agree with cos it retains heritage and stuff
thing is even if they stop us riidng eventually in the law, doesnt mean we wont ride will it? just like the old fox hunters-they are still at it even though its illegal (the majority of what we do is illegal anyway)
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bloxx as far as im aware of, still best off gettin heatsinks......
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isn't it because the government pay farmers not to use the land (to stop them porducing too much crop) and they don't want the farmers making extra money from the land they are paying them to do nothing with...
or have i got the wrong end of the stick
mike
yup i think thats pretty much one of the main parts of it (Y)
bloody tossers in government :- leave famrers alone
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its cheeaper to get a new hub lol.. i got a quote from a local bearing supplier.. and they are £16 EACH!!
fook me, i got new bearings for my front hub for 2 quid each (Y)
go to a local friendly auto mechanics-thats what i did for mine :)
Riser Bars On Mods?
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good choice-i run those bars in that size on my stock-frickin lovely (Y)