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Yeah that happens frequently too.

They're a lot better but they flex a lot. Like Mark said, you don't go buying superlight parts when you're interested in strength.

Ok I've often come across this problem but don't know how to deal with it properly. When truing the wheel vertically the left and right sidewall often run independently. You'll get one side perfectly round only to find that the other one has a lot of bumps even though the spoke tension is fairly even. This is especially problematic with very light rims or ones with no stiffness whatsoever - usually front ones. I find that trying to get the other sidewall right often distorts the one you've just finished doing. Is there a method to get both sidewalls even other than just endlessly flipping the wheel over? I'm not talking about rims with a big spoke offset here, just the normal stuff.

Well Adam's suggestions seem to have worked, not sure what exactly was the cause though. Shit, I can't even remember what I did to fix it Definitely something other than just lube.

That's a fair point I guess. However, having experienced a fair share of girls in my life I can't say this one's skills are within the boundaries of what you'd call acceptable and nice. Usually wouldn't care and just move on but she's a great girl. Kind of makes me wonder if going to bed with her will be an ordeal too Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, it's just something new to me. Sounds fairly gentle, might give it a shot. Cheers

On the subject of kissing, purely hypothetically what do you do when a girl isn't quite so good at it? It's sooooo off putting, obviously can't mention it but maybe there's another way?

We need a post in here that will receive a lot of rep points before this thread gets closed.

I was going to say that HDR makes the UK look like Germany but then noticed this IS Germany. Great video, great effort. Hats off to you sir.

Email Aspirevelotech, perhaps they'll be able to sort you out with such an axle in a disc hub (not sure if it will fit either). They do take orders for custom built hubs.

They're not brilliant rims to be honest. They're a right pain in the arse to build up and they have virtually no stability whatsoever. They're just way too wide for the stiffness they offer. The older SL rims were a completely different story, not only were they significantly cheaper but had a unique design and were made to a higher standard - though to be fair no Echo rims will ever come close to the quality of say Inspired rims. I love building up Inspired rims, it's like the easiest job ever. Just tension the spokes evenly and you've got a perfect wheel.

I guess the reason he didn't give any answers or start a debate is because on the contrary to what people think, he wasn't looking for attention. I'm with Chimpy on this one and although I don't understand why G had to go to all this trouble to get his account suspended, I don't really care either.

Improving very rapidly. I kind of get the sense watching that that you don't feel hindered by the strength of the bike.

You appear to like Saint brakes a LOT. A bit too much actually, it's getting slightly suspicious.

Too short.

I've tried various compounds over the years and no, I don't believe there's anything better out there now. That's just my opinion, not a fact. TNN pricing is slightly spoiled by the Australian Dollar being pretty pricey.

Powder coat it. Normal paint doesn't work with trials frames, they become really tatty over time.

Yeah he's an incredible rider but some of that stuff really blew me away. Most of all the abubaca to backwards manual with a broken drivetrain. Looks so much nicer when you don't have to pedal backwards. One of his mod vids:

Just a normal headset tool, nothing fancy. 70 quid sounds good, but it's still 70 quid. I've been hanging on to a rear King for 7 years now because it works brilliantly and kind of contributes to my safety but a headset is just a headset. Each of their own I guess.

Don't really see the point of spending 10x more on a King headset than anything else that does the job just as well. Only briefly used a CK headset and didn't find it any better than an Echo for instance. Besides, I wouldn't buy anything from Chris King now having seen how much the hub quality deteriorated over the past few years. The reason I went for the Bonz headset is that it clamps the steerer very high up which can only be a good thing when you've got a fork that has a determined minimum stack height. Depends on the headset. Anyway, re-assembled now, put grease on the contact areas and it's quiet. Will post again if problem persists.

Split ring is definitely from that headset or the factory made numerous mistakes. It's actually a really odd headset, not sure if you have them in stock but it seems to clamp the steerer in two places. There's definitely some movement in the top cup. While the anodizing in the bottom cup is worn evenly, the top cup is worn in one axis. Also found this, would it be something to worry about? There's actually a fracture going into the carbon weave on the bottom of the pic.

It does look like that in the pic but it's fully in. Edit: Thanks Ads, I'll look into the points you suggested. 100% sure that split ring came with this headset but I'll double check it against a new one.

Yep, got an insert. Wouldn't want to ride without one. Good call. This is the strangely poking out split ring: And bottom, not that there appears to be anything wrong here. The Echo head tubes don't need facing if I'm not mistaken so this would bring the problem down to the headset. Unless there could be a problem with the fork crown not being level? I could try changing back to an SL fork and seeing if that makes a similar noise. If not then one can rule the headset out.

I've ridden my Karbon fork maybe 20 hours since I got it and it's recently developed an awful noise, reminiscent of an about to snap aluminium fork. Perhaps it's worth noting that I couldn't have killed it, it takes me 1 whole season to get through a pair of 4-bolt SL forks. There is no play anywhere, this clicking noise is only present when rotation is applied - be it when riding or when you just turn the bars with the wheel in the air which suggests to me that something is bent. It will click only once maybe twice in each direction, after that no more clicking occurs when it rotates in the air until you ride it for a very brief moment. A pivot is enough to get it clicking again. Headset is new, took some effort to squeeze in, everything else is nice and tight. The fork rotates freely, there are no signs of it getting tight anywhere. Now the only thing other than the fork that could make a noise is the headset. It's a Bonz Pro Light and the split ring in the top race doesn't seem to want to go deep enough into the top bearing race. I'd assume it should level out with the cup, instead it sticks out about 1mm. This is the only odd thing I've noticed in this headset that doesn't seem 100% right to me. I don't recall seeing this on complete Ozonys bikes. Headset: Perhaps someone else on here had a similar problem with this fork?

How precise are the pawl engagements? Do they engage roughly at the same moment? Hubs and freewheels have quite a big tolerance for this, so unless the engagements are really off or you're a very nervous rider, this shouldn't cause a problem. But it's a possibility. I think you should pull it apart and look for signs of the hub skipping.

It's not a daughter company. Daughter companies have a separate organizational structure and are required to issue stock which I think makes them JSC (in other words really expensive to run). It's so much easier to just make stickers which say Because rather than Neon. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's probably not a single daughter company in the trials industry.