AdamR28

Best system I've ever used on a trials frame.

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On one, the driver is made from steel - the other, the driver is made from Ti (that is literally the difference)

Exactly! Since the brakes are manufactured in Germany (rather than the far East), it's super expensive to buy them, ship them separately to Taiwan for assembly on the bike, then have the lot shipped back over here... so on budget bikes like the Mission, even with extra V brake adaptors it makes a lot of sense to use Vees to keep costs down. Vees can work really well when set up correctly, but you would need different adaptors, boosters, new pads, blah blah, so a set of hydraulic brakes is a good bet (especially given the range of spares available). Yeah, very simple but very effective, you just have to be *reasonably* careful with bolt torque since the thread is M5 and can pull out if you go nuts with the allen keys.

Yes (14mm Magura HS33 pistons anyway).

From the Photobucket image, it looks like all sorts of fail is going on with the rear brake, so ignore that The bike on eBay (nice work by the way, that's a bargain!) has 4-bolt mounts front and rear, so hydraulic rim brakes will bolt straight on with 4-bolt clamps (everything here except the Evo2 adaptors: http://tartybikes.co.uk/search.php?category_id=74). They have managed to fit V brakes to the bike you just bought via some pretty sketchy V brake adaptors (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14718&stc=1&d=1156682985) which are the same as the ones uses on the rear of that Photobucket image (which also has Evo2 mounts bolted to the v-brake adaptors!)... Hope that isn't too confusing!? Adam

All none of them?

Tensile or HS are stiffest out of those three. Such a stiff booster isn't really required though, IMO. You can easily double the weight and only add 20% stiffness, for example. Out of the three I would use the Trialtech.

Depends what pads you have..?

CTRL + F5

At the time of making payment, the processor checks there's enough cleared funds in the account, so even though it doesn't clear for 2-3 days the payment *shouldn't* work... But then again it's a government-run website so

Depends how well they are designed, and how the carbon is laid up. Ones cut from a sheet will always be useless (unless they are super thick/really heavy) because the fibres are in completely the wrong orientation.

I always found that 99% of Inspired owners had the bars too low, or with too long a stem. You'll need some high rise bars (like the Trialtech ones), an 80-90mm stem with a good 20degree rise and a spacer or two. Not so much the same for the later frames with lower BB though.

Had various cranks on various mods, right through from 158 Montys ro 175 Try-Alls. Currently got the Try-Alls on and wouldn't hesitate to put 175s on any subsequent bike!

I don't think they are, since not enough people would pay ~£60 for one to make it viable...

We literally have only been told 'there will be some new frames soon' and some current ones have disappeared from the price list - that's it.

No probs

Yeah, you have been able to for a few months (but not ano colours, only Fluro).

Because it's a NIGHTMARE for stock Urban rims are discontinued; SL now only available in Black, White, Silver; TR rims are now the only ones in loads of colours.

Yeah, I agree. Even if he got past Petrov though, I doubt he'd have got past Rosberg as well (and Kubica too at the end). If Alonso had ended up winning by less than 7 points I'd have been furious, cheating Ferarri bastards! Can't wait for next year

Being massive and £20 a pair, you couldn't refuse! Even if you had to cut the side knobbles off to fit them through your frame...

There are 3 or 4 models of Echo rim though, and at least 3 Try-All front hubs...

Refused is too strong a word Mike, unless Neil didn't relay our conversation accurately.

That's what it'll be yeah, thanks Mark! Regarding the delivery options, 1st Class is available for items under the size limit and up to 2kg (see photo below). Once you go over the size limit (forks, 26" rims, etc) or over 2kg then we have to use a courier. Most apply a £25+vat surcharge for islands. We can sometimes use Royal Mail standard parcels which would be ~£10, but can only send those if I go to the Post Office on a Saturday morning, and there is no tracking available.