AdamR28

Nearly - but the bleed port on the lever isn't the highest point. Have you tried bleeding with a syringe?

What's the science behind these? I find it hard to believe they work. Edit: Carb Blocker is extracted from white kidney bean which has been shown to prevent the body from properly digesting starch (carbohydrates). Low carbohydrate diets have become extremely popular with those trying to lose weight but they can often prove difficult to fully implement. Carb Blocker allows users to significantly reduce the amount of calories that they absorb from starchy foods such as pasta, potatoes and bread without the hassle of dropping these foods completely from their daily routine. The natural extract used in Carb Blocker works by preventing the enzyme alpha Amylase from breaking down carbohydrates into sugar and has been shown to reduce the amount of energy that the body can extract from starch. The bold bit sounds like it would have the opposite effect! Your body needs to break down the starch into sugar so you can use it as energy. If you don't break it down and use it then your body stores it as fat... The underlined bit might be true, but it's actually just a re-jig of the above bit in bold. I'm no expert but it sounds like bollocks to me. Can't you just get your family meals to be served up with a slightly smaller portion of whatever the starchy item is?

I've used one of these before: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-Windscreen-Windshield-Repair-Kit-Glass-Chip-Crack-Repair-System-/170810090618?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27c513247a - it did actually work! They were less visible afterwards. Edit: In fact that kit looks a fair bit better than the one I used, so should get a really good result.

I'd go with organic (kevlar) for trials, unless they are a specifically soft compound sintered, like the Jitsie pads for the Hope brakes.

Sort of the wrong attitude but just being realistic, haha. That thing will be twice the bhp/ton of Alex's car, and having driven a lowly (haha) 350bhp Exige on a track I can confirm there's pretty much f**k all with two seats that will touch it!

Got the bug now

Winner, thanks dude. Our bit is on the way today too, so should both get to him together on the same day

In case anyone can't work that out - Mark made the map that Ozonys used. They asked us where to ride in London, I had no idea, asked Mark for a few ideas but he made a map! I sent it to Ozonys just as an example but they chose to use it in it's entirety. Stan and I will be heading down on Saturday, see you there!

Actual LOL, amazing.

Plastic backings flex, middle of the pad gets all the force, the two ends of the pad don't, so the force is compressing only a small amount of pad material. Metal backings stiffer, the force is going into all of the pad material. You can see it happening with a powerful brake setup and plastic backings.

Awesome

Yes. It will work spot on now yeah, as the pad face is hitting the rim squarely.

Hmm. It should be pretty stiff. Some 'washered' clamps will help with the Trialtech rim though, unless you just grind an angle on the pads (or live with a slightly funny-feeling brake until they wear to match the angle of the rim).

Don't think the clamps will add any stiffness, but what they will do is allow a perfect setup. Which rim do you have?

It was a stiff brake - setup was bang on (alloy washers and Magura clamps), Trialtech pads (pretty firm), CNC backings.

I'd take the axle out of the hub first, then you can work on it more easily. Should come out fine with what you've done, unless there was threadlock on the bolt?

Yep!

Good to see you warmed it up fully before you spanked it, haha. That's a massive bargain...

Close - but 5-arm: http://www.k-124.co.uk/product.php?product_id=123 (If you wanted one could do one about £25)

Haha. To be honest the whites will be pretty much riding along flat ground with a few turns and stuff - we want young kids to still be able to 'clean' some of these sections, so they need to be nice and easy

I reckon you can ride white route without dabbing? All the sections will be made easier than normal as well I think - but we plan to do a 'tester' beforehand!

Indeed - good riders are good on whatever they ride! Yeah, BC have been less than supportive which is a shame. At the Biketrial AGM in January we asked for a 'Trials' link *anywhere* on the site, just to link to BTUK page, but nothing yet. They list pretty much every other cycling discipline (including speedway, 'commuting' and 'sportive' (??!)) but not trials. They also expressed the opinion that we are 'self-sufficient' from looking at the accounts, so we didn't need any help... The BIU world round cost about £30k to put on (not to mention the amount of time spent behind the scenes!) so it would indeed be impossible to put on an event like a UCI world round without some serious backing. Maybe one day...!

I guess the idea is that it separates the best riders in the category from the not-quite-the-best, which is good. I know the winner of senior finished on 2 so he must have got through it somehow! I just - personally - would never go out to strato dab something so it made me when I had to so I could make it through that section.