Greetings

Triton, would love a Koxx as a second bike. Maybe one day...

That's a load of impractical advice. The chances of him snapping his fork and spokes are not much greater if he gets an 8" rotor, than if he goes for a 7". They're actually so small I'm surprised you're taking such a possibility into account. Just get a 203mm rotor. Better too powerful than too weak.

Thought it was going to be another death metal hardcore russian vid but it wasn't! Lovely riding there, respect for doing all those rail moves in the snow. Must require incredible precision. That frame is also really nice

Haha same here, the frame alone looks wrong but the bike is really nice depending on which part you look at It's certainly different to every other stock frame on the market and that's a very good thing.

You could at least have put up a proper list, no Koxx or Monty in stock bikes? They're like the second biggest manufacturers in the world... And what about Zhi Anyway, I think the most popular stocks were Pures and Adamants, they sell very well

Ahh finally a proper bike!

That's quite nice actually

Exactly. But you don't put that force in when jumping upwards, you put it in when preloading. When you're doing the jump, that energy is "released". It's a bit like running low pressure in your tyre I guess, just not to that extent.

Cousts are way better, tried both. Reds are still amazing though

Yeah, thought for a moment you might have done the Neil T 135 -> 110mm conversion I recall him grinding his axle when he switched over to a modstock Zoo.

They're not full suspension frames, they don't flex while you're hopping on the rear wheel... you need to give them a big punch. Talking from personal experience here, this is invariably something one can notice while riding. That's for titanium, got no experience with proper aluminum frames. I'm basing that on opinions from quite a few pro riders with whom I had the chance to speak about frame characteristics. You're writing that flex is a bad thing and should be eliminated. What I was writing is that flex is a good thing if you know how to make a frame work properly. Really don't care about the details, how heavy the rider should or shouldn't be. That's down to the engineers who design these things. None the less, it works and that's what matters.

Either way it was a fantastic idea. I'd like to see other shops try doing the same/similar thing in the future.

Lots of things about this vid I really liked. It was so chilled, music went well. Instead of the usual vids with which I'd get bored after 3 minutes, I just wanted this one to carry on because it was so relaxing. Stock rider seems really good too, kinda controlled and with quite a lot of power.

Max T uses a BMX hub? They don't have the special CK funbolts but normal american sized bolts which have the same diameter throughout the whole length (about 9,8mm). So as long as you use a BMX hub, 10mm chain tugs will work well. There's a problem with 135mm hubs since they use those big CK funbolts which have a 12mm thread diameter.

Yeah, it makes the pads stick to the rim and yet the braking power isn't that good.

Please do, I grew up on MTT3 I think there was a vid featuring Morley not so long ago? It had The Cardigans - My favorite game soundtrack.

That was a fantastic video. I wonder if the other MTT guys are still around?

I'm quite jealous that this guy has such rocks next to his house...

Still downloading, but if it's shot with an HD camera, it'll be 16:9 with 1.0 pixels.

Don't have to worry about that at all. Nobody is saying that there's something wrong with XP. However, if you've got a powerful PC, it's XP that will be slowing it down, not Vista.

It's a failure if you desperately want to install it yet don't have a good enough PC. A while back Danny advised me to get more RAM which would apparently speed the system up. Upgraded from 1gb to 3gb and the system instantly became faster than XP. I'd say 2gb is a safe amount that will unleash the full potential of Vista. I think the greatest thing in this system is (and I'm not joking) the font. It's just so smooth and clear!

Sidehop from trackstand ?

Currently running a smooth rim on Coustsinks, the brake is just as good in dry weather as it was with a grind. In the rain however the brake doesn't work at all.

Been using Vista since it was released. Really good system, would never go back to XP. Has some annoying issues but all together I'm very pleased with it

On the contrary. A frame that flexes well is a huge advantage, you just need to know where you want it to flex, and once you're on it - how to flex it. Koxx and Monty are good examples of frames which are made to flex. My Triton is very stiff where it needs to be stiff but if you stand on the bike with it's wheels off and push it into the ground, you'll get the bb rise from 50 to 30mm or less (hard to measure). The rebound is very quick and powerful and it really changes the way a bike feels and rides. Moves become more effortless and the ride is smoother.