guineasmithpig

big up dudes! my forks snapped through the middl of the left leg. well random! obviously due to disc forces, but local dealer said they shouldn't break there, and fair play to cannondale europe, they're gonna do me a warranty set (fingers crossed) if i can sort out a proof of purchase. and the lbs i bought em from say they'll reprint a receipt if i can get a bank statement to prove payment (2years ago). so carefully coaxin ma uncle to get a bank statement sorted, as they were bought for ma cousin, who got rid of em after bout 2 months. fool. anyways, thank you cannandale! just hope hazzy gets his finger out for that bank statement!!! smithy

anyone know if the forks that came with the ashton replica frameset are any good? got a m8 with some spare, but supposedly, they're like the fattys, but lighter? :unsure: which usually means a bit weaker? smithy

hey my fattys have split nearly all the way around the left leg, bout 1inch above the disc tab. seems to have developed from the breather hole (the one drilled in the legs to help em relieve pressure due to welding heat?) looks as though its developed frokm a crack though, as there was some dark patches (dirt) within the crack. either that or its a material flaw. anyways, is there anyone worth speakin to about warranty, or is it pointless? they were bought from team autovogue about 2 xmas's ago, but their site doesn't seem to be online anymore? not really heard of many fattys breakin, so kinda unfamiliar territory for me unhappily urs :unsure: smithy

BMX chain + road mech = pain in the arse! it shall work, just gimme time. and unsuprisingly, the outers weren't quite stiff enough to work well with ma disc! ah well, look super-pimp run down to the mech. will leave it singlespeed til i get time to modify my mech smithy

incase u can't tell, thats pink cable outers (near identical shade to ma frame), a gear cable, and a non-indexing thumb shifter. three speed, here we come! all for the handsome sum of £2.93 :lol: sorry, cudn't resist. saw the pink at the back of a rack full of odd coloured cables. proper faded packagin. must o bin there for years! will post pics when all fitted n running. gonna muc-off ma chain while i'm at it too. pics 2nite or tomorrow l8rz smithy

famous smithy? someone's stolen me name!!!!!!! :sick: anyways, u guys should get ur big gay bumholes down to oxford. i need to learn to ride agen. bin busy with work and WHAT THE FUDGE has been goin on with the weather lately!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! anyways, whatever u do, have a gud un! luv u guys! smithy

i still wanna have a crack at a diy jobby just that it cud be a bit messy if it all goes pete tong (Y) anyways, top job boys. another evolution in the world of trials. b e a uuuuutiful smithy x

i've broke 2 9or was it 3?) axles in the +2years i've had my xc. now i have a solid steel axle (EN24T). just little holes in either end for bolts and custom end caps. hopefully won't snap again:p the sodding thing weighs 148g! (over 3 times the weight of standard alloy ones) it ain't all that hard to bust em, cuz u get sooooooo much flex in the area where this guys axle has snapped, and all of mine have gone in the same place. the freehub shell has so little support, it sorta just wobbles about under hefty load, bending the axle about with it. then one heavy drop and SNAP! but hope have always been really good. they also replaced all the internals , leaving only the hub shell and end caps original from when i bought the hub. :blink: so call hope, ask what they advise. probably just tell u to send it back. in which case, just send back the wheel (ie. minus tyre and tube) to save weight on postage, and ask them to quote you any expenses before work is carried out. they'll probably do it for free (or minimal charge) and send it back to you free. smithy

surely thats just the mate's uncle? nice spelling! anyways, not used XTRs (wish i had the money, lucky devil) but they look pimp, and i'm sure they'd be strong enough. mr beast himself, jeff lenosky used to use em, n he bent them 3 piece jobbies in evolve/contact! go get em cowboy! smiffy

tried new pads in the dry for bout 1.5 hours given up because brake bite and lock was dangerously SHIT!!!!!!! thinkin it might have more to do with the grind than the pads yet i rubbed across a smooth rim, and it was like they were stuck to it :turned: though i don't seem to think i can smooth my ronnie out after a grind. will regrind and report back smithy ps, major respect for rimjam quality of service!!!! had a bit of an arse-ache with paypal, but wally kept my upto date with emails from the off. good laaaaad

good effort! riding and video. good to see people making the effort to make the trials community even more accessible. just wish i'd remembered to bring my camera to uni (Y) wanna make meself a video. though it needs to stop raining/snowing/pissing me off outside first big slap on the back! smithy

haha. not that much snow i guess:p i would just go ride in the rain, if it weren't for the 20 minute ride into town. plus i keep my bike in ma bedroom, which is a bit mingin when its dripping wet and all muddy. ah well.... smithy

so its been nice outside all day, if a little cold. but i've been a good boy and finished my maths coursework before going out on the bike. so i've just finished fitting my new rimjam pads, and setting the old maggie up for optimum performance. no sooner had i closed the tool box, the heavens opened, n now its pissing down with rain! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! what a piss take! now i can't ride tonight as it looks like its here to stay, and i'm working tomorrow and monday til 6pm. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. will be lucky if i can get an hour or two after work tomorrow, but thats about it for daytime riding ths week. does the UK weather have something against us trials riders or what? i dunno about u guys, but this has happened to me on many many occasions during my years of riding trials. watching videos, getting all psyched up for a big ride, and then it starts raining as we're opening the garage door to get our bikes out. this is why i want an xc bike as soon as possible. i'd just go out in the pouring rain across the hills, just to be able to get out of the flat. ah well, might as well start building wheels for my giant trials bike (which will be for sale very soon to fund an xc bike! keep em peeled!) disappointingly miserable smithy

