[Planet X Zebdi]

Super late reply sorry, but yeah still running sweet 👌 180 rotors 

[18-14 gearing instead of 18-15?]

3 hours ago, Richie612 said:

Thinking logically if you had horizontal dropouts then moving the rear axle will give you an idea of a smaller rear sprocket. Move it towards the pedals for a smaller sprocket feel and away for a larger feel.

Rich 

This would change the chainstay length but have absolutely no effect on the gear ratio. Different length cranks can change the way your gearing feels, but not different chainstay lengths. 
 

I suppose it would depend what type of riding you normally do? I like a lighter gear for the more traditional trials stuff, but a slightly higher one for more rolling/street stuff. 

[HS33 custom polished]

Ah that looks super nice! And if you can’t be bothered doing another lever, the front lever upside down is more than accepted in the world of trials haha 

[Rattlesnake]

Seems your riding looks good on any bike. Nice to see some taps! 

[Avid BB7 Road Caliper for Trials?]

The older BB7s are silver and the newer ones are a darker colour. I’ve had both and the older ones feel a lot more solid. The newer ones seem to flex quite a bit. The mtb and road versions pull a different amount of cable, so definitely go for the mtb version. I’d get the older silver ones if you can get hold of them!

[Some Stan Shaw videos...]

Always enjoyed Stan’s style of riding. Birchwood Business Park is my local spot, I’m there nearly every week. It’s good to see a video of all the lines I’ll never be able to do... 

[Onza what now?]

12 hours ago, Ali C said:

It does have the three seat post tubes, just one is on-line with the chainstay and the other is in-line with the forward most tube (angle of the photo couldn’t have hidden them any better!)

 I’m agreeing with either a Zoot or T Rex

Bloody hell, you’re right! Took a while to make my eyes see it haha. Yeah I’m saying it’s a T Rex as well then... 

[Identiti]

5 hours ago, marshole82 said:

Just stumbled across this post whilst looking for a Judge trials build...I wanted to see what the bike looked like and to see what people's thoughts were.

 

Did you ride it? How was it?

Just replied to your other post before I saw this. Yeah it’s a fun bike to play around on, but super short. The frame has been retired to the loft again though I’m afraid, and replaced with a Planet X Zebdi frame. Here’s a photo of what it looked like before the swap though 

 

[Onza what now?]

I don’t think it’s a T-Rex or the original Zoot as it just has one ‘seat tube’ and they had a funny configuration of three. Also don’t think they had a cut out on the headtube. No idea what it actually is though sorry...

Looks like a 26” frame, with a low bottom bracket. I’d say this would be better than an Identiti Judge though, especially at your height. I’ve got one of those frames in the loft and it’s super short for me - I’m only around 6’2”

[Tyre size]

Is the wheel definitely straight in the dropouts? I feel like there should be enough space for those tyres. Should be able to help a bit more if you can post some photos?

[Cannondale Ashton]

Love it! I feel like the bars should be rolled back a fair bit though to make it truly authentic...

[Koxx XTP]

I remember these being super light and flicky. Nice blast from the past! 

[The Bikes you have the biggest feelings for- but aren’t yours.]

No idea what the geo was like, and I’m pretty sure they used to crack around the top/downtube gusset, but I always had a thing for the Rocket Fab frame. Couldn’t find a decent picture of one built up, sorry!

[Paranoia 3.0]

Switzerland squeaker gap at 0:33! Loved the video as always 

[Base ta26]

Love it! Think you could probably take a couple of links out of that chain though?

[Planet X Zebdi]

I’ve wanted one of these frames since I was about 14 and I managed to get one on eBay the other week. 32yr old me is very happy with it!

[We, the Drowned]

Loved everything about this. Always enjoy your videos, and this one was no different! 

[BMX cranks on an Inspired Arcade???]

Yeah it’s the ‘crown race’ and it usually takes a bit of a whack to get seated properly. The tool for fitting them is like a big metal pipe that slides over your steerer and you just basically bash it on...

Any pipe that just fits over the steerer tube would do the trick 

[BMX cranks on an Inspired Arcade???]

I think the correspondence between crank length and your height isn’t quite as important in trials as you’re not sat down pedalling as you would on a normal bike. I think a lot of people go for the longer cranks for a bit of extra leverage to get more power down on the trials moves 

[Ricardo Simões - Regular day at my hometown]

Really enjoyed this. Liked the music too!

[replacement]

Forgot about them!

[replacement]

The fitting for the bashguard was specific to those cranks, so you would have to replace it with another middleburn bash. There was the pro trials one for 22t chainrings or a smaller 16t one with a built in chainring. If the current bash is loose though it might just need the lockring tightening. It needs an old shimano bb tool for the lockring, like this: https://www.wiggle.co.uk/park-tool-compact-bottom-bracket-tool-bbt-18/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=54956&kpid=54956&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mckv|sdykBgmkb_dm|mcrid|295296961877|mkw||mmt||mrd|54956uk|mslid||&mkwid=sdykBgmkb_dm&pcrid=295296961877&prd=54956uk&pgrid=57437518777&ptaid=pla-523618151708&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ovil7Tg6QIVS7TtCh0dPQadEAQYCiABEgIdK_D_BwE

 

[RJ]

Always looked forward to his videos. And to see what colour his Echo Pure would be next!

[Rebuilding bike after 10 years - running into issues.]

I think the washers would go on the outside of the frame. Without the snail cam the axle would poke through the dropout more, so the bolt would bottom out before tightening against the frame 

[Best Disk Brake Pads]

Another vote for trialtech. Made such a difference to how well my brakes locked up!