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After you finish the whole process of applying dye and the sealant, the item you've been working on will be heavier. But that's nothing comparing to how detrimental anodizing is in the long run. Just read this: Anodizing makes the surface slightly harder Hard surface = less scratches Scratches = weight loss Less scratches = less weight loss Basically, it's better to have soft parts so that when you accidentally scratch them, you remove a big chunk of metal. That will keep your bike nice and light. And what is Deng trying to do? Force anodizing on us so we have to ride heavy bikes!

Will be getting Ultimates if the dual disc setup is satisfactory. Do they really have more mechanical advantage over the SD7? Ahh thanks man, feel much better now. Ordered this brake an hour ago, was having second thoughts about it until I saw your post

I'm pretty sure there was a topic like this recently, can't find it though Anyway, there's been a huge price drop in BB5 brakes (30 quid for a 203mm one which is less than the Roundagon rotor supplied with the brake retails for ) and I'm wondering if these are worth getting. Don't really need all the adjustments that the BB7 has to offer, just need a very powerful brake. Out of the two, I've heard from many people that BB5's have much less locking power and that the pads are almost 2x smaller (which according to Google is true). So, who on here runs an 8" BB5 on a stock/6" on a mod and could share their opinions with us? And finally, is there any lever that gives more mechanical advantage than the Avid SD7?

Oh my Saw that (or a similar bike) in NMC a while ago, looks absolutely stunning edit: tyres are on the wrong way round

This isn't constructive, but why didn't you drive to Hull and collect the items in the first place? Surely that's the thing to do seeing as most of the people on here are dodgy sellers?

Use a snail cam on the inside of the drive side of the hub. A snail cam is usually about 3mm thick, I wouldn't worry about the missing 1mm.

I rode one a while ago and i loved it. Easy on the back wheel, flickable and bouncy. Definitely not what you'd expect from a frame with 390mm chainstays

Just wondering, what camera was that filmed with? Seems like something HD-ish just scaled down?

Very big but my god these tucks look ugly

Sorry to hear that dude But then if this didn't work, no other dual disc setup will. Keep both brakes not just the front one, just run them separately. A rear maggie won't be more powerful than a 203mm BB7. Had a 180mm Mono Trial on my old Monty and it only slipped on me twice. The Avid is more powerful, plus you have a larger rotor.

The Monsterboy has +80mm bb rise which will make the frame feel shorter. You need to compare the bb-top of headtube length.

There seems to be a cult of Zhi over there

don't carry a tape measure around, definitely over 41" though

That's one of if not the most amazing vid I've EVER seen.

3rd! Can't wait, will edit when downloaded

I'd run msconfig and remove literally 90% of the programs from startup. And of course run Spybot as Simon suggested.

Nope, that's nothing serious. I'd only go if you care about the aesthetics of your shin after it heals.

www.sounddogs.com Awesome website, most of the samples are for free unless you want them in high quality.

Well, do you know the geometry of the Kamel? And where are you going to buy one?

Unless the new adamants are different, the frame definitely shouldn't flex. My brake on the 06 A1 is rock solid. Put an HS booster on a while ago just as an experiment and couldn't feel the difference.

I think they have two rooms in AQA. One is for intelligent know-it-all people who are handcuffed to their PC's, the other is for people who smoke weed, drink, make fun of the intelligent guys and answer questions like Bongo's. There is no corridor between the two rooms and only one room has a door.

Right click, save target as... A few good ones i found on my pc, most in 1280x1024, some are in 1920x1200. There are also 4 pics taken by Rav (from BTBike), hope he doesn't mind.

I had a nasty situation a quite few years ago sitting in a car with my mom while my grandmother was driving. At some stage, she was coming out of a small side road and wanting to turn left onto a dual carriage way (on english roads, she'd be trying to turn right) and noticed just as she drove onto the road that she couldn't do that because being a dual carriage way there was a barrier in between. We were confronted with cars rushing straight at us from the left and in the last moment she went into reverse and drove back into the side road. Both me and my mom were absolutely shocked, started shouting at her and her only reaction was "yeah, whatever... no big deal, we're alright" but as a matter of fact we were very close to having a nasty accident. My dad on the other hand who is now 70, is an amazingly good driver. Never had an accident in his life apart from when he was doing rallys in Scotland almost half a century ago. He just has bloody good judgment of what is going on around him and predicts dangerous things that might occur on the road. So old doesn't always mean no good. None the less, I think old drivers should be tested for how well they observe the road and how good their reactions and control of the car are. If they're no good at it, just lock their gear box so they only have 1st and 2nd and take out half the spark plugs.

love your style, even that stack looked stylish

Pendulum - Blood and sugar It's written at the end of the vid Anyway, great riding. Your names and surnames all sound alike, is this guy Stefan Laszlo's brother?