anyone know if they're available? i'm sure i've seen em fitted to stuff like pace forks aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages ago. just wondered if anyone knew if i could still get hold of one? other than that, gonna have to make a tab and weld it on (its for a 24in cruiser i should be gettin) but unsure of how accurate it'll b (Y) cheers in advance (though not expectin much result (Y)) smithy

what the......... :( y r some people just blessed with the ability to hope beyond what appears physically possible? or are they just mega beasts or somthin? like tunni, cls, and this fool.. it just seems effortless, yet they just float about amile after gappin from a rail. makes me wanna quit more than go out and ride harder. bastards :@ wait til i get a vid done. i'll show em!!!! (maybe :"> ) top dollar. hurry up with the full vid!!! smithy

just seen this. pisser. but funnily enough, yesterday, i was at home searchin through old hi-8 (that right?) tapes on the parents video camera, n found some footage of an old guy literlly punchin ma m8 FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER!!! we were on the car park outside mecca bingo, doin a wall to rail gap, and a police van rolls up and asks us to move on. so we said ok, and pondered where to go next. next thing, old fuddy duddy in a fiesta swings into the car park n nearly knocks me off ma bike! i dismissed it as retarded driving abilities. but turned round to find him goin at ma m8! he'd got out the car and said 'i want a word with u'. so my friend goes over and asks what the matter is, n the old dude said 'you better fu@k off now!'. salty, quite startled, replies that we were movin on anyway, but this guy just goes for him sayin 'don't think i'm serious? just because i'm old?' grabs his handlebars n starts layin into him!! i went over and told him to stop it, being as polite as possible because he was goin a bit nuts, and he did the same to me. i got a smack in the face for my troubles. ma girlfriend then explains that she caught the majority of it on camera and it was definite assault, so he grabbed her arm, leavin big red marks and bruising around her wrist. so we're like 'sod this lets go!' and old boy whips out a phone and rings the police about us! and honest to god, i know i'm tryin to make us look the innocent party, but we never said anythin disrespectful towards him, not even using any swear words throughout the 'ordeal':( so we're thinkin 'this should be funny' and waited around til the police arrived. when they turned up, we got hold of em before they spoke to him, explained what had happened and showed em the video. then sat back and pissed ourselves laughin as this old dude gets the biggest attitude adjustment speech i have ever heard! then the police ask if we want to file for assault, and we declined, because really, we were all right (apart from my gf's bruisin). but we explained that if we'd acted in 'self-defence' n smacked him back, it's be front page news in the local paper. anyways, i think if this sorta thing happened n it were some guy maybe 30 or 40, i'd definitely be swingin fists of fury! i'd probably get my head kicked in, but fu@k it. u gotta fight (der der) for ur right........ to ride trials, innit! *cough* chav *cough* anyways, if that had bin me in the vid, i wud u just stood up n whopped me dangler out at em. then if they layed into me, i'd o claimed violent gang rape n compensation for psychological and physical trauma :P peace smithy

when they're right? so what happens when u smack it on somthin? it ain't right then!

oh, just noticed u spelt BRAKE (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) wrong in the title :ermm: what ever happened to the smelling bee? he get over worked and have a heart attack? smithy

fluid all the way........... down ur forks and into the caliper when the lever pops/gets broken. or maybe that was just me :ermm: i went for cable disc, simply cus i hate hydraulics when they go wrong! 203mm avids all the way! smithy

they look very ungrippy in the wet. wonder how long it'd take to blunt or snap the teeth off too? i'm lookin at atomlab trail king or aircorps. if i can't get em cheap, big beasty shindigs it is!!! give em death! smithy ps. anyone ever used them clear bulletproof plastic pedals? saw some in my lbs, but never heard any long term reviews?

have run a 2.5 minion 2ply for over 8 months now. major thumbs up!!! :ermm: only probs is, it struggles in the wet now, but mainly because its pretty much a slick :- new one on order soon just bought a kenda nevegal (steel bead). dunno y! ne1 used em? weighed it at a little over 1200g, so might be too heavy for the front. gonna stick it on the back. will report back soon:p but yeah, will probs be goin for 2.5 minion 2ply/rear 2.35 high roller 1ply front setup in the near future. can't go wrong with maxxis (though hutchinsons are lighter..................) smithy

dunno if this counts, but i run an old rear rim (40mm) on the front. tis awesome!! well up for wide front rims now. nice big tyre (2.35) gives loadsa grip and room for some serious front wheel landings (gaps, ups, roll outs, etc.) DO IT!!!!!!!! smithy

was gonna ride jaimes house, but its rained on it n got it all wet n crappy :- anyways, we'll be ridin oxford if no1s got anythin else planned smithy

i went from 521 to a dx32 simply for more stability, as far as tyre fold n stuff goes. dunno bout the strength issues. never had any probs with my onza full fat (dx32) which was eyeletted n undrilled. and i'd mullered plenty o 521s before that. also now running a 40mm koxx/tryall old style rear rim on the front with a 2.35 tyre. tis the bomb. extra bit o weight, but no worries about front wheel moves :rolleyes: grip and protection give me far more confidence than me old 519 smithy