James_Porter

why dont you just get the train?

ahhhh nicky g and sam wheeler have been telling me about this jaime pedrosa :) i was impressed from what i heard. :)

i have just realised this is the day after my prom. so sorry in advance if im a bit out of it and moody :) should be good though

what about when they wear?

can you use 521's in them then? without a pad bodge or what ever??? bigmans is the nicest sooooooo far... :)"

seeing as there are so many ladies going, i am going to have to warn you in advance. sorry about my smell, my helmet/shinpads stink as steve and sam will tell you im sure :blink: . i might clean them on sunday night for you all (Y)" haha just so they are bearable. and sorry about my ginger glow, its not my fault :blink: :blink: 11 at oxford station it is then, weather better be good :blink:

yellow plaz crm pads. people that went on my bike in reading on saturday will tell you how good my brake was.

why does everyone think reading is soooooo good. i think it is pretty crap. haha. ah well. im down some times, like once in a blue moon. danny (mavic on here) is the one you wanna talk to. (Y)

the monday after this (tomorrow)? i will probably be there. (Y)

how much more?

so your not going in june now?????? i will come if it is like after. maybe the week after or before nass???

myself and some other swindon guys will probably be there as well as andy p and probably nicky g and sam wheeler :D

ye, june is best. then we can go to nass when we get back and then start road trippin after that :P" . going to be a mad summer. :P ahhhh wtf, ffs. my last exam is on the 29th of june :P cant really miss that. looks like im booked up for june :P

i might come, i think that is just after my exams... any idea how much it will cost?

dunno to be honest, best asking danny (mavic) or ben jordan (bennifer) (Y)

might come on saturday...

im sure that dave will be selling that bt very soon... :P looks ok...just the same as everything else nowwa days to be honest. do a custom paint job prawn :P

echo flat bars, i think they are really nice and i used to be well against flat bars. and for £25 you really cant go wrong and i have never heard of any snapping...someone will prove me wrong no doubt :P if not zoo risers. or you could go on a ride and try all sorts out...

kris leeson got it from me on the saturday night when i was slightly out of it. and he is pnly a little star compared to the big guns going this year :( that means that i will be going mad :) cant fecking wait, need to make sure we all camp in a group again and not by all the pikeys... :)"

i seem to recall phil telling my he (selectbikes.com) has a account with magura. but i dunno if he can get the 04 style levers. just get that one from crc and flip it over, what i am doing at the moment and it has been fine for ages.

Pads: rim jam greens Time used: 5 days on grind, 5 days smooth rim = 10 days!!!:) Rim used: new viz rim (smooth) new echo rim (ground) Grind: ^^ Brake used: Magura What is your opinion of a working brake: something that gives enough bite to hold my ass but also modulates well. How do they compare to previous pads you have used: nice bite, but no more than my koxx reds. Review: wally very kindly sent me these pads. i put them on my bike straight away as you would and made sure my brake was set up aswell as i could possibly get it with evo mounts on my pure. i didnt bother grinding my viz rim and just left it how it was, which was with a TINY, couldnt see it, but it was there bit of tar. i was impressed with first impressions as they seemed to bite well straight out of the packet. so i decided to take it to the concrete wall of swindon. still very impressed with the bite. they got a bit crappy as i was riding in a dusty area so i put a tiny bit more tar on and they were really nice again and made a "slurp" sound at the point of power or bite, which was nice. there was no wear really, maybe 1mm after 5 days on a smooth rim, which to be honest is what you would expect from any pad. i got my new bike and had a nice fresh medium grind in my new echo rim. i stuck them on and had them set up really well hitting square and at the same time both sides. after litterally 5 seconds of dragging the brake it made a very deep sound, never had a brake make such a sound and it did make you feel quite confident but it was a bitch when it came to manualing, haha. i was really liking the feel of the brake and did not notice any difference in lever feel coming from red koxx bloxx. but after one day of riding on them, not doing anything really which needed to drag the brake. i looked to see how much wear there had been through out the day :) , and fork me. they had worn down about half!!! which is like 4mm of pad material :( i was shocked by this as i know they are the hardest compound that rimjam do. but i set my brake up again and was back out on them. over the next few days they started to die and by the 5th day of riding them lightly on what was now a worn grind they had gone right down to the sketchy white backing. it isnt all slating for these pads though, they have got quite a good amount of power and the noise is unbelievable. but for the pad life/power ratio they are really not worth the £10 in my opinion. to be honest rimjam i think you need to look at making a pad for grinds. :P i have another little bone to pick :blink: . one of the backings on one of my pairs is f**ked. the little clip bit is mashed and it WONT clip onto the little ball bit on the caliper. this really isnt good at all and im sure it would do major damage to the caliper and yourself if you dont notice what has happened and you are still riding with it like that after weeks. this i found to completely put me off getting another pair of rimjam pads untill they sort out the backings. sorry, it must seem like i am slating the pads quie a bit, but i am only telling the truth through my expirences. in all these pads give great power and will hold you well, but for £10 every week i really think you would be better off spending nearly £20 on some koxx bloxx reds as in the long run they will be better value for money :D sorry rimjam, i hope you can work from these problems i have come accross. :) cheers james

i ran rimjam greens on a grind, must have been a medium to harsh grind or what ever. werent as harsh as it could have been. anyways... i didnt really do any manuals or sort of rubbing the brake moves, only gaps, ups etc. even so they still wore down in less than a week :S . i couldnt believe it to be honest. the power they produced was good though and they made a real deep sort of sound. but for power to wear rate they werent very good at all. so i wouldnt recommend them for a deep grind even though they are the hardest compound

right riding bristol this saturday with Fletch, jon shrewsbury and hopefully matt berridge will be out as i know he has nout better to do :( i will be in at around 1ish and im sure the other lads will be in a bit earlier like 11? if your not riding the hampshire thing :ermm: hehe tara james

saturday for me :ermm: yep haha it is saturday...LOOK!